# Tobernahoory, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Drumhome, barony of Tirhugh, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 605,769 m² (60.58 ha, 149.69 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,692 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Drumhome, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/drumhome.md - Barony: Tirhugh - Electoral division: Ballintra, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Ballintra electoral division: 772 people in 281 households; 80% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/13916 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 52530 - Centre: latitude 54.58755, longitude -8.121689 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tobernahoory, from 84 m² to 163,460 m² (16.35 ha, 40.39 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1343696: 163,460 m² (16.35 ha, 40.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343696.md - Parcel 1331399: 129,148 m² (12.91 ha, 31.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331399.md - Parcel 5364985: 36,170 m² (3.62 ha, 8.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5364985.md - Parcel 1344424: 36,012 m² (3.6 ha, 8.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344424.md - Parcel 1402417: 33,948 m² (3.39 ha, 8.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402417.md - Parcel 1314584: 30,278 m² (3.03 ha, 7.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314584.md - Parcel 5365025: 28,024 m² (2.8 ha, 6.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5365025.md - Parcel 1388686: 27,629 m² (2.76 ha, 6.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1388686.md - Parcel 1302050: 19,627 m² (1.96 ha, 4.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1302050.md - Parcel 1323971: 19,295 m² (1.93 ha, 4.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323971.md - Parcel 1314927: 11,261 m² (1.13 ha, 2.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314927.md - Parcel 1335731: 8,420 m² (0.84 ha, 2.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1335731.md - Parcel 1361210: 7,745 m² (0.77 ha, 1.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361210.md - Parcel 5967079: 4,190 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5967079.md - Parcel 1322805: 3,358 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1322805.md - Parcel 1344425: 3,348 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344425.md - Parcel 4808750: 2,965 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4808750.md - Parcel 1428952: 2,692 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1428952.md - Parcel 1414727: 2,595 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1414727.md - Parcel 1416895: 2,574 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416895.md - Parcel 4808759: 2,178 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4808759.md - Parcel 4242649: 2,176 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4242649.md - Parcel 4808752: 2,164 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4808752.md - Parcel 1341370: 2,038 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341370.md - Parcel 1319047: 1,784 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319047.md - Parcel 1345620: 1,680 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345620.md - Parcel 1348393: 1,551 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348393.md - Parcel 3661405: 1,498 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661405.md - Parcel 5167308: 1,420 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5167308.md - Parcel 1419299: 1,096 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419299.md - Parcel 1317225: 1,031 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317225.md - Parcel 3661404: 966 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661404.md - Parcel 1337889: 585 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1337889.md - Parcel 1391709: 346 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391709.md - Parcel 1330043: 84 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330043.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Tobernahoory 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 24 Jul 2026, Donegal County Council 2661381: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH INFILTRATION AREA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661381/0 - 1 Dec 2025, Donegal County Council 2562113: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL ENTRANCE AND ALL OTHER SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2562113/0 - 15 Oct 2025, Donegal County Council 2561801: Conditional. Permission. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR EXTENSION AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (2) ERECTION OF EXTENSION TO FRONT, SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (3) INSTALLATION OF EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH AN INFILTRATION AREA AND (4) ALTERATION AND WIDENING OF EXISTING VEHICULAR ENTRANCE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561801/0 - 24 May 2020, Donegal County Council 2050455: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF A SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050455/0 - 27 Jan 2020, Donegal County Council 2050063: Conditional. Permission. REMOVAL OF EXISTING BARN STYLE ROOF AND SIDE CLADDING FROM 2 NO WAREHOUSE/STORAGE UNITS AND REPLACEMENT OF THE SAME WITH APEX ROOF AND NEW SIDE CLADDING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050063/0 - 8 Nov 2017, Donegal County Council 1751691: Conditional. Permission. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF AN EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING SINGLE STOREY SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, TO PROVIDE FOR A 1 AND A HALF STOREY SPLIT LEVEL EXTENSION TO THE REAR TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIVING ACCOMMODATION, TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751691/0 - 20 Jun 2017, Donegal County Council 1750952: Refused. Permission. EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING SINGLE STOREY SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, TO PROVIDE FOR A 1 AND A HALF STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIVING ACCOMMODATION, TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750952/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Tobernahoory. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG103-004: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG103-004----. A small spring well giving its name to the townland. 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 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tobernahoory. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tobernahoory. - 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/tobernahoory.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tobernahoory.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tobernahoory.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Tobernahoory 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) - Carrickbreeny: https://everytownland.com/donegal/carrickbreeny.md - Drumaneel: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumaneel.md - Drumnacroil: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumnacroil.md - Grahamstown: https://everytownland.com/donegal/grahamstown.md - Lismintan or Ballyruddelly: https://everytownland.com/donegal/lismintan-or-ballyruddelly.md - Rosscanlan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/rosscanlan.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/tobernahoory - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/tobernahoory