Milltown
Milltown is a townland in the civil parish of Killymard, barony of Banagh, Co. Donegal.
Parcel 2593625
- Area
- 9,819 m² (0.98 ha, 2.43 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
- Milltown
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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: Lough Eske and Ardnamona Wood SAC 000163
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 5 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_1434 (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
- 18.7 ha
- 46 acres
- Land parcels
- 7
- registered freehold, median 9,819 m² (0.98 ha, 2.43 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Milltown, from 327 m² to 20,748 m² (2.07 ha, 5.13 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Milltown 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
16 Sept 2026N/a
AMENDMENTS TO DEVELOPMENT PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 20/51194 (AMENDED BY REF. NO. 22/51715) CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SHELTERED CANOPY (C. 35M2) IN THE PERMITTED CAR PARK FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING 2 NO. DEDICATED 'CLICK AND COLLECT' SPACES FOR THE PERMITTED STORE (CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION), SIGNAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661717
31 Jul 2026Conditional
AMENDMENTS TO DEVELOPMENT PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 20/51194 (AMENDED BY PLANNING REF. NO. 22/51715) CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) RELOCATION OF SUBSTATION AND MINOR INCREASE IN ITS SIZE, (2) REDESIGN OF PUBLIC CONNECTION RAMP AND STEPS, AND RELOCATION OF BICYCLE PARKING, (3) MINOR AMENDMENTS TO SERVICE YARD INCLUDING REMOVAL OF WASTE COMPACTOR AND ADJUSTMENT OF MOE STAIRS, (4) ADJUSTMENT TO ENTRANCE WALLS, (5) INTRODUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, (6) REDUCTION IN LENGTH OF SERVICE YARD RAMP AND (7) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661439
11 Dec 2025Conditional
MINOR AMENDMENTS TO THE SCHEME PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NOS. 19/51971 & 21/51703 (AND EXTENDED BY PLANNING REF. NOS. 25/50040 & 25/50041) COMPRISING (1) AN INCREASE IN FLOOR AREA AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL TO THE 4 NO. 2-STOREY APARTMENT BLOCKS CONVERTING THE 8 NO. FIRST FLOOR UNITS FROM 1 BEDROOM TO 2 BEDROOMS, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF 4 NO. 2-STOREY 3 BEDROOM UNITS TO REPLACE THE EXISTING 2 NO. SINGLE STOREY 3 BEDROOM UNITS, (3) RECONFIGURATION OF ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING, AND (4) VARIOUS MINOR LANDSCAPING, BOUNDARY TREATMENT AND ANCILLARY MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE AMENDMENTS. THE AMENDMENTS WILL INCREASE UNIT NUMBERS ON THE SITE TO 62 NO. DWELLINGS
Permission, 4 homes · Donegal County Council, 2562203
7 Oct 2025Conditional
ALTERATION/MODIFICATION OF THE EXISTING 3-STOREY 8 NO. UNIT APARTMENT BLOCK PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NOS. 19/51971 & 21/51703 CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 2-STOREY APARTMENT BLOCK WITH 4 NO. GROUND FLOOR UNITS (TWO BEDROOM) AND 4 NO. FIRST FLOOR UNITS (TWO BEDROOM) ALL WITH OWN DOOR ACCESS ON GROUND FLOOR, RECONFIGURATION OF ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING, AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561745
8 Apr 2025Unconditional
