Millsessiagh

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Millsessiagh, from 151 m² to 41,490 m² (4.15 ha, 10.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Millsessiagh 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.

• 10 Jun 2026Conditional

  ERECTION OF PERIMETER BALLSTOP FENCING TO THE NORTHERN SIDE OF EXISTING FOOTBALL PITCH AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661062

• 1 May 2026N/a

  DEVELOPMENT OF PERIMETER BALLSTOP FENCING TO THE NORTHERN SIDE OF EXISTING FOOTBALL PITCH AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660778

• 19 Mar 2026Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW GRAIN STORE, MILL WAREHOUSE AND SERVICE YARD TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE EXISTING MILLING FACILITY, (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DISPATCH SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE EXISTING MILL AND (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW GABION RETAINING WALL, ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND BOUNDARY FENCING TO THE SOUTHWEST, NORTHWEST AND NORTH BOUNDARIES OF THE SITE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660451

• 10 Feb 2026N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF (1) A NEW GRAIN STORE, MILL WAREHOUSE AND SERVICE YARD TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE EXISTING MILLING FACILITY, (2) EXTENSION ON TO THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE EXISTING MILL AND (3) A NEW GABION RETAINING WALL, ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND BOUNDARY FENCING TO THE SOUTHWEST, NORTHWEST AND NORTH BOUNDARIES OF THE SITE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660163

• 27 Jan 2025Conditional

  (1) TEMPORARY CLUBHOUSE BUILDING AND PORTALOO AND (2) CLUB MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE SHED AND PERMISSION FOR (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN ALL-WEATHER PLAYING PITCH MEASURING 70 METRES X 30 METRES WHICH INCLUDES PERIMETER FENCING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND (2) REPOSITIONING OF CLUB MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE SHED TO THE NORTH WEST SITE BOUNDARY

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560082

• 22 Dec 2024Conditional

  (1) CONCRETE FOUNDATION BASE AND PIT AS PART OF NEW BUS STORAGE SHED AND (2) STORAGE CONTAINER AND PERMISSION FOR (1) COMPLETION OF NEW BUS STORAGE SHED AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ANCILLARY BUILDING TO EXISTING DWELLING CONTAINING OFFICE, STORE AND GAMES ROOM / GYM

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2462175

• 20 Dec 2024N/a

  (1) TEMPORARY CLUBHOUSE BUILDING AND PORTALOO AND (2) CLUB MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE SHED AND PERMISSION FOR (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN ALL-WEATHER PLAYING PITCH MEASURING 70 METRES X 30 METRES WHICH INCLUDES PERIMETER FENCING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND (2) REPOSITIONING OF CLUB MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE SHED TO THE NORTH WEST SITE BOUNDARY

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2462161

• 25 Oct 2024N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN ALL-WEATHER PLAYING PITCH MEASURING 70 METRES X 30 METRES INCLUDING PERIMETER FENCING, FLOOD LIGHTING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461712

• 22 Sept 2024N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BUS STORAGE SHED AND NEW ANCILLARY BUILDING TO EXISTING DWELLING CONTAINING OFFICE, STORE AND GAMES ROOM/GYM

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461491

• 22 Jun 2023Unconditional

  CHANGE OF DESIGN TO CLUBHOUSE BUILDING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 18/50195

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2350885

• 16 May 2023Unconditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A SOCCER PITCH MEASURING 100M X 60M AND ASTRO TURF PITCH MEASURING 45M X 30M, ASSOCIATED LIGHTING, FENCING AND DRAINAGE (2) DEVELOPMENT OF A SINGLE STOREY CLUBHOUSE BUILDING AND STAND, CAR PARKING AREA, SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND BOUNDARY TREATMENT

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2350668

• 30 Mar 2023Conditional

  ERECTION OF A NEW BOUNDARY FENCE, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE FOR STAFF AND VISITOR CARS AND AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING STAFF AND VISITOR CAR PARK

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350416

• 10 Mar 2023Conditional

  CHANGE OF DESIGN TO CLUBHOUSE BUILDING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 18/50195 AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350304

• 9 Feb 2018Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A SOCCER PITCH MEASURING 100M X 60M AND ASTRO TURF PITCH MEASURING 45M X 30M, ASSOCIATED LIGHTING, FENCING AND DRAINAGE (2) DEVELOPMENT OF A SINGLE STOREY CLUBHOUSE BUILDING AND STAND, CAR PARKING AREA, SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND BOUNDARY TREATMENT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850195

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 Millsessiagh.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Millsessiagh.

Architectural heritage

• Water pump, 1870–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c. 1885, comprising banded shaft, fluted neck, spout, and with a slender ‘cow tail’ curved handle to the north side. Original domed decorative cap with finial over now removed. Secured to ground by cast-iron plate. Set in semi-circular enclosure enclosed to rear (west) by rubble stone boundary wall having rubble stone soldier coping over. Set slightly back from road to the south end of Ballindrait.

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

At the centre of the townland of Millsessiagh, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1928 (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 Millsessiagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Millsessiagh

Area

220,472 m² (22.05 ha, 54.48 acres)

Civil parish

Clonleigh, and its townlands

Barony

Raphoe North

Electoral division

Clonleigh South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,156 people lived in 853 households in the Clonleigh South electoral division. 64% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballindrait, Birdstown, Drumnaha, Springhill

Placenames

Millsessiagh 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.