Glebe

174 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glebe, from 9 m² to 70,707 m² (7.07 ha, 17.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Glebe in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Donegal Bay (Murvagh) SAC 000133
• Special Protection Area: Donegal Bay SPA 004151
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Donegal Bay (Murvagh) 000133

Recorded monuments

• DG093-013002 Religious house - Franciscan friars
  Description

  Donegal Friary is a National Monument in State care (No.175). It was founded for the Franciscan Observant friars by Aodh Rua O' Donnell and his wife Nuala O' Brien, the date of commencement of the building was 1473 or 1474, or less probably 1472 (Mooney 1954-5, 20). It survived intact until 1588 when English forces pillaged it and, soon afterwards, garrisoned the buildings. They were driven out by Red Hugh O' Donnell in 1592 and the friars returned and repaired the place. In 1601, it was again seized by English forces commanded by the renegade Niall Garbh O'Donnell. During the ensuing siege of the friary by Red Hugh O'Donnell, a mysterious explosion and fire wrecked the buildings. In the following year, Red Hugh was succeeded by his brother Rory as O'Donnell and Earl of Tirconnell and before the latter's departure for Spain, in 1607, he had set about repairing the friary for the Franciscans. The friary was granted in 1607 to Sir Basil Brooke and the Church was subsequently used for Protestant worship (Mooney 1952, passim). Though the explosion and fire of 1601 were without doubt responsible for the fragmentary condition of the ruins, the ·prolonged use of the friary as a place of burial (DG093-013005-) in modern times has raised the ground level (as much as 1.75m in places) and obscured much detail. The limits of many of the buildings were disclosed in the excavations carried out by the OPW when conserving the remains and some sections were raised to present ground level to mark important features (See Leask 1952, 53-7). The arrangement of the buildings accords with the usual Franciscan layout and consists of a church on the S with domestic buildings ranged around a central cloister on the N. The walls are built of roughlydressed blocks and split stone with some rubble, and have ashlar quoins and dressings. The church, comprised chancel, central tower, aisled nave and transept, and is unusually long, c. 44m by c. 6.5m internally. The chancel is the best preserved section of the ruin. The battered lowered courses of the E gable are demarcated by a chamfered string course which returns along the E end of the S wall. Only the jambs and splayed ingoings of the E window remain. The recess in the interior gable face at the foot of the window was probably for a reredos structure. S of the recess is a piscina-cum-wall-press; the niche has chamfered jambs and probably had a central mullion. The remaining four windows in the S wall are represented solely by jambs and sills. The two central windows were partly built up and reduced from three to two lights. The window on the E, over the sedilia, had two lights and that on the W may have had a similar number; the latter retains some blocking at the base of the surviving ingoing. Fragmentary sections of tile sacristy walls adjoining the N and E walls of the chancel survive. A door in the chancel N wall communicated with the E range of domestic buildings and further to the W under the tower another door led to the S ambulatory of the cloister. About midway along the N wall of the church a short projection of cross-wall undoubtedly indicates the position of a tower (see Murphy 1895, 35). The deep rectangular recess beside it may have been for a tomb. The remains of are spond pillar at the W end of the nave indicate the line of the arcade which divided the nave and S aisle. The transept is represented by the S gable and E foundation return of an altar recess. The remains of the S wall of a chapel (Leask 1952, 54-5) are no longer visible. The cloister court was small c. 19.4m by 20.6m in size. Though only sections of the N and E arcades remain, there is sufficient evidence to indicate the general layout. Each arcade comprised two groups of five pillars set either side of a central pier which was buttressed on the court face. Five pillars survive on the N and seven on the E. The former narrow, mullion-like pillars have 'corresponding chamfered round-headed arches. The latter are dumb-bell-like with paired octagonal shafts linked by a plate which projects through the shaft on the court side; the capitals are moulded but the bases are hidden below present ground level. The arches of the E arcade are bluntly pointed. Paired shafts on the W face of the SE pier indicate that the S arcade probably had similar pillars to those on the E. On the N and E sides (and probably on the W) of the cloister the arcades supported the walls of the storeys above and the ambulatories were thus enclosed within the adjoining ranges and ceiled by the timber floors of the upper apartments. The S arcade supported a lean-to roof against the N wall of the church. The line of this roof is visible in the E wall of the ambulatory above a round-headed, chamfered arch of two orders; the inner order which rose from spiked corbels (now damaged) is missing. The extent of the E range is defined by foundations on the N and a small section of wall at the SE There is a corner of some other building immediately N of this range. The dormitory probably occupied the full length and width of the upper storey. There are the remains at ground-floor level of the garderobe on the N, and the night stairs, partly incorporated in the thickness of the N wall of the chancel, survives, on the S. Small loops afford glimpses of the chancel from the stairway and first-floor landing level. The N range is represented by footings which have been raised to ground level and a section of the N wall with a blocked-up door; only the jambs remain. There is no visible trace of the window recorded by Leask to the W (1952, 54). At the junction of the W and N ranges are three separate short flights of steps, which communicated with the upper apartments. The chamber on the NW, possibly the kitchen, preserves a wall-press and a narrow rectangular window in the S wall. The NW corner of this chamber has been eroded away by the sea. Little remains of the W range. There is a curious narrow passage at its S end; it is partly built into the N wall of the nave and has a small splaying squint. The function of this passage is unclear. 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 17 November 2011

