Stragraddy
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmacrenan, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish An Srath Greadaithe
- Area
- 744.9 ha
- 1,841 acres
- Land parcels
- 78
- registered freehold, median 27,372 m² (2.74 ha, 6.76 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Stragraddy, from 120 m² to 4,338,164 m² (433.82 ha, 1,071.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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 Stragraddy 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
28 Apr 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED GARAGE / STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560658
31 Jul 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINERY/STORAGE SHED
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461171
11 Mar 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SITE ENTRANCE DIRECTLY ONTO THE ABUTTING PUBLIC ROAD IN CONNECTION WITH OUR PROPOSED DWELLING GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF: 19/51422
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050320
18 Sept 2019Conditional
ERECTION OF DWELLING WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951422
5 Apr 2019Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING RUINS AND ERECTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND RETENTION PERMISSION FOR A TEMPORARY MOBILE HOME
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950461
25 Mar 2019N/a
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING RUINS AND ERECTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND RETENTION PERMISSION FOR A TEMPORARY MOBILE HOME
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950412
11 Jan 2019N/a
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING RUINS AND REPLACEMENT OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950020
10 Oct 2018N/a
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING RUINS AND REPLACEMENT OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851573
11 Dec 2017Conditional
DOMESTIC GARAGE TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1751853
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: Cloghernagore Bog and Glenveagh National Park SAC 002047
- Special Protection Area: Derryveagh And Glendowan Mountains SPA 004039
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cloghernagore Bog And Glenveagh National Park 002047
Recorded monuments
- DG035-008 Ritual site - holy well
Description
A heart-shaped depression is carved on the surface of a flat shelf of rock overhung by more rock. It was discovered in the 1920's and considered as a holy well since. It is situated in marshy land marked by rock outcrop. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG035-015 Megalithic structure
Description
Depicted on the current edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map in gothic script as 'St. Glasny's Grave'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 19 July 2010
- DG044-001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diam. 48m N-S, 34m E-W. An oval-shaped area enclosed by a much disturbed earthen bank with slight traces of an external fosse. There are many modern gaps in the bank cut for drainage purposes. The site is located on the E slope of a wet hill with good views to E, N and S. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
- Owencarrow Viaduct, viaduct, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding line of rectangular-plan coursed rusticated granite piers with concrete copings, pair of cast-iron piers, pair of concrete (?) piers, and four-arch bridge, built c.1903, all part of defunct Owencarrow Viaduct on former Letterkenny to Burtonport line. Arches to bridge are segmental, with cut-stone rusticated voussoirs and with rendered copings to parapets. Sited crossing Abhainn Choradh [Owencarrow River].
- Viaduct, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
Description
Former railway viaduct taking former Letterkenny to Burtonport line over An Bearnas [Barnes Gap], erected c.1903, comprising two rusticated arches to southeast and two freestanding rusticated stone piers to northwest, formerly carrying steel girders. Rusticated stone voussoirs forming round arches, with coursed rusticated masonry with drafted margins to spandrels and extending to low parapet having concrete copings with string course at springing level of arch to northwest. Coursed rusticated piers with drafted margins and ashlar rusticated copings.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Stragraddy.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Stragraddy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Stragraddy · An Srath Greadaithe
- Area
- 7,448,929 m² (744.89 ha, 1,840.67 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmacrenan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Termon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Termon electoral division: 568 people in 189 households; 85% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybuninabber, Barnes Upper, Derriscligh, Derryfad, Drumdeevin, Drumnacarry, Drumoghill, Meenbunone
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Stragraddy on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, 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.