Cruickaghmore
Cruickaghmore is a townland in the civil parish of Templecrone, barony of Boylagh, Co. Donegal. Its name in Irish is Cnoiceach Mór.
Parcel 1331827
- Area
- 117,206 m² (11.72 ha, 28.96 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Cruickaghmore
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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- 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
- 331 ha
- 818 acres
- Land parcels
- 277
- registered freehold, median 3,192 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
277 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cruickaghmore, from 21 m² to 201,834 m² (20.18 ha, 49.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cruickaghmore 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
6 Aug 2026Conditional
MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE FRONT ELEVATION OF HOUSE INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF PAIR OF WINDOWS TO PATIO DOORS IN THE LIVING ROOM AND REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT DOOR TO A WINDOW
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661473
17 Jun 2026Conditional
(1) LOCATION OF THE DWELLING HOUSE, (2) ALTERATIONS TO THE FENESTRATIONS OF THE DWELLING HOUSE, (3) LOCATION OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, (4) LOCATION OF THE SITE ENTRANCE ROAD AND (5) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2661119
17 Jun 2026Conditional
(1) RETENTION OF (A) THE LOCATION OF THE DWELLING HOUSE, (B) ALTERATIONS TO THE FENESTRATIONS OF THE DWELLING HOUSE, (C) LOCATION OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, (D) LOCATION OF THE SITE ENTRANCE ROAD AND (E) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, (2) CHANGING EXISTING WINDOW TO PATIO DOOR AND (3) ERECTION OF A GARAGE/CAR-PORT TO THE GABLE SIDE OF HOUSE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661118
2 Sept 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561507
14 Jan 2025Conditional
(1) LOCATION OF THE DWELLING HOUSE, (2) ALTERATIONS TO THE FENESTRATIONS OF THE DWELLING HOUSE, (3) LOCATION OF THE SEPTIC TANK, (4) LOCATION OF THE SITE ENTRANCE ROAD AND (5) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560021
11 Oct 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF (1) A DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (2) A TEMPORARY MOBILE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152002
23 Sept 2021Conditional
DWELLING HOUSE WITH TREATMENT PLANT AND POLISHING UNIT INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151910
10 May 2021Conditional
DEMOLITON OF EXISTING DERELICT BUILDING ON SITE AND ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150860
12 Nov 2020Refused
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051711
13 Jul 2020Conditional
ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH TREATMENT PLANT AND FILTER SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050932
2 Aug 2019Refused
REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING & SHEDS AND ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951185
21 Nov 2018Conditional
EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ADJACENT TO DWELLING
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1851787
12 Sept 2018N/a
AN EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ADJACENT TO DWELLING
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1851407
15 May 2018N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH TREATMENT PLANT AND FILTER SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850771
4 Apr 2018Refused
(1) REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND SHEDS AND (2) ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850496
13 Mar 2018N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850386
22 Feb 2017Unconditional
CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PECOLATION AREA, CONSTRUCTION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & ASSOCIATED SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE
Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 1750246
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 Cruickaghmore.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cruickaghmore.
Architectural heritage
- Bridge, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch bridge, built c.1903, carrying road over former Letterkenny to Burtonport narrow gauge railway line, having squared and snecked rusticated walls and parapets, latter with rendered copings and segmental arch with cut-stone voussoirs and rusticated abutments.
- House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house with attic, built c.1800, north bay possibly being addition. Pitched thatched roof with cast-iron pegs for roped thatching technique, and low painted smooth-rendered chimneystack. Limewashed rubble stone walls to southern three bays and painted cement-rendered walls to northern bay; southeast corner on outcropping rock. Square-headed openings with replacement timber windows, stone sills and replacement door. Situated in elevated remote site north-west of An Clochán Liath [Dunglow].
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 Cruickaghmore, about 1 in 20 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cruickaghmore.
- 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 Cruickaghmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Cruickaghmore · Cnoiceach Mór
- Area
- 3,309,544 m² (330.95 ha, 817.81 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templecrone, and its townlands
- Barony
- Boylagh
- Electoral division
- Rutland, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,496 people lived in 635 households in the Rutland electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 37% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Clogherdillure, Glashbeggan, Keadew, Leckenagh, Lefinn, Meenmore, Roshin Acres, Sheskinarone
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Cruickaghmore 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.