Lismintan or Ballyruddelly
Lismintan or Ballyruddelly is a townland in the civil parish of Drumhome, barony of Tirhugh, Co. Donegal.
Parcel 1314585
- Area
- 259 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 16 m².
- 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
- Lismintan or Ballyruddelly
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 5 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
- 152.2 ha
- 376 acres
- Land parcels
- 91
- registered freehold, median 4,490 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
91 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lismintan or Ballyruddelly, from 10 m² to 93,182 m² (9.32 ha, 23.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Lismintan or Ballyruddelly 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
23 Jul 2026Conditional
AMENDMENT TO DWELLING PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF.NO. 2561822 TO RAISE THE FINISHED FLOOR LEVEL FROM 43.5M TO 45.65M RELATIVE TO ROAD CENTRELINE DATUM OF 42.5M AS DETAILED ON THE PLANS SUBMITTED WITH THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661372
6 Nov 2025Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING, (2) DEMOLITION OF SHED TO REAR OF DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW GARAGE, (3) ERECTION OF A STEEL PORTAL FRAME SHED TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING AND (4) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ENTRANCE TO SERVE STEEL PORTAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561935
4 Nov 2025N/a
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING, (2) DEMOLITION OF SHED TO REAR OF DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW GARAGE, (3) ERECTION OF A STEEL PORTAL FRAME SHED TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING AND (4) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ENTRANCE TO SERVE STEEL PORTAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561913
20 Oct 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER ALONG WITH A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561822
10 Oct 2025N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER ALONG WITH A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561774
11 Oct 2023Conditional
RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING DERELICT HOUSE TO A DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND USE OF EXISTING ON SITE SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351536
19 Apr 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF (1) A PARTIAL 2 STOREY, PARTIAL SINGLE STOREY DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, ACCESS ROADWAY TO THE ADJOINING PUBLIC ROAD (2) A DETACHED SINGLE STOREY PITCHED ROOF DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250673
21 Sept 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM & POLISHING FILTER ALONG WITH A DOMESTIC GARAGE & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151875
27 Aug 2021N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM & POLISHING FILTER ALONG WITH A DOMESTIC GARAGE & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151702
8 Jun 2021Conditional
REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING 15.1M LATTICE STRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT (17M OVERALL HEIGHT) AND INSTALLATION OF A REPLACEMENT 20M LATTICE STRUCTURE (21.5M OVERALL HEIGHT) ALONG WITH THE INSTALLATION OF ANTENNAE, DISHES, EQUIPMENT CABINETS, CABLE LADDERS, FENCING AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT THERETO FOR ENHANCED WIRELESS DATA AND BROADBAND SERVICES
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151119
4 Mar 2020Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF AN APARTMENT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF; 18/51074 TO USE AS A MONTESSORI SCHOOL AND EXTENSION TO SAME ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF CARPARKING AND CREATION OF VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO SERVE THE PROPOSED MONTESSORI SCHOOL AND MAIN DWELLING GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF 18/51074
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050268
21 Oct 2019Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF COMMUNITY CENTRE FROM COMMUNITY USE TO USE AS A PRESCHOOL/CRECHE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1951584
10 Oct 2019N/a
CHANGING USE OF PART OF THE COMMUNITY CENTRE FROM COMMUNITY USE TO USE AS A PRE SCHOOL/CRECHE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1951524
13 Aug 2019N/a
CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE FROM COMMUNITY USE TO USE AS A PRESCHOOL/CRÉCHE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1951232
11 Jul 2018Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF THE PUBLIC HOUSE PREMISES FORMERLY KNOWN AS JAMSIE'S BAR TO 3 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS WHICH WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) 1 NO. 3 STOREY DWELLING HOUSE TO FRONT OF BUILDING (FORMER BAR AREA), (2) 2 NO. SINGLE STOREY RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO REAR (FORMER LOUNGE/STORE AREA), (3) PROVISION OF CAR PARKING TO REAR, (4) ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO FRONT & SIDE ELEVATIONS AND (5) CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 3 homes · Donegal County Council, 1851074
11 Jul 2018Conditional
ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH DETACHED GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851069
27 Jun 2017Unconditional
RESTORATION OF A DERELICT RUIN AND ITS USE AS A DWELLING AND ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER
Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751001
9 Feb 2017Conditional
ERECTION OF A PORCH TO THE REAR FACADE AND LIVING AREA TO THE GABLE END OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750169
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 Lismintan or Ballyruddelly.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lismintan or Ballyruddelly.
