Cashel

157 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cashel, from 3 m² to 2,151,700 m² (215.17 ha, 531.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 46 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cashel 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.

• 10 Dec 2025Unconditional

  DEMOLITION OF A HABITABLE DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING INCLUDING CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC FOUL SEWER

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2550177

• 30 Apr 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560681

• 27 Aug 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF 4 NO. AUXILIARY ACCOMMODATION UNITS (14 BEDROOMS) TO BIDDY'S BAR TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING, LAUNDRY/STORE BUILDING, PV PANELS TO ROOF AREAS, BICYCLING PARKING, BIN STORAGE, SITE SIGNAGE WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SITE SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461299

• 8 Aug 2024N/a

  FOLLOWING THE GRANT OF PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 24/51400 TO THE PROPERTY FORMALLY KNOWN AS BIDDY’S BAR THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF 4 NO. AUXILIARY ACCOMMODATION UNITS (14 BEDROOMS) TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING, LAUNDRY/STORE BUILDING, PV PANELS TO ROOF AREAS, BICYCLE PARKING, BIN STORAGE, SITE SIGNAGE WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SITE SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461219

• 25 Jun 2024Conditional

  (1) GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION TO EASTERN SIDE, (2) ADDITIONAL COVERED EXTERNAL SMOKING AREA AND ATTACHED STORAGE AREA, (3) 3-STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR WHICH CONSISTS OF GUEST ACCOMMODATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460959

• 20 Sept 2023Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING STORAGE SHED AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A 3 STOREY MULTI PURPOSE BUILDING TO INCLUDE ACCOMMODATION BLOCK, MULTI PURPOSE ROOM / TRANSPORT HUB, CONFERENCE ROOM, ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING / BIKE AREA, SIGNAGE AND GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR UNITS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351399

• 20 Sept 2023Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF PREVIOUS EXTENSIONS TO BIDDY'S BAR, (2) RENOVATION AND EXTENSION TO INCLUDE INCREASED LOUNGE AREA, NEW KITCHEN AND RESTAURANT AREA TOGETHER WITH TOILETS AND STORAGE AREAS, (3) ALTERATION TO ALL FACADES, (4) NEW SIGNAGE, (5) OUTDOOR SEATED AREA, (6) CONSTRUCTION OF ASSOCIATED ACCOMMODATION UNITS TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING AND (7) CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SITE SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351400

• 28 Feb 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350236

• 31 May 2022Conditional

  INSTALLATION OF A NEW PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION IN LIEU OF EXISTING CONNECTION TO NEIGHBOURING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250937

• 16 May 2022Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING STORE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250839

• 13 Apr 2022N/a

  EXTENSION TO EXISTING STORAGE BUILDING & (1) RETENTION OF ALTERATIONS TO THE FRONT ELEVATION OF EXISTING STORAGE BUILDING & (2) REAR COMPRESSOR ROOM

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2250652

• 2 Jun 2021Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE & SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151079

• 24 May 2021Conditional

  DEVELOPMENT TO EXISTING PREMISES KNOWN AS THE GLEN HEAD TAVERN; CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF (1) AN EXTENSION TO THE GROUND FLOOR OF EXISTING LICENCED PREMISES TO PROVIDE A KITCHEN WITH ANCILLARY STORAGE AREAS AND ADDITIONAL COVERED EXTERNAL SEATING AREA AND (2) A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION OVER BOTH THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PREMISES CONSISTING OF GUEST ACCOMMODATION TO INCLUDE 7NO. ENSUITE BEDROOMS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151007

• 4 Nov 2020Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF A HABITABLE DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING INCLUDING CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC FOUL SEWER

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051649

• 20 Mar 2019Unconditional

  AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF THE EXISTING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1950382

• 1 Dec 2017N/a

  EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF THE EXISTING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751811

• 19 Jun 2017Conditional

  EXTENSION TO EXISTING STORAGE BUILDING & (1) RETENTION OF ALTERATIONS TO THE FRONT ELEVATION OF EXISTING STORAGE BUILDING & (2) REAR COMPRESSOR ROOM

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750942

• 12 Apr 2017Conditional

  CHANGES TO THE FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATION TO RELOCATE WINDOWS AND DOOR, RE-ROOF THE HOUSE AND RAISE THE EXISTING RIDGE HEIGHT BY 0.6M AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750546

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 Tooey/Tormore Island/Loughros Beg Bay SAC 000190
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Unna/Lough Unshagh Bogs 000167
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slieve Tooey/Tormore Island/Loughros Beg Bay 000190

Recorded monuments

• DG080-020001 Penitential station
  Description

  Located in poor rocky land on the floor of Glencolumbkille valley. Indicated on the 1907 OS 6-inch map as 'Penitential Station', this subcircular cairn (diam. 3.8m; H 0.65m high) served as a prayer station on St. Columbkille's Turas. It is composed of small to medium-sized field stones, and surrounds the base of a cross-inscribed pillar (DG080-020002-). It is partly grassed-over. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 8 March 2019

• DG080-020002 Cross-inscribed pillar
  Description

  A cross-inscribed pillar-slab (DG080-020002-) 1.11m in height. The decoration is on the NE face (.18m wide). It consists of a central stem connecting a quartered-circle motif on top to a roundel motif on the bottom. This seems to be a larger version of the motif on one of the cross-slabs in the enclosure at Straid (DG080-013008-). The slab is surrounded by a subcircular cairn (DG080-020001-) 3.8m in diameter and 0.65m high. It is located in poor rocky land on the floor of Glencolumbkille valley. This is a National Monument (No. 139 (2)) in state guardianship. 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

