Ardara

498 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardara, from 1 m² to 206,680 m² (20.67 ha, 51.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 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 Ardara 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.

• 28 Aug 2026N/a

  STORE ASSOCIATED WITH EXISTING SHOP AND WITH A LINK TO THE EXISTING SHOP AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2661595

• 2 Mar 2026Unconditional

  COMPLETION OF NO.15 DRUMBARAN PARK WITH MINOR ELEVATION CHANGES FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 06/31131

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2650030

• 26 Feb 2026Unconditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF 6 NO. SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES, (2) RELOCATION OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED OPEN SPACE AREA GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 06/31131 TO ADJOIN THE FUTURE RIVERSIDE WALK AREA AND (3) CONNECTION TO ALL PUBLIC AND ONSITE SERVICES

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2650025

• 15 May 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING GARAGE TO THE REAR OF THE HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560786

• 21 Feb 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560229

• 31 Jan 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF A SHED, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO THE REAR OF ARDARA COMMUNITY CENTRE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560115

• 31 Aug 2024N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF NEW MOBILE HOME, CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461330

• 31 Jan 2024Conditional

  CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING OUT BUILDING TO A SELF CONTAINED APARTMENT WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWERAGE SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460061

• 20 Sept 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF ONE MODULAR CLASSROOM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351401

• 13 Sept 2023Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWERAGE SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351368

• 10 May 2023Refused

  MOTOR HOME PARK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350634

• 3 May 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A RECONFIGURED VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND EXIT INCLUDING A NEW CAR PARKING AREA

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350597

• 31 Mar 2023Conditional

  DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2350421

• 2 Dec 2022Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALTERATIONS TO ALL FACADES, CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SITE SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251931

• 19 Sept 2022Conditional

  DETACHED RESOURCE ROOM / STORE AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING SCHOOL TO PROVIDE A NEW RESOURCE ROOM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251565

• 30 Aug 2022N/a

  DETACHED RESOURCE ROOM / STORE AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING SCHOOL TO PROVIDE A NEW RESOURCE ROOM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251444

• 20 Apr 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNCTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250691

• 12 Apr 2022Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250635

• 25 Mar 2022N/a

  SELF-CONTAINED RESIDENTIAL CABIN, WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE ONTO THE EXISTING LANEWAY

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250537

• 21 Mar 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC FOUL WATER SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AT THIS SITE WITH ACCESS VIA AN ENTRANCE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION REF: 21/50190

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250474

• 7 Mar 2022N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250401

• 4 Feb 2022Conditional

  EXISTING BEER GARDEN AREA TO THE REAR OF DOHERTYS BAR AND PERMISSION FOR (1) CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING OUT BUILDING TO A COFFEE SHOP WITH ALTERATIONS TO ALL FACADES AND PROVISION FOR A PEDESTRIAN ACCESS THROUGH THE BUILDING (2) PARTIALLY USE A SEPARATE OUT BUILDING FOR AUXILIARY STORAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWERAGE SYSTEM, PROPOSED SIGNAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2250156

• 3 Feb 2022Refused

  ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED WITH UNDERGROUND TANK AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250144

• 18 Aug 2021Conditional

  ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING FRONT ELEVATION OF DWELLING TO INCLUDE EXTENSION TO EXISTING BALCONY AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING BOUNDARY WALL

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151647

• 11 Aug 2021Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF AN EXTERNAL SHED INCLUDING REDUNDANT WATER TANK TOWER STRUCTURE (2) ERECTION OF (A) AN EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING REAR UPPER PLAYGROUND AREA (B) A NEW SINGLE STOREY STEEL SHED STRUCTURE (C) A 6M HIGH BALL STOP FENCING TO THE FRONT, SIDE AND REAR BOUNDARIES OF THE REAR PLAYGROUD AREA (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151621

The 25 most recent of 59 applications.

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: West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC 000197
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: West Of Ardara/Maas Road 000197

Recorded monuments

• DG073-025 Standing stone
  Description

  A standing stone 2.95m in height, rectangular in plan 1.35m × 0.78m, orientated N-S. The stone is located on flat pasture land to the S of the Owenea river. Described by Dr. Pococke in 1752 as 'a bridge over the river Oneck [Owenea], where there is a stone set up an end nine feet [2.95m] high, four [1.2m] broad and three [0.91m] thick, they call it Fin McCoues shoulder stone, with which he used to divert himself by throwing it like a Quoit' (Stokes 1891, 67-8). Trial-trenching was carried out by Anne Carey under licence No. 07E0195 on the outskirts of the village of Ardara on 24 February 2007, in advance of a proposed housing development. Six trial-trenches were excavated at the site (NGR 163680/391970) and nothing of archaeological significance was recovered (Bennett 2010, 75). 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: 15 November 2011

