Manorcunningham

238 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Manorcunningham, from 4 m² to 99,846 m² (9.98 ha, 24.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Manorcunningham 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.

• 18 Mar 2026Conditional

  ALTERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING CHANGING ROOMS / CLUBHOUSE INCLUDING CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING ONSITE SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2650044

• 14 Jun 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO MAIN SEWER AND ALL EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561000

• 19 Dec 2024Conditional

  ALTERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2462143

• 31 Aug 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION AND TO RENOVATE EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING ALONG WITH PROPOSED NEW ENTRANCE WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461329

• 3 Jul 2024N/a

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION, (2) RENOVATION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING ALONG WITH A PROPOSED NEW ENTRANCE WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461015

• 28 Jul 2023Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351126

• 23 Jun 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONNECTION INTO MAINS SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350901

• 16 May 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND CONNECTION TO ALL PUBLIC SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250850

• 17 Dec 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED FOR STORAGE OF FARM MACHINERY AND ALL ASSCOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2152526

• 17 Dec 2021Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND CONNECTION TO ALL PUBLIC SERVICES

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2152525

• 29 Apr 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ACCESS ENTRANCE TO EXISTING SITE AS APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 17/50315

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150794

• 11 Feb 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC WORKSHOP WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150224

• 16 Dec 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051934

• 28 Oct 2020Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE TO ACCOMMODATE NEW DRIVEWAY TO PROPOSED DWELLING (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE & ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES (3) DECOMMISSIONING SEPTIC TANK SERVING EXISTING DWELLING & CONNECT FOUL DRAINAGE TO PUBLIC SEWER

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051606

• 14 Oct 2020Conditional

  PORT-A-CABIN FOR USE AS CHANGING ROOMS & ANCILLARY FACILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH EXISTING ASTRO / TRAINING PITCH & ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2051507

• 18 Oct 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO ALL PUBLIC SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951566

• 10 May 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO ALL PUBLIC SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850741

• 9 Feb 2018Conditional

  ERECTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850179

• 20 Mar 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN ASTRO PITCH WITH ASSOCIATED FENCING, FLOOD-LIGHTING AND CAR PARKING. ALSO CONSTRUCTION OF A TRAINING PITCH AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO PUBLIC STORMWATER SEWER

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750425

• 6 Mar 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND CONNECTION TO ALL PUBLIC SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750315

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: Lough Swilly SAC 002287
• Special Protection Area: Lough Swilly SPA 004075
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Swilly Including Big Isle, Blanket Nook & Inch Lake 000166

Recorded monuments

• DG054-025 Standing stone
  Description

  The 'Standing Stone' marked on the 2nd edition and 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch map was removed in 1979. Situated on a low rise on land sloping gently W towards Lough Swilly. 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

• Browne & Sons, house, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace seven-bay three-storey terrace of three buildings, built c. 1870, comprising two-bay two-storey house to the south end, central two-bay two-storey former house having shopfront, c. 1900, and with three-bay three-storey building to the north end having two shopfronts, c. 1940, and with integral carriage-arch to the south end. Now in use as accommodation, shops and petrol station. Pitched artificial slate roof with projecting eaves course, some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods, with cast-iron and replacement rainwater goods, and with single smooth rendered chimneystack to the south gable end. Smooth rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings to upper floors and to the south end at ground floor level having one-over-one (to buildings to south end and centre) and two-over-two-pane timber sliding sash windows (to building to the north); moulded stucco architraved surround to window opening to the south end at ground floor level. Square-headed window openings to shopfronts having fixed-pane display windows. Cast-iron ventilation vent over window openings to shopfront to central building. Square-headed doorways to shopfronts having replacement windows. Square-headed doorway to the building to the south having replacement timber door with leaded upper panel, flanking smooth rendered pilasters, and with stucco pediment over. Sliding metal door to segmental-headed carriage-arch. Stucco shopfront to central building having moulded rendered cornice terminated to either end by stucco console brackets. Road-fronted to the south end of Manorcunningham. Yard to rear with single-storey outbuildings to site.