(1) CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE ON SITES 6 & 8 FROM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 3 BED TWO STOREY SEMI - DETACHED DWELLING TO 2 NO. 4 BED TWO AND HALF STOREY SEMI - DETACHED DWELLINGS, (2) CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE ON SITE 2, 4, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 50, 52, 54, 56, 74, 76, 86 & 88 (24 NO. DWELLINGS) FROM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 3 BED TWO STOREY SEMI - DETACHED DWELLINGS TO 2 STOREY APARTMENT UNITS CONTAINING 2 NO. APARTMENTS (1 NO. APARTMENT ON GROUND FLOOR AND 1 NO. APARTMENT ON FIRST FLOOR - TOTAL NO. OF APARTMENTS - 48), (3) CHANGE OF BLOCK OF THREE TERRACED 2 BED 2 STOREY DWELLINGS TO 2 NO. 3 BED SINGLE STOREY DWELLINGS AND (4) ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS (PLAN. REF. NO. 19/51971 REFERS)
Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2550041
7 Apr 2025Unconditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF 56 RESIDENTIAL UNITS CONSISTING OF (A) 26 NO. THREE-BEDROOM TWO-STOREY SEMI DETACHED DWELLINGS, (B) 16 NO. 2 BEDROOM TWO-STOREY TERRACED DWELLINGS, (C) 2 BLOCKS OF DUPLEX UNITS WITH DUPLEX BLOCK 1 CONSISTING OF 4 NO. 2 BEDROOM GROUND FLOOR APARTMENTS AND 4 NO. 3 BEDROOM DUPLEX DWELLINGS ABOVE AND DUPLEX BLOCK 2 CONSISTING OF 3 2 BEDROOM GROUND FLOOR APARTMENTS ON GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND 3 NO. 3 BEDROOM DUPLEX DWELLINGS ABOVE; (2) CONSTRUCTION OF ALL ACCESS ROADS, PEDESTRIAN FOOTPATHS AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS INCLUDING THE CREATION OF A NEW ACCESS OFF THE ADJOINING ACCESS ROAD; (3) PROVISION OF ON-SITE PUBLIC LIGHTING TO SERVE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT; (4) CONSTRUCTION OF ALL PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AMENITIES INCLUDING CHILDREN'S PLAY AREAS AND LANDSCAPING FEATURES; (5) PROVISION OF 'HOMEZONE' AREAS TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT; (6) ALL BOUNDARY TREATMENTS, INCLUDING ERECTION OF BOUNDARY FENCES AND WALLS TO THE SITE BOUNDARIES; (7) PROVISION OF CAR AND BICYCLE PARKING FACILITIES TO THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT AND WASTE COLLECTION POINTS; (8) INSTALLATION OF A FOUL SEWER NETWORK WHICH SHALL CONNECT TO ADJOINING FOUL SEWER NETWORK AND INSTALLATION OF A SURFACE WATER NETWORK INCLUDING UNDERGROUND ATTENUATION AREAS, INTERCEPTORS AND CONNECTION TO THE ADJOINING SURFACE WATER NETWORK; (9) CONNECTION TO THE ADJOINING PUBLIC WATERMAINS AND (10) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2550040
19 Jan 2024N/a
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY RECEPTION BUILDING ON THE FOOTPRINT OF AND USING THE STONE FROM THE DERELICT COLLAPSED MILL BUILDING ON THE SITE, (2) INSTALLATION OF 4 NO SINGLE STOREY GLAMPING PODS, (3) INSTALLATION OF A SEWERAGE STORAGE TANK AND PUMPING STATION TO COLLECT AND PUMP SEWERAGE TO DISCHARGE INTO THE EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER AT MILL LANE, (4) CONSTRUCTION OF A CAR PARKING AREA, RAISED AND GROUND LEVEL ACCESS WALKWAYS, SERVICES PIPES, PUMPING STATION, SURFACE WATER DISCHARGE AND PERCOLATION SOAKAWAYS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND CONNECTIONS TO PUBLIC SERVICES, (5) CONNECTION ONTO THE PUBLIC ROAD, (6) CONSTRUCTION OF AN ENTRANCE TO THE CAR PARK AND SERVICE AREA, AND (7) ALL ASSOCIATED BOUNDARY TREATMENTS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460020
12 Oct 2022Conditional
