Donegal

207 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Donegal, from 7 m² to 27,227 m² (2.72 ha, 6.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Donegal 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.

• 16 Sept 2026N/a

  (1) CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST FLOOR AND ATTIC FLOOR ACCOMMODATION, PREVIOUSLY USED AS RETAIL TO AN APARTMENT WITH ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE FRONT ELEVATION, (2) REAR FIRST FLOOR AND ATTIC EXTENSIONS/ALTERATIONS AND (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661715

• 11 Sept 2026N/a

  CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING BASEMENT APARTMENT AS CONSTRUCTED AND APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 09/20256 TO SHORT TERM LET ACCOMMODATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661686

• 3 Sept 2026N/a

  (1) RETENTION OF (A) ELEVATIONAL AMENDMENTS TO FRONT FAÇADE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED, (B) 2 NO. BARS TO THE EXISTING BEER GARDEN AREA OF THE ORIGINAL MCCAFFERTY’S BAR AND BEER GARDEN AREA AND (C) AWNING STRUCTURE TO BEER GARDEN, (2) EXTENSION AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING MCCAFFERTY’S BAR PREMISES TO INCLUDE THE MERGING OF TWO ADJOINING BUILDINGS TO THE SOUTH OF CURRENT PREMISES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LICENSED AREAS, PUBLIC LOUNGE, GAMES LOUNGE, TOILET FACILITIES, STORE ROOMS, STAFF AREAS AND ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR AREA, (3) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING BUILDING KNOWN AS “SEAN GRAHAM BOOKIES” INTO A LICENSED PREMISES, (4) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INTO A LICENSED PREMISES, (5) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHEDS TO REAR OF THE DWELLING HOUSE AND PART OF THE BOOKIES BUILDING, (6) PROVISION OF ELEVATIONAL AMENDMENTS ALONG STREET ELEVATIONS AND TO THE TWO NEW BUILDINGS ALONG THE STREET FRONT WITH NEW SHOP FRONTS TO THE TWO NEW BUILDINGS, (7) RECONFIGURATION OF EXISTING BEER GARDEN AREA AND INTERNAL AREAS BY DECOMMISSIONING EXISTING REAR BAR TO PROVIDE A NEW STORE AREA, A FIRE ESCAPE ROUTE AND A NEW INTERNAL BAR LAYOUT, (8) PROVISION OF NEW 2M WIDE FOOTPATH TO REAR OF THE PROPERTY AND (10) ADDITIONAL SITE SIGNAGE TO THE TWO NEW SHOP FRONTS TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661636

• 5 Aug 2026N/a

  A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOR A LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (LRD) CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) CONSTRUCTION OF 228 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS CONSISTING OF (A) 71 NO. HOUSES, HOUSING MIX OF 65 NO. 3 BEDROOM HOUSES & 6 NO. 4 BEDROOM HOUSES AND (B) 157 NO. APARTMENTS, APARTMENT MIX OF 122 NO. 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS & 35 NO. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF LOCAL RETAIL AND SERVICE USES: 476M² (5,123SQ/FT) WITH 4 NO. INDIVIDUAL UNITS, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A PRE-SCHOOL (CRECHE) WITH OUTDOOR CLASSROOM/PLAY AREA: 160M² (1722SQ/FT), (4) AN ACCESS LINK ROAD CONNECTING INTO THE EXISTING PUBLIC ROAD NETWORK (L-20854-0) VIA THE EXISTING HOUSING ESTATE AT ABBEY VIEW TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE AND EXTENDING EASTWARDS TO CONNECT TO THE EXISTING ROAD NETWORK AT EXISTING HOUSING ESTATE AT WINWARD DRIVE TO THE EAST OF THE SITE, WITH CREATION OF NEW ROAD FOR FUTURE SEPARATE CONNECTION TO THE SOUTH-WEST OF THE SITE, (5) ALL ASSOCIATED FOOTPATHS AND CYCLE LANES & INTERNAL PEDESTRIAN LINKAGE PATHS, (6) VEHICULAR & FOOTPATH LINK TO THE LANDS TO THE NORTH OF THE SITE, (7) PARALLEL PARKING SPACES ALONG THE NEW LINK ROAD AND ASSOCIATED PARKING THROUGHOUT THE SITE, (8) AMENITY & GREEN SPACES THROUGHOUT THE SITE CONSISTING OF HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING, (9) BIODIVERSITY ZONES THROUGHOUT THE SITE WITH NATIVE TREES, SHRUBS & POLLINATOR PLANTING, (10) A DEDICATED NATURAL WOODLAND PARK & GREEN AMENITY SPACE TO THE SOUTH OF THE SITE, (11) RETENTION AND PROTECTION OF THE EXISTING DECIDUOUS WOODLANDS TO THE NORTH-EAST OF THE SITE, (12) A FOUL SEWER CONNECTION TO THE ADJOINING PUBLIC FOUL SEWER NETWORK, (13) STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND CONNECTION TO ADJOINING PUBLIC STORM WATER NETWORK, (14) SUDS STORM RETENTION DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AS REQUIRED, (15) PROVISION FOR A NEW WATER CONNECTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ADJOINING PUBLIC WATER MAIN, (16) PUBLIC LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT SITE, (17) ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGE POINTS WITH ASSOCIATED SITE INFRASTRUCTURE DUCTING TO PROVIDE CHARGE POINTS FOR RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE SITE, (18) PROVISION OF ASSOCIATED BICYCLE STORAGE FACILITIES AT SURFACE LEVEL THROUGHOUT THE SITE AND BIN STORAGE FACILITIES AS REQUIRED THROUGHOUT, (19) CONTROLLED & UNCONTROLLED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS THROUGHOUT THE SITE, (20) SITE EXCAVATION WORKS TO FACILITATE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE EXCAVATION AND GENERAL SITE PREPARATION WORKS AND ANY RETAINING STRUCTURES THAT MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGHOUT THE SITE, (21) ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT/CONSTRUCTION WORKS TO

  Permission, 71 homes · Donegal County Council, 2661462

• 17 Jun 2026N/a

  (1) RETENTION OF AN AUTOMATED ROLLOVER CAR WASH SYSTEM AND WATER STORAGE TANK AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EASTERN SIDE OF EXISTING CAR SALES PREMISES WHICH PROVIDES FOR A CAR PREPARATION, VALET AND HANDOVER AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661129

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SUNROOM EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660952

• 14 May 2026Conditional

  (1) REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING FLAT ROOF WITH PITCHED ROOF TO EXISTING REAR EXTENSION AND (2) DEMOLITION AND REBUILD OF SIDE EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660867

• 6 May 2026N/a

  (1) RETENTION OF (A) 2 NO. BARS TO THE EXISTING BEER GARDEN AREA OF THE ORIGINAL MCCAFFERTY’S BAR AND BEER GARDEN AREA AND (B) AWNING STRUCTURE TO BEER GARDEN, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING MCCAFFERTY’S BAR PREMISES TO INCLUDE THE MERGING OF TWO ADJOINING BUILDINGS TO THE SOUTH OF CURRENT PREMISES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LICENSED AREAS, PUBLIC LOUNGE, GAMES LOUNGE, TOILET FACILITIES, STORE ROOMS, STAFF AREAS AND ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR AREA, (3) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING BUILDING KNOWN AS ‘SEAN GRAHAM BOOKIES’ INTO A LICENSED PREMISES, (4) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INTO A LICENSED PREMISES, (5) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHEDS TO REAR OF THE DWELLING HOUSE AND PART OF THE BOOKIES BUILDING, (6) PROVISION OF ELEVATIONAL AMENDMENTS ALONG STREET ELEVATIONS AND TO THE TWO NEW BUILDINGS ALONG THE STREET FRONT WITH NEW SHOP FRONTS TO THE TWO NEW BUILDINGS, (7) RECONFIGURATION OF EXISTING BEER GARDEN AREA AND INTERNAL AREAS BY DECOMMISSIONING EXISTING REAR BAR TO PROVIDE A NEW STORE AREA, A FIRE ESCAPE ROUTE AND A NEW INTERNAL BAR LAYOUT AND (8) INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL SITE SIGNAGE TO THE TWO NEW SHOP FRONTS TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660807

