Dunmore

142 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunmore, from 5 m² to 379,686 m² (37.97 ha, 93.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Dunmore 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.

• 6 Dec 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES ALONG WITH ALL ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562156

• 24 Jul 2025Refused

  (A) CONVERSION OF EXISTING FORMER REVENUE CUSTOMS OFFICES KNOWN AS OLD CUSTOMS HOUSE TO A MEETING HALL WITH OFFICE, CANTEEN AND SANITARY FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY HALL AND (B) NEW PART ROOF EXTENSION TO FRONT OF BUILDING AND EXTENSION TO REAR ROOF SECTION AND REPLACEMENT OF SINGLE STOREY ROOF TO SIDE OF BUILDING ALL WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND WITH ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING AND ALL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561272

• 17 Jun 2025Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561015

• 2 Apr 2025Conditional

  (1) RENOVATIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING INCLUDING REPLACEMENT ROOF, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) PART STOREY AND A HALF, PART SINGLE STOREY CONTEMPORARY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND (B) SINGLE STOREY DETACHED CARPORT AND DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE IN REAR GARDEN AREA AND (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560482

• 31 Mar 2025Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING DETACHED 1 ½ STOREY DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK) AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED 2 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560465

• 31 Mar 2025N/a

  (1) RENOVATIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING INCLUDING REPLACEMENT ROOF, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) PART STOREY AND A HALF, PART SINGLE STOREY CONTEMPORARY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND (B) SINGLE STOREY DETACHED CARPORT AND DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE IN REAR GARDEN AREA AND (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560464

• 1 Sept 2024Refused

  ERECTION OF A STEEL FRAMED DOMESTIC SHED AT THE REAR OF DWELLING

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2461332

• 11 Mar 2024N/a

  STEEL FRAMED DOMESTIC SHED AT THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460298

• 11 Jul 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE ELEVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND RELOCATION OF EXISTING ACCESS ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351011

• 10 May 2023Conditional

  CONVERSION OF ATTIC SPACE TO TWO BEDROOMS WITHIN DWELLING

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2350639

• 11 Feb 2022Conditional

  ERECTION OF DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250211

• 22 Dec 2021Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152593

• 15 Dec 2021N/a

  ERECTION OF DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152504

• 29 Oct 2021Conditional

  DOMESTIC GARAGE LOCATED AT THE REAR OF DEWLLING

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2152147

• 5 Jul 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151335

• 6 Nov 2020Conditional

  ATTIC CONVERSON AND WITH A SMALL BOILER ROOM TO THE SIDE OF DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2051679

• 19 Dec 2019Conditional

  WORKS TO A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (REF. NO. 40905503) CONSISTING OF CHANGE OF USE OF WORKSHOP TO LAUNDRY ROOM, INCLUDING EXTERNAL WALL INSULATION TO ASSOCIATED TWO STOREY LEAN-TO STRUCTURE AT REAR OF HOUSE; UPGRADE OF KITCHEN AND BATHROOM ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING (1) MODIFYING LINEN STORE AND FORMING NEW ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM OFF FIRST FLOOR HALLWAY, WITH CONNECTING DOORWAY TO BEDROOM (2) PROVISION OF NEW WC ON SECOND FLOOR AND (3) NEW CENTRALISED MECHANICAL EXTRACT SYSTEMS; ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING OPENINGS AT REAR OF HOUSE INCLUDING NEW WINDOW OPENING TO LAUNDRY; UPGRADE OF FIRE SEPARATION BETWEEN LOWER GROUND FLOOR AND MAIN STAIR; AND PROVISION OF EXTERNAL FIRE ESCAPE FROM SECOND FLOOR

