Umlagh

202 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Umlagh, from 30 m² to 110,897 m² (11.09 ha, 27.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Umlagh 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.

• 9 Jul 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SINGLE FAMILY TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH STUDIO LOFT, REMOVAL OF EXISTING SHED AND DECOMMISSIONING / REMOVAL OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK PLUS PROVISION OF NEW SEPTIC TANK AND ASSOCIATED PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561181

• 4 Dec 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN ALL-WEATHER PITCH INCLUDING PERIMETER FENCING, FLOOD LIGHTING, CAR PARKING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461995

• 22 Oct 2024Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING TO CREATE A TWO CLASSROOM SEN UNIT, (2) PROVISION OF A SOFT PLAY SPACE, CONTAINING A SENSORY GARDEN, TO THE SOUTH OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL, (3) PROVISION OF ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE NEW SEN UNIT USING EXISTING ENTRANCE OFF REGIONAL ROAD, R-245-20 AND (4) CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES ON SITE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS CONNECTED WITH THE WORKS MENTIONED ABOVE. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461676

• 3 Apr 2024N/a

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SINGLE FAMILY TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH STUDIO LOFT, (2) REMOVAL OF EXISTING SHED, (3) DECOMMISSIONING / REMOVAL OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH PROVISION OF NEW SEPTIC TANK AND ASSOCIATED PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2450099

• 19 Feb 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460168

• 8 Feb 2024N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460117

• 2 Feb 2024N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460075

• 11 Dec 2023N/a

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SINGLE FAMILY TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH STUDIO LOFT, (2) REMOVAL OF EXISTING SHED, (3) DECOMMISSIONING/REMOVAL OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK PLUS PROVISION OF NEW SEPTIC TANK AND ASSOCIATED PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351899

• 22 Nov 2023Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351783

• 28 Jun 2023Conditional

  EXTENSION TO EXISTING ACCESS ROAD INCLUDING ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2350930

• 29 Mar 2023Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING, TO INCLUDE REVISIONS TO EXISTING FENESTRATION, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE BEDROOM ANNEX SIDE EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING, TO INCLUDE DEMOLITION OF PREVIOUS MONO-PITCH SIDE EXTENSION, (3) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PROVISION OF NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TO SERVICE THE DEVELOPMENT AND (4) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350410

• 18 Aug 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMEATIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151658

• 14 Jun 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING TO PROVIDE ANCILLIARY ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151161

• 27 May 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151051

• 11 May 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC SHED & CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150875

• 8 Mar 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A GRANNY FLAT TO EASTERN ELEVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150405

• 19 Feb 2021Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING SHOP TO INCLUDE RETAIL AREA, STAFF FACILITIES, GOODS ACCESS, EXTERNAL STORAGE YARD, ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2150274

• 21 Oct 2020Conditional

  CONSERVATORY BUILT TO THE SIDE OF DWELLING IN LIEU OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 99/4693 WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2051576

• 30 Sept 2020Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051399

• 18 Nov 2019N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951791

• 17 Jul 2019Conditional

  ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK & DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951102

• 26 Jun 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN ALL-WEATHER PITCH INCLUDING PERIMETER FENCING, OVERHEAD NETTING, FLOOD LIGHTING, BASKETBALL COURT, CAR PARKING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950989

• 24 Apr 2019N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN ALL-WEATHER PITCH INCLUDING PERIMETER FENCING, OVERHEAD NETTING, FLOOD LIGHTING, BASKETBALL COURT, CAR PARKING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950593

• 23 Apr 2019Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF GABLE WALLS OF FORMER SCHOOL HOUSE AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION/COMPLETION OF DWELLING HOUSE INCORPORATING EXISTING FRONT WALL WITH CONNECTION TO APPROVED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (18/51563 REFERS)

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950578

• 8 Apr 2019N/a

  DEMOLITION OF GABLE WALLS OF FORMER SCHOOL HOUSE AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION/COMPLETION OF DWELLING HOUSE INCORPORATING EXISTING FRONT WALL

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950486

The 25 most recent of 31 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Mulroy Bay SAC 002159
• Special Area of Conservation: Sheephaven SAC 001190
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Sheephaven 001190

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Umlagh.