• First Presbyterian Meeting House, church/chapel, 1730–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey Presbyterian meeting house\church built c. 1746 and altered or rebuilt c. 1860 and c. 1900, having single-storey entrance porch to north-west and single-storey vestry over basement to rear (south-east), built c. 1920. Refurbished and reroofed c. 1990. Pitched artificial slate roof (fibre cement) to main body of building with cast-iron rainwater goods, and with rendered chimneystack to the south-east end of hall. Pitched artificial slate roof to porch to the north-west; pitched natural slate roof to vestry to south-east having yellow brick chimneystack. Stippled smooth rendered walls over inset smooth rendered plinth; raised smooth rendered block-and-start quoins corners of entrance porch to the north-west. Round-headed window openings to side elevations of main hall having painted stone sills, multi-pane timber sliding sash windows with some frosted panes and having margin glazing with coloured glass to outer panes. Round-headed window openings to the south-east end of main hall having leaded stained glass windows with protective grilles over; blind round opening over vestry to rear elevation. Round-headed window openings to front and side elevations of porch having stone sills and with nine-over-nine pane timber sliding sash windows. Round\ocular window opening to front elevation of porch (north-west), over central doorway, having radial timber glazing bars. Central round-headed doorway to the front elevation of porch (north-west) having replacement timber panelled double-doors with fielded panels, leaded overlight with coloured glass and with plain smooth rendered surround. Round-headed doorway to south-east elevation of vestry and round-headed window opening to west elevation having timber fittings. Date stone to east elevation of porch reading ’MPV + MRC RM 1723’ and ‘1746 this house was built be the Revd William Laird Minister Jas Boggs Projector’. Timber pews to interior, gallery with timber panelled balustrade and cast-iron column support, and timber panelled pulpit with timber pilasters. Set back from road in own grounds in elevated site to the north-east of the centre of Manorcunningham. Presbyterian hall (see 40827006) adjacent to the south in shared grounds. Site bounded to the east by smooth rendered boundary wall with moulded coping and smooth rendered piers (on square-plan) having stepped pyramidal coping over. Modern boundary wall to the west boundary. Main gateway to the east comprising a pair of smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having steeped smooth rendered capping, and with a pair of decorative cast-iron gates. Associated manse (altered or rebuilt and not in survey) located adjacent to the north of site.

• Presbyterian Church Hall, church hall/parish hall, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey Presbyterian Church hall built c. 1860 and having single-storey entrance porch to north-west, two-bay single-storey gabled extension to south-east with single-storey extension attached to south-west. Pitched slate roof with overhanging eaves on raised eaves course with cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat felt roof to entrance porch with moulded cornice. Pitched asbestos sheeted roof to south-east having smooth rendered chimney and mono-pitched slate roof to attached extension. Lined and ruled smooth rendered walls with buttresses having rendered skews to south-west. Round-headed openings with stained glass timber sliding sash windows having protective mesh over with painted stone sills. Blank ocular openings to north-west gable. Square-headed openings to rear extension having two over two timber sliding sash windows with protective mesh over and painted stone sills. Located adjacent to First Ray Presbyterian Meeting House (40827005) with low rendered boundary wall to south and north and having pair of square piers forming entrance to north-east with pair of decorative cast-iron gates inset.

• RIC barracks, 1790–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached six-bay two-storey house, built c. 1800. Later in use as a Royal Irish Constabulary barracks, c. 1840-1920 and extended to north c. 1880. Later in use as a private house. Now out of use. Pitched natural slate roof with projecting eaves course, overhanging cast-iron rainwater goods, and with two red brick chimneystacks (one to the north gable end and one offset to the south side of centre). Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course, and with smooth rendered block quoins to the corners of the front elevation; remains of lime render over rubble stone construction to the north gable end. Square-headed openings with painted stone sills, smooth rendered reveals, and with six- -over-six timber pane sliding sash windows (some now broken). Square-headed doorway (offset to the south side of centre) having smooth rendered reveals, stone plinth blocks, replacement battened timber door, and plain overlight. Road-fronted to the south end of Main Street, Manorcunningham.

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 Manorcunningham, 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 Manorcunningham.

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 Manorcunningham with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Manorcunningham · Mainéar Uí Chuinneagáin

Area

834,219 m² (83.42 ha, 206.14 acres)

Civil parish

Raymoghy, and its townlands

Barony

Raphoe North

Electoral division

Manorcunningham, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,314 people lived in 475 households in the Manorcunningham electoral division. 66% of households owned their home. 57% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Errity, Errity Churchland, Highbank, Maghera Beg, Maghera More, Manorcunningham Churchland, Raymoghy

Placenames

Manorcunningham 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.