Tullaghacullion
Tullaghacullion is a townland in the civil parish of Upper Killybegs, barony of Banagh, Co. Donegal. Its name in Irish is Tulach an Chuilinn.
Parcel 1367297
- Area
- 32,173 m² (3.22 ha, 7.95 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
- Tullaghacullion
Planning applications on this parcel
3 Aug 2021Conditional
QUARRYING AND EXTRACTION OF ROCK AND GRADING OF SAME AND STOCKPILING OF GRADED STONE AND USE OF ACCESS ROADS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR 10 YEAR DURATION FOR CONTINUATION OF THE QUARRYING AND EXTRACTION OF ROCK AND GRADING OF STONE AND STOCKPILING OF GRADED STONE AND USE OF ACCESS ROADS AND ALL ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151542
12 Jul 2021N/a
(1) QUARRYING & EXTRACTION OF ROCK, GRADING OF SAME, STOCKPILING OF GRADED STONE, USE OF ACCESS ROADS & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR 10 YEAR DURATION FOR CONTINUATION OF THE QUARRYING AND EXTRACTION OF ROCK AND GRADING OF STONE AND STOCKPILING OF GRADED STONE FOR SALE AND ASSOCIATED USE OF ACCESS ROADS AND ALL ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151387
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1157 (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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 71.5 ha
- 177 acres
- Land parcels
- 82
- registered freehold, median 2,537 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tullaghacullion, from 30 m² to 77,450 m² (7.74 ha, 19.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Tullaghacullion 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
8 Jul 2026N/a
A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOR PROPOSED WORKS TO FACILITATE THE DELIVERY OF TURBINE COMPONENTS TO THE PERMITTED OWENINNY WIND FARM PHASE 3 (REF. NO. PA16.316178). THE TURBINE DELIVERY ROUTE (TDR) WILL ORIGINATE AT THE PORT OF ENTRY AT KILLYBEGS HARBOUR, CO. DONEGAL, RUN THROUGH CO. SLIGO, CO. LEITRIM AND TERMINATE AT THE CONSENTED OWENINNY WIND FARM PHASE 3 SITE, CO. MAYO. THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE TDR IS C.188KM OF WHICH C.65KM IS WITHIN CO. DONEGAL, C.57KM IN CO. SLIGO, AND C.36KM IN CO. MAYO. MINOR TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT WORKS ARE NOT PROPOSED ALONG THIS ENTIRE ROUTE BUT ONLY AT SELECT LOCATIONS. THE TOTAL AREA REQUIRED FOR THE WORKS IN CO. DONEGAL IS C.0.2HA. THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN CO. DONEGAL COMPRISES MINOR TEMPORARY WORKS IN THE TOWNLANDS OF KILLYBEGS, GLEBE, AGHAYEEVOGE, CASHELREAGH GLEBE, BRUCKLESS, AIGHAN, BRUCKLESS AND DARNEY. THESE WORKS ARE REQUIRED TO ACCOMMODATE DELIVERY OF ABNORMAL INDIVISIBLE LOADS (AIL) AND WILL CONSIST OF (1) LAYING OF TEMPORARY LOAD BEARING SURFACE AT 5 NO. LOCATIONS, (2) TEMPORARY FENCE REMOVAL, TEMPORARY REMOVAL AND RELOCATION OF LIGHTS AT 1 NO. LOCATION, (3) TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF BOLLARD AT 1 NO. LOCATION, (4) TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF GATE, WALL AND CHEVRONS AT 1 NO. LOCATION, (5) TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF ROAD SIGNALS, BOLLARDS, LIGHTING COLUMNS, WALL AND FENCE AT 1 NO. LOCATION AS WELL AS HEDGEROW AND TREE TRIMMING, (6) TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF FENCE AND VEGETATION AT 1 NO. LOCATION, (7) TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF HEDGEROWS, FENCE AND WALL AT 1 NO. LOCATION, (8) REINSTATEMENT OF ALL TEMPORARY WORKS AREAS TO PREVIOUS CONDITION AND (10) ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY WORKS REQUIRED FOR THE PROPOSED TDR. SEPARATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE MADE TO BOTH SLIGO AND MAYO COUNTY COUNCILS IN RESPECT OF WORKS REQUIRED AT LOCATIONS WITHIN EACH COUNTY BOUNDS. MINOR TEMPORARY WORKS IN SLIGO ARE PROPOSED AT CARROWNACREEVY, TANREGO WEST, ABBEYTOWN, CORHAWNAGH AND CARRICKNAGAT. PERMANENT WORKS ARE PROPOSED AT CARRICKNAGAT. MINOR TEMPORARY WORKS IN MAYO ARE PROPOSED AT LECARROW, CROSSMOLINA, ABBEYTOWN, KNOCKALEGAN, GLEBE, GORTSKEDDIA, BALLINA, ABBEYHALFQUARTER, KNOCKNALYRE AND BUNREE. PERMANENT WORKS ARE PROPOSED AT CROSSMOLINA. AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT (AASR) AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANY THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661265
