Templemoyle

312 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Templemoyle, from 3 m² to 140,849 m² (14.08 ha, 34.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 65 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Templemoyle 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.

• 15 Sept 2026N/a

  ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC STORAGE SHED TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661703

• 19 May 2026N/a

  ERECTION OF EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING, INSTALLATION OF ROOF LIGHTS TO EXISTING FRONT ELEVATION, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660892

• 14 Oct 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, INSTALLATION OF PROPOSED NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND CONNECTION TO SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561797

• 15 Aug 2025Conditional

  2 NO. DOMESTIC SHEDS, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (PLANNING REF. NO. 02/4856 REFERS) AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561408

• 13 Aug 2025N/a

  (1) NO 2 DOMESTIC SHEDS, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS PLANNING REF: 02/4856, ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561393

• 12 May 2025Conditional

  UTILITY TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIALS AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560749

• 25 Apr 2025Conditional

  (1) MINOR DEVIATION TO LENGTH AND WIDTH OF DWELLING UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 99/4401, (2) RELOCATION OF SEPTIC TANK AND (3) MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560646

• 14 Apr 2025Conditional

  (1) RELOCATION OF SITE ENTRANCE, (2) EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF DWELLING AND (3) EXTENSION TO DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560563

• 25 Mar 2025N/a

  (1) RELOCATION OF THE SITE ENTRANCE, (2) EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING AND (3) EXTENSION TO THE DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560438

• 4 Feb 2025N/a

  (1) EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING AND (2) EXTENSION TO THE DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560131

• 12 Aug 2024N/a

  (A) UTILITY TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING, (B) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIALS AND (C) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING IN CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461229

• 28 Sept 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED GARAGE, TOGETHER WITH AN ON-SITE SEWAGE SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351458

• 5 Oct 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING WITH AN ON-SITE SEWAGE SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251662

• 12 Sept 2022N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING WITH AN ON-SITE SEWAGE SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251519

• 24 May 2020Conditional

  DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2050476

• 25 Feb 2019Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, TREATMENT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950238

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Templemoyle.

Recorded monuments

• DG004-035 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  The monument, c. 3km W of Culdaff, is prominently sited toward the western end of a boggy ridge broken by rock outcrops. To the S and W is a fall to lower ground mainly devoted to pasture. The sea inlet of Trawbreaga Bay, 4km distant, is visible to the W. The tomb consists of a small SE-facing chamber, the front of which has collapsed. The chamber was at least 1.8m long and is 1 m wide at the rear. A backstone at the NW and two opposed sidestones are in place. A displaced roofstone, its front end resting on the ground, is supported on the outer end of the southern sidestone and on a small stone (not on plan) on top of the northern sidestone. A prostrate stone in front of the southern sidestone appears to be a displaced portal-stone. It measures 2m by 0.65m by 0.2m thick. This seems to be the stone referred to in an OS Revision Name Book (1848) as 'an upright stone 4 feet [c. 1.2m] high which appears to have originally supported the covering stone but having leaned a little toward the south by some unknown cause leaves one end of the covering stone resting on the ground'. Some loose stones (not on plan) lie in the chamber. A slightly raised grassy patch, c. 5m across, alongside the southern sidestone may be the remains of an enclosing mound. The backstone, set between the ends of the sidestones, leans inward slightly and is gabled in profile. It is 0.6m high, c. 0.3m lower than the sidestones, both of which lean in against it. The southern sidestone is 0.9m high. The northern one is 1.05m in sloping height. The roofstone is 2.3m long, narrows from 2m wide at the front to 1.3m near the back, and decreases in thickness from 0.35m to 0.1m in the same direction. According to the OS Revision Name Book (1848), the E end of the chamber, now open, was then closed by a slab (dimensions not recorded). This may have been a doorstone or sillstone. OS Revision Name Book, sheet 4 (1848), 44; Colhoun 1949, 116; Ó Nualláin 1968a, 295, no. 3; Bonner 1972, 16; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 36, no. 73; Ó Nualláin 1983b, 93, Donegal no. 1; SMR 1987, 4:35; Ó Nualláin 1989, 124; Colhoun 1995, 7-8, plate 2 (a); RMP 1995, 4:35. 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 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002)