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951969

• 10 Jan 2018Conditional

  DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF RESTORATION OF FARM BUILDINGS AND DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES TO HOST WEDDINGS AND OTHER TEMPORARY EVENTS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (REG. NO. 40905503), INCLUDING A TEMPORARY MARQUEE STRUCTURE; CHANGE OF USE OF FORMER BARN TO TEMPORARY LICENSED BAR AND DANCE FLOOR; CONVERSION OF PUMP HOUSE AND OUTBUILDING TO LAVATORY ACCOMMODATION; PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY UNISEX WC FACILITY; PLUS ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING RENEWAL OF WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, CAR PARKING WITHIN FARM YARD AREA AND LANDSCAPING

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850012

• 22 Nov 2017N/a

  DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF RESTORATION OF FARM BUILDINGS AND DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES TO HOST WEDDINGS AND OTHER TEMPORARY EVENTS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (REG. NO. 40905503), INCLUDING A TEMPORARY MARQUEE STRUCTURE; CHANGE OF USE OF FORMER BARN TO TEMPORARY LICENSED BAR AND DANCE FLOOR; CONVERSION OF PUMP HOUSE AND OUTBUILDING TO LAVATORY ACCOMMODATION; PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY UNISEX WC FACILITY; PLUS ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING RENEWAL OF WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, CAR PARKING WITHIN FARM YARD AREA AND LANDSCAPING

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751754

• 13 Sept 2017Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING AND GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751389

• 7 Jul 2017Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751066

• 29 May 2017Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750822

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: River Finn SAC 002301
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: River Foyle, Mongavlin To Carrigans 002067

Recorded monuments

• DG055-017 Standing stone
  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.

• DG055-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 21m. An oval area enclosed by the remains of an earthen bank surviving up to .4m on the E side. The bank has been partially faced with stone to incorporate it into a stone wall field boundary on the E and N sides. The interior slopes from NE to SW reflecting the hill on which it was built. It is now very overgrown but situated in 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

• Dunmore House, gates/railings/walls, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway serving Dunmore House (see 40828003), erected c. 1820, comprising a pair of diagonally-set cement rendered ruled-and-lined rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) having cut stone capstones over. Marble plaque to pier to the west with leaded engraved text reading ‘Dunmore’. Modern metal gates with ‘sunburst’ motifs. Gate piers flanked to either side (east and west) by quadrant sections of rubble stone walling having modern repairs in places, particularly to the west. Formerly with gate lodge to the west side of gateway, now demolished. Located adjacent to road to the east of Carrigans, and at start of tree-lined approach avenue to Dunmore House from the south. Sections of rubble stone boundary wall survive along roadscape to the south-west and west.

• Dunmore House, country house, 1740–1745 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over basement with attic level country house, dated 1742 and extended c. 1820 and c. 1848, having two-bay two-storey extension attached to the east side elevation, flat-roofed single-storey Doric entrance porch (c. 1820) to the centre of the original block, and with central two-storey over basement return to the rear (north). Various single- and two-storey additions to the rear (north). Pitched artificial slate roof (c. 2006) to main body of building having metal rooflight to south pitch, blue-black clay ridge tiles, four yellow brick chimneystacks (one to either gable end and two to the centre) having brick stringcourses, moulded cement rendered cornices and decorative octagonal clay pots, and with moulded cut sandstone eaves course\cornice. Pitched artificial slate roof to extension to the east having rendered chimneystack to the east gable end, and with cut stone eaves course. Pitched slate roof to return\stair return having brick eaves course. Roughcast rendered walls to front elevation having chamfered rusticated ashlar sandstone block-and-start quoins to the corners, and with ashlar stone platband between basement and ground floor level. Smooth rendered walls to porch having rendered Doric pilasters supporting rendered moulded entablature with triglyphs to frieze and mutules to cornice. Roughcast rendered walls to extension to the east having block-and-start quoins to the corners at the east end. Camber-headed window openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Central Venetian window arrangement to the main block at first floor level having ashlar sandstone surround with moulded architraved surround with keystone detail over central round-headed window, moulded entablatures with pronounced cornices to flanking square-headed window openings, moulded continuous sandstone sill supported on stone corbels, and with timber sliding sash windows with radial head to central round-headed opening. Camber-headed window opening to the north gable end of stair return to rear (north) at ground floor (over basement) level having twelve-over-eight pane timber sliding sash window. Square-headed window openings to block to the east having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with cement rendered reveals and stone sills. Square-headed window openings to front face of porch (south) having central six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows flanked to either side by four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows, and with rendered torus moulded corners to reveals and painted timber sills; square-headed window opening to the west elevation of porch (formerly a doorway) having timber four-pane window with decorative cast-iron overlight. Square-headed entrance door opening to the east elevation of porch having flat-panelled timber panelled door with bolection moulding, rendered torus moulded corners to reveals, and with decorative overlight with cast-iron tracery. Set back from road in an elevated site in extensive mature landscaped grounds to the north-east of Carrigans. House overlooks River Foyle and Northern Ireland to the south. Gravelled forecourt to the south of house, farmyard complex to north (see 40828004), and walled garden to the south-east (see 40828005) having collection of sundials (see 40828012), created c. 1935-6; rubble stone wall to south-west corner of house with remains of stone dressed arch and pier having stone plaque dated ‘1620’, ‘1678’, ‘1709’ and ‘1742’. Gateway (see 40828002) at start of long approach avenue to house from the south.

