Carrickmore
Carrickmore is a townland in the civil parish of Taughboyne, barony of Raphoe North, Co. Donegal.
Parcel 5889674
- Area
- 61,279 m² (6.13 ha, 15.14 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Carrickmore
Planning applications on this parcel
1 Jun 2025Conditional
ALTERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560903
26 Apr 2018N/a
(A) EXTRACTION OF SAND DEPOSITS FROM THE RIVER FOYLE, (B) CONSTRUCTION OF A LOADING AREA FOR SETTLEMENT PONDS AND EARTH BANKING INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND (C) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850656
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low, partly inferred.
- 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
- 190.1 ha
- 470 acres
- Land parcels
- 62
- registered freehold, median 2,121 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrickmore, from 71 m² to 336,926 m² (33.69 ha, 83.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carrickmore 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
23 Sept 2025Conditional
NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND PERMISSION FOR RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF SHED FOR STORAGE OF VEHICLES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2550131
1 Jun 2025Conditional
ALTERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560903
22 Dec 2021Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED RESIDENTIAL ANNEX (GRANNY FLAT) TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (2) DECOMMISSIONING EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF A REPLACEMENT SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152603
18 Nov 2021Conditional
GARAGE TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2152308
17 Nov 2021N/a
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED RESIDENTIAL ANNEX (GRANNY FLAT) TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF A REPLACEMENT SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152283
30 Aug 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A COVERED PACKING AND LOADING AREA TO THE FRONT OF EXISTING STORE AND PARCEL DEPOT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151728
1 Feb 2021Conditional
(1) STORE & PARCEL DEPOT, (2) AN OFFICE / RECEPTION BUILDING (3) STAFF WELFARE BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2150125
2 Nov 2020N/a
(1) STORE & PARCEL DEPOT, (2) A STAFF WELFARE BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2051630
31 Aug 2020N/a
STORE AND PARCEL DEPOT AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A STAFF WELFARE BUILDING
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2051203
19 Jun 2020N/a
A STORE & PARCEL DEPOT AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A STAFF WELFARE BUILDING
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050802
30 May 2018Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND STORAGE BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS AND FOUL DRAINAGE SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850865
26 Apr 2018N/a
(A) EXTRACTION OF SAND DEPOSITS FROM THE RIVER FOYLE, (B) CONSTRUCTION OF A LOADING AREA FOR SETTLEMENT PONDS AND EARTH BANKING INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND (C) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850656
7 Mar 2018Conditional
EXTENSIONS TO THE FRONT AND REAR OF EXISTING PREMISES KNOWN AS MAGGIE'S TAVERN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PITCHED ROOF OVER EXISTING STORES AND FORMER OPEN YARD AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1850338
4 Oct 2017Conditional
EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING FROM A BUNGALOW TO A STOREY AND HALF DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER (WHICH WAS PERMITTED UNDER PLAN REF: 16/51195) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751512
9 Aug 2017N/a
ALTERATION TO PREVIOUSLY GRANTED EXTENSION UNDER PLANNING REF: 16/51195 AND ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751252
20 Jul 2017N/a
RENOVATION AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING TO STOREY AND A HALF, CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751151
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
- DG063-011 Bullaun 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
- Bridge, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arched bridge carrying road the Swilly Burn, built c. 1870 and possibly containing earlier fabric. Segmental-headed arch having brick voussoirs to arch; brick construction to arch barrel. Partially rendered rubble stone construction to abutments and parapets. Cement rendered coping over parapets. Modern utilities pipe to the east elevation. Tarmacadam deck with grass verges. Located in the rural countryside to the north of Lifford. Similar in style and date to bridge (see 40906317) located a short distance to the west.
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 Carrickmore, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrickmore.
- 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 Carrickmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Carrickmore
- Area
- 1,900,991 m² (190.1 ha, 469.75 acres)
- Civil parish
- Taughboyne, and its townlands
- Barony
- Raphoe North
- Electoral division
- St. Johnstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,396 people lived in 537 households in the St. Johnstown electoral division. 69% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Boyagh, Cuttymanhill, Drumearn, Porthall, Swilly
- Placenames
- Carrickmore 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.