AMENDMENTS TO DEVELOPMENT PERMITTED UNDER PLAN. REF. NO.: 20/51194 CONSISTING OF: (1) AMALGAMATION OF THE PERMITTED ANCHOR SUPERMARKET, INCLUDING OFF LICENCE USE AND 2 NO. PERMITTED RETAIL UNITS (UNITS 2 AND 3) TO CREATE A SINGLE ANCHOR SUPERMARKET, INCLUDING OFF LICENCE USE WITH A GFA OF 4,195 SQ.M (NET SALES AREA OF c. 2,781 SQ.M) AND ASSOCIATED AMENDMENTS TO THE ELEVATIONS, SIGNAGE ZONE AND PLANT AT ROOF LEVEL, (2) AMENDMENTS TO THE PERMITTED SERVICE YARD, INCLUDING A RECONFIGURED AREA FOR DELIVERIES, PROVISION OF A CANOPY AREA FOR DELIVERY VANS AND A REVISED BIN STORE, (3) ALTERATIONS TO THE PERMITTED CAR PARKING SPACES (REDUCTION FROM 201 NO. SPACES TO 195 NO. SPACES) TO PROVIDE 2 NO. DEDICATED 'CLICK AND COLLECT' PARKING AREAS AND ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE, (4) REMOVAL OF CONDITION NO.19 RELATING TO THE OPENING HOURS OF THE PERMITTED RETAIL DEVELOPMENT AND (5) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND ANCILLARY WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251715
27 Aug 2021Conditional
(1) CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE ON SITES 6 & 8 FROM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 3 BED TWO STOREY SEMI - DETACHED DWELLING TO 2 NO. 4 BED TWO AND HALF STOREY SEMI - DETACHED DWELLINGS, (2) CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE ON SITE 2,4,10,12,14,16,18,20, 22,24,26,28,30,32,34, 36, 50,52,54,56,74,76,86 & 88 (24 NO. DWELLINGS) FROM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 3 BED TWO STOREY SEMI - DETACHED DWELLINGS TO 2 STOREY APARTMENT UNITS CONTAINING 2 NO. APARTMENTS (1 NO. APARTMENT ON GROUND FLOOR AND 1 NO. APARTMENT ON FIRST FLOOR- TOTAL NO. OF APARTMENTS - 48), (3) CHANGE OF BLOCK OF THREE TERRACED 2 BED 2 STOREY DWELLINGS TO 2NO. 3 BED SINGLE STOREY DWELLINGS AND (4) ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS (PLAN. REF. NO.: 19/51971 REFERS)
Permission, 52 homes · Donegal County Council, 2151703
12 Aug 2021N/a
(1) CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE ON SITES 6 & 8 FROM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 3 BED TWO STOREY SEMI - DETACHED DWELLING TO 2 NO. 4 BED TWO AND HALF STOREY SEMI - DETACHED DWELLINGS (2) CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE ON SITE 2,4,10,12,14,16,18,20, 22,24,26,28,30,32,34, 36, 50,52,54,56,74,76,86 & 88 (24 NO. DWELLINGS) FROM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 3 BED TWO STOREY SEMI - DETACHED DWELLINGS TO 2 STOREY APARTMENT UNITS CONTAINING 2 NO. APARTMENTS (1 NO. APARTMENT ON GROUND FLOOR AND 1 NO. APARTMENT ON FIRST FLOOR- TOTAL NO. OF APARTMENTS -48) (3) CHANGE OF BLOCK OF THREE TERRACED 2 BED 2 STOREY DWELLINGS TO 2NO. 3 BED SINGLE STOREY DWELLINGS (4) ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS (PLANNING REF NO: 19/51971 REFERS)
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151624
28 Aug 2020Conditional
DEMOLITION OF ALL EXISTING BUILDINGS ON SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF RETAIL DEVELOPMENT ON SITE OF APPROXIMATELY 2.53 HA. THE DEVELOPMENT WITH A TOAL GROSS FLOOR AREA (GFA) OF 6,184 SQ.M WILL COMPRISE AN ANCHOR SUPERMARKET, INCLUDING OFF LICENCE USE, WITH A GFA OF 2,787 SQ.M (NET SALES AREA OF C. 1,763 SQ.M), 8 NO. RETAIL UNITS (FOR CLASS 1, SHOP USE) WITH A CUMULATIVE GFA OF 3,282 SQ.M AND 1 NO, CAFÉ/RESTAURANT UNIT WITH A GFA OF 115 SQ.M THE DEVELOPMENT WILL REACH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF C. 8.8 METRES. THE DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATES 1 NO. FREE STANDING TOTEM SIGN AND ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE ZONES FOR EACH UNIT. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE 201 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES AND 33 NO. CYCLE PARKING SPACES. A NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS IS PROPOSED TO RAILWAY ROAD, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS. THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A SERVICE YARDS, ESB SUBSTATION, PLANT FOR EACH UNIT AT ROOF LEVEL, LANDSCAPED AREAS, PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES, LIGHTING, BOUNDARY TREATMENTS AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURAL WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051194
