Dooish

397 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dooish, from 9 m² to 197,032 m² (19.7 ha, 48.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Dooish 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.

• 28 Aug 2026N/a

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661592

• 2 Mar 2026Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660304

• 8 Oct 2025Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561756

• 30 Sept 2025Conditional

  ADDITIONAL ‘AS BUILT’ WINDOWS AND ROOFLIGHT NOT SHOWN IN THE APPROVED PLANS AND PARTICULARS SUBMITTED WITH PLANNING REF. NO. 04/9133 INCLUDING 2 NO. ADDITIONAL WINDOWS LOCATED AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL ON THE EAST FACING ELEVATION, 2 NO. ADDITIONAL WINDOWS LOCATED AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL ON THE EAST AND WEST FACING ELEVATIONS OF THE FRONT PORCH, 2 NO. ADDITIONAL WINDOWS LOCATED AT ATTIC LEVEL ON THE EAST AND WEST FACING GABLES AND 1 NO. ROOFLIGHT LOCATED AT ATTIC LEVEL TO THE REAR (SOUTH FACING) ROOF PITCH

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2561694

• 24 Jul 2025Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF DERELICT DWELLING, FORMER SHOP AND OUTBUILDINGS AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AS A PERMISSION CONSEQUENT TO THE GRANT OF OUTLINE PERMISSION (REF. NO. 21/52240)

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561265

• 8 Jul 2025Conditional

  VEHICULAR ENTRANCE FROM THE PUBLIC ROAD WHICH INCLUDES BOUNDARY WALLS AND PILLARS INCLUDING GATED ENTRANCE AND PERMISSION FOR (1) ALTERATIONS/RENOVATION TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING TO INCLUDE CHANGES TO THE ELEVATIONS AND AN INCREASE IN HEIGHT TO THE WALLS AND RIDGE LEVEL, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND (B) A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND (3) INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2561163

• 27 Jun 2025N/a

  VEHICULAR ENTRANCE FROM THE PUBLIC ROAD WHICH INCLUDES BOUNDARY WALLS AND PILLARS INCLUDING GATED ENTRANCE AND PERMISSION FOR (1) ALTERATIONS/RENOVATION TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING INCLUDING CHANGES TO THE ELEVATIONS AND AN INCREASE IN HEIGHT TO THE WALLS AND RIDGE LEVEL, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND (3) INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2561090

• 20 May 2025N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM (OUTLINE PLANNING REF. NO. 21/52240 REFERS)

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560811

• 20 May 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM (OUTLINE PLANNING REF. NO. 21/52241 REFERS)

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560812

• 7 May 2025N/a

  VEHICULAR ENTRANCE FROM THE PUBLIC ROAD AND PERMISSION FOR (1) ALTERATIONS/RENOVATION TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING TO INCLUDE CHANGES TO THE ELEVATIONS AND AN INCREASE IN HEIGHT TO THE WALLS AND RIDGE LEVEL, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND (B) A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND (3) INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560728

• 19 Mar 2025N/a

  (1) ALTERATIONS/RENOVATION TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING TO INCLUDE CHANGES TO THE ELEVATIONS AND AN INCREASE IN THE HEIGHT OF THE WALLS AND RIDGE LEVEL, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND (B) DOMESTIC GARAGE AND (3) INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560386

• 14 Jan 2025N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF (1) EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560019

• 16 Dec 2024N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2462084

• 6 Nov 2024Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE, (2) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING COTTAGE TO FORM A GAMES ROOM AND HOME OFFICE FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE PROPOSED DWELLING AND (3) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF NEW TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461780

• 10 Jan 2024Conditional

  ERECTION OF A SINGLE DOMESTIC BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2450010

• 6 Dec 2023N/a

  ERECTION OF A SINGLE DOMESTIC BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351878

• 22 Nov 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND STORAGE STRUCTURE TO THE EASTERN SIDE OF DWELLING HOUSE APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 22/50776 AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351784

• 9 Nov 2023N/a

  ERECTION OF A SINGLE DOMESTIC BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING, WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA, AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351706