• 1 May 2026Unconditional

  (1) ALTERATIONS TO THE LAYOUT AND HOUSE TYPES PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 20/51766, IN THE AREA DEFINED BY HOUSE NUMBERS 30-46 TO PROVIDE FOR A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS FROM 17 TO 12 TO INCLUDE (A) 10 NO. SEMI-DETACHED TWO-STOREY 4-BEDROOM HOUSE TYPES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION AND (B) 2 NO. DUPLEX TYPE 2-BEDROOM HOUSING UNITS IN A SINGLE TWO-STOREY BLOCK, AND (2) ALL ASSOCIATED ROADS, FOOTPATHS, LIGHTING, SERVICES, AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2650067

• 1 May 2026Conditional

  (1) RETENTION OF SHOPFRONT TO ‘KENNEDYS BY THE SEA’ INCLUDING RELOCATED ENTRANCE DOOR, GLAZING AND ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE AND (2) CHANGING WINDOWS ON FIRST FLOOR AND ERECTION OF A NEW WALL SIGN ON FRONT ELEVATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660783

• 1 May 2026Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF 45 MIXED TYPE HOUSING UNITS TO INCLUDE (1) 9 NO. TWO STOREY, 4 BEDROOM DETACHED HOUSES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION (2) 16 NO. TWO STOREY, 5 BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION (3) 10 NO. 2 BEDROOM, GROUND AND FIRST DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO STOREY BUILDINGS (4) 10 NO. 2 BEDROOM GROUND FLOOR DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO AND A HALF STOREY BUILDINGS (5) 10 NO. 3 BEDROOM TWO STOREY DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO AND A HALF STOREY BLOCKS (6) DEVELOPMENT OF ESTATE ROADS, FOOTPATHS AND OPEN GRASSED AND PLAY AREAS, ALL WITH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS VIA THE FARMLEIGH PARK ROAD ONTO THE OLD LAGHEY ROAD (L-2065-1) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF BOUNDARIES, RETAINING STRUCTURES, STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND ATTENUATION WITH DISCHARGE INTO THE EXISTING PIPE NETWORK, FOUL WATER DRAINAGE AND CONNECTION INTO THE EXISTING MAINS PIPE NETWORK, MAINS WATER SUPPLY PIPES AND ALL ASSOCIATED PUBLIC LIGHTING, PUBLIC UTILITY NETWORKS SERVICES AND CONNECTIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE AND INFRASTRUCTURAL WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2650066

• 25 Mar 2026N/a

  CHANGE OF USE OF THE GROUND FLOOR (MEASURING CIRCA 184M2) OF AN EXISTING BUILDING FROM RETAIL (FORMERLY A BUTCHER SHOP) TO A RESTAURANT WITH ASSOCIATED MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXTERIOR INCLUDING MINOR CHANGES TO THE FENESTRATION AT THE FRONT AND REAR ENTRANCES, INSTALLATION OF AN EXTRACT DUCT FROM THE COOKING AREA TO TERMINATE ABOVE EXISTING ROOF VERGE TO REAR, AND ERECTION OF ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660504

• 16 Mar 2026N/a

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) 1 NO. BUILDING (UNIT A) CONTAINING 1 NO. OFFICE AND 3 NO. OPEN PLAN WAREHOUSES WITH OFFICE AND SANITARY ACCOMMODATION, (B) 1 NO. BUILDING (UNIT B) CONTAINING 1 NO. OFFICE AND 3 NO. OPEN PLAN WAREHOUSES WITH OFFICE AND SANITARY ACCOMMODATION AND (C) 1 NO. BUILDING CONTAINING 4 NO. OPEN PLAN WAREHOUSES WITH OFFICE AND SANITARY ACCOMMODATION (UNITS C, D, E & F), (2) PROVISION OF ACCESS ROAD, CAR PARKING AND PEDESTRIAN FOOTPATHS TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTIONS TO THE PUBLIC FOUL, STORM AND WATERMAIN SERVICES AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660432

• 24 Mar 2025Conditional

  DEVELOPMENT TO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE CONSISTING OF (1) REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING CHIMNEYS, SLATE AND FLAT ROOFS, (2) FABRICATION OF NEW HIP ROOF, (3) REMOVAL OF EXISTING PVC PORCH AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ENTRANCE PORCH TO NORTH ELEVATION AND (4) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY TO PROVIDE KITCHEN/DINER

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560420

• 16 Jan 2025Refused

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDING PREVIOUSLY USED AS AN OFFICE/POTTERY WORKSHOP, RETAIL UNIT AND DWELLING ACCOMMODATION AND (2) ERECTION OF AN APARTMENT BLOCK CONSISTING OF 6 NO. 2-BED APARTMENTS OVER 3 FLOORS, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560029

• 11 Nov 2024Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING DERELICT PROPERTY AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY DAY SERVICES CENTRE FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES, WITH ANCILLARY PRIVATE OPEN SPACE, CAR PARKING, AND ALL ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING WORKS, SITE WORKS AND SERVICE INSTALLATIONS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461801

• 30 Oct 2024N/a

  DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING DERELICT PROPERTY AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY DAY SERVICES CENTRE FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES, WITH ANCILLARY PRIVATE OPEN SPACE, CAR PARKING AND ALL ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING WORKS, SITE WORKS AND SERVICE INSTALLATIONS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461741

• 16 Oct 2024Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF THE FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION (PREVIOUSLY USED AS A RESTAURANT) TO AN APARTMENT WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461636

• 11 Oct 2024Conditional

  (1) PROPOSED INTERNAL ALTERATIONS CONSISTING OF LOWERING EXISTING FLOOR LEVEL TO CREATE LEVEL ACCESS FROM PUBLIC FOOTPATH, PROPOSED NEW RAMP AND STEPPED ACCESS INTERNALLY TO MAIN BANKING HALL, (2) REMOVAL OF EXISTING EXTERNAL STEPS AT FRONT DOOR, LOWERING OF EXISTING ENTRANCE DOUBLE DOORS AND INSTALLATION OF PROPOSED NEW GLAZED FANLIGHT OVER, (3) REMOVAL OF EXISTING EXTERNAL ATM, INCREASING EXISTING OPE, AND REPLACING WITH 1 NO. NEW ATM TO FRONT ELEVATION AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461610

• 12 Sept 2024Conditional

  (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM LICENCED BAR / LOUNGE TO RETAIL SHOP AND COFFEE SHOP AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND PROVISION OF SKYLIGHTS AND ROOF LIGHTS AT ROOF LEVEL AND EXTERNAL TERRACE TO THE REAR ELEVATION TO EXISTING TERRACED PROPERTY (WHICH IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE REF NO. 40843012) FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE SCOTSMAN'S BAR, (2) CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR LIVING ACCOMMODATION TO 2 NO. 1- BEDROOM APARTMENTS, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A FLAT ROOF EXTENSION TO THE REAR AT FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR LEVELS TO PROVIDE A STAIRWELL AND BALCONIES TO THE APARTMENTS, (4) ELEVATION CHANGES AND PROVISION OF A NEW SHOPFRONT AND ENTRANCE, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461417

• 9 Sept 2024N/a

  (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM LICENCED BAR / LOUNGE TO RETAIL SHOP AND COFFEE SHOP AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND PROVISION OF SKYLIGHTS AND ROOF LIGHTS AT ROOF LEVEL AND EXTERNAL TERRACE TO THE REAR ELEVATION, (2) CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR LIVING ACCOMMODATION TO 2 NO. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A FLAT ROOF EXTENSION TO THE REAR AT FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR LEVELS TO PROVIDE A STAIRWELL AND BALCONIES TO THE APARTMENTS, (4) ELEVATION CHANGES AND PROVISION OF A NEW SHOPFRONT AND ENTRANCE (5) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461388

• 7 Aug 2024Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR EXTENSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 3 STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF PREMISES KNOWN AS O’DONNELL’S BAR AND LOUNGE TO PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 29 NO. ENSUITE BEDROOMS AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION WHICH COMPRISES OF (A) CHANGE OF USE AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING GROUND FLOOR STORAGE AREA TO PROVIDE 3 NO. EN SUITE BEDROOMS, (B) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EXTENSION INCORPORATING GROUND FLOOR LOUNGE, KITCHEN, TOILETS, STAIRWELLS AND ANCILLARY STORAGE AREAS, (C) 13 NO. EN-SUITE BEDROOMS TO FIRST FLOOR LEVEL WITH ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION AND (D) 13 NO. EN-SUITE BEDROOMS TO SECOND FLOOR LEVEL WITH ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION, (2) REMOVAL OF PITCHED ROOF OVER EXISTING 3 STOREY PREMISES FACING THE DIAMOND AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAISED WALL PLATE AND PITCHED ROOF OVER AND (3) ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461211