20 Dec 2019Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF 56 RESIDENTIAL UNITS CONSISTING OF (A) 26 NO. THREE-BEDROOM TWO-STOREY SEMI DETACHED DWELLINGS, (B) 16 NO. 2 BEDROOM TWO-STOREY TERRACED DWELLINGS, (C) 2 BLOCKS OF DUPLEX UNITS WITH DUPLEX BLOCK 1 CONSISTING OF 4 NO. 2 BEDROOM GROUND FLOOR APARTMENTS AND 4 NO. 3 BEDROOM DUPLEX DWELLINGS ABOVE AND DUPLEX BLOCK 2 CONSISTING OF 3 2 BEDROOM GROUND FLOOR APARTMENTS ON GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND 3 NO. 3 BEDROOM DUPLEX DWELLINGS ABOVE; (2) CONSTRUCTION OF ALL ACCESS ROADS, PEDESTRIAN FOOTPATHS AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS INCLUDING THE CREATION OF A NEW ACCESS OFF THE ADJOINING ACCESS ROAD; (3) PROVISION OF ON-SITE PUBLIC LIGHTING TO SERVE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT; (4) CONSTRUCTION OF ALL PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AMENITIES INCLUDING CHILDREN'S PLAY AREAS AND LANDSCAPING FEATURES; (5) PROVISION OF 'HOMEZONE' AREAS TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT; (6) ALL BOUNDARY TREATMENTS, INCLUDING ERECTION OF BOUNDARY FENCES AND WALLS TO THE SITE BOUNDARIES; (7) PROVISION OF CAR AND BICYCLE PARKING FACILITIES TO THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT AND WASTE COLLECTION POINTS; (8) INSTALLATION OF A FOUL SEWER NETWORK WHICH SHALL CONNECT TO ADJOINING FOUL SEWER NETWORK AND INSTALLATION OF A SURFACE WATER NETWORK INCLUDING UNDERGROUND ATTENUATION AREAS, INTERCEPTORS AND CONNECTION TO THE ADJOINING SURFACE WATER NETWORK; (9) CONNECTION TO THE ADJOINING PUBLIC WATERMAINS AND (10) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 56 homes · Donegal County Council, 1951971
18 Nov 2019Conditional
ERECTION OF AN OPEN PLAY CANOPY STRUCTURE FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY OF STEAM ENGINE KNOWN AS 'DRUMBOE' AND ASSOCIATED RAILWAY CARRIAGES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951768
8 Jan 2019Refused
(1) CHANGE OF USE OF OFFICE ACCOMMODATION TO FUNERAL HOME 75.5M2, (2) ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE SOUTH & WEST ELEVATIONS INCLUDING SIGNAGE, (3) DEMOLITION/REMOVAL OF EXISTING ANNEX TO THE NORTH SIDE OF EXISTING HARDWARE RETAIL UNIT ALONG WITH UPGRADE AND WIDENING OF EXISTING ACCESS/EGRESS, (4) PROVISION OF A NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE VIA ONE-WAY ACCESS ROAD TO NORTH OF SITE AND PROVISION OF CARPARKING TO EAST OF SITE TO SERVE PROPOSED FUNERAL HOME, (5) UPGRADE OF EXISTING CARPARKING TO HARDWARE YARD TO PROVIDE FOOTPATH AND OVERFLOW PARKING AND ONE-WAY EXIT AND (6) CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950011
29 Aug 2018Conditional
(1) RETENTION OF AN EXISTING VETERINARY SURGERY, 63.5M2 INCLUDING ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE, (2) CHANGE OF USE OF OFFICE ACCOMMODATION TO FUNERAL HOME, 75.5M2, (3) ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE SOUTH & WEST ELEVATIONS INCLUDING SIGNAGE AND (4) PROVISION OF CARPARKING, CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851340
