Drumfea

57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumfea, from 33 m² to 282,606 m² (28.26 ha, 69.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Drumfea 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 Nov 2025Conditional

  the erection of a dwelling house, garage store, installation of a treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560353

• 14 Apr 2025Conditional

  the erection of a dwelling house, renovation of existing outhouse domestic garage installation of a treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2560092

• 10 Apr 2025N/a

  the erection of a dwelling house, renovation of existing outhouse domestic garage installation of a treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560088

• 16 Dec 2024Conditional

  • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire • the painting of all structures • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in Kellis 220kV substation • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown = Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island- Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing, and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Please see Site Notice for full development description

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460410

• 7 Oct 2024N/a

  for development consisting of works along the ca. 70.3km Great Island – Kellis 220kV OHL between the existing Great Island 220kV substation in the townland of Great Island in southwest County Wexford and the Kellis 220kV substation located in the townland of Kellistown East, central County Carlow. The OHL has a total of 216no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Carlow County Council, there is 44.2km of the existing OHL circuit, with 135no. structures. Within the functional area of Wexford County Council there is 26.1km, with 81no. structures. A separate planning application is being lodged with Wexford County Council. The proposed development within Co. Carlow will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations; • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire; • the painting of all structures; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures; • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in the Kellis 220kV substation; • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown – Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island – Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit; • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460319

• 23 Nov 2023Conditional

  the erection of a dwelling house, garage, installation of a treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2360273

• 22 Feb 2023N/a

  Planning permission is sought for the retention of existing sun room to (south east) side of existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2360020

• 22 Feb 2023Conditional

  Planning permission is sought for the retention of existing sun room to (south east) side of existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2360021

• 11 Apr 2022Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling, detached garage, septic tank and percolation area, bored well and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 22127

• 9 Apr 2018Conditional

  An extension to the front of existing community centre and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 18118

• 30 Jun 2017Unconditional

  12/46 Construction of a single storey dwelling, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.

  Extension of duration · Carlow County Council, 17209

• 10 Apr 2017N/a

  Pl. 12/46 Extension Duration application for construction of a single storey dwelling, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Carlow County Council, 17112

• 1 Mar 2017N/a

  Extension of Duration of Planning Permission PL 12/46 for the construction of single storey dwelling ,septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Carlow County Council, 1759

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 Drumfea.

Recorded monuments

• CW020-002001 Church
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 22 December 2009 Revised by: J. Farrelly Present remains consist of random coursed granite rubble of NE angle and adjacent walls standing to approximately full height in places. Foundations indicate rectangular structure (L 17.5m or 22m (W end obscured by eighteenth-century headstone) x Wth 6m). W splay of narrow ope close to NE corner. All quoins and ope surrounds missing. Rectangular granite font (CW020-002004-) with outlet beside corner. Children's burial ground (CW020-002002-) immediately N of graveyard (CW020-002005-), consisting of small unenclosed uncultivated rectangular area, marked by plain granite Latin cross (CW020-002003-), possibly of no great antiquity. (Comerford 1886, Vol III, 321; JRSAI 1907, 237)

• CW020-002002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Noted by O' Donovan (OSL 1837-40). Immediately N of graveyard (CW020-002005-), consisting of small unenclosed uncultivated rectangular area, marked by plain granite Latin cross (CW020-002003-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW020-002003 Cross
  Description

  Noted by O' Donovan (OSL 1837-40). Plain granite Latin cross (H 1m; max Wth 0.7m; shaft Wth 0.24m) on site of children's burial ground (CW020-002002-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW020-002004 Font
  Description

  Rectangular granite font with outlet, beside church (CW020-002001-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW020-002005 Graveyard
  Description

  Roughly oval graveyard (map dims. c. 100m N-S; c. 120m E-W) within which are the remains of a church (CW020-002001-), a font (CW020-002004-); a cross (CW020-002003-) and a children's burial ground (CW020-002002-) immediately N of graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Post box, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron Victorian letter box, c. 1880, with 'VR' monogram.

• Saint Laserian's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1805–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached Catholic church, dated 1810, on a cruciform plan with square-headed door openings having cut stone doorcases and pointed-arch window openings. Renovated c. 1991. Interior retains Ionic reredos and three balconies. Freestanding cast-iron belfry to site.

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 Drumfea, about 1 in 5 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 Drumfea.

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 Drumfea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Drumfea · Droim Féich

Area

1,753,438 m² (175.34 ha, 433.28 acres)

Civil parish

Fennagh, and its townlands

Barony

Idrone East

Electoral division

Garryhill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

648 people lived in 217 households in the Garryhill electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrignafecka, Knockclonagad, Knockdramagh, Knockendrane, Milltown, Rathnageeragh

Placenames

Drumfea 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.