• 25 Jul 2024Conditional

  2 & ½ STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING HOUSE WHICH PROVIDES A KITCHEN AT GROUND LEVEL, BATHROOM AND UTILITY AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AND A SINGLE BEDROOM AT ATTIC LEVEL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2461137

• 22 May 2024Unconditional

  (1) REFURBISHMENT AND ALTERATIONS OF AN EXISTING TWO STOREY TERRACED DWELLING HOUSE, (2) EXTENSION TO THE REAR TO PROVIDE A TWO-STOREY PITCHED ROOFED EXTENSION WITH LIVING ROOM, KITCHEN AND STAIRWELL AT GROUND LEVEL AND 2 BEDROOMS, BATHROOMS AND STAIRWELL AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2450137

• 3 May 2024Conditional

  (1) ALTERATIONS TO THE LAYOUT AND HOUSE TYPES PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 20/51766, IN THE AREA DEFINED BY HOUSE NUMBERS 30-46 TO PROVIDE FOR A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS FROM 17 TO 12 TO INCLUDE: (A) 10 NO. SEMI-DETACHED TWO-STOREY 4-BEDROOM HOUSE TYPES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION AND (B) 2 NO. DUPLEX TYPE 2-BEDROOM HOUSING UNITS IN A SINGLE TWO-STOREY BLOCK, AND (2) ALL ASSOCIATED ROADS, FOOTPATHS, LIGHTING, SERVICES, AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 12 homes · Donegal County Council, 2460645

The 25 most recent of 80 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: Donegal Bay (Murvagh) SAC 000133
• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Eske and Ardnamona Wood SAC 000163
• Special Protection Area: Donegal Bay SPA 004151
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Donegal Bay (Murvagh) 000133

Recorded monuments

• DG093-013 Historic town
  Description

  Described in the Urban Survey of Donegal as 'The town is located at the head of Donegal Bay overlooking the wide shallow estuary of the river Eske. The placename is derived from Dun na Ngall, "the fort of the foreigners". These "foreigners" are usually presumed to be the Vikings who were active around the coast of Donegal in the mid ninth century and again in the 920s and 930s. The nature of this fort and whether or not is represents Scandinavian settlement remain unknown (Bradley & Dunne 1989, 30). Donegal rose to prominence in the later middle ages as one of the principal residences of O Donnell lords of Tirconnell. The castle (DG093-013001-) was constructed in or around 1474 by Hugh Roe O'Donnell (d. 1505) at much the same time as the Franciscan friary (DG093-013002-) was established a short distance to the south. In 1566 Sir Henry Sidney described the castle as "one of the greatest that ever I saw in Ireland in any Irishman's lands and would appear in good keeping; one of the fairest situated in good soil and so nigh a portable water as a boat of ten tons could come within twenty yards of it". Increasing English pressure to gain a foothold in Donegal caused it to be burned in 1588 so that it could not be used as a garrison fort. The English force instead garrisoned the friary. In 1592, when Red Hugh O'Donnell returned after his escape from Dublin Castle, the English garrison was forced to flee and both castle and friary were rebuilt. The landing of Dowcra's forces, under Niall garbh O'Donnell, in 1601 resulted in the capture of the friary and the return of a garrison which Red Hugh O'Donnell failed to eject because it could be provisioned directly by sea. After the flight of the earls in 1607 and the escheat of the county, the land around Donegal town was granted to Capt Basil Brooke, who had been active in the Ulster wars. Brooke began to settle the land and in 1611 Donegal was described by Pynnar as follows : We found a fair bawn built, with flankers, a parapet, and a walk on the top 15 feet high. Within the bawn is a strong house, built by Captain Basil Brooke….Many families of English, Scottish, and irish are inhabiting the town, who built them good copled houses after the manner of the Pale (Butlin 1977, 89). On 13 march 1612 Brooke received a grant : To hold a Thursday market and a fair on the feast of St Peter, and the day after, yearly at Donegal; with courts of pie-powder; power to appoint a clerk of the market, etc. rent 6s. 8d.; No person to sell goods by retail within 3 miles of the castle of Donegal, unless they were planted there by the said Basil, or were inhabitants of the said town of Donegal, on forfeiture of the said goods; he to set apart a convenient place for the site of the said town to be built; for the market-place, and for the church and church-yard; the said borough to consist of 20 burgesses, besides cottagers and other inferior inhabitants, to be accomodated with houses and lands within four years; 30a to be appointed for the Common to be called the burgess-field, with 2a. More, viz. half an acre for the building of a public school and one and a half for the exercise of the scholars (Ir. Rec Comm 1830, 219-20). As a result of this grant Brooke succeeded in attracting sufficient settlers and the town was incorporated on 17 February 1613. The town was never particularly large and in the census if c. 1659 its adult population was given as 24 English and Scots together with 71 Irish making a total of 95. In 1689 the town was burned by Jacobites under the Duke of Berwick but he failed to capture the castle (Bradley & Dunne 1989, 31-2). The town of Donegal is described in the Urban Survey as 'The town was laid out around a triangular diamond placed to the south of the castle. Three streets led from the diamond: Bridge St, Main St and Quay St. Tyrconnell St is obviously an intrusion into this layout. The burgage plot pattern still survives within the town and it is very clear on the O.S. 25" map. In 1612 Basil Brooke was granted the right to hold a weekly market at Donegal. The diamond was evidently the market place of the new town. Pynnar's account of 1611, quoted above, indicates that the settlers were building houses in the town after the manner of the Pale. This presumably indicates that some were half-timbered while others were stone built. Nothing remains of pre-1700 housing within the town' (Bradley & Dunne 1989, 33-4). Excavation licence number 00E0697 Monitoring was carried out by by Declan Moore of Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services Ltd on the site of the proposed conversion and extension to the rear of the AIB building at the Diamond, Donegal, Co. Donegal. Monitoring was carried out between 6 and 28 October 2000. The site is bounded to the west by a high wall, separating it from a roadway and the Eske River. It is located on a gently rising slope. To the north and south it is bounded by the Abbey Hotel and the Central Hotel respectively. Bedrock was sealed by a series of compact, yellow/brown, sandy clays, which in turn underlay mixed deposits of dark brown silt and gravel with frequent inclusions of red brick. This deposit appears to represent deliberate deposition to level up the existing slope and was subsequently used as a yard and later as a parking area. This deposit was overlain by a layer of rounded cobbles and tarmac. The site was truncated throughout by a number of modern pipelines and was heavily disturbed. Nothing of archaeological significance was observed. (Excavations Bulletin 2000) Excavation licence number 00E0243 and ext. The site occupies an area measuring 35m east-west by 34m that lies on the west side of Quay Street and fronts onto the river estuary to the west. The first edition OS 6-inch map shows that the late 18th/early 19th-century quay wall crosses the west side of the site but is now hidden behind more modern reclamation. Three trenches were mechanically excavated iby Alan Hayden, of Archaeological Projects Ltd in April 2000. Bedrock stepped down from 1.4m to 3.5m below modern ground level from east to west. It was overlain by water-deposited silt, which contained 18th-century finds. The top of this deposit lay at 2m below modern ground level. A large stone wall crossed the centre of the site parallel to the later 18th-century one. Its top stood to a maximum height of 1m below modern ground level. The site and wall were subsequently fully exposed and recorded during archaeological excavation undertaken in early June 2000. It was the earliest structure on the site. The height of the bedrock at the east side of the site suggested that this was the first quay wall built in the area. The wall survived up to 2m in height and was built against one of the bedrock steps. Its rear face was poorly built, but the west face, which faced the water, was finely wrought of large blocks of stone. Eighteenth-century deposits occurred in places beneath the rear face and also against both sides of the wall. It is hoped that the wall will be rebuilt at a higher level in the proposed development. (Excavations Bulletin 2000) Excavation licence number 00E0697 ext. Monitoring was carried out by Declan Moore of Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services Ltd on the site of the proposed conversion and extension of the AIB building on the Diamond, Donegal town. Phase 1 of the proposed development entailed the excavation of foundation trenches and new drains to the rear of the existing building (Excavations 2000, No. 171). The second phase of monitoring involved the demolition of existing structures to the rear of the main bank building and involved no further excavations. Phase 3 involved the reduction of the floor in the existing building and subsequent excavation of two column bases. The site is bounded to the west by a high wall, separating the proposed development from a roadway and the Eske River. It is on a gently rising slope. To the north and south, the Abbey Hotel and the Central Hot

