Carrowtrasna
Carrowtrasna is a townland in the civil parish of Gartan, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal. Its name in Irish is Ceathrú Trasna.
Parcel 6010287
- Area
- 22,811 m² (2.28 ha, 5.64 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
- Carrowtrasna
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
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.
- 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
- 362.6 ha
- 896 acres
- Land parcels
- 45
- registered freehold, median 6,419 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 21
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowtrasna, from 17 m² to 2,118,354 m² (211.84 ha, 523.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carrowtrasna 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
17 Aug 2026N/a
(1) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF 2 NO. SELF-CONTAINED ACCOMMODATION UNITS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND (2) RETENTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM SERVING SAME, INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661527
18 Dec 2025N/a
RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF 2 NO. SELF-CONTAINED ACCOMMODATION UNITS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM SERVING SAME INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562290
13 Jun 2025Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FOR PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DWELLING HOUSE (PLANNING REF. NO. 20/50241 REFERS) WITH CONSTRUCTION OF A NEWLY PROPOSED GARAGE, RELOCATION OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ENTRANCE AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560997
7 Aug 2024Conditional
(1) RENOVATION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING 2 STOREY HOUSE TO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF DUAL-PITCHED 1½ STOREY SIDE EXTENSION, (2) RENOVATION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING SINGLE STOREY REAR OUTBUILDING TO PROVIDE ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION, (3) INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING TO A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (REG NO. 40904404)
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461209
16 Feb 2024Conditional
(1) RENOVATION & ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING 1½ STOREY HOUSE TO INCLUDE DEMOLITION OF SINGLE STOREY FORMER KITCHEN WING BETWEEN HOUSE AND BARN, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DUAL-PITCHED 1½ HALF STOREY EXTENSION AND SINGLE STOREY CONSERVATORY, (3) RELOCATION OF MAIN ENTRANCE FROM SOUTH TO WEST ELEVATION, (4) INSTALLATION OF NEW DORMER WINDOW TO EXISTING SOUTH ELEVATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO. EXISTING DORMER WINDOWS, (5) REFURBISHMENT AND CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING 1½ STOREY BARN TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIVING ACCOMMODATION, (6) REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING WINDOWS, DOORS AND EXTERNAL RENDER FINISHES, (7) REFURBISHMENT OF FORMER STABLE BLOCK AND CHANGE OF USE TO GARDEN ROOM, AND (8) INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460161
5 Feb 2024N/a
(1) RENOVATION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING 1½ STOREY HOUSE, (2) DEMOLITION OF SINGLE STOREY FORMER KITCHEN WING BETWEEN HOUSE AND BARN, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DUAL-PITCHED 1½ HALF STOREY EXTENSION AND SINGLE STOREY CONSERVATORY, (4) RELOCATION OF MAIN ENTRANCE FROM SOUTH TO WEST ELEVATION, (5) INSTALLATION OF NEW DORMER WINDOW TO EXISTING SOUTH ELEVATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO. EXISTING DORMER WINDOWS, (6) REFURBISHMENT AND CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING 1½ STOREY BARN TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIVING ACCOMMODATION, (7) REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING WINDOWS, DOORS AND EXTERNAL RENDER FINISHES, (8) REFURBISHMENT OF FORMER STABLE BLOCK AND CHANGE OF USE TO GARDEN ROOM, AND (9) INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460083
8 Sept 2023Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351344
19 Jul 2023Conditional
ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351063
7 Sept 2022Conditional
(1) ALTERATIONS & EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE & CARPORT
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251494
10 Mar 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & DOMESTIC GARAGE. THIS APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS)
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150433
18 Dec 2020N/a
ERECTION OF SHEEPWIRE FENCING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS IN A SPECIAL CONSERVATION AREA. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051970
28 Feb 2020Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION.
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050241
12 Feb 2020N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION.
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050162
23 Dec 2019N/a
ERECTION OF SHEEPWIRE FENCING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS IN A SPECIAL CONSERVATION AREA. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1952037
18 Nov 2019N/a
ERECTION OF SHEEPWIRE FENCING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS IN A SPECIAL CONSERVATION AREA. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951780
5 Jul 2019Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951033
29 May 2019N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950822
15 May 2019N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950746
20 Mar 2019Unconditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND SEPTIC TANK WITH PURAFLO INTERMITTENT FILTER SYSTEM
Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950370
27 Nov 2018Conditional
A DOMESTIC GARAGE INCORPORATING BOUNDARY WALLS AND A CHILD'S PLAYHOUSE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1851799
2 May 2018Conditional
ALTERATIONS TO DWELLING HOUSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 05/7307 COMPRISING OF REVISED ROOF AND FENESTRATION DETAILS AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1850701
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: Leannan River SAC 002176
- Special Area of Conservation: Cloghernagore Bog and Glenveagh National Park SAC 002047
- Special Protection Area: Derryveagh And Glendowan Mountains SPA 004039
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Akibbon And Gartan Lough 000158
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cloghernagore Bog And Glenveagh National Park 002047
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Carrowtrasna.
Architectural heritage
- Whitehill, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built c.1820, having five-bay single-storey catslide extension to rear. Pitched replacement slate roof, with cast-iron downpipes and replacement gutters, and smooth-rendered chimneystacks to gable ends with decorative clay pots. Pitched leaded roof to dormer at rear. Smooth lime-rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with painted concrete sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorway with raised smooth-render band and timber battened door with overlight. Square-headed openings to rear with stone sills and timber lattice casement windows with cast-iron quarries. Five-bay single-storey outbuilding to west with corrugated-iron roof, rubble stone walls and square-headed openings with timber battened doors and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window. Multiple-bay two-storey former mill to north with external stone steps leading to first floor at north end, having pitched slate roof on raised eaves course with stone ridge tiles and lacking rainwater goods; remains of lime render over rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings with timber lintels and flat arch over with timber battened doors. Set in gardens and enclosed by rubble stone boundary wall.
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 Carrowtrasna, about 1 in 20 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. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrowtrasna.
- 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 Carrowtrasna with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Carrowtrasna · Ceathrú Trasna
- Area
- 3,625,899 m² (362.59 ha, 895.98 acres)
- Civil parish
- Gartan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Gartan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 203 people lived in 70 households in the Gartan electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Churchtown, Gartan Mountain, Glebe, Glebehill, Kilmore, Lacknacoo, Roshin, Tirargus, Whitehill
- Placenames
- Carrowtrasna 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.