• DG073-040 Burial ground
  Description

  Known as 'Kilgole Burial Ground'. No trace survives. The site is located in fairly good pasture with a sea inlet to the WNW. 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

• DG073-041 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  This site, first shown on the 1847-50 edition of the OS 6-inch map, consists of a substantial rock outcrop, around the base of which are loose stones. Brief accounts of the site in an OS Revision Name Book (1847-50) and an OS 1:2,500 Name Book (1904) describe it as a natural feature and make no reference to any artificial structure here. This may be the site in Kilgole (this part of the townland of Ardara is known by that name), where, according to P.J. McGill (1970), a 'dolmen…was removed about fifty years ago in the course of land reclamation'. The nature of the supposed 'dolmen' is not known. OS Revision Name Book, sheet 73 (1847-50), 43; OS 1:2,500 Name Book, sheet 73 (1904), 63; OS Field Memorandums, sheet 73 (1951), A/19/6; L. McGill 1964, 63; P.J. McGill 1970, 7; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 46, no. 141; SMR 1987, 73:41; RMP 1995, 73:41. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 Excavation licence number 02E0367 Pre-development testing took place for twenty houses and associated works near the site of a megalithic tomb. The development was the subject of a previous assessment, which had identified, via aerial photography, low-visibility rectilinear earthworks. Seven trenches were excavated by machine to the level of undisturbed natural. No archaeological remains, features or finds were uncovered. No visual evidence of the enclosure could be found on the ground. (Excavations Bulletin 2002) Christopher Read, North West Archaeological Services Ltd, Cloonfad Cottage, Cloonfad, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.

• DG073-048 Megalithic structure
  Description

  Excavation licence number 04E1397. Investigation of a large boulder at Ardara, Co. Donegal, was undertaken in response to recommendations made by Aegis Archaeology in a report on testing carried out in March 2002 in advance of the Ardara Sewerage Scheme. Although no direct impact on the monument was to be expected, due to is position being marginally outside the wayleave, it was felt that construction work in the area might have been potentially damaging. Upon removal of the boulder, a large water-filled cavity was exposed. This was lined with a high quantity of viscose, black peaty material which directly overlay the partially exposed stones. It appeared that much of this material had been deposited after the removal of the topsoil from the area. Heavy rains resulted in much of this material becoming liquid and subsequently infiltrating the cavity. Removal of this material revealed a deliberately constructed outer chamber containing six recumbent stones, three of which were natural, while the remainder seemed to have been placed in situ. The large capstone which overlay the smaller boulders beneath was an 18 tonne granite boulder. Its maximum dimensions measured 2.96m on its longest axis by 1.96m wide. Its height measured 1.53m. It was roughly trapezoidal in shape and decreased in both height and width when viewed in situ. Extensive cleaning of the bedrock outcrop immediately to its east displayed evidence of sculpting, both by weathering and also possibly by man. This was evident from a cut on its western face which dropped vertically to a horizontal surface leaving a perpendicular scarp that was unlikely to have resulted from glaciation; it is proposed that this scarping was a product of quarrying and may have been the original location of the 'capstone'. The external 'chamber' was roughly oval in shape and comprised a combination of natural bedrock and deliberately deposited stones. These appeared to function as a support structure for the capstone, as opposed to defining a particular space. They varied in size from 0.05m to 0.09m and described a roughly oval space within which a smaller 'chamber' and stone-lined pit were contained. Internally, a roughly penannular configuration of stones set contiguously into the underlying matrix was present immediately south of the only orthostat identified on the site. This 'chamber' was bounded on its western side by two to three courses of drystone walling. (Excavations Bulletin 2004) Lydia Cagney, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd, Unit 21, The Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.