• DG093-013001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Donegal Castle is a National Monument (No.174) in State care. Hugh Roe O'Donnell, who died in 1505, is credited with having first erected a castle at Donegal (AFM 1505). The 'old castle' and a 'new tower' at Donegal are mentioned in a domestic conflict of 1564 (AFM 1564); the nature of this tower is uncertain. Two years later, the Lord Deputy, Sir Henry Sidney, described the castle as 'one of the greatest that ever I saw in Ireland in any Irishman's lands, and would appear in good keeping one of the fairest. . .' (Caulfield 1870-1, 22). Though burned in 1589, and partly demolished, possibly in 1595, to prevent it being garrisoned by English forces (CSPI 1588-92, 123; O'Rahilly 1927, 208), it must, soon after, have been repaired; it fell into the possession of the English in 1601 (Murphy Ed., 1895, 261, 281, 291). Whether or not it was subsequently repaired by Rory O'Donnell is unknown. Captain Basil Brooke, knighted in 1616, received a grant of the castle in 1611, had it renewed in 1620 and made permanent in 1623 (Hill 1877, 324; Petrie 1840, 186). He is described in 1611 as having 'a fair bawn built with flankers' within which was 'a strong house of stone' (Hill 1877, 514). The Coats of Arms on the over-mantel of the fireplace confirm that it was he who converted the whole, with the addition of a gabled wing, into a Jacobean manor-house. During the 1641 rebellion it was held by Sir Basil's heir, Henry Brooke, though Clanrickarde took it for a short period in 1651. Henry Brooke subsequently resided there (de Breffny and ffolliott 1975, 44-5). It fell to decay in the 18th century and was placed in the guardianship of the Office of Public Works in 1898 (Leask 1932, 12). It is now a National Monument (no. 174). For the purposes of clarity and to aid the description, the manor-house (DG093-013007-) is taken as attached to the W wall of the keep. The remains consist of a much altered tower-house (DG093-013001-) and adjoining early 17th century manor-house (DG093-013007-) at the NE end of a bawn (DG093-013006-). They are protected by the River Eske on the N and E. Two distinct building periods are evident. Little remains of the original O'Donnell keep above first floor level, the surviving features confirming it as a typical if not large tower-house of the later 15th/16th century period. Brooke's early 17th century alterations included the insertion of numerous mullioned windows with horizontal hood-moulds, a bay frontage about the original entrance and several fireplaces in the E wall. That he first altered the keep is indicated by the partly blocked-up N window in the W wall and at second storey level (see below); this is also borne out by the fact that the alterations to the keep were defensive in character. All the ground-floor windows are small and narrow and it is only at first-floor level, some 6m up, that the large mullioned windows are inserted. The architecture indicates that the manor-house was added soon after, and the same masons undoubtedly worked on both buildings. The walls of the four storey keep rise from battered lower courses. They are built of roughly-quarried blocks and some rubble laid in mortar and have ashlar quoins. The original ground-floor entrance was in the centre of the S wall and the lower section of the E chamfered jamb is in situ. Brooke added a bay front to this wall and fitted it with three narrow windows. On the E of the original door is a small guard-chamber with a wall-press. On the W, a spiral stairs with twisted octagonal stone newel led to the upper apartments. The main chamber on the ground floor was vaulted N-S; only the S half survives. The vault was probably raised on wicker centering, at the springing of which are a number of corbels in the E and W walls and corresponding beam holes in the corners of the N and S walls. It was lighted on three sides by narrow windows set in sub-rectangular embrasures and had two deeply splayed loops in the W wall; all have 17th century inserted dressings and the embrasure to the N of the loops was enlarged re-using a chamfered, pointed door as an entrance to the manor-house. There is a chamber above the original S entrance and below first-floor level. It has a narrow window in the centre of the 17th century bay frontage and a circular pistol-loop in the W splay. A small garderobe chamber beside it on the E is entered by a lintelled door and has an embrasure of room-width set into the E wall of the keep with a corresponding shute, dropping to ground-floor level; the discharge opening is blocked. The first-floor is entered from the stairs by a chamfered door with tudor-arched head and ornate stops; the arch chamfer is carved in relief with lozenge and pellet designs and the spandrels have a false relief foliage pattern. This room, undoubtedly the principal chamber in the 17th century house, was lighted by a large bay window in the S wall, now completely fallen, though in existence in the early 19th century (sketch in OS Memoirs), and a large four-light window with double transom in the W wall. The line of an earlier window embrasure is visible in the masonry to the N of the latter window. Opposite it, in the E wall, is the large Brooke fireplace whose overmantel rises to full room height. The pedestals are carved with cloisonné-like designs and the pilasters have ornate hinge-like strapwork with flower and foliage patterns on the sides. The fireplace jambs are carved with tasselated garlands hanging from a double chain and the mantel is decorated with a double festoon suspended from chain links, the ends of which are wrapped about a figure on either side of the fire-place; all in high relief. The frieze comprises alternate plain and strapwork panels. The overmantel is divided into two large panels by three sets of inverted double consoles, each carved with a human mask and projecting leaf curling down the face of the console; the N console is missing and a mullion or transom fragment inserted. The left-hand panel bears the armorial escutcheon of Brooke impaling those of his wife, Leicester; the right hand panel bears the Brooke arms alone. Beside the fireplace on the N is a small window, set in a subrectangular embrasure. This floor undoubtedly had an E-W cross wall for there is another smaller fireplace at the N end of the E wall. It has moulded stop-chamfered jambs flanked by pilasters with false relief strapwork patterns and the lintel is carved with two opposing fish-like creatures; the moulded mantelpiece is broken out on decorated corbels over the pilasters and projecting keystone. This fireplace may be in the original entrance to a mural stairs. The remains of such are visible on the floor above descending in that direction. Leask noted that there might have been a staircase in the NE angle but it was then blocked-up and exploration was impossible on account of the defective condition of the masonry (1932, 13). This room is lit by two two-light windows in the N wall, the E having a transom. The tudor-arched door with rebuilt, blunt-pointed rear-arch ín the W wall communicated with the second floor of the manor-house; the masonry indicates that there was probably an original window embrasure in this position. The second floor was probably divided into at least two rooms and subsequent to the Brooke alterations must have communicated with the floors above and below by a wooden staircase. There are two fireplaces in the E wall and between them a window embrasure with descending mural stairs in the N ingoing. The N window in the W wall was partly blocked up to accommodate the roof line of the manor-house. This probably indicates the two-period nature of Brooke's alterations; the keep was first converted into a fortified dwelling and the manor-house then added. There is a wall-press in the E and W corners of the second floor. The main N and S gables of the altered keep were at third-floor level and each had a three-light transomed window; only the E ingoing of the former and

• DG093-013006 Bawn
  Description

  Donegal Castle: Hugh Roe O'Donnell, who died in 1505, is credited with having first erected a castle at Donegal (AFM 1505). The 'old castle' and a 'new tower' at Donegal are mentioned in a domestic conflict of 1564 (AFM 1564); the nature of this tower is uncertain. Two years later, the Lord Deputy, Sir Henry Sidney, described the castle as 'one of the greatest that ever I saw in Ireland in any Irishman's lands, and would appear in good keeping one of the fairest. . .' (Caulfield 1870-1, 22). Though burned in 1589, and partly demolished, possibly in 1595, to prevent it being garrisoned by English forces (CSPI 1588-92, 123; O'Rahilly 1927, 208), it must, soon after, have been repaired; it fell into the possession of the English in 1601 (Murphy Ed., 1895, 261, 281, 291). Whether or not it was subsequently repaired by Rory O'Donnell is unknown. Captain Basil Brooke, knighted in 1616, received a grant of the castle in 1611, had it renewed in 1620 and made permanent in 1623 (Hill 1877, 324; Petrie 1840, 186). He is described in 1611 as having 'a fair bawn built with flankers' within which was 'a strong house of stone' (Hill 1877, 514). The Coats of Arms on the over-mantel of the fireplace confirm that it was he who converted the whole, with the addition of a gabled wing, into a Jacobean manor-house. During the 1641 rebellion it was held by Sir Basil's heir, Henry Brooke, though Clanrickarde took it for a short period in 1651. Henry Brooke subsequently resided there (de Breffny and ffolliott 1975, 44-5). It fell to decay in the 18th century and was placed in the guardianship of the Office of Public Works in 1898 (Leask 1932, 12). It is now a National Monument (no. 174). For the purposes of clarity and to aid the description, the manor-house (DG093-013007-) is taken as attached to the W wall of the keep. The remains consist of a much altered tower-house (DG093-013001-) and adjoining early 17th century manor-house (DG093-013007-) at the NE end of a bawn (DG093-013006-). They are protected by the River Eske on the N and E. Two distinct building periods are evident. Some lengths of the bawn wall with splayed loops survive on the E, S and W, which together with the SW gatehouse-tower are probably not earlier than the 17th century. The other sections of enclosing wall, particularly on the W and S, probably stand on original foundations. The two-storey gate-tower has a bartizan above the SE corner. The present external entrance is possibly modern, the original access being from the parapet walk on the E where there is a pointed doorway; it is fitted with numerous loops. 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