Architectural heritage
- St. Bridget's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding Catholic church, dated 1845 and altered c. 1912, comprising five-bay double-height hall having clasping diagonally-set stepped ashlar/cut stone buttresses to corners at either end (east and west) having ashlar pinnacles over, and having four stage tower attached to the entrance gable (west) with clasping diagonally-set stepped ashlar buttresses to corners rising to cut stone pinnacles at parapet level, and with gabled parapet detail. Pitched natural slate roof with moulded cut stone eaves course, raised cut stone coping/verges to gable ends, cut stone cross finial over west gable end and to the front face (west) of parapet to tower, and some remaining cast-iron rainwater goods. Ashlar limestone construction to front elevation/entrance gable (west) with roughly coursed and squared limestone rubble stone construction to other elevations. Engraved sandstone date plaque over main doorway to second stage of tower. Cut stone stringcourses to tower, delineating stages. Chamfered cut stone plinth to front elevation. Pointed-arched window openings to side elevations of nave (north and south), to entrance front (west), and to chancel gable (east) at lower level (now blocked) having chamfered ashlar limestone surrounds, hoodmouldings with decorative label stops, and leaded and stained glass windows. Three graded pointed-arched openings to chancel gable having cut stone tracery, cut stone surrounds, cut stone hoodmouldings with decorative label stops, dressed ashlar voussoirs over, and stained glass windows. Continuous cut stone sill courses. Quatrefoil opening to chancel (east) gable apex having chamfered moulded cut stone surround and timber louvers. Open pointed-arched openings to tower at belfry (fourth stage level) having cut stone surrounds and cut stone hoodmouldings with decorative label stops. Quatrefoil opening to front face of tower (west) at third stage level having chamfered moulded cut stone surround and quatrefoil window; raised ashlar limestone cross motifs to side elevations of tower at third stage level. Three pointed-arched door openings to the west elevation having with splayed ashlar limestone reveals, cut stone hoodmouldings with decorative label stops, ashlar relieving arches, timber boarded double-doors with decorative wrought-iron hinges, and overlights with stained glass windows. Flight of steps to central entrance to west. Flat ceiling to interior with moulded stucco/plaster coffers, gallery over entrance to the west end supported on timber columns and having moulded timber balustrade with recessed pointed-arch motifs, geometric polychromatic encaustic tiled floor, marble altar goods, and with stucco ogee-headed moulding to the chancel gable wall. Five-bay single-storey building attached to the east end of the north elevation having gable-fronted porch to the front elevation (west), pitched natural slate roof, and square-headed openings with replacement fittings. Set back from road in elevated site to the north of Ballintra. Graveyard to site with collection of gravemarkers dating from the late-nineteenth century. Site surrounded by rubble stone boundary wall having roughly dressed stone coping over to wall to the west and with soldier coursed coping to wall to south. Modern gateway to entrance having contemporary steel gates mounted on random rubble piers; iron turnstile to the west.
- Rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey former Church of Ireland rectory on irregular-plan, dated 1905, having advanced two-storey gable fronted projection to the west end of the main elevation (south), two-storey canted bay window with hipped natural slate roof to the east end of the main elevation, and with central projecting single-bay single-storey gable-fronted entrance porch. Two-storey canted bay window to the west side elevation. Two-storey returns and modern single- and two-storey extensions to the rear (north). Now in use as a private dwelling. Pitched natural slate roofs having red clay roll ridge tiles, red clay finials to gable ends, overhanging eaves with paired moulded timber brackets, rendered chimneystacks with banded render detailing, and decorative pierced timber bargeboards to gable ends and to front porch. Some remaining cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls to main body of building and projecting bay to the west having projecting chamfered smooth rendered plinth, and with rendered block-and-start quoins to the corners. Smooth rendered walls to canted bay openings to the east end of the main elevation and to the west side elevation. Moulded render stringcourse at first floor level to front and side elevations. Cut stone date plaque to the gable apex of projection to the west end of front elevation dated ‘1905’. Segmental-headed window openings to main (south) and to east sides, paired to the gabled projection to the west side of the main elevation, having stone sills, moulded render architrave surrounds, and replacement windows. Square-headed window openings to north elevation having stone sills, flush render surrounds, and replacement windows. Round-headed entrance door opening to central porch, having timber double-doors with raised and fielded panels, replacement leaded overlight, and with fluted cement render surround having corbels over with foliate decoration and with moulded architraved surround to overlight. Set back from road in extension mature grounds to the north-west of Ballintra town centre. Associated Church of Ireland church (see 40849004) located a short distance to the south-west. Main gateway to the south/south-east comprising a pair of ashlar gate piers (on square-plan) having capstones over, and with modern metal gates. Gateway flanked to either side by curved/quadrant sections of squared rubble stone walling and terminated by ashlar gate piers (on square-plan). Pedestrian gateway to the south-west having metal gate. Coloured concrete pavement driveway to south/ south-east leading to house from main entrance, landscaped lawned grass garden to south; concrete pavement to north enclosed by roughcast rendered boundary walls with rendered flat coping, modern flat roof roughcast rendered garage to north.
- Ballintra Church (Drumhome), church/chapel, 1790–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built c. 1795 and remodelled 1854 - 5, having three-bay hall with four-stage tower (on square-plan) attached to the centre of the west gable end with stepped parapet over. Projecting single-bay single-storey gable-fronted vestry to the rear (east) at the south end, added 1854 - 5, and modern single-storey gable-fronted boiler house extension to the rear at the north end. Pitched natural slate roof to main body of church, vestry and boiler house having clay ridge tiles and some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Projecting ashlar eaves course to side elevations (north and south) of main body of building brought across gable ends as stringcourse. Cut stone verge to verge/coping to east gable end of vestry with moulded sandstone kneeler stones to the eaves at the east gable end and moulded sandstone corbels supporting cast-iron rainwater goods to the north and south side elevations. Roughcast rendered walls to main body of church, tower and to boiler house over smooth rendered plinth. Lead flashed stringcourses to tower at third and fourth stage level. Round clockface to front face of tower at third stage level. Cement rendered finish to parapet. Coursed squared rubble limestone construction to vestry having flush ashlar sandstone block-and-start quoins to the corners. Three groups of three graded pointed-arched window openings to the north and south elevations of hall, added 1854 - 5, having chamfered ashlar sandstone surrounds with chamfered ashlar sandstone mullions, chamfered ashlar sandstone sills and cast-iron framed quarry glazed windows. Three graded pointed arched window openings to east gable end having chamfered ashlar sandstone surrounds with chamfered ashlar sandstone mullions, chamfered ashlar sandstone sills and cast-iron framed quarry glazed windows. Paired pointed-arched window openings to west elevation, flanking tower, having chamfered ashlar sandstone surrounds with chamfered ashlar sandstone mullions, chamfered ashlar sandstone sills and cast-iron framed quarry glazed windows. Pointed arched window openings to tower at second stage level and to first stage at front face of tower (west) having chamfered ashlar sandstone surrounds and replacement windows; pointed-arched openings to tower at belfry level (fourth stage) having ashlar sandstone surrounds and timber louvers. Round openings to side elevations of tower at third stage level having ashlar surrounds and replacement windows. Paired pointed-arched window openings to the east side of vestry having flush ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds and cast-iron framed quarry glazed windows. Pointed-headed entrance door openings to north south elevation of tower having ashlar sandstone surrounds, ashlar sandstone lintel, replacement timber boarded door and replacement overlight. Pointed-arched door opening to the south side of tower now blocked. Shouldered door opening to the south elevation of vestry having flush ashlar sandstone block-and-start surround, timber sheeted door with metal hinges, and ashlar sandstone threshold addressed by two ashlar stone steps. Rendered walls to interior with timber box pews on raised timber boarded flooring, flat timber boarded coffered ceiling supported on full-height Doric columns, carved timber pulpit (on octagonal-plan) with pointed-headed arcade detailing, and with horseshoe-shaped gallery to the west supported on painted cast-iron columns and having decorative timber balustrades/parapets with recessed pointed-headed arcade detailing. Set back from roadside in own grounds to the north end of Ballintra with tarmacadam forecourts and lawned areas to site. Two gravemarkers (commemorating John Kincaid and Ann Jane Kincaid) to east side of church. Enclosed by rendered boundary wall with cast-iron railings over to the west; rendered rubble stone boundary walls to north, south and west sides of site. Gateway to the west comprising a pair of rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal caps and with a pair of cast-iron gates.