• DG080-020003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• DG080-026001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 16.35m N-S, 14.45m E-W. A subcircular area enclosed by the grassed-over remains of a stone wall. The wall facings are evident at some points and at the W suggest an original width of 1.8m. A modern wall is built on the older foundation along the entire E half. Just SE of the centre is a triangular piece of rock outcrop (DG080-026002-) .95m × 0.95m × 0.9m, .42m high. A depression .2m × 0.17m, depth .08m is crudely carved in this. The site is located on a knoll of rock outcrop on the SW part of the Glen-columbkille valley floor. 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

• DG080-026002 Bullaun stone
  Description

  A subcircular area (DG080-026001-) enclosed by the grassed-over remains of a stone wall. The wall facings are evident at some points and at the W suggest an original width of 1.8m. A modern wall is built on the older foundation along the entire E half. Just SE of the centre is a triangular piece of rock outcrop .95m × 0.95m × 0.9m, .42m high. A depression .2m × 0.17m, depth .08m is crudely carved in this. The site is located on a knoll of rock outcrop on the SW part of the Glen-columbkille valley floor. 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

• DG080-031 Cairn - ring-cairn
  Description

  Situated on NW facing slope of poorly drained moorland overlooking the village of Cashel/Glencolumbkille to the NW. In area of reclaimed bogland the remains of a circular area (diam. 7.05m E-W; 6.7m N-S) defined a double row of contiguous orthostats with evidence of cairn material (Wth 0.75m) between the inner and outer row of orthostats. Approximately 18 orthostats survive of the inner kerb with the height varying from 0.5m to 0.2m. The orthostats of the inner and outer kerb are best preserved at ENE where there is evidence of cairn material between the inner and outer kerbstones There is no clear evidence of an entrance feature which would argue against a hut site classification, although this classification cannot be definitely ruled out. However there is a gap (Wth 2.65m) in the row of orthostats at NE which may be the result of robbing or may mark an entrance feature. If this was an original entrance feature it would suggest that this kerbing belongs to a hut-circle rather than a ring-cairn. The poorly preserved remains suggest that this may be the remains of a possible ring-cairn that has been exposed as a result of land improvement works where the heather covered sod has been removed.

Architectural heritage

• Teach Pobail Naomh Columba, church/chapel, 1830–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height Catholic church on T-shaped plan, built in 1833 or 1854 and altered 1904, having single-bay hall to the south/south-west, single-bay transepts to the east and west, and with two-bay single-storey sacristy to the centre of the rear elevation (north) having later single-bay extension attached to the north gable end. Pitched artificial slate roofs having raised rendered verges to gable ends with Celtic cross finials to gable apexes and moulded kneeler stones at eaves level having gabled finials over. Pebbledashed walls over smooth rendered plinth course, rendered band to eaves, and render block and start quoins to the corners. Pointed-arched window openings having raised render block- and-start surrounds, hoodmouldings and timber Y-tracery windows. Three graded pointed-arched window openings to entrance gable (south), over main doorway, having raised render block- and-start surrounds, hoodmouldings, and plain windows. Two pointed-arched window openings to rear elevation having plain rendered surrounds and stained glass windows. Pointed-arched door opening to the centre of entrance gable (south) having raised render block- and-start surrounds, hoodmoulding, replacement timber double-doors, and modern mosaic overpanel. Crown post timber roof to interior; modern timber organ gallery over entrance gable (south). Square-headed openings to sacristy and attached extension having modern fittings. Set slightly back from road in own grounds with tarmacadam carpark to site. Graveyard to the west having collection of mainly twentieth-century gravemarkers and memorials. Freestanding three-storey belltower (on square-plan), c. 1900, to north-west having pyramidal slate roof with cross finial, rendered walls, pointed-arched openings at belfry level having timber louvers, and square-headed doorway with timber door.

• Droichead an tSráid, bridge, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Double-arched bridge carrying road over the Murlin River, built c. 1820. Damaged to the north-east corner with modern blockwork repairs. Rubble stone construction to pier, spandrels, and to parapets; modern rubble stone repairs to west parapet; rubble stone construction to arch barrels now cement rendered. Rubble stone soldier coping to undamaged sections of parapet. Irregular-sized arches having rubble stone voussoirs. V-profile squared rubble stone cutwater to central pier to upstream side of bridge (east). Tarmacadam deck to bridge. Located to north-west of Gleann Cholm Cille/Glencolumbkille.

• Kiln, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay lime kiln on square-plan, erected c. 1860. Tapers outwards towards base. Now out of use. Constructed of roughly coursed rubble stone masonry. Square-headed opening to front (south), the former oven aperture, having stone lintel over. Former loading chamber on ovoid/circular-plan to the north-east having rubble masonry construction; chamber now partially collapsed. Built into rock outcrop adjacent to road and former quarries. Earthen embankment to rear, formerly giving access to loading chamber. Set back from road in rural location to the north-west of Killybegs and to the east of Gleann Cholm Cille/Glencolumbkille.

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 Cashel, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Cashel · An Caiseal

Area

4,999,446 m² (499.94 ha, 1,235.39 acres)

Civil parish

Glencolumbkille, and its townlands

Barony

Banagh

Electoral division

Malinbeg, the unit of the census

Census 2022

373 people lived in 151 households in the Malinbeg electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballard, Braade Lower, Contycro, Farranmacbride, Gannew and Curreen, Kilaned, Malin More, Meenavaghran, Meenavean, Straid or Glebe

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Cashel 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.