Ardeskin

131 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardeskin, from 9 m² to 30,652 m² (3.07 ha, 7.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 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 Ardeskin 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.

• 1 May 2026Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF 45 MIXED TYPE HOUSING UNITS TO INCLUDE (1) 9 NO. TWO STOREY, 4 BEDROOM DETACHED HOUSES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION (2) 16 NO. TWO STOREY, 5 BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION (3) 10 NO. 2 BEDROOM, GROUND AND FIRST DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO STOREY BUILDINGS (4) 10 NO. 2 BEDROOM GROUND FLOOR DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO AND A HALF STOREY BUILDINGS (5) 10 NO. 3 BEDROOM TWO STOREY DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO AND A HALF STOREY BLOCKS (6) DEVELOPMENT OF ESTATE ROADS, FOOTPATHS AND OPEN GRASSED AND PLAY AREAS, ALL WITH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS VIA THE FARMLEIGH PARK ROAD ONTO THE OLD LAGHEY ROAD (L-2065-1) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF BOUNDARIES, RETAINING STRUCTURES, STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND ATTENUATION WITH DISCHARGE INTO THE EXISTING PIPE NETWORK, FOUL WATER DRAINAGE AND CONNECTION INTO THE EXISTING MAINS PIPE NETWORK, MAINS WATER SUPPLY PIPES AND ALL ASSOCIATED PUBLIC LIGHTING, PUBLIC UTILITY NETWORKS SERVICES AND CONNECTIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE AND INFRASTRUCTURAL WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2650066

• 13 Apr 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, CONNECTION TO MAINS SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660625

• 17 Jul 2025Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE FROM A DWELLING HOUSE TO A DOCTORS SURGERY AND PERMISSION FOR (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM A DOCTORS SURGERY TO A FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE BUILDING WHICH WILL HAVE A RECEPTION AREA, OFFICE ACCOMMODATION, MEETING ROOMS, COUNSELLING ROOMS & ANCILLARY STAFF FACILITIES (2) GENERAL AMENDMENTS AND RENOVATION WORKS INTERNALLY TO FACILITATE THESE WORKS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2561230

• 14 Dec 2023Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO. DETACHED 2 STOREY DWELLING HOUSES WITH ENTRANCES ONTO BEECH GROVE, (2) CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING PUBLIC FOUL AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE ALONG BEECH GROVE ROAD, AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS RELATING TO THE ITEMS ABOVE INCLUDING DEFINED BOUNDARY TREATMENT

  Permission, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2351918

• 7 Jun 2022Conditional

  (A) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DWELLING INTO PROPOSED NEW DONEGAL FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE (OFFICE USE) WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING INCLUDING CHANGES TO ALL ELEVATIONS (B) CONSTRUCTION OF A STAND ALONE SINGLE STOREY MULTI PURPOSE ACTIVITY CENTRE LOCATED TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING (C) CONNECTION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TO EXISTING PUBLIC FOUL, STORM AND WATERMAINS SERVICES AND FOR ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250980

• 13 Dec 2021Conditional

  (1) REAR GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION TO THE HOUSE (2) A WINDOW AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL ON THE NORTH SIDE ELEVATION

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2152485

• 8 Dec 2021Conditional

  A METAL CLAD SINGLE STOREY SHED / PRIVATE WORKSHOP AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2152430

• 8 Dec 2021Conditional

  A METAL CLAD SINGLE STOREY SHED/COMMERCIAL WORKSHOP AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2152431

• 25 Feb 2021N/a

  SINGLE STOREY GRANNY FLAT ANCILLARY TO APARTMENT WHICH CONNECTS INTO EXISTING SERVICES

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2150316

• 20 Nov 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF 47 MIXED TYPE HOUSING UNITS TO INCLUDE (1) 7 NO. TWO STOREY, 4 BEDROOM DETACHED HOUSES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION (2) 16 NO. TWO STOREY, 5 BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION (3) 4 NO. 2 BEDROOM, GROUND AND FIRST DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO STOREY BUILDINGS (4) 10 NO. 2 BEDROOM GROUND FLOOR DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO AND A HALF STOREY BUILDINGS (5) 10 NO. 3 BEDROOM TWO STOREY DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO AND A HALF STOREY BLOCKS (6) DEVELOPMENT OF ESTATE ROADS, FOOTPATHS AND OPEN GRASSED AND PLAY AREAS, ALL WITH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS VIA THE FARMLEIGH PARK ROAD ONTO THE OLD LAGHEY ROAD (L-2065-1) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF BOUNDARIES, RETAINING STRUCTURES, STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND ATTENUATION WITH DISCHARGE INTO THE EXISTING PIPE NETWORK, FOUL WATER DRAINAGE AND CONNECTION INTO THE EXISTING MAINS PIPE NETWORK, MAINS WATER SUPPLY PIPES AND ALL ASSOCIATED PUBLIC LIGHTING, PUBLIC UTILITY NETWORKS SERVICES AND CONNECTIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE AND INFRASTRUCTURAL WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission, 47 homes · Donegal County Council, 2051766

• 21 May 2019Conditional

  TWO DWELLINGS & TWO STORAGE SHEDS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 1950752

• 24 Aug 2018Conditional

  A DOMESTIC EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1851323

• 8 Aug 2018Conditional

  (A) 4 NO. FOUR-BEDROOM DETACHED DWELLINGS (B) 6 NO. THREE-BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED DWELLINGS (C) 2 NO. THREE-BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED, WITH 2 NO. TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENTS BELOW, (TOTAL 14 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS) (D) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND (E) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING COUNCIL DRAINAGE NETWORK, MAINS WATER SUPPLY AND VEHICULAR ACCESS ONTO THE OLD LAGHEY ROAD

  Permission, 14 homes · Donegal County Council, 1851217

• 23 Mar 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TWO-STOREY TYPE DWELLING HOUSE, ASSOCIATED DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROVISION OF NEW ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND UPGRADING OF EXISTING ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850441

• 11 Jan 2018Conditional

  OFFICE SPACE IN EXISTING DWELLINGHOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, PROVISION OF ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1850019

• 7 Nov 2017N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, PROVISION OF ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751685

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

• DG094-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  A circular area enclosed by a bank of earth and stone. It is now covered by a dense undergrowth of trees and bushes. It is situated on the N slope of the valley of the Drummenny river on good land. 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 Ardeskin.

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 Ardeskin, 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 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.

• Ardeskin, Donegal Town8 sales

Name

Ardeskin

Area

179,191 m² (17.92 ha, 44.28 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

Brookfield, Donegal, Drummenny Lower, Drumrat, Raforker

Placenames

Ardeskin 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.