- Carrick House, house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey over basement with half dormer attic level house and possible former Church of Ireland rectory, built c. 1800, having two-storey return to rear (west) and later enclosed single-storey gable-fronted porch to the centre of the main elevation (east) having Doric columns to the corners. Half-hipped natural slate roof with a central pair of smooth rendered chimneystacks with stepped rendered coping to gables, central half-dormer window with d decorative pierced timber bargeboards, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched slate roof to rear return, pitched roof to porch with decorative pierced timber bargeboards. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls with rendered channelled/block quoins to the corners of the front elevation. Roughcast render to side elevations (north and south), rear (west) and to return. Square-headed window openings, set in wide round-headed recesses with raised render surround with keystone detail, having replacement timber casement windows and blank tympani over. Square-headed window openings with replacement fittings to other elevations. Modern square-headed doorway to porch having timber double doors and sidelights. Original segmental-headed doorway hidden behind later porch having timber panelled double-doors with octagonal panels, sidelights and fanlight over. Victorian stencil work to drawing room ceiling frieze. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the north end of Ballintra with gardens to front and rear. Bounded on road-frontage to the east by rubble stone boundary wall having wrought-iron railings over. Main gateway to the east comprising a pair of cut sandstone gateposts (on octagonal-plan) having moulded caps, and a pair of replacement metal gates. Collection of two-storey outbuildings to south, forming farmyard, having pitched natural slate roofs and rubble stone walling, cement rendered in sections. Two-storey frontage of outbuilding to the south onto Main Street having segmental-headed carriage-arch with replacement timber double doors, and square-headed window opening over with stone sill and timber louvers. Associated Church of Ireland church adjacent to the east (see 40849004).
- Ballintra Methodist Church, church/chapel, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding Methodist church/meeting house, built c. 1896, comprising a five-bay hall having advanced gable-fronted breakfront to the centre of the entrance gable end (south-east) with snecked rock-faced sandstone bellcote to gable apex, and having single-bay gable-fronted vestry(?) to the rear gable end (north-west). Pitched artificial slate roof with clay ridge tiles. Raised cut sandstone verges to the south-east gable end having moulded kneeler stones at eaves level. Snecked rock-faced sandstone construction to the front elevation of breakfront and to the south-east elevation of main body of church having squared dressed rock-faced block-and-start quoins to the corners. Roughcast rendered walls over projecting plinth course to other elevations. Pointed-arched window openings to main body of church having diamond-pane windows with coloured glass and with modern storm glazing and metal protective grids to exterior. Three graded pointed-arched window openings to the front elevation of breakfront (south-east) having diamond-pane windows with coloured glass and with modern storm glazing and metal protective grids to exterior. Flush pointed-arched relieving arch over window openings to south-east having rock-faced sandstone voussoirs. Round-headed window to the north-west gable end of main body of building having stained glass window. Square-headed entrance door opening to the south-west elevation of breakfront having replacement timber double-doors and replacement overlight. Set back from roadside on a corner site to the north-east end of Ballintra. Tarmacadam forecourt to west and south sides. Snecked squared sandstone boundary wall to south-east of site having chamfered cut sandstone coping and cast-iron railings over. Main entrance gateway to the south-east of site comprising a pair of rock-faced ashlar sandstone gate piers (on square-plan) having rock-faced sandstone capstones over, and with a pair of decorative cast-iron gates. Wrought-iron (former) lantern holder over gateway, spanning piers. Modern boundary wall to the south-west of site.