• DG093-013007 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Donegal Castle: Hugh Roe O'Donnell, who died in 1505, is credited with having first erected a castle at Donegal (AFM 1505). The 'old castle' and a 'new tower' at Donegal are mentioned in a domestic conflict of 1564 (AFM 1564); the nature of this tower is uncertain. Two years later, the Lord Deputy, Sir Henry Sidney, described the castle as 'one of the greatest that ever I saw in Ireland in any Irishman's lands, and would appear in good keeping one of the fairest. . .' (Caulfield 1870-1, 22). Though burned in 1589, and partly demolished, possibly in 1595, to prevent it being garrisoned by English forces (CSPI 1588-92, 123; O'Rahilly 1927, 208), it must, soon after, have been repaired; it fell into the possession of the English in 1601 (Murphy Ed., 1895, 261, 281, 291). Whether or not it was subsequently repaired by Rory O'Donnell is unknown. Captain Basil Brooke, knighted in 1616, received a grant of the castle in 1611, had it renewed in 1620 and made permanent in 1623 (Hill 1877, 324; Petrie 1840, 186). He is described in 1611 as having 'a fair bawn built with flankers' within which was 'a strong house of stone' (Hill 1877, 514). The Coats of Arms on the over-mantel of the fireplace confirm that it was he who converted the whole, with the addition of a gabled wing, into a Jacobean manor-house. During the 1641 rebellion it was held by Sir Basil's heir, Henry Brooke, though Clanrickarde took it for a short period in 1651. Henry Brooke subsequently resided there (de Breffny and ffolliott 1975, 44-5). It fell to decay in the 18th century and was placed in the guardianship of the Office of Public Works in 1898 (Leask 1932, 12). It is now a National Monument (no. 174). For the purposes of clarity and to aid the description, the manor-house is taken as attached to the W wall of the keep. The remains consist of a much altered tower-house (DG093-013001-) and adjoining early 17th century manor-house (DG093-013007-) at the NE end of a bawn (DG093-013006-). They are protected by the River Eske on the N and E. Two distinct building periods are evident. The Brooke manor-house (DG093-013007-) is essentially a three storey T-shaped addition of five gabled bays, having a wide shaft and small arms adjoining the keep. Some skew-corbels and coping remain on the gables. It is markedly less defensive than the altered keep, in having mullioned windows of many lights at ground-floor level. Only the shell of the manor-house remains. There are two entrances in the ground floor; both are older work than the 17th century manor and might well have been taken from the nearby Franciscan Friary (DG093-013002-). The short S arm adjoining the keep may have housed the staircase and the entrance door has chamfered jambs and a round head. The door to the W is of two orders and has multi-moulded stop-chamfered jambs and a pointed head; beside it on the W, a jamb and sill of a single-light window have been incorporated in the wall fabric. The blocked-up opening in the W gable probably indicates the position of a window. There is a large kitchen fireplace with adjoining oven in the N wall. The W wall of the N arm of the house has a chamfered two-fight ogee-headed window; the mullion is missing and the jambs and sills are 17th century in date. The heads are earlier and may also have been removed from the Friary. The upper storeys of this arm each contains a small room; that on the second floor has a small fireplace in the N gable. The main entrance to the manor-house is at first-floor level in the S wall, the steps to which have entirely disappeared. The architrave of the round-headed doorway is carved with a strapwork pattern. To the W of the door is a single-light window, on the E a four-light transomed window and opposite the latter a large fireplace with tudor-arch in the N wall; this was undoubtedly the main entrance hall. There is another fireplace in the N wall to the W and a similar example in the W gable; these indicate the position of two other rooms on this floor. The second floor had a five-gable frontage each with a two-light window. The entrance to the first floor of the keep was from this level. W of the manor-house are the NW fragmentary remains of a building with battered lower courses incorporating a blocked-up discharge shaft. The masonry and construction are very similar to that in the O'Donnell keep and they are possibly coeval. Some lengths of the bawn wall with splayed loops survive on the E, S and W, which together with the SW gatehouse-tower are probably not earlier than the 17th century. The other sections of enclosing wall, particularly on the W and S, probably stand on original foundations. The two-storey gate-tower has a bartizan above the SE corner. The present external entrance is possibly modern, the original access being from the parapet walk on the E where there is a pointed doorway; it is fitted with numerous loops. 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. Between 30 April and 27 November 2002 a number of narrow trenches were archaeologically excavated (02E0496) in advance of the laying of service pipes and cables. Two trenches were excavated within the 17th-century manor house (DG093-013007-). Roof slates were found which may be from the original roof of the manor house, and a yellow clay layer, which may represent the original floor level or a working level when the manor house was being built. A trench excavated along the E side and SW corner of the manor house produced 17th-century pottery and the bowl of a 17th-century clay pipe, and another trench which extended close to the walls of the tower-house (DG093-013001-) and the E end of the manor house at its eastern end, also produced 17th-century pottery. Evidence for an early medieval burial ground (DG093-013008-), which had been disturbed during the construction of the castle, was found in the area to NW of the tower house on sloping ground that runs down to the River Eske. (Moore 2004, No 0416). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG093-013008 Burial ground
  Description

  Located immediately to W of Donegal castle/tower house (DG093-013001-). Between 30 April and 27 November 2002 a number of narrow trenches were archaeologically excavated (02E0496) close to the tower house, in advance of the laying of service pipes and cables. One of the trench (2m by 1m; D 1.3m at N, 0.8m at S) was opened to the north-west of the tower house, just below the break of slope down to the river. It revealed a slab-lined, lintelled grave, the floor of which appeared also to be paved with slabs. The grave was greatly disturbed, and the lower part of the skeleton was missing. The burial had an E−W orientation, with the head to the west, and appeared to be that of a child or juvenile. There was evidence of two other possible graves, lying parallel at the east and west. They did not contain articulated remains, but the fill included fragments of human bone mixed with concentrations of animal bone and oyster shells, i.e. refuse from the castle mixed in with human remains as a result of root action. Further fragments of human remains lay beneath the slab-lined grave, and may indicate layering within the graves. A possible fifth grave in the north-east corner of the cutting appeared to have been deliberately emptied and incorporated into a drain for the tower-house. There appears to have been considerable disturbance of the graves when the tower-house was constructed; it is possible that the builders of the castle gathered up the bones from the disturbed graves and placed them elsewhere. The graves are typical of the Early Medieval lintel type, which implies that the castle was constructed on a pre-existing burial ground (Moore 2004, No. 0416). The full extent of the burial ground is unknown. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 December 2017

