Doonowney

96 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doonowney, from 98 m² to 403,339 m² (40.33 ha, 99.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 40 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 Doonowney 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.

• 7 Aug 2026N/a

  1. Demolition of existing cottage, 2. Construction of new replacement dwelling, 3. Upgrade of existing septic tank system with new septic tank and percolation area all to existing cottage

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660319

• 2 Apr 2026Refused

  1. Demolition of existing cottage, 2. Construction of new replacement dwelling, 3. Upgrade of existing septic tank system with new septic tank and percolation area all to existing cottage

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660125

• 12 Feb 2025Conditional

  the demolition of elements of the existing outbuildings, the demolition of elements of the existing dwelling and the construction of a new single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, internal and external alterations and refurbishment works to the existing dwelling including the reproportioning of the windows to the front elevation, the widening and slight repositioning of an existing entrance to the site for use as the main vehicular access to the site and the closure of the existing entrance and new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560047

• 9 May 2023Conditional

  construction of new dwelling house with septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360105

• 9 May 2023Conditional

  construction of new dwelling house with septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360106

• 12 Apr 2021Conditional

  development consisting of the following ; to retain and complete the change of design to house extensions as previously granted under PL20/81, changes inculde (1) increased eaves height and provision of dormers to front and rear elevations (2) enlarged window to rear elevation (3) revisions to front entrance porch and all associated site work

  Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21126

• 13 Mar 2020Conditional

  PP & PR - development consisting of (1) alterations and extensions to our existing dwelling house (2) new effluent treatment system and percolation area (3) retention of existing site entrance (4) retention of existing extension to the rear and (5) all associated site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2081

• 4 Feb 2020N/a

  development consisting of (1) alterations and extensions to our existing dwelling house (2) new effluent treatment system and percolation area (3) retention of the existing site entrance and (4) all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2021

• 10 Aug 2017Refused

  for development consisting permission and retention permission to retain and complete alterations to workshops, sheds and associated yards and ancillary works including (a) retention of additions and elevation changes to previously permitted extensions (register references PL 15/157 and PL 16/200) (b) retain and complete rear exdtension (c) retention and completion of associated yards, drainage, and landscaping. Together with all associated site works

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 17308

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 Doonowney.

Recorded monuments

• SL005-100 Enclosure
  Description

  Not marked on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1912 edition as an approximately oval-shaped enclosure or small field (dims. 40m N-S; 35m E-W). This potential monument has been levelled and there are no remains now visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-101 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, on slight SE-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 26m) enclosed by a bank of bank of earth and stone (Wth 6m; int. H 0.2m). No fosse visible. The original entrance is not recognisable. All field boundaries in the vicinity of the site have recently been removed. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-102 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on a steep sided hillock in small wooded area 20m to NW of a farmhouse and yard. Natural ground level falls away steeply from the site WSW-N. Raised circular area (diam. 28m) defined by the remains of a drystone wall. The interior is raised to compensate for the underlying natural slope. From N-E, the enclosing element is a bank of rubble stone (Wth 2m; int. H 0.6m) with no facing evident. From E-SW the walling has been rebuilt (Wth 2m; int. H 1.2m) with the external facing intact and isolated short stretches of the inner facing. From SW-N the footings of the wall remain only (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.1m) on the raised interior with the raised portion of the interior externally faced with stone (ext. H 1.65m). Original entrance not recognisble. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-103 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating pasture to the S of a small old farmyard. Views are excellent in all directions. Raised circular area (diam. 24m) defined by a modern drystone wall (Wth 0.8m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.4m). At the base of the wall, on the exterior side, is a low scarp of collapsed limestone rubble (Wth 1.3m; ext. H 1.4m). A break in the wall at WNW (Wth 1.5m) may mark the position of the original entrance. There is a modern break in the wall at SE (Wth 1.4m). A modern NW-SE orientated drystone field wall links to the cashel wall at NW and at ESE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-018 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on very a slight S-facing slope in wet pasture. Raised circular area (diam. c.22m) enclosed by a narrow bank of rubble limestone (Wth 3.75m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.4m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is densely overgrown across the E half and lightly overgrown elsewhere. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Doonowney, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Doonowney with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Doonowney · Dún Eamhna

Area

2,219,394 m² (221.94 ha, 548.42 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcliff, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Lissadill East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

862 people lived in 306 households in the Lissadill East electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygilgan, Cashelgarran, Cloonelly, Lissadill, Mullaghnaneane, Rahelly, Silverhill, Srarevagh

Placenames

Doonowney 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.