Doonally
Townland in the civil parish of Calry, barony of Carbury, Co. Sligo; in Irish Dún Aille
- Area
- 61.7 ha
- 153 acres
- Land parcels
- 39
- registered freehold, median 4,072 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- GB – green belt
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doonally, from 202 m² to 91,936 m² (9.19 ha, 22.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
31 Jul 2026N/a
the construction of a dwelling house and garage located to the east of the proposed dwelling house, a mechanical treatment tank, percolation area and all other associated site and development works, including the construction of a new site entrance.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660311
21 Nov 2025Conditional
Planning Permission for Amendments to a Previously Permitted Development of the existing Sudbury School, “Former Doonally School”, a protected structure (RPS No. 289) under the Sligo County Development Plan (Planning Register Number: PL 23/60158) The proposed amendments are outside the curtilage of the protected structure (RPS No. 289) and comprise: 1. Amendment to the position of the Sports Hall building to the rear of the school site. 2. Amendments to elevations of Sports Hall building including a new external ramp. 3. Proposed phasing of works granted permission in original planning application
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560491
29 Jun 2023Conditional
(A) Proposed development to the existing Sudbury School, “Former Doonally School”, a protected structure (RPS No. 289) under Sligo and Environs Development Plan, to consist of: (1) Internal works within main school building consisting of reorganisation of non-original fittings in kitchen, upgrading of non-original radiators in school building, and new heating system to Schoolmaster’s House. (2) Internal works to the 1960 Rear Extension of school building. (3) Additional School Accommodation extending from the 1960 Rear Extension of school building. (Floor Area = 545 m² plus 360 m² of covered external space). (B). Development outside the curtilage of the protected structure to consist of: (4) Demolition of existing 1970s prefabricated accommodation (floor area = 47 m²) and of shed structure (10 m²) at rear of site. (5) Retention of (i) barn structure to rear of school site (floor area = 55 m² ) used for sports equipment storage, and (ii) timber-clad art workshop space (floor area = 24 m²) Total floor area for retention = 79 m². (6) New Sports Hall (837 m² plus 335 m² of covered external space). (7) Landscaping works to rear part of site including new Multi-Sports Outdoor Pitch, Running Track and Grassed overflow car-parking area. (8) Replacement of existing vehicular access to ‘Lizzie’s Cottage’ with new access at eastern end of the site including one accessible and a disabled access drop-off area. Geometry of new site entrance in compliance with Co. Sligo Development Plan 2017-2023. (9) Extension of existing proprietary tertiary effluent treatment system and polishing filter with a new enlarged version to cater for max. 160 people (students and staff) .(10) Carrying out all associated ancillary site works to include provision of services, storm water attenuation pond, landscaping and boundary treatment
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360158
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Doonally.
Recorded monuments
- SL015-005 Designed landscape - tree-ring
Description
Situated on level ground in gently undulating pasture. The monument lies within the demesne lands of Doonally House c.500m NW. It is depicted as a circular tree-covered area on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. On the 1912 edition is shown as a partially tree-covered enclosure (diam. c.20m) without hachures. The monument is visible from aerial photography (GSI G33-4). According to local information it was levelled in the 1980s (SMR (1989) file) and there are no visible surface remains now visible at ground level. In all probability this was a tree-ring. 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 Doonally.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1130 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Doonally with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Doonally · Dún Aille
- Area
- 617,343 m² (61.73 ha, 152.55 acres)
- Civil parish
- Calry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbury
- Electoral division
- Calry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Calry electoral division: 1,792 people in 654 households; 88% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barroe, Bellanurly, Doonally, Faughts, Willowbrook
- Placenames
- Doonally 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.