30 Jun 2026N/a
PROPOSED WORKS TO FACILITATE THE DELIVERY OF TURBINE COMPONENTS TO THE PERMITTED OWENINNY WIND FARM PHASE 3 (REF. NO. PA16.316178). THE TURBINE DELIVERY ROUTE (TDR) WILL ORIGINATE AT THE PORT OF ENTRY AT KILLYBEGS HARBOUR, CO. DONEGAL, RUN THROUGH CO. SLIGO, CO. LEITRIM AND TERMINATE AT THE CONSENTED OWENINNY WIND FARM PHASE 3 SITE, CO. MAYO. THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE TDR IS C.188KM OF WHICH C.65KM IS WITHIN CO. DONEGAL, C.57KM IN CO. SLIGO, AND C.36KM IN CO. MAYO. MINOR TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT WORKS ARE NOT PROPOSED ALONG THIS ENTIRE ROUTE BUT ONLY AT SELECT LOCATIONS. THE TOTAL AREA REQUIRED FOR THE WORKS IN CO. DONEGAL IS C.0.2HA. THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN CO. DONEGAL COMPRISES MINOR TEMPORARY WORKS IN THE TOWNLANDS OF KILLYBEGS, GLEBE, AGHAYEEVOGE, CASHELREAGH GLEBE, BRUCKLESS, AIGHAN, BRUCKLESS AND DARNEY. THESE WORKS ARE REQUIRED TO ACCOMMODATE DELIVERY OF ABNORMAL INDIVISIBLE LOADS (AIL) AND WILL CONSIST OF (1) LAYING OF TEMPORARY LOAD BEARING SURFACE AT 5 NO. LOCATIONS, (2) TEMPORARY FENCE REMOVAL, TEMPORARY REMOVAL AND RELOCATION OF LIGHTS AT 1 NO. LOCATION, (3) TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF BOLLARD AT 1 NO. LOCATION, (4) TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF GATE, WALL AND CHEVRONS AT 1 NO. LOCATION, (5) TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF ROAD SIGNALS, BOLLARDS, LIGHTING COLUMNS, WALL AND FENCE AT 1 NO. LOCATION AS WELL AS HEDGEROW AND TREE TRIMMING, (6) TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF FENCE AND VEGETATION AT 1 NO. LOCATION, (7) TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF HEDGEROWS, FENCE AND WALL AT 1 NO. LOCATION, (8) REINSTATEMENT OF ALL TEMPORARY WORKS AREAS TO PREVIOUS CONDITION AND (10) ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY WORKS REQUIRED FOR THE PROPOSED TDR. PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS AND SEPARATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE MADE TO BOTH SLIGO AND MAYO COUNTY COUNCILS IN RESPECT OF WORKS REQUIRED AT LOCATIONS WITHIN EACH COUNTY BOUNDS. MINOR TEMPORARY WORKS IN SLIGO ARE PROPOSED AT CARROWNACREEVY, TANREGO WEST, ABBEYTOWN, CORHAWNAGH AND CARRICKNAGAT. PERMANENT WORKS ARE PROPOSED AT CARRICKNAGAT. MINOR TEMPORARY WORKS IN MAYO ARE PROPOSED AT LECARROW, CROSSMOLINA, ABBEYTOWN, KNOCKALEGAN, GLEBE, GORTSKEDDIA, BALLINA, ABBEYHALFQUARTER, KNOCKNALYRE AND BUNREE. PERMANENT WORKS ARE PROPOSED AT CROSSMOLINA. AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT (AASR) AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANY THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661202
22 Oct 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561838
30 Jun 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE / STORE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561102
16 Feb 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING NET MAKING BUILDING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MANUFACTURING AND STORAGE FACILITIES AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250265
20 Jan 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIEARY SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250055
22 Dec 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF A NET STORAGE BUILDING WITH ANCILLARY COMPOUNDS, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED STORAGE CONTAINERS, STORM WATER ATTENUATION POND, RAISED BERMS, OIL INTERCEPTOR, PORTABLE W.C. HANDWASHING UNIT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING FORMATION OF SERVICE ROAD FROM EXISTING ACCESS TO GLENSTONE QUARRY
