Derrydonnell North

113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derrydonnell North, from 119 m² to 130,910 m² (13.09 ha, 32.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 53 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 Derrydonnell North 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.

• 3 Jul 2026Refused

  for the provision of a shed structure, ancillary to the use of the dwelling, granted under Pl. Ref. No. 00/4863, and on increased site boundaries

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2661128

• 13 Mar 2026N/a

  a 10-year for development consisting of: construction of a solar photovoltaic (PV) farm with an operational lifespan of c.35-years and an export capacity of c. 36MW. The works will comprise of: (1) Ground-mounted PV panels arranged in rows; ancillary electrical works including cabling, string inverters, transformer stations, ducting, and underground connections; internal access tracks; storage containers; site lighting; pole-mounted CCTV cameras; perimeter fencing; and a temporary construction compound. (2) Access arrangements to the solar PV farm via the existing agricultural entrance on the R446, which will be upgraded as part of this application. (3) Relocation and reinstatement of stonewalls and selective removal of hedgerows to facilitate the development and provide appropriate site access / egress, with works minimised and accompanied by replacement planting and conservation measures for stone walls. (4) Creation of a biodiversity area in the southwest of the site to enhance ecological value. (5) Hard and soft landscaping works, including internal access roads, drainage features, a berm in the southwest of the site, boundary treatments, and planting. (6) Installation of an underground cable route, including joint bays, along the R446,access roads, and through agricultural lands, to connect the proposed solar PV farm to the previously permitted 110 kV substation under An Coimisiún Pleanála Case No. 310141-21,which will also be connected to the solar PV farm permitted under Galway County Council Reg. Ref. 17/1544. (7) All associated site development works, including above and below ground services, across a total site area of 39.52ha. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU)2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. The planning application has included an NIS

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660398

• 7 Nov 2025Refused

  for the provision of a single-storey modular home as a granny flat and ancillary to the use of the main dwelling, granted under Pl. Ref. No. 00/4863, and on increased site boundaries

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561629

• 11 Mar 2025Refused

  for the provision of a single-storey structure comprising of a storage facility, home office & home gym, ancillary to the use of the dwelling granted under Pl. Ref. No. 00/4863 and on increased site boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 115.00 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560250

• 10 Jan 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a domestic garage. Gross Floor Space of proposed work : 59.60 m2

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560013

• 19 Dec 2024Conditional

  for construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 275.32 sqm(house) & 46.06 sqm(garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461764

• 11 Dec 2024N/a

  of a single-storey structure comprising of a storage facility, home office & home gym. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 115 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461698

• 29 Sept 2024Conditional

  for the construction of new dwelling house, wastewater system, garage & all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 255 sqm (house) & 60.00 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461274

• 1 Nov 2023Conditional

  of existing dwellinghouse on revised site boundaries & permission to retain single storey extension at the East side & retain two storey extension at the rear elevation

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361307

• 26 Oct 2023Conditional

  of the following: a) existing workshop building to rear of site, b) existing three door garage, c) retain elevation changes to original garage/store & to retain rear extension for storage, d) retain existing northern site entrance, e) retain rear modifications & elevation changes to existing dwellinghouse & all associated services (Floor area: house - 251sqm, garage-60sqm) SPLIT DECISION - GRANT RETENTION OF ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO ORIGINAL GARAGE/STORE AND RETAIN REAR EXTENTION FOR STORAGE, REAR MODIFICATION AND ELEVATION CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING - REFUSE RETENTION OF EXISTING WORKSHOP, THREE DOOR GARAGE & NORTHERN SITE ENTRANCE

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23437

• 27 Apr 2023Conditional

  (1) of a domestic garage (2) of a dwelling house with raised floor level previously granted under 06/1447

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360435

• 4 Apr 2022Refused

  of and completion of private garage/storage shed to include all associated importation of fill/site works.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 22447

• 14 Oct 2020Conditional

  of a serviced dwelling and a garage/shed previously granted under Planning Reference No. 00/3770.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201516

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 Derrydonnell North.

Recorded monuments

• GA095-032 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a gentle rise in marshy rough pastureland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 36m) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 2.6m; ext. H 1.1m; int. H 0.5m), which is overlain by a later field wall. A stone-filled hollow, possibly a collapsed souterrain (GA095-032001-), lies within the interior. (McCaffrey 1952, 129, no. 59a) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 December 2017

• GA095-032001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the interior of a cashel (GA095-032----). A stone-filled hollow may be the remains of a collapsed souterrain. (McCaffrey 1952, 129, no. 59a) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 December 2017

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Derrydonnell North.

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 5 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_716 (ZIP).

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.

• Derrydonnell North, Oranmore10 sales

Name

Derrydonnell North · Doire Uí Dhónaill Thuaidh

Area

1,284,831 m² (128.48 ha, 317.49 acres)

Civil parish

Monivea, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Stradbally, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Stradbally electoral division: 1,186 people in 387 households; 89% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carnmore West, Derrydonnell Beg, Frenchfort, Mountain West, Moyveela, Palmerstown

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Derrydonnell North 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.