Rann

62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rann, from 313 m² to 442,024 m² (44.2 ha, 109.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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 Rann 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.

• 2 Mar 2026N/a

  (1) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING SITE AND AGRICULTURAL MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE UNIT GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 23/50030 TO COMMERCIAL USE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE UNIT AND (3) CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL STORAGE UNIT TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660308

• 1 Aug 2025Conditional

  EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561332

• 20 Oct 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/ SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351598

• 3 May 2023Conditional

  ERECTION OF 2 NO. POULTRY SHEDS WITH MEAL SILOS, EFFLUENT TANKS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING THE UPGRADING OF EXISTING ACCESS ROAD. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350608

• 13 Mar 2023Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350322

• 16 Jan 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL SHED INCORPORATING DRY STORAGE, MACHINERY STORAGE AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350030

• 24 Jun 2022N/a

  ERECTION OF 2 NO. POULTRY SHEDS WITH MEAL SILOS, EFFLUENT TANKS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING THE UPGRADING OF EXISTING ACCESS ROAD. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251083

• 28 Jul 2021Conditional

  (1) RAISING OF ROOF HEIGHT TO ACCOMODATE ATTIC CONVERSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND (2) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151509

• 9 Dec 2020Refused

  ERECTION OF 2 NO. POULTRY SHEDS WITH MEAL SILOS, EFFLUENT TANKS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051889

• 29 May 2020Unconditional

  RAISING OF SITE LEVELS AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2050695

• 1 May 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950646

• 28 Apr 2017Refused

  ERECTION OF DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750645

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: River Swilly Valley Woods 002011

Recorded monuments

• DG061-003 Standing stone
  Description

  There is no trace of the 'Standing Stone' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on good land sloping down to E. 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

• DG061-007 Standing stone
  Description

  A stone, lying flat and partially buried, would appear to be the 'Standing Stone' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is c. 2.75m long × c. 1m wide. 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

• DG061-008 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked as a single-ringed enclosure on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map. Its location is tentatively discernible in the grass. Its original maximum diameter would appear to have been c. 40 to 45 m. Situated on level pasture land with wide views to E and W. 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

• DG061-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. c. 15m. A subcircular area delimited by a low earthen bank, a fosse, another bank and fosse, and an outer bank. The banks contain some stone. All three banks have been interfered with and no trace of the outer bank can be seen on the E side. Vague traces of the outer bank can be seen on the N side. The middle and inner banks have been partially dug away on the S side. The site is located on level wet ground and is covered with rushes. 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

• DG061-011 Standing stone
  Description

  Marked as 'Stone' on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. The damaged remains of a stone now standing .4m × 0.5m wide × 0.2m thick, still survive but its archaeological significance is uncertain. 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 Rann.

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 Rann, 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 Rann.

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

Name

Rann

Area

2,013,345 m² (201.33 ha, 497.51 acres)

Civil parish

Leck, and its townlands

Barony

Raphoe North

Electoral division

Corravaddy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,739 people lived in 603 households in the Corravaddy electoral division. 70% of households owned their home. 62% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyboe, Calhame, Creeve (Smith), Creeve Glebe, Glenoughty, Letterleague, Rockhill

Placenames

Rann 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.