• 22 Sept 2023N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND STORAGE STRUCTURE TO THE EASTERN SIDE OF DWELLING HOUSE APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 22/50776 AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351420

• 23 Jun 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, 2350898

• 5 Apr 2023Conditional

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

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350453

• 5 Dec 2022Conditional

  RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251940

• 29 Jun 2022Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, WORKS INCLUDE ALL ELEVATIONAL AMENDMENTS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (3) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SOAKAWAY AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW PERCOLATION AREA TO SERVICE EXISTING FOUL EFFLUENT SYSTEM (4) ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING VEHICULAR ENTRANCES TO PROVIDE A SINGLE ENTRANCE TO SERVICE THE PROPERTY AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251120

• 3 May 2022Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250776

• 7 Mar 2022Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING FLAT ROOF EXTENSIONS & REPLACEMENT WITH NEW EXTENSIONS TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING (2) ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING ELEVATIONAL FACADES (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARGAGE (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250389

The 25 most recent of 45 applications.

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

Recorded monuments

• DG077-006 Ecclesiastical site
  Description

  There is no trace of 'Templemonaghan' the 'old church' marked on, the OS 6-inch maps. It is traditionally believed to have been the site of an 'Abbey' and was situated in cultivated land on the S side of the valley 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

• DG077-007001 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked 'Cashelnagat' on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map the monument no longer survives. It was preserved as a bend in a field fence till some years ago. It was situated on a N-facing slope overlooking the Finn Valley in good pasture. A bullaun stone (DG077-032---) reported in a nearby field (DHS 624) was not seen on this occasion. See (DG077-008----. Testing was carried out by Eoghan Kieran of Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services, under licence No. 06E1210 at Dooish, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal, on 28 November 2006. The work was undertaken in advance of the construction of five dwelling houses and associated site works. The development is c. 60m north of DG077–007--- and is considered to be an area of high archaeological potential. Eight test-trenches were excavated through the site. They encompassed the immediate development zone and an area 60m to the south. All trenches recorded a similar stratigraphic matrix and none recorded the presence of any archaeological material or deposits (Bennett 2009, 97). 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 14 November 2011

