Burtonport

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Burtonport, from 7 m² to 18,130 m² (1.81 ha, 4.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Burtonport 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.

• 2 Mar 2026Conditional

  CONVERSION OF PART OF FORMER COMMERCIAL BUILDING (THE OLD COPE SHOP) INTO OFFICE SPACE AND PART INTO A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT, MAINTAIN ALL EXISTING SERVICES WITH PARKING AND ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2650032

• 13 Sept 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING AND THE INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561575

• 22 Aug 2025N/a

  (1) CONVERSION OF A FORMER COMMERCIAL BUILDING INTO 3 NO. DOMESTIC DWELLINGS WITH ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATIONS INCLUDING REMOVAL OF EXISTING WINDOWS AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW WALLS AND WINDOW AND DOOR OPENINGS AND (2) DEMOLITION OF STRUCTURE TO REAR ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission, 3 homes · Donegal County Council, 2561456

• 11 Aug 2025N/a

  CONVERSION OF A FORMER COMMERCIAL BUILDING INTO 3 NO DOMESTIC DWELLINGS ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561373

• 24 Jul 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561270

• 19 Dec 2024Conditional

  ENCLOSING OF EXISTING PATIO AREA AT THE HARBOUR CAFÉ WITH FLAT ROOF AND GLAZED FRAME STRUCTURE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2450261

• 2 Oct 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE, BOUNDARY WALLS AND SERVICES TO INCLUDE CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER VIA AN EXISTING ON SITE MANHOLE CONNECTION WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351479

• 31 May 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350764

• 20 Dec 2021Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING DWELLING AND 3 NO. ASSOCIATED SHEDS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152564

• 20 Aug 2021Conditional

  (1) ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING BUILDING PREVIOUSLY USED AS GUESTHOUSE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DINING FACILITIES, KITCHEN & STORAGE AREAS, TOILETS & BEDROOM ACCOMMODATION (2) ERECTION OF 12 NO. GLAMPING PODS & PROVISION OF 10 NO. MOTORHOME PITCHES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES AND SITE WORKS (3) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING ENTRANCE SERVING THE EXISTING GUESTHOUSE AND FORMATION OF NEW ENTRANCE ON TO PUBLIC ROAD TO SERVE THE ENTIRE SITE (4) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF NEW PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (5) PROVISION OF NEW CAR PARKING AREA

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151665

• 26 Sept 2019Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BLOCKWORK WALLS AND CONSTUCTION OF A WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION (WWPS) WITH APPROXIMATELY 19M3 STORAGE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP) AND A NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS ON TO THE L-5983 ROAD. THE WWTP WILL PROVIDE PRIMARY TREATMENT FOR 300 POPULATION EQUIVALENT (PE), (3) INSTALLATION OF ASSOCIATED GRAVITY SEWERS, FLUSHING SYSTEM, RISING MAINS AND EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING SEWER WITH INCREASED DIAMETER AND (4) ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS TO THE WWPS AND WWTP ALONG THE R260 & L-5983 ROADS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951459

• 24 Jul 2018Conditional

  (1) REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING SHOP UNIT AND PROVISION OF COFFEE/TEA ROOMS TO THE GROUND FLOOR, (2) CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST FLOOR & ATTIC ROOMS FROM A BEDROOM ACCOMMODATION TO 3 NO. TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND 1 NO. ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT, (3) PROVISION OF A NEW ENCLOSED STAIRWAY AT THE REAR OF THE BUILDING TO SERVE THE FIRST FLOOR, (4) PROVISION OF FOUR ROOF DORMERS/WINDOWS TO THE ROOF TO SERVE THE ATTIC ROOF SPACE AND (5) UPGRADING OF ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND EXISTING PARKING AREA WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO BUILDING KNOWN AS CAMPBELLS PIER HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851144

• 4 May 2018N/a

  REFURBISHMENT OF THE BUILDING KNOWN AS CAMPBELLS PIER HOUSE, BURTONPORT THE WORKS WILL INVOVLE THE FOLLOWING: (1) THE REFURBISHMENT OF A SHOP UNIT AND THE PROVISION OF COFFEE/TEA ROOMS TO THE GROUND FLOOR, (2) THE CHANGE OF USE OF THE FIRST FLOOR & ATTIC ROOMS FROM A BEDROOM ACCOMMODATION TO 3 NO. TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND 1 NO. ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT, (3) THE PROVISION OF A NEW ENCLOSED STAIRWAY AT THE REAR OF THE BUILDING TO SERVE THE FIRST FLOOR, (4) THE PROVISION OF FOUR ROOF DORMERS/WINDOWS TO THE ROOF TO SERVE THE ATTIC ROOF SPACE, (5) UPGRADE ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND EXISTING PARKING AREA WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850712

• 27 Apr 2018Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE FOR THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE 'HARBOUR BUILDING' BURTONPORT FROM COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE USE (GRANTED UNDER REF. NO. 17/50710) TO A HEALTH CARE CENTRE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850662

• 11 May 2017Conditional

  (1) RETENTION OF WORK TO THE FIRST FLOOR INVOLVING RENOVATIONS OF, ONE 2 BEDROOM AND TWO 1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS WITH NEW FRONT BALCONY AND NEW STAIR-WELL ACCESS FROM GROUND LEVEL (175M.SQ.) AND (2) TO PROVIDE 280M. SQ. AREA OF GROUND FLOOR SPACE OF COMMUNITY BASED SERVICE USE WITH 6 NO. PARKING SPACES PROVIDED AT THE REAR OF BUILDING FORMERLY KNOWN AS "THE HARBOUR BAR"

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750710

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 the townland of Burtonport.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Burtonport.

Architectural heritage

• Water pump, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, installed c.1890, having moulded base and fluted shaft with raised lettering 'Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd Kilmarnock', moulded neck with lion's-head spout, fluted domed cap with replacement tap handle, and acorn finial. Set at roadside adjacent to rendered building and ferry terminal.

• Store/warehouse, 1760–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay four-storey roofless warehouse, built c.1850, but likely to incorporate fabric from building of c.1780. Built into slope of ground and having two storeys visible to rear. Now ruinous. Raised eaves course with remains of cast-iron brackets, and remains of red brick chimneystacks to gables. Remains of lime render over rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings with stone sills and having remains of timber windows to east gable. Set in overgrown site to south of and overlooking Ailt an Chorráin [Burtonport].

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 Burtonport, about 1 in 5 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. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Burtonport with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Burtonport · Ailt an Chorráin

Area

140,570 m² (14.06 ha, 34.74 acres)

Civil parish

Templecrone, and its townlands

Barony

Boylagh

Electoral division

Rutland, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,496 people lived in 635 households in the Rutland electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 37% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Leckbeg, Leckenagh, Roshin Lodge

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Burtonport 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.