• Dunmore House, farmyard complex, 1790–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Group of detached single-, two- and three-storey outbuildings (including barn and stables) associated with Dunmore House (see 40828003), built c. 1800 and modified and altered on subsequent occasions. Arranged around a courtyard to the north of main house. Detached two\three-storey barn to the north of complex, single- and two-storey former stableblock to the west, and single-storey outbuilding to the east. External flight of rubble stone stairs to the south elevation of former barn to the north. Pitched and hipped natural slate roofs with blue-black and red clay ridge tiles, projecting cut stone and stepped brick eaves courses, and with some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Brick bellcote to west gable end of three\two-storey outbuilding to the north of site. Rubble stone walls. Camber-headed and square-headed window openings, some with flush brick voussoirs and surrounds, some with cut stone sills, some with timber lintels, and with three and six-over-six and six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows and replacement windows (generally timber casement windows). Camber-headed and square-headed door openings and loading bays having brick voussoirs, some with block-and-start brick surrounds, and with mainly battened timber doors and double-doors. Complex arranged around a gravel courtyard to the north of main house, and to the north-east of Carrigans. Mature trees to site; modern farmyard and buildings to the west and north-west of site.

• Dunmore House, walled garden, 1785–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden complex on sub-rectangular plan associated with Dunmore House (see 4082803), erected c. 1800. Still maintained and cultivated with modern gardens and mature trees etc. to site. Rubble stone boundary walls having brick lining to internal walls to the south and east boundaries. Roughcast rendered walls in places, render coping in places. Two three-centre-headed carriage-arch entrance openings to north wall, one with modern double-gates with brick surrounds, and with painted family crest of the McClintocks over; the other with brick voussoirs, concrete reveals and wrought-iron flat-bar gate. Pedestrian gateway to the south boundary having decorative wrought- and cast-iron gate, addressed by rubble stone step. Pond to site, tennis court to the south-east corner of site. Twentieth-century summer house and glasshouses to site; rubble stone outbuilding at the central entrance to the walled garden (blocked) now in used as a bothy. Rose pergolas to site. Collection of sundials to site (see 40828012), created c. 1935-6. Seed beds to the north of site. Located to south-east of Dunmore House, and to the north-east of Carrigans.