Architectural heritage

• Donegal Church, church/chapel, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached Church of Ireland church, built c. 1828 – 31 and extended in 1890, comprising three-bay nave elevations to east, three-stage tower (on square-plan) to the west end having spire over (on octagonal-plan), shallow projecting chancel to the east (added 1890), shallow transept/organ extension attached to the west end of the north elevation of the nave, and lean-to vestry (c. 1890) attached to chancel. Pitched natural slate roofs having raised cut stone coping to the gable ends, projecting cut stone eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods, ashlar stone chimneystack, and having moulded corbelled sandstone kneeler stones to gable end of chancel and to transept to north. Squared rubble sandstone construction to tower and west elevation of nave having chamfered cut stone plinth to base, moulded stone stringcourses, and with clasping squared rubble sandstone pilasters/buttresses (on square-plan) to corners of tower at first stage level rising to chamfered cut stone buttresses over terminating in cut stone pinnacles (on octagonal-plan) at parapet level having cut stone detailing. Ashlar construction to spire. Squared rubble sandstone pilasters to corners of nave at west gable end rising to cut stone pinnacles over having cut stone detailing. Cut stone ‘gabled’ parapet to west face to tower having moulded cut stone stringcourse and coping, and rising to cut stone pinnacle to centre; cut stone crenellated parapet to other faces of tower. Clockface (on circular-plan) to west elevation of tower between second stage and belfry level having cut stone surround forming part of stringcourse to tower. Roughcast rendered walls to side elevations of nave (north and south), to chancel, and to transept/organ extension to the north; chamfered cut stone plinth to transept. Pointed arched window openings to north and south elevations of nave having plain ashlar sandstone surrounds, timber Y-tracery and timber transoms, cut stone sills and multi-pane windows. Triple-light window opening to chancel gable having cut stone plate tracery with multifoil window to head with cut stone surround and stained glass windows. Trefoil-headed window opening to the north elevation of transept/organ extension having chamfered ashlar sandstone surround, chamfered stone sill and leaded diamond-pane window; quatrefoil opening over to gable apex having cut sandstone surround. Pointed-arched window opening to west face of tower at first stage level having chamfered ashlar sandstone surround, cut stone hoodmoulding, and cast-iron multi-pane window opening; lancet openings to north and south faces of tower at second stage level having plain raised chamfered ashlar sandstone surrounds and timber multi-pane windows; pointed-arched window openings to tower at belfry stage having chamfered sandstone surrounds, hoodmouldings, and timber louvers. Tudor-arched doorway to the south face to tower having ashlar sandstone surround, and timber door with overlight. Interesting interior with barrel-vaulted boarded timber roof, Victorian encaustic tiled floor, chamfered staged limestone(?) chancel arch (added 1890), timber organ to pointed-arched opening to transept, gallery to the entrance gable supported on cast-iron Doric columns and having moulded timber balustrade/parapet with pierced panels, and timber altar fittings. Set back from road in own grounds a short distance to the north of the Diamond, Donegal Town. Graveyard to site; three-bay single-storey modern Sunday school to the south of site. Set bounded on road-fronted to the west and the north by rubble stone boundary wall having crenellated coping over. Pedestrian gateway to the west of site comprising a pair of moulded cast-iron gate posts (on octagonal-plan) and wrought- and cast-iron gate. Flight of stone steps to gateway. Gateway flanked to either side by sections of roughly dressed and squared walling having cut stone coping and with iron railings over with fleur-de-lis finials. Railings terminated to either side (north and south) by cut stone gate piers (on square-plan) having cut stone coping over.

• Donegal Courthouse, court house, 1825–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached corner-sited four-bay single-storey double-height courthouse on complex plan, built 1833, having two-storey over basement offices and former bridewell under same roofline to the rear (north-west). Extended in 1891 having single-bay porch to the front elevation (south-east) and two-storey split level extension to the north-west. Single-bay single-storey porch to the north-east elevation. Reconstructed in 1925 following fire damage in 1922. Now also in use as chamber of commerce offices. Hipped natural slated roofs having ashlar eaves course with modillions to front face (south-east) of original building. Ashlar sandstone chimneystack to the south-east block having stepped cut stone coping and terracotta pots over. Pitched roof to rear at north-west corner having rendered chimneystack and raised rendered verge. Plain ashlar sandstone eaves course to front (south-east) and north-east elevations. Rendered eaves course to the south-west elevation. Some remaining cast-iron rainwater goods including profiled gutters to the front elevation (south-east) of original block. Ashlar sandstone construction to the front elevation of the main block, and to the north-east elevation, with raised ashlar sandstone pilaster/quoin strips to the corners. Recessed rectangular panel above window opening to recessed bay to front elevation (south-east). Ashlar plinth to base. Ashlar sandstone construction to front porch having ashlar sandstone pilasters to corners with recessed rectangular panels, segmental-headed ashlar panel over window openings having moulded cornice, and ashlar blocks to parapet hiding flat roof. Ashlar sandstone construction to porch to north-west having ashlar sandstone pilasters to corners with recessed rectangular panels, moulded tassel motifs to head of pilasters, and with moulded cornice over. Smooth rendered walls to the south-west and north-east elevations of original block, and to the rear (north-west). Square-headed window openings having stone sills and replacement windows. Some two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows remain to rear (north-west) elevation and to the recessed block to the north-east end of front elevation (south-east). Plain flush ashlar sandstone surrounds to window openings to front elevation (south-east) and flush ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds to the window openings to the north-east side elevation of original block. Tripartite arrangement to window openings to front face of porch; semi-circular window opening to front face of original building, over porch, having ashlar sandstone surround and spoked/radial glazing to window. Square-headed door opening to the north-east elevation of main porch having ashlar sandstone surround with lintel over having cornice and egg-and-dart detailing to frieze, replacement timber double-doors, and having overlight. Square-headed door opening to north-east face of porch to the north-east having flush ashlar surround and timber door. Square-headed door opening to the south-west elevation of original block having timber door and overlight. Doorway reached by flight of steps over basement level having wrought-iron railings. Gateway to the south-west side of main elevation (south-east) having cut stone gate posts and decorative wrought-iron gate. Wrought-iron railings over basement level to the north-west end of south-west side elevation; rendered boundary wall to the south-east end of south-west side elevation. Set back from road in prominent corner site facing the Diamond, Donegal Town, to the south-east. Yard to the east having modern railings. Interesting interior to courtroom having fixed timber bench seating, panelled dock, pedimented panel to rear of judge’s chair, gallery with cast-iron supports and timber panelled balustrade. Cast-iron fireplace to jury room.

• Outbuilding, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey outbuilding, built c. 1860. Now out of use. Pitched natural slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles. Random rubble walling to west elevation (facing river) and south elevation having remains of render over; Roughly squared and coursed masonry to the east elevation with render over. Square-headed openings with stone lintels, and having timber doors and battened timber shutters. Square-headed loading bay to the centre of the east elevation at first floor level having battened timber double doors and remains of metal winch/pulley over. Square-headed doorway to the north end of the west elevation having batten timber door. Rubble stone staircase adjacent to doorway, leading down to River Eske, having cut stone steps and wrought-iron railings. Coursed and rubble stone quay walls to riverfront. Located in back yard of building facing onto The Diamond, Donegal Town, and having west elevation built onto bank of the Eske.

• Store/warehouse, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached nine-bay five-storey former warehouse/store, built c. 1830, having projecting single-bay gable-fronted block attached to the rear elevation (west) at the north end, and with full-height series of vertically-aligned loading bays/doors to the centre of the front elevation (east) having projecting gable-fronted canopy over formerly housing winch/hoist mechanism. Two-storey buildings attached to either end of the front elevation (east) running perpendicular (east-west) from the main building. Now with retail outlet to the ground floor; upper floors in use as stores. Pitched corrugated-cement roof with smooth rendered chimneystacks and raised smooth rendered verges/coping to either gable end (north and south). Some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods to the west elevation. Roughcast rendered walls; render removed at ground floor level to east elevation exposing rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and having timber pivoting windows and timber loading doors. Timber shutters/battened loading doors to a number of window openings. Square-headed openings to loading bays to centre of front (east) elevation having battened timber doors. Square-headed doorway to east elevation at first floor level having replacement timber door; doorway reached up flight of concrete steps with modern metal railings. Segmental-headed carriage-arch opening at ground floor level to the main (east) elevation having roughly dressed voussoirs to arch. Modern shopfront inserted into archway. Set back from road in backyard of buildings fronting onto the west side of the Diamond, Donegal Town. Rear elevation (west) faces yard and quay wall along River Eske.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay three-storey house, built c. 1830 with modern shopfront to the ground floor and integral segmental-headed/basket-arched carriage-arch to the north end of the front elevation (east). Possibly formerly in use as a constabulary barracks c. 1900. Pitched natural slate roof with projecting eaves course, and having smooth rendered chimneystack to the south gable end. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered bands to margins and smooth rendered band to eaves. Square-headed window openings having rendered architrave surrounds and one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows. Modern shopfront to the ground floor having glazed door, square-headed window openings with fixed-pane display windows, and having fluted timber pilasters support timber fascia over with console brackets to either end and with dentil course to head. Road-fronted to the centre of Donegal Town overlooking The Diamond to the east.

