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THE DIAMOND & QUAY STREET, DONEGAL TOWN, CO. DONEGAL

Expansion of McCafferty's Bar, including merging adjacent buildings, change of use, and retention of beer garden structures.

2660807 · Donegal County Council · Lodged 6 May 2026

Reference: 2660807
Authority: Donegal County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 6 May 2026

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The development involves the retention of two bars and an awning in the existing beer garden. It also includes merging two adjoining buildings to expand the licensed premises, changing the use of a bookies and a dwelling house into licensed premises, and partial demolition of rear sheds.

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Development description

(1) retention of (a) 2 no. Bars to the existing beer garden area of the original mccafferty’s bar and beer garden area and (b) awning structure to beer garden, (2) construction of extension and renovation of existing mccafferty’s bar premises to include the merging of two adjoining buildings to the south of current premises in order to provide additional licensed areas, public lounge, games lounge, toilet facilities, store rooms, staff areas and additional outdoor area, (3) change of use of existing building known as ‘sean graham bookies’ into a licensed premises, (4) change of use of existing dwelling house into a licensed premises, (5) demolition of existing sheds to rear of the dwelling house and part of the bookies building, (6) provision of elevational amendments along street elevations and to the two new buildings along the street front with new shop fronts to the two new buildings, (7) reconfiguration of existing beer garden area and internal areas by decommissioning existing rear bar to provide a new store area, a fire escape route and a new internal bar layout and (8) installation of additional site signage to the two new shop fronts together with all associated site development works

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Bally Killowen, Donegal Po, Co Donegal	Apr 2025	€80,000	110 m
162 Westpoint Avenue, Donegal Townprice excludes VAT	Jun 2026	€321,500	110 m
166 West Point Avenue, Donegal Townprice excludes VAT	Jul 2026	€480,000	110 m
122 West Point Avenue, Donegal Townprice excludes VAT	Feb 2025	€281,101	110 m
The Flat The Diamond, Donegal Town, Co Donegal	Aug 2025	€140,000	127 m
Blue Stack Bar, Bridge St, Donegal Town	Aug 2025	€90,000	157 m
Main Street, Donegal Town, Co Donegal	May 2025	€130,000	180 m
19 Drumcliffe, Donegal Town, Donegal	Dec 2025	€330,000	217 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

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Application received6 May 2026

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