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of Saint John the Baptist, church/chapel, 1865–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height Catholic church on cruciform-plan, built between 1868-86, comprising five-bay nave to the south-east, single-bay double-height transepts to the north-west and south-east, and with shallow chancel to the north-east having single-storey single-bay blocks to either side (south-east and north-west) having mono-pitched roofs over. Modern single-bay single-storey gable-fronted porch, added c. 1985, to the centre of the nave gable (south-west). Pitched natural slate roofs (recently replaced) having decorative ridge tiles, raised feathered cut stone\ashlar verges to the gable ends having decorative kneeler stones at eaves level and cut stone cross finials over gable apexes, cut stone eaves course, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared, snecked and mildly rock-faced rubble stone construction over projecting chamfered cut stone plinth. Stepped clasping coursed and squared buttresses to corners and between bays to side elevations of nave having cut stone feathered coping over. Pointed-arched window openings to side elevations of nave having cut stone Geometric Gothic tracery with paired cusp-headed\cusped openings and quatrefoil motif over, chamfered ashlar block-and-start surrounds, chamfered cut stone sills, cut stone hoodmouldings and cut stone voussoirs over with keystone motif over, and with leaded windows. Pointed-arch window openings to the transept gables having multi-light windows with cut stone Curvilinear Gothic tracery, chamfered ashlar block-and-start surrounds, chamfered cut stone sills, cut stone hoodmouldings and cut stone voussoirs over with keystone motifs, and with leaded windows; blind quatrefoil motifs over to gable apexes having cut stone surrounds. Pointed-arch window opening to the chancel gable (north-east) having multi-light window with cut stone Curvilinear Gothic tracery, chamfered ashlar block-and-start surround, chamfered cut stone sill, cut stone hoodmoulding and cut stone voussoirs over with keystone motif, and with leaded figurative stained windows; blind trefoil motif over to gable apex having cut stone surround. Rose window to the nave gable (south-west) having central sexfoil opening surrounded by twelve petals with cut stone tracery, cut stone surround with inset quatrefoil motifs, chamfered ashlar block-and-start surround, chamfered cut stone sill, cut stone hoodmoulding and cut stone voussoirs over with keystone motif, and with leaded stained glass windows; blind trefoil motif over to gable apex having cut stone surround. Pointed-arched doorways to the transept gables having chamfered ashlar block-and-start surrounds, stone hoodmoulding and cut stone voussoirs over with keystone motif, and with battened timber double-doors with decorative wrought-iron hinges. Pointed-arched doorway to modern porch to the south-west having battened timber doors. Open interior with exposed timber purlins, hammer beam and crossed-braced timber roof structure with decorative timber filigree to spandrels and with trusses set on carved stone corbels, modern timber reredos, marble columns with Doric capitals to chancel arch, marble font to nave, modern choir gallery over the nave gable, timber pews, and marble altar goods with marble altar with cut sandstone detailing (interior reordered). Set back from road in corner site to the south-west of Carrickart. Priests’ graveyard to west bounded by rubble sandstone boundary walls having Celtic high cross-type memorials. Rubble sandstone boundary walls to site; modern graveyard to the east. Freestanding cast-iron belfry to the south-east corner of church site. Tarmacadam surrounds to church, lawned area with modern rubble stone feature to the east with bronze sculptural plaques.

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Ruins of former hall-type Catholic church\chapel, built c. 1807, on rectangular-plan. Now largely demolished. Rubble stone walls with remnants of lime render over; flush roughly dressed block-and-start quoins to the surviving corners. Graveyard (on rectangular-plan) to site having rubble stone boundary wall with rubble stone coping over; cement coping and timber fence over boundary wall to the south-west corner of site. Collection of gravemarkers to site of mainly upstanding type dating from the early-nineteenth century until the late twentieth-century. Gravemarkers to interior of former church. Gateway to the south comprising a pair of rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) having modern metal gate. Located to the north-west of St. John the Baptist’s Catholic church (see 40808003) and associated parochial house (see 40808007), and to the south-west of Carrickart. Modern graveyard located to the east of current church.

• Presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey Catholic parochial house, built c. 1885, with single-bay single-storey storey entrance porch to the centre of the front elevation (south-east) and single-bay two-storey return\extension to the centre of the rear elevation (north-west). Pitched natural slate roof with two central rendered chimneystacks, and with terracotta finials to gable ends. Smooth rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with raised smooth rendered block-and-start surrounds, painted sills, and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed door opening to the north-east face of porch having raised smooth rendered block-and-start surround with keystone, timber panelled door with raised and fielded panels, and plain overlight. Set back from road in mature landscaped grounds to the south-west of Carrickart, and a short distance to the north-east of associated church (see 40808003). Detached three-bay two-storey outbuilding to the rear (north-west) having pitched natural slate roof with raised rendered verges to the gable ends, roughcast rendered walls, square-headed loading bays and doors with battened timber doors, and square-headed carriage-arches with battened timber double-doors. Partially rendered rubble stone boundary wall to the west of house (forming courtyard to rear of dwelling with outbuilding to the north-west side) having rubble stone coping over; gateway to the east giving access to rear courtyard comprising a pair of rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan having wrought-iron flat bar gate. Main gateway to site to the south of the house comprising a pair of channelled smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having rendered pyramidal coping over, and with a pair of hooped wrought-iron gates; pedestrian turnstile adjacent to the west pier having wrought-iron flat-bar gate and stile. Rubble stone boundary wall to road-frontage to the south and to the south-east of site.

• Water pump, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, erected c. 1910, comprising fluted shaft surmounted by fluted domed capping with acorn finial over, lever to east face, and having lion's head motif to spout. Now out of use. Foundry mark no longer visible. Located on modern flower bed adjacent to boundary wall along the main approach road into Carrickart from the south and west.

• Carrigart National School, school, 1885–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey national school, dated 1886, having porch at right angle to one end. Pitched slate roof with exposed rafter ends, some remains of cast-iron rainwater goods and yellow brick chimneystack with render cornice coping. Roughcast rendered walls rusticated plaque inscribed "CARRIGART/NATIONAL SCHOOL/1886". Square-headed openings with smooth-rendered surrounds, concrete sills and timber casement windows, with tripartite window to north gable. Timber battened door to north side of porch. Set at road side, with stone boundary wall having field-stone coping and square-plan rendered piers with metal gate. Rubble stone boundary wall to rear.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Umlagh.

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.

• Umlagh, Carrigart11 sales

Name

Umlagh · Iomlach

Area

1,659,074 m² (165.91 ha, 409.97 acres)

Civil parish

Mevagh, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmacrenan

Electoral division

Carrickart, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carrickart electoral division: 965 people in 353 households; 73% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 40% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyoghagan, Carrickart, Dunmore, Finver, Glenkeo, Magheramagorgan

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Umlagh 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.