Magheraboy
Magheraboy is a townland in the civil parish of Leck, barony of Raphoe North, Co. Donegal.
Parcel 1301549
- Area
- 473 m²
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Magheraboy
Planning applications on this parcel
27 Dec 2017Conditional
(1) REMOVAL OF EXISTING ROOF, INCREASE WALL PLATE AND INSTALL NEW ROOF TO REVISED ROOF HEIGHT, RIDGE HEIGHT INCREASED BY 1.5M FROM THAT OF THE EXISTING AND (2) CREATION OF TWO NEW BEDROOMS, STORE AND BATHROOM TO DORMER ROOF SPACE AREA TO EXISTING DWELLING
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751970
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 10 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 128.9 ha
- 319 acres
- Land parcels
- 33
- registered freehold, median 7,247 m² (0.72 ha, 1.79 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 21
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Magheraboy, from 128 m² to 254,670 m² (25.47 ha, 62.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Magheraboy 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
24 Aug 2026N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661568
16 Jul 2025Conditional
ERECTION OF A SELF-CONTAINED FLAT AUXILIARY TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING A NEW CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561218
15 Nov 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461857
5 Jun 2024N/a
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ANCILLARY DOMESTIC GARAGE TO GUESTHOUSE ACCOMMODATION WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460833
13 Mar 2024Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPEMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460329
26 Feb 2024Conditional
RELOCATION AND CHANGE OF DESIGN OF DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 21/52119 TO INCORPORATE A HOME GYM SPACE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460218
21 Feb 2024Refused
CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED FOR THE STORAGE OF FARM MACHINERY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460187
14 Apr 2022Conditional
DETACHED SHED TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF A HABITABLE DWELLING (2) ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250667
22 Dec 2021Refused
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152591
15 Dec 2021Conditional
(1)ALTERATIONS TO INTERNAL LAYOUT OF THE DWELLING AT BOTH GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR LEVELS (2)ERECTION OF EXTENSIONS TO THE FRONT & REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING INCLUDING MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE EXTERNAL FACADES (3)ALTERATION TO EXISTING ROOF STRUCTURE WHICH WILL INVOLVE THE REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING SHED TYPE DORMER WINDOW ON THE FRONT ELEVATION AND PROVISION OF 2 NO GABLE TYPE DORMER WINDOWS (4)ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2152510
27 Oct 2021Conditional
(1) REMOVAL OF EXISTING CONCRETE BASE (2) ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152119
30 Mar 2021Conditional
STRAW SHED AND PERMISSION FOR (1) ERECTION OF MEAL BIN AND WATER STORAGE TANK AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF MILKING PARLOUR, DAIRY AND ANCILLARY ROOMS, HANDLING FACILITIES, COLLECTING YARD, UNDERGROUND SLATTED SLURRY AND PARLOUR WASHING STORAGE TANKS, CUBICLE AREA AND FEED AREA ALL UNDER THE ONE ROOF AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2150552
3 Feb 2021N/a
STRAW SHED AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF (1) MEAL BIN AND WATER STORAGE TANK (2) MILKING PARLOUR, DAIRY & ANCILLARY ROOMS, HANDLING FACILITIES, COLLECTING YARD, UNDERGROUND SLATTED SLURRY & PARLOUR WASHING STORAGE TANKS, CUBICLE AREA AND FEED AREA ALL UNDER THE ONE ROOF AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2150146
27 Jan 2021Conditional
MACHINERY SHED AND PERMISSION FOR (1) ERECTION OF MEAL BIN & WATER STORAGE TANK (2) CONSTRUCTION OF MILKING PARLOUR, DAIRY & ANCILLARY ROOMS, HANDLING FACILITIES, COLLECTING YARD, UNDERGROUND SLURRY CHANNEL & CUBICLE AREA ALL UNDER THE ONE ROOF AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2150094
27 Feb 2020Conditional
ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050226
15 May 2019Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE OF PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING REF: 16/51463 WITH CONNECTION TO APPROVED SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALSO ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950677
12 Feb 2019Conditional
ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950192
17 Jul 2018Conditional
ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851133
27 Dec 2017Conditional
(1) REMOVAL OF EXISTING ROOF, INCREASE WALL PLATE AND INSTALL NEW ROOF TO REVISED ROOF HEIGHT, RIDGE HEIGHT INCREASED BY 1.5M FROM THAT OF THE EXISTING AND (2) CREATION OF TWO NEW BEDROOMS, STORE AND BATHROOM TO DORMER ROOF SPACE AREA TO EXISTING DWELLING
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751970
24 Jul 2017Conditional
(1) CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, RELOCATION OF DWELLING WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PERMISSION REF. NO. 14/50291 (2) ERECTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751174
14 Jun 2017Conditional
ERECTION OF A GARAGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF STORING CARS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750921
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Magheraboy.
Recorded monuments
- DG053-036 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Marked as 'Ratty Holy Well' on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps, the site is now modernised. It is situated on a ridge of good land. 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
- DG053-037 Standing stone
Description
There is no trace of the 'Standing Stone' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on good land on the E slope of a ridge. 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
- DG053-038 Standing stone
Description
A standing stone 1.06m high × 0.8m wide at base × 0.44m thick at base; NNE-SSW. Situated on the gentle SE slope of a ridge of good land. 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
- DG053-039 Cairn - unclassified
Description
Marked 'Carn' on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map this site does not seem to survive. However at about the point indicated there is a section of rock outcrop c. 2m × 1m. The site is on the E slope of a ridge of good land. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Magheraboy.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Magheraboy, about 1 in 10 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 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 Magheraboy.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Magheraboy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Magheraboy
- Area
- 1,289,411 m² (128.94 ha, 318.62 acres)
- Civil parish
- Leck, and its townlands
- Barony
- Raphoe North
- Electoral division
- Magheraboy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,719 people lived in 542 households in the Magheraboy electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghlehard, Dromore, Drumardagh, Listellian, Rossbrackan, Trimragh
- Placenames
- Magheraboy 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.