Doonalt

62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doonalt, from 145 m² to 116,824 m² (11.68 ha, 28.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 8 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 Doonalt 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.

• 15 Jun 2026N/a

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661092

• 4 Mar 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, RAISING THE EXISTING ROOF LEVEL FOR ATTIC DEVELOPMENT, INSTALLATION OF SEWERAGE TREATMENT WITH SAND POLISHING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660330

• 15 Nov 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE HOUSE AND RAISING THE EXISTING ROOF LEVEL TO ACCOMMODATE BEDROOMS IN THE ATTIC SPACE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461847

• 8 Nov 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING AND THE INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152199

• 20 Oct 2021Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC CAR SHED, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SECONDRY TREATMENT SYSTEM PLUS ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152075

• 13 Oct 2021N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING AND THE INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152033

• 1 Oct 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC CAR SHED, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SECONDARY TREATMENT SYSTEM PLUS ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151962

• 26 Apr 2021Refused

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING AND THE INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150744

• 12 Oct 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, RAISING THE EXISTING ROOF LEVEL FOR ATTIC DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051497

• 25 Sept 2020N/a

  EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, RAISING THE EXISTING ROOF LEVEL FOR ATTIC DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051373

• 9 May 2017Conditional

  FORTHEACH STÓR AMHÁIN A CHUR LE TEACH CÓNAITHE ATÁ ANN CHEANNA FÉIN, CHOMH MAITH LE OIBREACHA SUÍMH

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750700

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Slieve League SAC 000189
• Special Area of Conservation: Slieve Tooey/Tormore Island/Loughros Beg Bay SAC 000190
• Special Protection Area: West Donegal Coast SPA 004150
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slieve League 000189
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slieve Tooey/Tormore Island/Loughros Beg Bay 000190

Recorded monuments

• DG080-021001 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  A modern stone wall built to the E and below traces of an older fortification cuts off a promontory formed by two small inlets, to the SW and NE of the neck of land. Discontinuous stretches of stone show the original wall, the external facing of which can be traced in places, to the height of .7m. The original width of this wall was probably c. 2.8m. The interior is undulating with rock outcrop, erratics and vegetation. The NE slopes gradually to the sea but the SW is steeper. There are excellent views up Glencolumbkille valley. A cashel (DG080-021002-) is built inside this promontory fort. 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

• DG080-021002 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal diam. c. 18m NNW-SSW, c. 17m WNW--ESE. A subcircular area enclosed now by a collapsed stone wall. The outer facing of this is visible in patches all the way round but the inner facing survives only on the W side. The thickness of the wall here is c. 1.45m. The SW section of the collapse is noticeably larger than elsewhere and it has been suggested (Herity 1971) that his may reflect some kind of intra-mural structure. Modern walls have been constructed on and across the enclosure. It is built on a knoll of bedrock on Doon Point a short distance WNW of and inside a promontory fort wall (DG080-021001-). The land is rocky with rough pasture and gives a good view of Glencolumbkille valley. 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

• DG080-022001 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  A subcircular cairn (DG080-022001-) c. 4.6m in diameter and 1.1m in height. Located on top of this is an undressed slab (DG080-022002-) 1.14m × 0.22m to .34m × 0.11m to .18m. There are crosses inscribed on three faces of the slab. The W face has a simple, bar cross with a pear-shaped terminal at the bottom and a rectangular terminal with internal markings at the top. The cross on the N side is a simple Latin cross with a bar terminal on top and on its Warm. On the E face of the slab is a simple Latin cross with bar terminals on each arm. All the lines on the slab are thinly incised and some features may have disappeared through weathering. The site is located in a garden overlooking the Glen Bay inlet in rough, rocky pasture. 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

• DG080-022002 Cross-slab
  Description

  A subcircular cairn (DG080-022001-) c. 4.6m in diameter and 1.1m in height. Located on top of this is an undressed slab (DG080-022002-) 1.14m × 0.22m to .34m × 0.11m to .18m. There are crosses inscribed on three faces of the slab. The W face has a simple, bar cross with a pear-shaped terminal at the bottom and a rectangular terminal with internal markings at the top. The cross on the N side is a simple Latin cross with a bar terminal on top and on its Warm. On the E face of the slab is a simple Latin cross with bar terminals on each arm. All the lines on the slab are thinly incised and some features may have disappeared through weathering. The site is located in a garden overlooking the Glen Bay inlet in rough, rocky pasture. 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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Doonalt.

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 Doonalt, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Doonalt.

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 Doonalt with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Doonalt · Dún Allt

Area

1,126,893 m² (112.69 ha, 278.46 acres)

Civil parish

Glencolumbkille, and its townlands

Barony

Banagh

Electoral division

Kilgoly, the unit of the census

Census 2022

365 people lived in 152 households in the Kilgoly electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 26% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dooey, Malin More

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Doonalt 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.