Straboy
Townland in the civil parish of Inishkeel, barony of Boylagh, Co. Donegal; in Irish An Srath Buí
- Area
- 562.6 ha
- 1,390 acres
- Land parcels
- 120
- registered freehold, median 7,744 m² (0.77 ha, 1.91 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
120 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Straboy, from 10 m² to 723,580 m² (72.36 ha, 178.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Straboy in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 Sept 2024Conditional
(1) EXTENSION AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461478
27 Feb 2024Conditional
(1) EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING HOUSE AND (2) ATTIC DEVELOPMENT AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460228
18 Jun 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE & DETACHED PRIVATE GARAGE, SEWERAGE TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA, VEHICULAR ENTRANCE ONTO THE ADJOINING PUBLIC ROAD, ACCESS LANE TO THE HOUSE, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151209
12 Feb 2021Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING FITNESS CENTRE (2) DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ASTRO TURF PITCH WITH THE ERECTION OF FENCING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150219
18 Dec 2020N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING FITNEESS CENTRE AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ASTRO TURF PITCH WITH ERECTION OF FENCING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051964
8 Nov 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951726
27 Sept 2019N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951469
8 Feb 2019N/a
ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950161
16 Nov 2018Conditional
ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851762
3 Aug 2018Conditional
(1) CHANGE OF USE FROM AN AGRICULURAL BUILDING TO FITNESS CENTRE AND (2) EXTENSION TO THE GABLE END WITH CONNECTION TO NEW TREATMENT SYSTEM, OUT-DOOR EXERCISING AREA, CAR PARKING AREA, SIGNAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851197
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC 000197
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Straboy.
Architectural heritage
- Bridge, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Double-arch bridge, built c.1860, crossing Abhainn an tSealgáin [Shallogan River], having segmental arches with rusticated stone piers, voussoirs and triangular cut-waters, latter with smooth-rendered copings, and partially rendered soffit. Rubble walls and parapets, latter with large rusticated coping stones. Railway bridge adjacent to west.
- Bridge, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch railway bridge, built c.1895, carrying road over former Stranolar to Glenties Railway line (opened 1895 and closed 1952). Segmental arch with four courses of yellow brick voussoirs, and rusticated stone quoins. Splayed diagonal piers flanking arch to each elevation, with rusticated squared and snecked stonework with rendered copings. Squared and snecked stone parapets with smooth-rendered copings. Road-over-river bridge adjacent to east.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Straboy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Straboy · An Srath Buí
- Area
- 5,625,693 m² (562.57 ha, 1,390.14 acres)
- Civil parish
- Inishkeel, and its townlands
- Barony
- Boylagh
- Electoral division
- Glenties, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Derk Beg, Derryloaghan, Drumnalough, Meenalargan, Meenamalragh, Mulnamin Beg, Shallogan Beg, Shallogan More, Stranaglogh
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Straboy on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.