• DG004-052001 Enclosure
  Description

  Templemoyle ecclesiastical complex consists of a modern rectangular graveyard 22m N-S, 20.5m E-W. To the N is a sub-rectangular area 12m E-W, 10.4m N-S with a level interior enclosed by a stone wall 1m high (DG004-052001-). There is a possible entrance to the S. E of this is a D-shaped mound (DG004-052008-) of earth and stone, up to 1.5m high and 8m in diameter with its flat edge to the E. Abutting this mound on its W side is a small circular stone foundation (DG004-052002-) 2.2m in diameter. A small stone cross (DG004-052003-) stands in the interior. Nearby, but now destroyed was a holy well (DG004-052004-) and a dallan or pillar stone (DG004-052007-) dedicated to St. Adomnán (Ó Muirgheasa No. 92). 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

• DG004-052002 Structure
  Description

  Templemoyle ecclesiastical complex consists of a modern rectangular graveyard 22m N-S, 20.5m E-W. To the N is a sub-rectangular area 12m E-W, 10.4m N-S with a level interior enclosed by a stone wall 1m high (DG004-052001-). There is a possible entrance to the S. E of this is a D-shaped mound (DG004-052008-) of earth and stone, up to 1.5m high and 8m in diameter with its flat edge to the E. Abutting this mound on its W side is a small circular stone foundation (DG004-052002-) 2.2m in diameter. A small stone cross (DG004-052003-) stands in the interior. Nearby, but now destroyed was a holy well (DG004-052004-) and a dallan or pillar stone (DG004-052007-) dedicated to St. Adomnán (Ó Muirgheasa No. 92). 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

• DG004-052003 Cross
  Description

  Templemoyle ecclesiastical complex consists of a modern rectangular graveyard 22m N-S, 20.5m E-W. To the N is a sub-rectangular area 12m E-W, 10.4m N-S with a level interior enclosed by a stone wall 1m high (DG004-052001-). There is a possible entrance to the S. E of this is a D-shaped mound (DG004-052008-) of earth and stone, up to 1.5m high and 8m in diameter with its flat edge to the E. Abutting this mound on its W side is a small circular stone foundation (DG004-052002-) 2.2m in diameter. A small stone cross (DG004-052003-) stands in the interior. Nearby, but now destroyed was a holy well (DG004-052004-) and a dallan or pillar stone (DG004-052007-) dedicated to St. Adomnán (Ó Muirgheasa No. 92). 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

• DG004-052004 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Templemoyle ecclesiastical complex consists of a modern rectangular graveyard 22m N-S, 20.5m E-W. To the N is a sub-rectangular area 12m E-W, 10.4m N-S with a level interior enclosed by a stone wall 1m high (DG004-052001-). Nearby, but now destroyed was a holy well (DG004-052004-) and a dallan or pillar stone (DG004-052007-) dedicated to St. Adomnán (Ó Muirgheasa No. 92). Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 9136 as 'St. Adamnan's turus at Templemoyle, parish of Cloncha. The well was near Aughnaclay N.S., and beside it was a dallan or pillar-stone to which persons used to rub the affected part when making the turus. This stone, I am informed, has been destroyed'(Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 157). 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 02 November 2011

• DG004-052005 Pillar stone
  Description

  Templemoyle ecclesiastical complex consists of a modern rectangular graveyard 22m N-S, 20.5m E-W. To the N is a sub-rectangular area 12m E-W, 10.4m N-S with a level interior enclosed by a stone wall 1m high (DG004-052001-). There is a possible entrance to the S. E of this is a D-shaped mound (DG004-052008-) of earth and stone, up to 1.5m high and 8m in diameter with its flat edge to the E. Abutting this mound on its W side is a small circular stone foundation (DG004-052002-) 2.2m in diameter. A small stone cross (DG004-052003-) stands in the interior. Nearby, but now destroyed was a holy well (DG004-052004-) and a dallan or pillar stone (DG004-052007-) dedicated to St. Adomnán (Ó Muirgheasa No. 92). 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

• DG004-052006 Mound
  Description

  Templemoyle ecclesiastical complex consists of a modern rectangular graveyard 22m N-S, 20.5m E-W. To the N is a sub-rectangular area 12m E-W, 10.4m N-S with a level interior enclosed by a stone wall 1m high (DG004-052001-). There is a possible entrance to the S. E of this is a D-shaped mound (DG004-052008-) of earth and stone, up to 1.5m high and 8m in diameter with its flat edge to the E. Abutting this mound on its W side is a small circular stone foundation (DG004-052002-) 2.2m in diameter. A small stone cross (DG004-052003-) stands in the interior. Nearby, but now destroyed was a holy well (DG004-052004-) and a dallan or pillar stone (DG004-052007-) dedicated to St. Adomnán (Ó Muirgheasa No. 92). 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