• DG077-007002 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  There is now no visible trace of this monument, to which the names 'Cashelnagat Fort' and 'Giant's Grave' were given on the 1847-9 edition of the OS 6-inch map. On this map the 'Giant's Grave' is depicted as a small rectangular feature within 'Cashelnagat Fort'. The latter is portrayed as a round embanked enclosure c. 30m in diameter. By 1904, the date of the OS 1:2,500 survey of the area, the 'Giant's Grave' was apparently no longer extant. The spot where it had stood is indicated by the appropriate symbol on the map and the words 'Giant's Grave (Site of)'. 'Cashelnagat Fort', depicted on this map as an embanked enclosure, is described in the accompanying OS 1:2,500 Name Book as 'an ancient mound of earth'. It has since been removed. In 1984 there were some large stones lying in the corner of a field that now occupies the site of the enclosure, but it is not known whether these ever formed part of an ancient structure. The monument stood on good farmland S of and overlooking the River Finn. There are two accounts of this monument. One is by Thomas Fagan (1845-8), who visited it in 1846, and the other, unsigned, is contained in an OS Revision Name Book (1847-9). Two rudimentary drawings of the 'Giant's Grave' by Fagan are reproduced below. He described it thus: in the townland of Dooish…stands the ruins of a pagan sepulture now called Cashelnagath i.e. the Cat Fort but originally called Dermot and Grania's Bed. It occupied 30 by 20 yards [c. 27.45m by c. 18.3m] and about 7 feet [c. 2.15m] height but now much disfigured and seat of a small grove of forest trees. It consisted of a number of stone coffins or graves chiefly lying E and W and enclosed at sides and ends by great flags, and all (except a range on its top) immured in a pile or carn of stones. The opposite sketch convey some idea of its present shape and order. The figure in front or east end [captioned 'Figure 1' by Fagan on his sketch] represent a vault or altar consisting in a great flag supported on four pillars, the two front ones of which, together with the flag or altar over them is shown by sketch. The rear pillars could not appear in this sketch but in size and shape nearly resemble those given by sketch. The vault is 4 feet [c. 1.2m] high, 2 to 21/2 feet [c. 0.6-0.75m] wide and 61/2 feet (c. 2m) long front to rear. The four pillars enclosing on either side average four and a half feet [c. 1.35m] high…The altar or flag over them is 41/2 feet [c. 1.4m] long, 31/2 feet [c. 1.05m] broad and 1 foot [c. 0.3m] thick in the extremes. This erection…has been recently discovered by removal of a portion of the eastern end of the cairn in which it was immured. The figure in the background [captioned 'Figure 2' by Fagan on his sketch] or western part of the cairn represent an enclosed range of graves on the top of the carn lying E and W through its centre…enclosed on either side by great flags set end and edgeways in the ground and standing 2 to 41/2 feet [c. 0.6-1.4m] above the latter, some of great length and in some cases three rows of them laid up together on either side the grave…A portion of the range of graves is still traceable and retaining shape and constitute the western end of the original range and measure 141/2 feet [c. 4.4m] long, 3 to 61/2 feet [c. 0.9-2m] wide and enclosed by flags of the aforesaid size and order as will be seen by sketch as a few of the upright flags are there represented.' The slightly later account in the OS Revision Name Book (1847-9) reads as follows: 'In this fort is the remains of a Giant's Grave so called by the peasantry and is composed of two rows of flags and is about 26 feet [c. 7.9m] long and 5 feet [c. 1.5m] wide. At the east end of this grave is a sort of doorway or entrance formed by two upright stones and another placed horizontal on top. There appears to have been an underground passage here as part of the foundation was lately dug up.' Information gathered locally in 1981 suggested that the monument was interfered with and perhaps removed in the early years of the 20th century. During this work a 'hatchet top' or something similar was allegedly found (ASCD archive). In the absence of any visible remains the available accounts, especially in the light of the depiction of the site as a ringfort-type enclosure on OS 6-inch maps, are open to the interpretation that this monument was a ringfort with souterrain (Ó Nualláin 1983a). Nevertheless, it is possible that this was a megalithic tomb consisting of a cairn in which was a long gallery with a lintelled entrance at the E. The matter remains unresolved. Fagan 1845-8, book 13, 1-2 (two drawings); OS Revision Name Book, sheet 77 (1847-9), 25; OS 1:2,500 Name Book, sheet 77 (1904), 17-18; ASCD archive; Lacy 1983, 206, no. 1267; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 48, no. 160; SMR 1987, 77:7; Ó Nualláin 1989, 142; RMP 1995, 77:7. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG077-007003 Souterrain
  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.

• DG077-008 Enclosure
  Description

  About the turn of the century Cashel Corky at this site was destroyed. It was situated overlooking a ford across the River Finn on rocky land. It seems likely from local reports that it was a stone-built monument. Three test-trenches were opened by Mary Henry of Mary Henry Archaeological Services Ltd, under licence No. 07E0599 on the site of an extension to a national school in the townland of Dooish. The site is located just to the west of an enclosure site. Testing confirmed that areas behind the existing school had been infilled to a substantial depth, up to 1.4m deep, and landscaped in recent years. In contrast the natural deposition was encountered at 0.46m below ground level in the third opening. No archaeological features or remains were uncovered in any of the test-trenches (Bennett 2010, 77). 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 17 November 2011

• DG077-022 Ecclesiastical site
  Description

  Local tradition records the location of a monastery in the 'Abbey Field' here. There are no visible remains. It was situated in good pasture on the S bank 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

• DG077-027 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.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dooish.

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 Dooish, 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 Dooish.

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.

• Dooish, Ballybofey12 sales

Name

Dooish · An Dubhais

Area

4,406,534 m² (440.65 ha, 1,088.88 acres)

Civil parish

Stranorlar, and its townlands

Barony

Raphoe South

Electoral division

Dooish, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,170 people lived in 425 households in the Dooish electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynatone, Cappry, Corraine, Creggan, Curraghomongan, Goland, Meencargagh, Mullanachose

Placenames

Dooish 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.