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2152597
3 Aug 2021Conditional
QUARRYING AND EXTRACTION OF ROCK AND GRADING OF SAME AND STOCKPILING OF GRADED STONE AND USE OF ACCESS ROADS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR 10 YEAR DURATION FOR CONTINUATION OF THE QUARRYING AND EXTRACTION OF ROCK AND GRADING OF STONE AND STOCKPILING OF GRADED STONE AND USE OF ACCESS ROADS AND ALL ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151542
27 Jul 2021N/a
ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151489
12 Jul 2021N/a
(1) QUARRYING & EXTRACTION OF ROCK, GRADING OF SAME, STOCKPILING OF GRADED STONE, USE OF ACCESS ROADS & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR 10 YEAR DURATION FOR CONTINUATION OF THE QUARRYING AND EXTRACTION OF ROCK AND GRADING OF STONE AND STOCKPILING OF GRADED STONE FOR SALE AND ASSOCIATED USE OF ACCESS ROADS AND ALL ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151387
22 Mar 2021Conditional
(1) A BORROW PIT FOR THE EXTRACTION OF SOIL FROM THE APPLICATION SITE FOR EXPORT TO THE NEARBY DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL BALBANE LANDFILL SITE RESTORATION PROJECT. THE MAIN BORROW PIT ACTIVITIES WILL CONSIST OF THE EXCAVATION AND SCREENING OF SOIL AND THE LOADING OF THE SCREENED SOIL TO TRUCKS FOR TRANSPORT OFF SITE (2) ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY TEMPORARY WORKS AND ITEMS INCLUDING: SITE ACCESS; SITE STORM WATER DRAINAGE; SILT FENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL BERMS; TOPSOIL & PEAT STORAGE AREAS; INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS; SITE COMPOUND (BUNDLED REFUELLING AREA; PORTABLE STAFF CANTEEN & WELFARE UNIT, PORTABLE WC & HANDWASHING UNIT, AND PARKING AREA); WHEELWASH; SILT TRAP; OIL INTERCEPTOR; AND STORM WATER ATTENUATION POND (3) BORROW PIT RESTORATION WORKS TO RESTORE THE SITE TO ITS PRE-DEVELOPMENT STATE TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. RESTORATION WORKS WILL INCLUDE: THE RE-PROFILING OF THE EXCAVATION AREA; THE REINSTATEMENT OF TOPSOIL AND PEAT STRIPPED THE EXCAVATION AREA; AND THE REMOVAL OF ALL ANCILLARY TEMPORARY WORKS AND ITEMS. (4) THE APPLICATION SITE BOUNDARY ENCLOSES C.3.2745 HA WHICH WILL BE MAINLY COMPRISED OF: C. 1.3423 HA OF AN EXCAVATION AREA; C.0.5 HA OF TEMPORARY STORAGE AREA FOR TOPSOIL AND PEAT STRIPPED FROM THE EXCAVATION AREA; WITH THE REMAINING C. 1.4322 HA OF THE SITE REMAINING UNDISTURBED. THE VOLUME OF SOIL TO BE EXTRACTED AND EXPORTED FROM THE BORROW PIT WILL BE C.37,500 M3. THE VOLUME OF TOPSOIL AND PEAT TO BE STRIPPED FROM THE EXCAVATION AREA AND MAINTAINED ON SITE WILL BE C.4,027 M3
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150492
16 Sept 2020Conditional
ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051298
12 Jul 2018N/a
ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851077
6 Sept 2017Refused
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751374
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 Tullaghacullion.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Tullaghacullion.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tullaghacullion.
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 Tullaghacullion, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1157 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Tullaghacullion with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Tullaghacullion · Tulach an Chuilinn
- Area
- 715,195 m² (71.52 ha, 176.73 acres)
- Civil parish
- Upper Killybegs, and its townlands
- Barony
- Banagh
- Electoral division
- Killybegs, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,333 people lived in 880 households in the Killybegs electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghayeevoge, Carn More Glebe, Carricknagore, Cashelreagh Glebe, Drumaghy
- Placenames
- Tullaghacullion 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.