• DG093-013003 Church
  Description

  Church ruins: Vegetation and burial plots almost totally obscure the scant remains of this church and only the lower courses of sections of the S and E walls can be distinguished from the grave surrounds into which they have been incorporated. Described in the Urban Survey as 'After the Franciscan Friary was granted to Sir Basil Brooke in 1607 the friary buildings subsequently functioned as a parish church (Lacy 1983, 331). It is quite likely that this was succeeded by the small church in the graveyard, known simply as Glebe Church. This in turn was succeeded by the present C of I parish church which was built in 1825 (Rowan 1979, 238). It was probably at this date that the church was moved into the town and placed opposite the castle (DG093-013001-) (Bradley & Dunne 1989, 34). 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), and from the Urban Survey of Donegal. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG093-013005 Graveyard
  Description

  Donegal Friary (DG093-013002-): founded for the Franciscan Observant friars by Aodh Rua O' Donnell and his wife Nuala O' Brien, the date of commencement of the building was 1473 or 1474, or less probably 1472 (Mooney 1954-5, 20). It survived intact until 1588 when English forces pillaged it and, soon afterwards, garrisoned the buildings. They were driven out by Red Hugh O' Donnell in 1592 and the friars returned and repaired the place. In 1601, it was again seized by English forces commanded by the renegade Niall Garbh O'Donnell. During the ensuing siege of the friary by Red Hugh O'Donnell, a mysterious explosion and fire wrecked the buildings. In the following year, Red Hugh was succeeded by his brother Rory as O'Donnell and Earl of Tirconnell and before the latter's departure for Spain, in 1607, he had set about repairing the friary for the Franciscans. The friary was granted in 1607 to Sir Basil Brooke and the Church was subsequently used for Protestant worship (Mooney 1952, passim). The site is now a National Monument (No. 157). Though the explosion and fire of 1601 were without doubt responsible for the fragmentary condition of the ruins, the ·prolonged use of the friary as a place of burial in modern times has raised the ground level (as much as 1.75m in places) and obscured much detail. The limits of many of the buildings were disclosed in the excavations carried out by the OPW when conserving the remains and some sections were raised to present ground level to mark important features (See Leask 1952, 53-7). 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

• The Rectory, gates/railings/walls, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway serving house (not in survey), erected c. 1880, comprising three cast-iron gate posts (on square-plan) having projecting plinth blocks to base and moulded capping with pyramidal finials over supporting decorative wrought-iron vehicular and pedestrian gates having decorative scrollwork to heads and cast-iron rosette motif to centres. Gateway flanked to either side by modern rendered blockwork boundary walls. Located to the south of associated house, at the start of a long driveway turning to the north, and to the south/south-west of Donegal Town centre.

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1810–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Group of three cut stone gravemarkers, erected from 1814 - 1906, set in enclosure (on rectangular-plan) having low ashlar limestone plinth wall with layered tooled ashlar limestone coping over, and surmounted by cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lis finials. Cut stone gravemarker to the south-east of site, commemorating MacLoone Family from the year 1822 onward, having Ionic pilasters surmounted by dentilated broken apex pediment having cross finial to centre. Central gravemarker marker, dated 1866 and commemorating Anthony McLoone, comprising cut stone pedestal (on square-plan) over stepped cut stone plinth, and having cut stone obelisk over surmounted by Celtic cross finial. Gravemarker to the north-west of site, commemorating Dillon Family from the year 1814 onwards, comprising triangular-headed cut stone memorial having ogee-headed recess flanked by Corinthian-style pilasters and having coat of arms in bas relief over memorial table, and with wrought-iron finial to apex. Cast-iron pedestrian gateway to site comprising a pair of cast-iron posts having urn finials over and cast-iron gate with fleur-de-lis finials over. Cut stone steps to site. Rubble stone boundary wall to rear of site (north/north-east). Enclosure located within Donegal Town Cemetery, with collection of mainly nineteenth-century gravemarkers, and close to the remains of the now ruinous Donegal Town Franciscan Friary.

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 Glebe, 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. 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_1435 (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 Glebe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Glebe

Area

306,518 m² (30.65 ha, 75.74 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

Donegal, Raforker, Tullaghcullion

Placenames

Glebe 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.