• Four Masters Memorial, monument, 1935–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding four-sided obelisk/memorial, erected 1934, having cruciform-plan capping/finials to top with gabled/triangular projection to the centre of each face. Constructed of ashlar sandstone and set on ashlar sandstone plinth with chamfered ashlar sandstone coping over. Inscribed with names of authors of the Annals of the Four Masters to base; inscribed Celtic cross motif and Celtic interlacing motifs to each face and having Celtic interlacing motif to each gabled projection. Located in the pedestrianised central square in the centre of the Diamond, Donegal Town.

• Allied Irish Bank, bank/financial institution, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached five-bay two-storey bank, built c.1875, having carved stone (former) balcony over central doorway to the main elevation (east). Single-storey flat-roofed extension to the rear (west). Hipped artificial slate hidden behind raised parapet with moulded coping over. Moulded cut stone eaves cornice. Two rendered chimneystacks, aligned parallel to roof ridge, having render cornice detailing. Ashlar sandstone construction over moulded plinth course; moulded cut stone stringcourse at first floor level. Ashlar balcony over main doorway having moulded cut stone console brackets supporting cut stone lintel over; railings/parapet now removed. Roughcast render to rear elevation (west). Round-headed window openings at ground floor level having cut stone architraves with keystone detail, cut stone sills with cut stone brackets, and having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows; square-headed window openings at first floor level having moulded ashlar reveals, cut stone sills with cut stone brackets, and having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Window opening to the north end of the main elevation (east) at ground floor level now altered with insertion of ATM machine. Central round-headed doorway to the main elevation (east) having moulded cut stone architraved surround with keystone detail, carved cut stone foliate decoration to spandrels to door head, carved cut stone plinth blocks (on quadrant profile) having foliate decoration, and having modern glass doors and overlight. Cut stone step to entrance. Timber architrave to internal doorway inside of entrance hall. Road-fronted to the south-west side of the Diamond, Donegal Town.

• House, 1830–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached two-bay three-storey house, built c. 1840, having retail outlet with modern shopfront to ground floor. One of a pair with the building adjacent to the east (see 40843019). Pitched natural slate roof having projecting stone eaves course and with smooth rendered chimneystack to either end (east and west); chimneystack to the east shared with adjacent building. Some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Coursed squared sandstone walls with roughly dressed sandstone voussoirs over window openings. Render finish to the west gable end. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills, and having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows at first floor level and three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows at second floor level. Square-headed window opening at ground floor level having replacement window. Modern timber shopfront over ground floor window opening. Square-headed doorway to the west end of the front elevation (north-west) having replacement double-leaf timber door with herring bone pattern, triple-pane overlight, and with cut stone plinth blocks to base. Road-fronted to the south side of the Diamond, Donegal Town.

• House, 1830–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached end-of-terrace two-bay three-storey house, built c. 1840, having retail outlet with modern shopfront to ground floor. One of a pair with the building adjacent to the west (see 40843018). Pitched natural slate roof having projecting stone eaves course and with smooth rendered chimneystack to the west end shared with adjacent building. Some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Coursed squared sandstone walls with roughly dressed sandstone voussoirs over window openings. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills, and having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows at first floor level and three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows at second floor level. Modern shopfront at ground floor level having central square-headed doorway with multi-paned overlight, multi-pane timber display windows, and with timber shopfront having timber pilasters with consoles over to margins and timber fascia with cornice over. Road-fronted to the south side of the Diamond, Donegal Town. Laneway adjacent to the east gable end.

• Dunleavys, house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay three-storey house, built c. 1860, with later Vitrolite shopfront to ground floor, added c. 1950. Pitched artificial slate roof (fibre cement) with slightly sprocket eaves, four rendered chimneystacks (two to centre and one to either gable end), profiled metal gutters and cast-iron downpipes. Dentilated eaves cornice/course with paired brackets over supporting gutter. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered bands to the margins, smooth rendered band above second floor window openings, smooth rendered sill course at first floor level, and with render/stucco cornice above shopfront. Square-headed window openings to upper floors having rendered reveals, stone sills, and with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to upper floor and replacement fittings at first floor level. Square-headed display windows to shopfront having chrome surrounds. Central square-headed doorway to the main elevation having replacement timber panelled door with overlight. Recessed square-headed doorway to shopfront to the east end of the main elevation (north-west); square-headed doorway to the shopfront to the west end of the main elevation. Black Vitrolite cladding at ground floor level having chrome detailing and raised chrome lettering to fascia to the eastern shopfront. Building faces onto easternmost angle of The Diamond in the centre of Donegal Town. Outbuildings to the rear (south-east).

• Store/warehouse, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of store and warehouse buildings, built c. 1860, comprising main multi-bay four-storey block having adjoining three- and two-storey blocks. Now partially in use as offices and partially out of use. Pitched natural and artificial slate roofs with grey clayware ridge-tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods. Cast-iron rooflights in places. Smooth rendered walling with random rubble walls and roughly dressed and flush stone block-and-start quoins in parts. Square-headed window openings with variety of timber sash windows (mainly one-over-one and two-over-two pane) with stone and replacement concrete sills. Open square-headed openings to north-east elevation. Located in back yard of buildings facing onto the south-east side of The Diamond, Donegal Town. Access gained through alleyway to west side of Dunlevy’s (see 40843020).

• House, 1860–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached two-bay three-storey house, built c. 1875, having former retail outlet at ground floor level with tiled shopfront c. 1970. Possibly built as a pair with the building adjoining to the east (not in survey). Pitched natural slate roof with smooth rendered chimneystacks to either end (east and west). Cast-iron downpipe with hopper and replacement gutters. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls to upper floors. Shallow segmental- headed window openings to upper floors having rendered architrave surrounds, stone sills, and one-over-one horned timber sash windows. Keystone detail to first floor windows. Square-headed door opening to the east end of the main elevation (south) with replacement timber panelled door and glazed overlight. Shopfront to ground floor with tiled walling, timber fascia board with raised lettering, central recessed square-headed doorway, and fixed-pane display windows. Large projecting double-faced clock to first storey. Fronts directly onto street to the west end of Lower Main Street, and short distance from The Diamond at the centre of Donegal Town.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1860. Now in use as offices. Pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and having smooth rendered chimneystack to the west end. Some raining cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls over moulded render plinth, and having raised render block-and-start quoins to the corners/margins. Square-headed window openings with rendered architrave surrounds, one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows and painted sills. Wrought-iron sill guards to ground floor window openings. Square-headed doorway to the east end of the main elevation (south) having timber panelled door and plain overlight. Doorway flanked by fluted render pilasters (on square-plan) having render cornice over with recessed rectangular panels to frieze. Road-fronted to the east of Donegal Town centre (The Diamond), and to the centre of Main Street.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached two-bay three-storey house, built or heavily altered c.1880, with modern shopfront to ground floor. One of a pair with the building adjacent to the east (see 40843026). Pitched natural slate roof with overhanging bracketed eaves with cornice, clayware ridge tiles, and having smooth rendered chimneystacks to either end (east and west) with rendered coping over. Smooth rendered walls with rendered block-and-start quoins to the western corner/margin. Stringcourse at second floor level. Diminishing segmental-headed window openings to the upper floors having sill courses, and one-over-one pane timber sash windows at first floor level and replacement windows to the upper floor. Render stringcourse to the first floor level forming hoodmoulding with keystone detail to window openings. Square-headed doorway to the west end of the main elevation (south) having replacement timber door and plain overlight. Modern traditional-style timber shopfront at ground floor level, giving access to upper floors, having square-headed fixed-pane display window, square-headed doorway with overlight, and with timber pilasters supporting timber fascia over. Road-fronted to the east of Donegal Town centre, to the centre of Main Street

• George Irwin and Sons, house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached four-bay three-storey house, built or heavily altered c.1880, with shopfront to ground floor, c. 1950. Integral square-headed carriage arch to the east end of the main elevation (south). One of a pair with the building adjacent to the west (see 40843025). Pitched artificial slate roof with overhanging bracketed eaves with cornice, clayware ridge tiles, and having smooth rendered chimneystacks to either end (east and west) with rendered coping over. Cast-iron downpipe. Smooth rendered walls with rendered block-and-start quoins to the corners/margins at first and second floor levels. Stringcourse at second floor level. Diminishing segmental-headed window openings to the upper floors having one-over-one pane timber sash windows. Continuous render/stucco stringcourses to upper floors, moulded and bracketed at first floor level. Render stringcourse to the first floor level forming hoodmoulding with keystone detail over window openings. Square-headed display windows at ground floor level having fixed-pane windows. Central square-headed doorway shopfront having timber double-doors and plain overlight. Raised lettering over shopfront. Square-headed doorway, offset to the east side of centre and giving access to upper floors, having replacement timber door flanked by pilasters with console brackets over, and having leaded overlight with stained/coloured glass. Timber double doors to carriage arch. Road-fronted to the east of Donegal Town centre, to the centre of Main Street.