• Prospect Hill, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey over basement with dormer attic house, built c. 1820 having central gable-fronted gablet to the centre of the main elevation (east), single-bay single-storey entrance porch, c. 1900, to the centre of the front elevation (east), and with single and two-storey returns to the rear (west). Originally associated with Dunmore House (see 40828003) to the west, now in use as a private house. Pitched artificial slate roof (fibre cement) having gablet to main body of house, roughcast chimneystacks, and with timber bargeboards. flat-roof to porch with cut stone eaves course. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings to front elevation having tripartite\Wyatt-style timber sliding sash windows with central six-over-six-pane timber sliding sash window; shallow segmental-headed window opening to gablet having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows; square-headed window opening to front face of porch having tripartite timber sliding sash window. Replacement windows to west, south and north sides of main body of house and to west returns. Square-headed doorway to the north face of porch having timber panelled door surmounted by overlight; round-headed doorway to centre of front elevation, behind porch having timber half-glazed panelled door with radiating fanlight set over. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the east of Dunmore House and to the north-east of Carrigans. Located close to the border with Northern Ireland to the east. Complex of detached single- and two-storey outbuildings to rear (west) having pitched and mono-pitched roofs, roughcast rendered walls, and square-headed openings with generally replacement fittings. Modern tennis court to site. Gateway to the east, at start of approach avenue to house, comprising a pair of roughcast rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having painted capstones over, and with a pair of metal gates with cast-iron finials.

• The Lodge, house, gate lodge, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey house, built c. 1830. Originally associated with Dunmore House (see 40828003), possibly as a lodge. Later in use as a school house, c. 1910, and later as gardener’s house associated with Dunmore House, c. 1930. Now in use as house with modern single-storey return to the rear (north). Hipped artificial slate roof with overhanging eaves with mutules\brackets, smooth rendered eaves course with stringcourse, clay ridge tiles, two central rendered chimneystacks having stepped caps, and with replacement rainwater goods. Pebbledash rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having moulded architrave surrounds with entablatures over having decorative diamond-pattern to frieze and with projecting flat cornice over, painted stone sills, and with replacement window fittings. Central square-headed door opening to front elevation (south) having moulded architrave surround with timber entablature over having decorative diamond-pattern to frieze and with projecting flat cornice over, painted plinth blocks, replacement timber panelled door, and with plain overlight. Square-headed door opening to the east side elevation having moulded architrave surround with timber entablature over having decorative diamond-pattern to frieze and with projecting flat cornice over, painted plinth blocks, replacement battened timber door, and with decorative overlight with cast-iron tracery. Road-fronted to the east end of Carrigans and to the south-west of Dunmore House at start of former pathway to house. Carrigans Church of Ireland church (see 40828001) across the road to the south. Rendered\limewashed rubble stone walls to either side elevations (east and west) of house. Gateways to either side of house having rendered\limewashed gate piers (on square-plan) with rendered coping over, and with wrought-iron flat-bar double-gates to the west, and wrought-iron gate to the east.

• Dunmore House, sundial, 1930–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Collection of sundials associated with Dunmore House, erected c. 1935-6. Sundial located to the centre of the walled garden (see 40828005) comprising concrete sundial with metal gnomon and inlaid metal numbers set on a concrete column. Sundial built into the brick lined wall to the north boundary of walled garden (see 40828005) comprising concrete face with metal gnomon and inlaid metal numbers set on a concrete column, and with raised text to centre and to head. Concrete plaque built into north wall of walled garden with inlaid mathematical graph of path of sun. Sundial located to the south of Dunmore House (see 40828003) comprising concrete sundial with metal gnomon and inlaid metal numbers set on a concrete column. Located within grounds of Dunmore House, and to the north-east of Carrigans.

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 Dunmore, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Dunmore, Carrigans6 sales

Name

Dunmore

Area

1,738,210 m² (173.82 ha, 429.52 acres)

Civil parish

Killea, and its townlands

Barony

Raphoe North

Electoral division

Killea, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,802 people lived in 681 households in the Killea electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 49% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnamoghill, Carrigans, Cloghfin, Imlick, Magheraboy, Magheraboy Glebe, Newtownhamilton, Whitehouse

Placenames

Dunmore 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.