Killynure or Wilson's Fort

130 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killynure or Wilson's Fort, from 24 m² to 133,253 m² (13.33 ha, 32.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Killynure or Wilson's Fort 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.

• 24 Apr 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660717

• 9 Apr 2026N/a

  ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF A TEMPORARY MOBILE HOME FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD OF THE DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2660599

• 17 Dec 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562253

• 29 Jan 2024Conditional

  (1) SITING OF A MOBILE HOME WITHIN THE CONFINES OF A DWELLING HOUSE AS ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION TO ASSIST WITH FAMILY CARE NEEDS, AND (2) DEVELOPMENT OF A POLYTUNNEL AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460047

• 27 Jul 2022Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF DWELLING HOUSE (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF A REPLACEMENT SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251288

• 29 Jun 2022Conditional

  EXTENSION OF FIRST FLOOR AREA INTO FORMER ATTIC SPACE, WORKS CONSISTING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A ROOF DORMER TO THE REAR ELEVATION AND ROOFLIGHT TO THE FRONT ELEVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251114

• 27 Oct 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152120

• 5 Dec 2019Conditional

  EXTENSIONS TO ORIGINAL DWELLING HOUSE AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION FACILITY AND DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1951892

• 25 Oct 2019N/a

  EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE AND SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1951616

• 27 Jul 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851170

• 16 Jun 2017Conditional

  CONVERSION OF EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE/STORE INTO A ONE BEDROOM, SINGLE STOREY "GRANNY FLAT" ACCOMMODATION ALSO WITH LIVING AREA/KITCHEN & BATHROOM, & ENLARGE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK PERCOLATION AREA ATTACHED TO HOUSE TO ACCOMMODATE ANY ADDITIONAL HYDRAULIC LOADING IT MAY EXPERIENCE, & ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750929

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 the townland of Killynure or Wilson's Fort.

Recorded monuments

• DG069-022001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps show this single-ringed 'Fort' to the E of 'Killynure Castle' site. A modern house of that name now occupies the area. R. Hunter (per. comm.) identifies this 'castle' as the plantation house erected by Wilson prior to 1622 (Treadwell 1953-4, 516) and said to have been built on 'a mount called Dundree'. Fagan in 1846 (Bk. 10, 8) when describing the remains of the nearby castle (DG069-022002-) recorded that 'it seems to have for its site an artificial and oval-shaped fort raised of earth and stone considerably above the adjoining ground but now much disfigured'. It is difficult to determine now if any remains of this 'Fort' survives as the mound has a natural appearance. The owner of the house on the site records the tradition of a 'souterrain' (DG069-022004-) nearby. The site is located on a slight rise, on good land just S of the River Deel. 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

• DG069-022002 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  The 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps show this single-ringed 'Fort' (DG069-022001-) to the E of 'Killynure Castle' site. A modern house of that name now occupies the area. R. Hunter (per. comm.) identifies this 'castle' as the plantation house erected by Wilson prior to 1622 (Treadwell 1953-4, 516) and said to have been built on 'a mount called Dundree'. Fagan in 1846 (Bk. 10, 8) when describing the remains of the nearby castle recorded that 'it seems to have for its site an artificial and oval-shaped fort raised of earth and stone considerably above the adjoining ground but now much disfigured'. It is difficult to determine now if any remains of this 'Fort' survives as the mound has a natural appearance. The owner of the house on the site records the tradition of a 'souterrain' (DG069-022004-) nearby. The site is located on a slight rise, on good land just S of the River Deel. Killynure Castle (site of): By 1619, William Wilson had built a castle and a bawn (DG069-022005-). In 1622, it was described as a 'house of lime and stone and birch timber, slated, standing on a mount called Dundree, 50 ft long and 18 ft wide with 2 returns . . . a bawn from the forefront of the house of lime and stone 100 ft square and 12 ft high' (Hill 1877, 515; Treadwell 1953-5, 516). The Civil Survey, 1654-6, records it as 'a ruinous castle belonging to ye haire of Mr Wilson called Wilson's fort' (Simmington 1937, 23). Some small sections of bawn and castle walls which 'preclude a minute description of its extent or form', survived when Fagan described the ruins in 1846 (Bk. 10, 8). No visible trace of this castle remains, though the mound on which it stood is occupied by a house of the same name. 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

• DG069-022003 Bullaun stone
  Description

  The report in the SMR file (in the handwriting of Brian Lacey) records the following: 'There is a bullaun stone at the house door'. The building referred to is of late 19th century date.

• DG069-022005 Bawn
  Description

  Killynure Castle (DG069-022002-) (site of): By 1619, William Wilson had built a castle and a bawn (DG069-022005-). In 1622, it was described as a 'house of lime and stone and birch timber, slated, standing on a mount called Dundree, 50 ft long and 18 ft wide with 2 returns . . . a bawn from the forefront of the house of lime and stone 100 ft square and 12 ft high' (Hill 1877, 515; Treadwell 1953-5, 516). The Civil Survey, 1654-6, records it as 'a ruinous castle belonging to ye haire of Mr Wilson called Wilson's fort' (Simmington 1937, 23). Some small sections of bawn and castle walls which 'preclude a minute description of its extent or form', survived when Fagan described the ruins in 1846 (Bk. 10, 8). No visible trace of this castle remains, though the mound on which it stood is occupied by a house of the same name. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Architectural heritage

• Killynure House, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1890, having full-height canted bay windows to either end of the main elevation (south), and two-storey return to the rear (north). Modern garage extension to the north-east corner of the rear elevation, and single-storey extension to rear of return (north). Hipped natural slate roof to main body of building having overhanging eaves supported on paired moulded brackets, central pair of rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots, and with cut stone surrounds to gutter drains (rainwater goods replaced). Smooth rendered (formerly) ruled-and-lined walls with projecting moulded plinth, moulded render stringcourse to base of eaves brackets, sill course at first floor level, and render rectangular motifs to canted bays. Square-headed window openings to ground floor and shouldered window openings at first floor level having stone sills and replacement fittings. Lozenge keystone detail over window openings to canted bays at first floor level, decorative surround to central window to front elevation and to side elevations at first floor level. Central square-headed doorway to front elevation (south) having rendered architrave surround with cut stone blocks, render keystone, replacement double-doors and overlight, and with cut stone steps. Set well back from road in extensive mature landscaped grounds to the west/south-west of Convoy and in bend in the Deele River. Long approach avenue to house (on L-shaped plan) from the south. Former stables to south-west of house now demolished, modern stables to the north-east. Cast-iron water pump to the front of house (south), possibly take from yard of demolished stables. Gateway to the south comprising a pair of gate piers (on square-plan) having render stringcourse and field render stringcourse, and with a pair of wrought-iron gates with cast-iron details. Gateway flanked to either side (south-west and north-west) by sections of rendered boundary wall having metal railings over.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1772 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Killynure or Wilson's Fort with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Killynure or Wilson's Fort

Area

1,442,414 m² (144.24 ha, 356.43 acres)

Civil parish

Convoy, and its townlands

Barony

Raphoe South

Electoral division

Convoy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Convoy electoral division: 2,559 people in 926 households; 72% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Broadpath, Corcashy, Craigdoo, Drumgumberland, Gobnascale, Knockagarran, Magheracorran, Mullanard

Placenames

Killynure or Wilson's Fort 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.