Dooey

59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dooey, from 216 m² to 387,009 m² (38.7 ha, 95.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 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 Dooey 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

• 28 Jan 2021Conditional

  DEMOLITION WORKS AND DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150105

• 15 Jan 2021N/a

  DEMOLITION WORKS AND DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150034

• 6 Jan 2021Conditional

  SÍNEADH LENÁR GCLUBTHEACH REATHA ATÁ I GCEIST LEIS AN FHORBRAÍOCHT BEARTAITHE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150005

• 23 Dec 2020N/a

  CHANGES CARRIED OUT TO DWELLING HOUSE, PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 19/50618

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2052050

• 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

• 29 Jul 2019Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING HOUSE & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951155

• 29 Apr 2019Conditional

  REFURBISHMENT AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950618

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: Slieve Tooey/Tormore Island/Loughros Beg Bay 000190

Recorded monuments

• DG080-032001 Souterrain
  Description

  Built into W face of terraced hillside are the remains of an L-shaped passage (Wth 1m; H 0.8m; L 3m x 2m] defined by a drystone wall and roofed with stone lintels. Entrance opening (0.45m x 0.45m) in drystone wall faces W towards the sea and this opening may have been rebuilt in the 19th century. The function, dating or classification of this structure is uncertain. According to local information it was reused in the 1900's as a place where poitin was made. It is similar in construction to the hermitage site know as St Fanad's Cell (DG080-024) which is 285m to the E. Other monuments located nearby include St. Connell's Well (DG080-023), St Fanad's Well (DG080-024004-), bullaun stone (DG080-024001-), souterrain (DG080-024003-), standing stone (DG080-024005-) and burial ground (DG080-024007-) which are all located c. 280m to the E. The hillside into which the L-shaped passage has been constructed has a series of terraces (DG080-032002-) built into the slope of the hill in a manner similar to the terracing on Sceilg Mhichil in Co. Kerry. A small 18th/19th century cottage is located 50m N of this structure. It is possible that this L-shaped passage which is built like a souterrain may be contemporary with the ecclesiastical complex assoicated with St Faned and therefore may date from the medieval period. If this is the case it would seem likely that the terracing of the hillside also dates from this period. Alternatively the close proximity of the cottage to the N may suggest that this structure along with the terracing was built by the people who lived in this dwelling during the 18th/19th centuries.

• DG080-032002 Terrace
  Description

  Along the N face of hillside are a series of terraces cut into the rocky hillface running E-W whch appears to have a drystone wall acting as a revetment along the N side. The lowermost terrace has a souterrain like feature (DG080-032001-) built into and under the W face of the terraced hillside. The dating of this terracing is uncertain, however its close proximity to St Fanad's Cell (DG080-024) which is 285m to the E. Other monuments located nearby include St. Connell's Well (DG080-023), St Fanad's Well (DG080-024004-), bullaun stone (DG080-024001-), souterrain (DG080-024003-), standing stone (DG080-024005-) and burial ground (DG080-024007-) which are all located c. 280m to the E. This close proximity to a concentration of early medieval ecclesiastical monuments may suggest contemporaneity. These terraces with their drystone revetment are not found in this mountain valley and the terracing appears to be localised to this hillside only. They are similar in form and construction to the terracing on the monastic site at Sceilg Mhichil in Co. Kerry. A small 18th/19th century cottage is located 50m N of this terracing and it cannot be ruled out that the terracing may have been built in the 18th/19th century by the people who lived in this cottage.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1900–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two storey vernacular house with attic level, built c. 1910, having single-bay single-storey extension attached to the east gable end. Pitched artificial slate roof having three rendered chimneystacks (one to either gable end and one to the centre) and with raised render coping to gable ends (east and west). Some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with render plinth to base and render pilaster strips to corners. Irregularly-spaced square-headed window openings having plain raised render surrounds, painted sills and two-over-two pane horned timber sliding sash windows; some replacement windows to rear elevation (south). Square-headed door opening to the east end of the main elevation having plain raised render surround and timber sheeted door. Set slightly back from road to the west of Gleann Cholm Cille/Glencolumbkille. Single-storey outbuilding to the rear (south). Dry stone boundary wall to the rear of site.

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 Dooey, 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 Dooey.

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

Name

Dooey · An Dumhaigh

Area

728,588 m² (72.86 ha, 180.04 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

Doonalt, Kilaned, Malin More, Straid or Glebe

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Dooey 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.