# Straths, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Clonmany, barony of Inishowen East, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,537,935 m² (153.79 ha, 380.03 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,969 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Clonmany, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/clonmany.md - Barony: Inishowen East - Electoral division: Ballyliffin, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,529 people lived in 493 households in the Ballyliffin electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/15055 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 52454 - Centre: latitude 55.277224, longitude -7.325488 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Straths, from 418 m² to 286,138 m² (28.61 ha, 70.71 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5345256: 286,138 m² (28.61 ha, 70.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5345256.md - Parcel 1339459: 178,346 m² (17.83 ha, 44.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1339459.md - Parcel 1332181: 161,363 m² (16.14 ha, 39.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332181.md - Parcel 1346385: 159,276 m² (15.93 ha, 39.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346385.md - Parcel 1387148: 145,825 m² (14.58 ha, 36.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387148.md - Parcel 1395785: 101,697 m² (10.17 ha, 25.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395785.md - Parcel 1330773: 85,240 m² (8.52 ha, 21.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330773.md - Parcel 1352514: 68,260 m² (6.83 ha, 16.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1352514.md - Parcel 1302341: 56,100 m² (5.61 ha, 13.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1302341.md - Parcel 1419408: 53,446 m² (5.34 ha, 13.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419408.md - Parcel 1422454: 52,643 m² (5.26 ha, 13.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422454.md - Parcel 1301828: 49,898 m² (4.99 ha, 12.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1301828.md - Parcel 1306383: 35,456 m² (3.55 ha, 8.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1306383.md - Parcel 1357269: 23,525 m² (2.35 ha, 5.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1357269.md - Parcel 1424575: 19,776 m² (1.98 ha, 4.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1424575.md - Parcel 1367651: 19,163 m² (1.92 ha, 4.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1367651.md - Parcel 1402911: 16,922 m² (1.69 ha, 4.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402911.md - Parcel 1426977: 15,855 m² (1.59 ha, 3.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426977.md - Parcel 1400708: 10,536 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1400708.md - Parcel 1389603: 9,483 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1389603.md - Parcel 1375363: 6,451 m² (0.65 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375363.md - Parcel 4617804: 6,038 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4617804.md - Parcel 1367150: 5,003 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1367150.md - Parcel 4768040: 4,104 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4768040.md - Parcel 4728863: 4,065 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4728863.md - Parcel 4768022: 3,874 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4768022.md - Parcel 1398310: 3,565 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398310.md - Parcel 1351827: 3,509 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1351827.md - Parcel 1399727: 3,388 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399727.md - Parcel 4604459: 3,373 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4604459.md - Parcel 5020697: 2,845 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5020697.md - Parcel 5360318: 2,609 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5360318.md - Parcel 5020692: 2,533 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5020692.md - Parcel 1399726: 2,532 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399726.md - Parcel 5020695: 2,410 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5020695.md - Parcel 3661958: 2,399 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661958.md - Parcel 1393441: 2,334 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393441.md - Parcel 1406930: 2,194 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1406930.md - Parcel 5739689: 2,171 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5739689.md - Parcel 1417495: 2,067 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417495.md - Parcel 1392425: 2,056 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392425.md - Parcel 4728965: 1,936 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4728965.md - Parcel 1374257: 1,872 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1374257.md - Parcel 1424371: 1,011 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1424371.md - Parcel 3661959: 842 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661959.md - Parcel 5411809: 829 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5411809.md - Parcel 5115360: 796 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5115360.md - Parcel 5411808: 617 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5411808.md - Parcel 2452193: 455 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2452193.md - Parcel 2452191: 418 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2452191.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Straths in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 5 applications, newest first. - 25 Nov 2025, Donegal County Council 2562061: Conditional. Retention. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE DUE TO DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKS AND (2) ANNEX APARTMENT, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2562061/0 - 14 Mar 2025, Donegal County Council 2560364: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A SLATTED AGRICULTURAL SHED, WITH ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT TANK, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560364/0 - 12 Sept 2023, Donegal County Council 2351356: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE DUE TO DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 03/4727 AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351356/0 - 9 Nov 2021, Donegal County Council 2152225: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2152225/0 - 4 Apr 2017, Donegal County Council 1750518: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED TWO-STOREY DWELLING WITH NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND A NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WITH PERCOLATION AREA; ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750518/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: North Inishowen Coast SAC, site code 002012, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002012 - Special Protection Area: Trawbreaga Bay SPA, site code 004034, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004034 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: North Inishowen Coast, site code 002012 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG004-085: Rock art, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG004-085----. Earth-fast elongated rock outcrop (L 5m N-S x 1.4m E-W) decorated with cup (diam. 0.08m) and ring motifs (diam. 0.22m) located on grassland c. 30m from the S shoreline of Trawbreaga Bay. Image with file numbers DG004-085----_06.jpg and DG004-085----_07.jpg has been uploaded courtesy of Bauke Roof who took the original photograph. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of revised upload: 22 October 2015 - DG011-002: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG011-002----. A standing stone 1.07m high × 1.83m wide at base; N-S. Situated on pasture land sloping slightly down to N. 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 - DG011-006: Stone row, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG011-006----. Colhoun (1949, 115) referred to a 'wrecked megalith near Ballyliffin', which she positioned in Straths townland on page 116 of the same work. Following her, Killanin and Duignan (1962; 1967) also recorded it. A fuller account (Colhoun 1995) identified the site as that in the heading. There is a standing stone here (Lacy 1983), beside which, in 1946, Colhoun noted some partly buried or prostrate slabs that she thought may represent the remains of a collapsed 'Giant's Grave'. There are some large stones scattered around at this location, which is rough and overgrown, but there is no reliable indication that they formed part of a megalithic tomb. Colhoun 1949, 115-16; Killanin and Duignan 1962, 127; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 140; Lacy 1983, 88, no. 487; SMR 1987, 11:6; Colhoun 1995, 39-40; RMP 1995, 11:6. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - House, 1840–1880, Regional interest, registry number 40901154, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40901154. Detached five-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1860, with windbreak porch to front, modern single-cell lean-to extension to rear, single-bay single-storey thatched outbuilding adjoining to south, and two-bay single-storey outbuilding to north. Rounded thatched roof with netting restraint and timber and metal rope stays to eaves, smooth rendered chimneystacks; corrugated-cement roof to north outbuilding. Smooth rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with six-over-six horned timber sash windows to front with painted stone sills, and small timber casement windows to rear. Square-headed door openings with battened timber doors. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Straths, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Straths. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/donegal/straths.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/straths.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/straths.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Straths with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Carndoagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/carndoagh.md - Rashenny: https://everytownland.com/donegal/rashenny.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/donegal/straths - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/straths