Curraghomongan
Curraghomongan is a townland in the civil parish of Stranorlar, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal.
Parcel 5087940
- Area
- 1,370 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 115 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Curraghomongan
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
The National Parks and Wildlife Service did not answer.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage did not answer.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- The EPA radon map did not answer.
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 581.2 ha
- 1,436 acres
- Land parcels
- 258
- registered freehold, median 3,925 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 46
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
258 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curraghomongan, from 11 m² to 168,556 m² (16.86 ha, 41.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Curraghomongan 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
29 Sept 2026N/a
1NO. DETACHED SINGLE-STOREY STEEL-FRAMED DOMESTIC STORAGE SHED (GROSS FLOOR AREA APPROX. 46.1SQ.M, MAXIMUM APEX HEIGHT 3.05M, EAVE HEIGHT 2.32M) LOCATED WITHIN THE DOMESTIC CURTILAGE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE CLEARANCE, STRUCTURAL FOUNDATIONS AND ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2661795
20 Aug 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND COVERED CAR PORT INCORPORATING A WASTEWATER SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661552
13 Aug 2026Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE FOR STORAGE / ANCILLARY DOMESTIC USE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661507
5 May 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE INCORPORATING A WASTEWATER SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660804
14 Feb 2026N/a
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE FROM PRIVATE RESIDENCE TO SHORT-TERM TOURIST ACCOMMODATION
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2660198
5 Oct 2025Conditional
(1) ALTERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561731
19 Sept 2025Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE / STORAGE SHED TO PROVIDE A SELF-CONTAINED RESIDENTIAL ANNEX, CONNECTION INTO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561620
4 Sept 2024Conditional
ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461361
2 Sept 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461342
2 Aug 2024Conditional
(1) UPPER FLOOR DEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) EXISTING DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2461187
4 Jun 2024Conditional
3 NO. DOMESTIC SHEDS TO THE REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2450151
28 Aug 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351267
5 Jul 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350973
7 Jun 2023Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING (DEFECTIVE/MICA) DWELLING HOUSE AND RECONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE ELEVATIONS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350808
10 Mar 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350305
16 Dec 2022N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK. SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2252018
5 Dec 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251945
5 Oct 2022Refused
CONSTUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251670
5 Oct 2022Refused
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATEMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251671
31 Aug 2022N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251462
31 Aug 2022N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251463
25 Jul 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED, SHEEP HANDLING UNIT AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING VEHICULAR ENTRANCE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251264
29 Jun 2022Conditional
REVISION OF SITE BOUNDARIES AND ENTRANCE POSITION FROM THAT AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF:06/60748 AND SERVING DWELLING
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251113
16 May 2022Conditional
EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ENLARGED AGRICULTURAL SHED INCORPORATING A SHEEP HANDLING UNIT AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2250845
21 Mar 2022Refused
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250477
The 25 most recent of 46 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: River Finn SAC 002301
Recorded monuments
- DG077-018 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
There is no sign of the single-ringed 'Fort' marked on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. There is much rock outcrop and field clearance stone indicating that the monument may have been a cashel. It was situated on a S-facing slope. 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
- DG077-019 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Internal diam. 18.5m. A badly damaged site which appears to be the remains of a cashel covered with field clearance stones. It is situated on a slight rise and the extant enclosing wall survives .25m high. It is located on a S facing slope N of the River Finn. 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
- DG077-020 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
There is no sign of the single-ringed 'Fort' marked on the OS 6-inch maps. It was situated on a S-facing slope running down to the River Finn. 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 Curraghomongan.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Curraghomongan, 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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Curraghomongan.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Curraghomongan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Curraghomongan
- Area
- 5,812,142 m² (581.21 ha, 1,436.21 acres)
- Civil parish
- Stranorlar, and its townlands
- Barony
- Raphoe South
- Electoral division
- Stranorlar, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 4,706 people lived in 1,787 households in the Stranorlar electoral division. 61% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynatone, Creggan, Dooish, Kinnaderry, Largnalore, Meenbane
- Placenames
- Curraghomongan 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.