14 Jun 2018Conditional
REVISIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REFERENCE 14/50773 NAMELY:- (1) INCREASE FLOOR AREA BY 131.16 SQ M, (2) INTERNAL LAYOUT AND ASSOCIATED ELEVATIONAL REVISIONS NAMELY:- (A) ADDITION OF INTERNAL DRAFT LOBBY, (B) ADDITION OF 1 NO. OFFICE AT RECEPTION AREA, (C) ADDITION OF FILING STORE TO RECEPTION AREA, (D) ADDITION OF TOILETS, FOOD STORE AND CHAIR/TABLE STORE TO MULTI PURPOSE ROOM, (E) CHANGE OF USE OF STORE TO HOMEWORK/TEENAGER ROOM, (3) ERECTION OF NEW STORE -FLOOR AREA 33.222 SQ M, (4) RELOCATION OF OIL TANK AND (5) ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850936
28 Feb 2018Unconditional
(A) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STORE AND TOILETS (B) RELOCATION OF EXISTING BOILER ROOM (C) NEW 2 STOREY EXTENSION TO COMPRISE A SPORTS HALL, CHANGING ROOMS, TOILETS, GYM, GAMES ROOM, HOSPITALITY AREA, RECEPTION OFFICE, MEETING ROOMS, LINK CORRIDOR (D) EXTERNAL HARD COURT (E) NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM RAILWAY ROAD (F) CAR PARK AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND SERVICES
Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 1850304
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Eske and Ardnamona Wood SAC 000163
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Milltown.
Architectural heritage
- Donegal Railway Station, railway station, 1885–1895 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey triple-pile former railway station, built 1889, in use as a visitor’s attraction and Bus Eireann Depot. Projecting front porch and two-bay waiting room wing to west and five-bay store wing to east. Double pitched natural slate roof with double pitched roofed breakfront, ridge tiles and modern slate roof on extension to west, rendered chimney stacks with terracotta pots, cast-iron and replacement PVC rain-water goods, timber cornice with wooden eaves and cut stone brackets, wooden painted barge board to gables with pointed finial. Squared random coursing of low relief rock-faced masonry and dressed stone, with painted ashlar quoins and painted stringcourse to ground. Segmental headed replacement timber and sliding sash windows, with painted ashlar block and start surround and painted stone sills; square headed one-over-one sliding sash above doorway to first floor and square-headed timber windows to modern extension with half-bow timber window at modern western gable. Segmental headed door opening in porch breakfront, pitched natural slate roof with ridge tiles, painted ashlar surround with overlight, replacement timber panelled door, dressed stone entrance steps and kerbstones. Sited in own grounds at end of Tyrconnell Street bounded by modern wall and fencing to rear displaying a portion of original narrow gauge railway line, Bus Eireann corrugated-iron garage and parking area located immediately adjacent the railway station building.
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 Milltown, 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. 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_1434 (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 Milltown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Milltown
- Area
- 187,083 m² (18.71 ha, 46.23 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killymard, and its townlands
- Barony
- Banagh
- 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, Drumlaght, Drumlonagher, Drumroosk East, Drumroosk Middle, Drumroosk West, Mullans
- Placenames
- Milltown 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.