• DG074-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 27.7m N-S, 28.2m E-W. A ringfort which gives its name to the town of Ardara to the W. The site consists of a platform c. 3.5m in height surrounded by a low earthen bank. The sides of the platform are steep, dropping to a flat-bottomed ditch from 2.8m to 5.5m in width. There is an outer bank which survives up to .7m in height. A field boundary cuts the outer bank on the E side. There are a number of gaps on the sides of the platform and inner bank but these appear to be of recent origin. The site is located on a low E-W ridge in the valley of the Owentocker river in marshy land. Testing was carried out by Eoghan Kieran, Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services under licence No. 06E0288 adjacent to DG074–010, Ardara Fort, at Ardara, Co. Donegal, in advance of the construction of 77 dwellings and all associated site works. Thirty test-trenches were excavated throughout the site of the proposed development (NGR 17402/39085). Those in the northern end of the site indicated that this area contained large and deep peat deposits which had moderate and frequent natural wooded remains and naturally undulating bedrock outcrops. There were no archaeological remains noted in this area. The southern end of the development zone, close to Ardara Fort, was situated on a moderately steep incline. The terrain in this area consisted of silty clay overlying boulder clay. A number of stone-filled field drains were noted in this area but no archaeological features were recorded (Bennett 2009, 95). 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: 14 November 2011

Architectural heritage

• St. Conall's Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1830–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Church of Ireland church, dated 1833 and altered and extended in 1906-8, having three-bay nave, single-bay chancel to the east having single-bay single-storey vestry and porch attached to the north (added 1906-8), and with single-bay single-storey entrance porch to the west gable end. Pitched natural purple slate roof to main body of building having terracotta ridge tiles, projecting eaves course, dressed ashlar bellcote over the west gable end having moulded coping over, and with pointed-arched opening with bell metal bell. Pitched natural slate roof to chancel having terracotta ridge tiles, and with cut stone bracketed eaves course. Pitched natural slate roof to porch to the west with brackets eaves course. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course to nave and to porch to west. Rusticated coursed sandstone construction to chancel, vestry and porch to the east having chamfered ashlar plinth course and flush smooth ashlar block-and-start quoins to the corners. Pointed-arched window openings to the side elevations of nave and to the west gable end having ashlar surrounds, stone sills, and leaded coloured and stained glass windows; modern storm\secondary glazing. Pointed-arched window opening to the chancel gable having triple light windows with cusped Perpendicular Gothic tracery having quatrefoil to window apex, chamfered ashlar surround, chamfered ashlar sill, and with leaded stained glass windows; pointed-arched vent over to gable apex having chamfered ashlar surround, and with louvered fittings. Pointed-arched window opening to the south side of chancel having chamfered ashlar surround, chamfered ashlar sill, and with leaded coloured glass window; square-headed window opening to the north elevation of porch\vestry having cusped cut stone tracery, chamfered ashlar surround, chamfered ashlar sill, and timber window. Pointed-arched window opening to the west elevation of porch to the west having ashlar surround, stone sill, and leaded stained glass window. Shouldered doorway to the east elevation of porch to the east having chamfered ashlar sandstone surround, battened timber double-doors, and with light of steps. Pointed-arched doorway to the north elevation of porch to the west having ashlar surround, plinth blocks, and with battened timber door with decorative wrought-iron door furniture. Trussed roof and timber panelled ceiling to interior. Set back from road in own grounds to the north of the centre of Ardara. Graveyard to site with collection of mainly upstanding gravemarkers dating from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Cast-iron enclosures to some gravemarkers. Modern graveyard extension to the west. Site surrounded by roughcast rendered boundary wall with smooth rendered coping over; smooth rendered plinth to boundary wall to the east. Gateway to the east having a pair of smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal coping over; gateway served by flight of stone steps flanked by modern metal railings. Gateway to the north of porch to the west having a pair of smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having moulded smooth rendered coping with ball finials over, and with a pair of decorative metal gates. Carved stone rainwater drainage vents to site.

• Ardara Methodist Church, church/chapel, 1830–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding two-bay double-height Methodist church, dated 1832, having single-bay single-storey entrance porch to the entrance front (east), and with modern single-bay single-storey flat-roofed extension to the south-west corner. Pitched natural slate roof to main body of building having smooth rendered eaves course brought across front elevation (east) as stringcourse, and with smooth rendered pedestals to gable apexes (east and west) having decorative wrought-iron finials over. Pitched natural slate roof to porch. Smooth rendered walls. Date plaque to entrance front (east) incised ‘Methodist Church A D 1832’. Pointed-arched window openings to the side elevations of hall having stone sills and replacement leaded coloured glass windows. Secondary glazing to windows. Roundel opening to the east gable end having smooth rendered surround and leaded coloured glass windows. Shallow segmental-headed window opening to the north elevation of porch having leaded coloured glass windows. Square-headed doorway to the north elevation of porch having timber door. Set back from road in own grounds to the north of the centre of Ardara. Tarmacadam yards to site. Site bounded on road-frontage to the east by rendered boundary wall having decorative cast-iron railings over. Gateway to the east having cast-iron gate post with decorative cast-iron gate. Section of partially rendered rubble stone wall to the north-east site boundary. Modern Methodist hall adjacent to the west, dated 1995.