• DG004-052007 Mass-rock
  Description

  Templemoyle ecclesiastical complex consists of a modern rectangular graveyard. To the N is a sub-rectangular area 12m E-W, 10.4m N-S with a level interior enclosed by a stone wall 1m high (DG004-052001-). A small stone cross (DG004-052003-) stands in the interior. Beside the cross there is a roughly square-shaped boulder (H 0.5mx 1m x 0.5m) which is known locally as the Mass Rock (pers. comm. Landowner). Nearby, but now destroyed was a holy well (DG004-052004-) and a dallan or pillar stone (DG004-052007-) dedicated to St. Adomnán (Ó Muirgheasa No. 92).

• DG004-053 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Only the W section of the stone wall of this cashel survives for a length of 22m. The wall incorporates rock outcrop which probably was exploited in other sections of the wall no longer surviving. Three upright stones seem to mark an entrance at the S. It is situated on a rocky knoll with a commanding view. 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

• DG004-054 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  According to Bonner there were '2 holy wells located on the left hand side of the road running between Culdaff and Malin at the angle formed by the road between Aghaclay and Drumaville' (Donegal Archaeological Survey Fieldnotes). (Ó Muirgheasa No. 92). The remains of a well no longer venerated can be seen on this side of the road where a natural spring well is encased within a drystone surround at the base of a whitethorn tree. No votive offerings visible. Unable to locate second holy well. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 02 November 2011

Architectural heritage

• St. Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1820–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding six-bay single-storey Catholic church, built c. 1850, with modern projecting vestry to east end. Pitched artificial slate roof with stone cross finial to west gable, smooth rendered chimneystack to vestry and replacement rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth, plinth course and eaves course. Gothic pointed arch-headed window openings with leaded stained glass in timber frames and painted sills. Square-headed door openings with rendered canopies and double leaf matchboard timber doors. Timber pews bisected by long aisle leading up to altar, carved marble reredos, marble altar and side altars, timber balustrade to choir gallery supported by cast-iron columns and timber beams, suspended ceiling, and timber wainscoting. Set within own grounds with gravemarkers to east, south and west and bounded by whitewashed rubble stone wall with angular stone coping and modern double leaf wrought-iron gate surmounted by fleur-de-lys mounted on smooth rendered ruled-and-lined piers with shouldered pyramidal coping topped with lights. Located on the north-east corner of the road with parking to the west and south.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular thatched house with windbreak porch, built c. 1820. Pitched thatch roof with smooth rendered gable ended chimneystacks with coping. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered porch, and smooth rendered band to eaves, ends and plinth course. Square-headed window openings with replacement timber windows and painted sills. Square-headed door opening with battened timber door. Located up an unpaved lane with front façade facing south-west with modern house and outbuilding.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular thatched house, built c. 1820, with windbreak porch to front and flat-roofed single-storey extension to west, now disused. Pitched thatch roof, smooth rendered gable ended chimneystacks with rendered coping. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth course and smooth rendered ruled-and-lined porch. Square-headed window openings with timber casement windows and painted sills. Square-headed door opening. Set within own grounds.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular thatched house, built c. 1800, with windbreak porch and bed outshot to rear. Pitched thatched roof with smooth rendered gable ended chimneystacks with rendered coping and smooth rendered gable coping. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered porch, eaves and plinth course. Square-headed window openings with timber casement windows and painted reveals and sills. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber door. Several single-storey and two-storey outbuildings to front of house with pitched and lean-to corrugated tin roofs, whitewashed rubble stone walls and square door openings. Located to rear of modern dwelling off the main Malin to Culdaff road.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1840, with windbreak porch, bed outshot to rear and single-storey outbuildings to each gable. Pitched thatched roof with smooth rendered gable ended chimneystacks with rendered coping. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered porch. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two timber sash windows with painted reveals and sills. Square-headed door opening with matchboard timber door. Set in field by the Culdaff to Malin road.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Templemoyle, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2172 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Templemoyle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Templemoyle

Area

4,106,628 m² (410.66 ha, 1,014.77 acres)

Civil parish

Clonca, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen East

Electoral division

Culdaff, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,027 people lived in 366 households in the Culdaff electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 32% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balleeghan Lower, Carthage, Clonca, Drumaville, Drumcarbit, Dunross, Muff

Placenames

Templemoyle 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.