• Post box, 1925–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, erected between 1924 - 46, having ‘P&T' monogram in Gaelic script to head and with ‘Jessop Davis’, Enniscorthy, foundry mark to base. Set into rubble stone boundary wall (rebuilt) to the east of Donegal Town centre, and a short distance to the south-west of the Church of the Four Masters (40843029) along Upper Main Street.

• Catholic Church of the Four Masters, church/chapel, 1925–1935 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Catholic church on complex-plan, built between 1930/1 – 35, having gable-fronted entrance elevation, side aisles (gable-fronted to the south of the entrance gable), double gable-fronted transepts to the side elevations (north and south), projecting gable-fronted porch projections to the north and south side elevations (between transepts), three-bay single-storey sacristy to the north-east corner having stepped parapet hiding flat roof, and with offset slightly battered/tapered five-stage ‘round tower’ belfry with feathered conical stone roof attached to the north-west corner. Steeply pitched natural slate roofs with slightly overhanging eaves, copper flashings, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with cut stone ‘Celtic cross’-style finials to the entrance gable (west), to chancel (east) and to the gable ends of transepts to the north and south. Squared snecked/coursed granite chimneystack to gable end of aisle to the north at the east end. Wrought-iron cross finial over round tower. Squared coursed/snecked and mildly rock-faced granite walls, battered to base, with rock-faced squared granite quoins to the corners. Triangular arched window openings to gable ends of side aisles, to side aisles, and over doorways to entrance porches to the south and west elevations having flush ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds and leaded stained glass windows. Three graded triangular-arched openings to transept gables having flush ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds and leaded stained glass windows. Round/rose window openings to the entrance gable (west) having staged ashlar sandstone surround with Romanesque chevron motifs, and having stained glass window with Celtic cross motif; round window opening to chancel gable (east) having plain ashlar sandstone surround and stained glass window. Tapered square-headed openings to round tower having flush ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds; square-headed openings at belfry level having flush ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds. Square-headed openings/vents to gable apexes. Paired and triple-light square-headed window openings to sacristy having flush ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds with mullions and having leaded glass. Round-headed Hiberno-Romanesque doorway to the west gable end of nave having triple staged ashlar sandstone surround/reveals with engaged colonnettes, carved chevron motifs to head/hood, and with timber double doors with wrought-iron hinges having Celtic interlacing motifs. Round-headed Romanesque doorways to the porches to the north and south elevations having double staged ashlar sandstone surround/reveals with engaged colonnettes, carved chevron motifs to head/hood, and with timber double doors with wrought-iron hinges having Celtic interlacing motifs. Square-headed doorway to the west elevation of sacristy having replacement timber door and ashlar sandstone block-and-start surround. Groin and barrel-vaulted ceilings, colonnettes with cushion capitals, Romanesque arches with plaster decorative detailing including chevrons, gallery over entrance gable, mosaic and tile flooring, and marble altar goods. Set back from road in elevated grounds to the east of Donegal Town centre. Bounded on road-frontage to the north and west by rubble stone boundary walls. Main gateway to the west of site comprising a pair of coursed squared granite gate piers (on square-plan) having tapering heads, and with modern metal gates. Subsidiary gateway to the east having pair of coursed squared granite gate piers (on square-plan) having tapering heads.

• Milestone/milepost, 1750–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding granite milestone on rectangular-plan, erected c. 1780, having pyramidal head. Inscriptions to the east and west faces now illegible. Located adjacent to corner of building on footpath at the junction of Upper Main Street and Church Street, and to the east of Donegal Town centre.

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1840–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Former union workhouse graveyard on rectangular-plan, in use c. 1845 – 51, containing unmarked graves of victims of the Great Famine. Now out of use. Timber cross to site. Surrounded by modern precast concrete wall with stone effect, rendered to inner faces. Semi-circular/bowed recess to eastern side having modern polished granite memorial plaque on rectangular plan, c. 1995. Mild steel gate to northeast corner. Located on sloping hillside site to the west of the former Donegal Town Union Workhouse complex (see 40843032) and to the east of Donegal Town centre. Site accessed from road by pathway from east.

• Donegal Community Hospital, workhouse, workhouse administration block, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey former workhouse administration block with attic storey, built 1843, built on H-shaped plan having slightly advanced gabled bays to either end of the main elevation (east) and advanced gabled projections to the rear (west) elevation, and with three gablets over the central bays of the main elevation. Now in use as a hospital building with modern extensions attached to the north and to the rear (west). Pitched natural slate roofs with blue-black clay ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks, and having raised cut limestone verges to gable ends (both front and rear) with moulded limestone stone kneeler stones at eaves level. Raised limestone coping over gablets to centre of main elevation at first floor level; moulded kneeler stones above eaves level. Cast-iron rainwater goods; exposed rafter ends to side elevations. Squared and coursed/snecked rubble stone construction to main elevation (east) over chamfered ashlar limestone plinth course and with moulded limestone stringcourse between ground and first floor levels and flush tooled limestone quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings to main elevation (east) having chamfered ashlar stone surrounds and chamfered stone sills, and mainly two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Fixed-pane timber window to advanced bay to the north end of the main elevation (east) at first floor level having timber mullions and transoms, and leaded windows. Continuous moulded limestone hoodmouldings over central windows and door opening at ground floor level. Roughly dressed and squared limestone surrounds to other elevations. Some replacement/altered window openings to north and rear elevations. Narrow pointed-arch ventilation openings at attic level to gabled end bays to both front and rear elevations having chamfered ashlar limestone surrounds; openings now blocked. Central Tudor-arched/four-centred arched door opening to main elevation (north) having chamfered cut stone surround with replacement timber door and sidelight. Square-headed doorway to the south of main doorway having timber panelled door. Modern concrete steps to entrance. Set back from road in own grounds with site of former workhouse to the rear (west), now occupied by modern hospital. Located to the east of Donegal Town centre.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1910, having modern gable-fronted dormer opening at attic level. One of a group of three along with the buildings to either side (see 40843038 and 40843040). Pitched artificial slate roof with smooth rendered chimneystack to the end. Decorative arts-and-crafts style cast-iron downpipe to the east end and replacement guttering. Rough-cast rendered walls. Segmental-headed window openings with decorative stepped brick block-and-start surrounds, painted stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Segmental- headed door opening to the west end of the main elevation (north), having stepped brick block-and-start surrounds, plinth blocks, battened timber door and with plain overlight. Set back from street with small yard to the front (north) having roughcast rendered plinth boundary wall with ornamental cast-iron railings over. Pedestrian gateway to the west end of boundary wall comprising a pair of cast-iron gate posts supporting decorative cast-iron gate. Located to east end of Castle Street and to the north-east of Donegal Town centre. Overlooks River Eske to the north.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1910, having modern gable-fronted dormer opening at attic level. One of a group of three along with the buildings adjoining to the east side (40843038 and 40843039). Pitched artificial slate roof with smooth rendered chimneystack to the west gable end. Rough-cast rendered walls. Enamelled metal street sign reading ‘Eske Terrace’ attached to the west end of the main elevation. Segmental-headed window openings with decorative stepped brick block-and-start surrounds, painted stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Segmental- headed door opening to the east end of the main elevation (north), having stepped brick block-and-start surrounds, plinth blocks, battened timber door and with plain overlight. Set back from street with small yard to the front (north) having roughcast rendered plinth boundary wall with ornamental cast-iron railings over. Pedestrian gateway to the east end of boundary wall comprising a pair of cast-iron gate posts supporting decorative cast-iron gate. Located to east end of Castle Street and to the north-east of Donegal Town centre. Overlooks River Eske to the north.

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Radon

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, low (inferred). Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1434 (ZIP).

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

Name

Donegal · Dún na nGall

Area

552,669 m² (55.27 ha, 136.57 acres)

Civil parish

Donegal, and its townlands

Barony

Tirhugh

Electoral division

Donegal, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,179 people lived in 1,617 households in the Donegal electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardeskin, Clarcarricknagun, Drumlonagher, Drumrat, Glebe, Milltown, Mullans, Raforker

Placenames

Donegal 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.