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Donegal Town, Co. Donegal

Donegal Town, Co. Donegal: wastewater treatment is rated green (spare capacity); 1 of the 2 nearest substations have spare demand capacity; 71 planning applications were lodged within about 3 km in the past year; about 91 scheduled bus and rail departures a weekday; 7% of the area around the centre lies in a mapped 1-in-100-year flood zone.

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Drinking water supplyPotential capacityPotential Capacity Available - level of service improvement requiredPublic transport, weekday91 departures10 routes · first 04:00, last 01:21Flood risk (OPW maps)7% of land within 1 kmin the 1-in-100-year river or 1-in-200 coastal flood extentWastewaterSpare capacityDonegal Town WWTPElectricity1 of 2 with headroomnearest substations within 13 kmPlanning, 12 months71 applications13 homes granted · +36.5% on the yearMedian home price€228k159 sales in 12 months · -5.8%Childcare320 places5 registered servicesAverage rent (Census 2022)€138 /wkprivate rentersNearest rail stationSligo49 km awaySchools within 3 km5 schools4 primary, 1 post-primaryNearest bathing waterMurvagh7 km away

House prices

Donegal TownCo. Donegal
0100k200k300k201720192021202320252026228k217k

Median sale price per year where there were 10+ sales; sales matched to Donegal Town from the address on the Property Price Register.

Large housing schemes nearby

74 homes · ARDESKIN AND BROOKFIELD , DONEGAL TOWN , CO. DONEGALPending

CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF 98 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND COMPRISING (1) 28 NO. THREE-BEDROOM, SEMI-DETACHED, TWO-STOREY HOUSES, (2) 2 NO. THREE-BEDROOM, DETACHED, TWO-STOREY HOUSES, (3) 6 NO. THREE-BEDROOM, TWO-STOREY TERRACED HOUSES, ARRANGED IN BLOCKS OF 3 NO. UNITS, (4) 8 NO. THREE-BEDROOM, TWO-STOREY TERRACED HOUSES, ARRANGED IN BLOCKS OF 4 NO. UNITS, (5) 30 NO. TWO-BEDRO

lodged 21 Oct 2026 · council file
71 homes · GLEBE & RAFORKER , DONEGAL TOWN , CO DONEGALPending

A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOR A LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (LRD) CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) CONSTRUCTION OF 228 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS CONSISTING OF (A) 71 NO. HOUSES, HOUSING MIX OF 65 NO. 3 BEDROOM HOUSES & 6 NO. 4 BEDROOM HOUSES AND (B) 157 NO. APARTMENTS, APARTMENT MIX OF 122 NO. 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS & 35 NO. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF LOCAL RETAIL AND SERVICE USES: 476

lodged 5 Aug 2026 · council file

Schools within 3 km

Primary · 0.4 kmGlebe Ns121 pupils · 0.0%Post-primary · 0.6 kmAbbey Vocational School999 pupils · 0.0%Primary · 0.7 kmScoil Aodh Rua&Nuala217 pupils · -7.7%Primary · 1.5 kmGaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55 pupils · +1.9% · Irish-mediumPrimary · 1.9 kmScoil an Linbh Íosa274 pupils · +3.0%

Water

Treatment plantCapacityUpgrade
Donegal Town WWTPGreen–

Nearest substations

SubstationDistanceSpare demand MVASpare generation MW
DONEGAL (149000) 38 kV STATION MV2 km0.00.0
BINBANE (666000) 110 kV STATION 38 kV13 km56.359.9

Nearby services

41 km awayLetterkenny University Hospital15,896 on the outpatient list48 km awaySligo University Hospital18,290 on the outpatient list88 km awayCavan General Hospital7,538 on the outpatient listChildcareCrèches in Donegal Town5 services · 320 placesCountyDonegal in numbersPopulation, prices, infrastructureBusinessCompanies in DonegalEvery registered company

Nearby towns

5 km awayMountcharles9 km awayBallintra9 km awayBarnesmore11 km awayInver17 km awayDunkineely18 km awayBallyshannon

Sources: PSRA Property Price Register; National Planning Application Database (applications within about 3 km); Uisce Éireann capacity register; ESB Networks capacity heatmap; Tusla; NTPF. Registers are indicative.