- Ballymagroarty Heritage Centre, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Corner-sited four-bay two-storey house half-dormer attic, built c. 1820 and modified c. 1910, having shopfront to the north-east end of the main elevation (north-west) and with four gable-front half-dormer openings. Possibly originally two individual properties, now combined. Formerly in use as a hardware shop, c. 1910, and as an undertakers, later in use as a heritage centre until c. 2005. Now in use as a private house. Two-bay two-storey house attached to south-west, now amalgamated to form a single property. Single-storey extension to the rear at the north end of the main building. Pitched artificial slate roof to north-west and natural slate roof to south-east pitch of main body of house, having three ruled-and-lined rendered chimneystacks with splayed caps, projecting rendered eaves course, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched natural slate roof to building adjoining to the south-west. Ruled-and-lined rendered front elevation (north-west) of main body of building over smooth rendered plinth, with raised render block-and-start quoins to the corners. Exposed rubble stone construction to the rear elevation (south-east). Segmental-headed window opening at ground floor to main elevation (north-west) having rendered stone sill, rendered surround with keystone detail, and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window; gabled windows to half-dormer attic level having rendered stone sills, rendered surrounds, and segmental-headed two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Modern metal guards to windows. Square-headed window openings to building adjoining to the south-west having stone sills and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window at first floor level and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window to the ground floor. Square-headed door opening, offset to the south-west of centre, having timber panelled door with bolection mouldings (c. 1910), rendered plinth blocks, plain rendered surround and plain overlight over. Rendered shopfront to the north-east end of main elevation having central recessed square-headed door opening with half-glazed timber door, flanking square-headed fixed-pane display windows over rendered stallrisers, and having render panelled pilasters to either end having moulded console brackets over, and with plain render fascia with metal gutter over. Square-headed door opening to the building adjoining to the south-west having timber panelled door. Road-fronted to the centre of Ballintra, and adjacent to the west of the former fair green. Laneway to the north-east of site. Yard to rear (south-east) having multi-bay two-storey outbuilding to the south-east, built c. 1860, and multi-bay three-storey outbuilding to the north-east, built c. 1820. Outbuilding to the north-east formerly in use as a dance hall with north-west portion recently converted for use as a dwelling. Pitched natural slate roof to outbuilding to the south-east, and pitched corrugated-metal roof to outbuilding to the north-west having rubble stone chimneystack to the north-west gable end. Stone eaves course to outbuilding to the south-east. Rubble stone construction with roughly dressed and squared stone quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings to upper floors having stone sills, roughly dressed stone voussoirs to lintels and replacement timber casement windows or timber louvers. Square-headed door and loading bay openings to outbuilding to the north-east having timber doors. Shallow segmental-headed door and carriage-arch openings to outbuilding to the south-east having roughly dressed voussoirs and replacement doors and double doors. Modern square-headed carriage-arch with metal doors to outbuilding to the north-east. Integral shallow segmental-headed carriage-arch opening to the outbuilding to the north-east, giving access to yard to rear of main building, having roughly dressed voussoirs to arch and modern metal gates. External flight of steps to the north-east gable end of outbuilding to the south-east, giving access to first floor level.
- Water pump, 1890–1930 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, erected c. 1910, comprising fluted cylindrical shaft on moulded base, fluted domed capping over with ‘acorn’ finial, and having spout to the east side. Foundry mark 'Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd, Kilmarnock' to shaft. Original pull lever now missing. Modern tap inserted. Located adjacent to footpath to the centre of Ballintra, and on the east side of the Main Street.
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 Lismintan or Ballyruddelly, about 1 in 5 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 low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lismintan or Ballyruddelly.
- 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 Lismintan or Ballyruddelly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Lismintan or Ballyruddelly
- Area
- 1,522,141 m² (152.21 ha, 376.13 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumhome, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tirhugh
- Electoral division
- Ballintra, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 772 people lived in 281 households in the Ballintra electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballintooey, Ballintra, Ballynacarrick, Brownhall Demesne, Carrickbreeny, Grahamstown, Rockhill, Rosscanlan, Tobernahoory
- Placenames
- Lismintan or Ballyruddelly 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.