• Gatsby House, house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached five-bay two-storey house with attic level, built c. 1880, having two-storey return and two-storey extension the rear (west). Formerly in use as a hotel and as a drapery shop, and now also in use as a holiday rental property. Pitched natural slate roof with smooth rendered chimneystacks with flat copings to the gable ends (north and south), some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods, and with projecting rendered eaves course to the front elevation (east). Smooth rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth, and with raised smooth rendered block quoins to the corners of the front elevation. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, one-over-one-pane timber sliding sash windows, and with stucco architraved surrounds to the ground floor openings. Central square-headed doorway to the front elevation (east) having timber panelled double-doors with bolection mouldings, stucco architraved surround, and with overlight with modern etched glass reading ‘GATSBY HOUSE’; flight of granite steps to entrance. Road-fronted on sloping site to the north of the centre of Ardara. Yard to the rear having single-storey outbuildings with modern thatched roofs.

• Water pump, 1900–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, erected c. 1915, comprising fluted shaft on moulded base surmounted by fluted domed capping with acorn finial over, and having lion's head motif to spout. Pull lever to side now missing. Set on footpath on sloping site to the north of the centre of Ardara. Drain adjacent to the east.

• Campbells, house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached five-bay two-storey house with dormer attic level, built c. 1860 and altered c. 1900, having three gable-fronted dormers to the front (west) and with modern shopfront to the south end, added c. 1950. Pitched natural slate roof with smooth rendered chimneystacks with flat copings to either end (north and south), clay ridge tiles, and with cast-iron rainwater goods; three gable-fronted dormer windows to front pitch having pitched slate roofs, terracotta ridge tiles and decorative wavy timber bargeboards. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course, and with smooth rendered margins and smooth rendered eaves course. Square-headed window openings with smooth rendered reveals, painted stone sills and two-over-two pane horned timber sash windows with exposed sash boxes. Central round-headed doorway having smooth rendered reveal, replacement timber panelled door, and with plain overlight. Three-bay shopfront to the south end of the front elevation (west) having central recessed square-headed doorway with glazed timber door and overlight flanked to either side by square-headed openings with smooth rendered reveals, and fixed-pane timber display windows. Smooth rendered fascia panel over shopfront with applied lettering reading ‘CAMPBELLS’. Road-fronted to the north of the centre of Ardara.

• Nancy's Bar, house, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830, incorporating two-bay public house to the south end. Also in use as a restaurant. Now amalgamated with property adjoining to the south (in use as office; not in survey). Pitched artificial slate roof having smooth rendered chimneystacks to either end (north and south), clay ridge tiles, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over painted plinth course. Square-headed window openings at first floor level and to the north end of the front elevation at ground floor level having painted stone sills, and with two-over- two pane horned timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorway to the north side of centre having batten timber door with metal door furniture. Two-bay pub front to the south end of front elevation (west) having square-headed doorway with battened timber double-doors, square-headed window opening with paired fixed-pane timber display windows, and with painted timber fascia panel over (on rectangular-plan). Road-fronted to the south end of Front Street, and to the north of the centre of Ardara. Building extended to the rear (east).

• Eddie Doherty Handwoven Tweeds, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three\four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820 and altered c. 1950, having shopfront, added c. 1950. Formerly detached. Pitched natural slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods; chimneystacks now removed. Smooth rendered walls with painted plinth to base, and with painted block-and-start quoins (quoins effect) to the corners. Irregularly-spaced square-headed window openings with stone sills, and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorway with timber door. Shopfront to the south end having square-headed openings with replacement windows. Road-fronted to the north of the centre of Ardara. Laneway to the south with metal gate giving access to rear (east).

• Owenea Bridge, bridge, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Five-arch bridge, built c.1810, carrying road over Owenea River. Segmental arches with rubble voussoirs, three middle arches being larger, with rubble walls, parapets having painted faces to road, and with rendered coping to east elevation. Stepped smooth cement-rendered triangular cut-waters, having concrete blockwork supporting pipes across both elevations.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, 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_1155 (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 Ardara with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Ardara · Ard an Rátha

Area

1,968,209 m² (196.82 ha, 486.36 acres)

Civil parish

Lower Killybegs, and its townlands

Barony

Banagh

Electoral division

Ardara, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ardara electoral division: 1,280 people in 509 households; 65% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 14% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Doochill North, Drumbaran, Lurganboy, Tullycleave More, Woodhill

Placenames

Ardara 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.