Dunneill

111 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunneill, from 11 m² to 89,267 m² (8.93 ha, 22.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 27 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N6TU – transport and utilities-related infrastructure (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RV – rural village uses (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 2 Oct 2018Conditional

  Development consisting of (a) change of use from existing shed store to garage workshop, (b) change of use from existing garage workshop to shed store and, (c) construction of an office and store extension to the proposed new garage workshop.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 18398

• 25 Apr 2017Conditional

  development consisting of the construction of a new detached dwelling house and domestic garage, together with effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17151

• 19 Jan 2017Conditional

  development consisting of (1) retention of existing dwelling house (2) upgrading of existing septic tank system to include new proprietary effluent treatment unit and percolation area (Planning Permission PL 15494 also applies)

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 179

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Dunneill River 001664

Recorded monuments

• SL012-031 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture, on the outskirts of Dromore West village, situated on a low rise on a high bluff overlooking a bend in the River Dunneill. A castle, named ‘Dooniell Castle’ is shown at this location on the Down Survey (1655-6) map. It is marked 'Site of Dunneill Castle' on the 1837 OS 6-inch map. It was an O'Dowd castle and took its name from Neill, a chieftain of the family. It later fell into the hands of the MacSweeneys. In 1641, according to some depositions, the castle was in the charge of 'Gullne duff O'Hart of Carbury' (Kilgannon 1926, 297-8; ITA Survey 1942-4). Subcircular mound (c.30m NE-SW; c.25m NW-SE; H 1.7m at NW; 3m at SE) of earth and stone, which shows considerable evidence of past quarrying and disturbance. There is no masonry visible. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL012-036001 Church
  Description

  Located within a graveyard (SL012-036002-). Late medieval church, which gave its name to the parish of Kilmacshalgan, associated with a 13th century friary which continued in use until the friars were expelled by Cromwell (OS Name Books, 120). It was 'repaired' in 1615 and used as a Protestant place of worship until 1812 (O'Rorke 1890, 411; Kilgannon 1926, 297). Situated in level, lowlying pasture at the base of a NE-facing slope. Oriented WNW-ESE, the church is described here according to the E-W convention. It is rectangular in plan (ext. dims. c. 18m WNW-ESE; 7.53m NNE-SSW; Wall T 0.65-1m), with walls constructed of mortared limestone. In the E wall is a tall, rounded-headed window (H c. 3m). In the W wall is a blocked-up rectangular window above a recently renovated arched doorway. On the S side of the doorway is a drawbar socket. In the N wall are three, now blocked-up, large rectangular windows, each topped with a low arches of voussoirs. In the S wall are three featureless rectangular windows. The church is densely overgrown with ivy and brambles. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of revised upload: 12 November 2019

• SL012-036002 Graveyard
  Description

  The graveyard at Dunneill, which is densely overgrown with brambles and other scrub, is rectangular in plan (dims. 35m E-W; 30m N-S) and contains headstones bearing 18th, 19th and 20th century inscriptions. Much of the N half is occupied by a medieval church (SL012-036001-). In 1956 human bones (SL012-036003-) were were uncovered during quarrying in a sandpit immediately outside of the SSW wall of the graveyard. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL012-116 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a low rise in rough pasture. Circular, round-topped, grass-covered mound (diam. 13.7m; H 2.3m). On the W and S sides are narrow buttresses of uncertain antiquity. Probably a barrow. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-009001 Enclosure
  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.

• SL018-009002 Enclosure
  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 Dunneill.

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 Dunneill, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Dunneill · Dún Néill

Area

1,811,098 m² (181.11 ha, 447.53 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmacshalgan, and its townlands

Barony

Tireragh

Electoral division

Dromore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

527 people lived in 205 households in the Dromore electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Belville, Cloonascoffagh, Crowagh or Dunneill Mountain, Dromore, Farranmacfarrell, Knockaculleen

Placenames

Dunneill 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.