# Drumfea, Co. Carlow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Fennagh, barony of Idrone East, Co. Carlow; in Irish Droim Féich. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,753,438 m² (175.34 ha, 433.28 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,035 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 13 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Fennagh, https://everytownland.com/carlow/parish/fennagh.md - Barony: Idrone East - Electoral division: Garryhill, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Carlow, https://everytownland.com/carlow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/3299 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 10252 - Centre: latitude 52.661369, longitude -6.838509 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumfea, from 33 m² to 282,606 m² (28.26 ha, 69.83 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 806034: 282,606 m² (28.26 ha, 69.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/806034.md - Parcel 796526: 198,764 m² (19.88 ha, 49.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/796526.md - Parcel 789098: 165,151 m² (16.52 ha, 40.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/789098.md - Parcel 805845: 130,329 m² (13.03 ha, 32.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/805845.md - Parcel 806036: 124,133 m² (12.41 ha, 30.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/806036.md - Parcel 806035: 123,609 m² (12.36 ha, 30.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/806035.md - Parcel 800176: 108,221 m² (10.82 ha, 26.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/800176.md - Parcel 796531: 86,276 m² (8.63 ha, 21.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/796531.md - Parcel 806033: 77,041 m² (7.7 ha, 19.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/806033.md - Parcel 789099: 62,651 m² (6.27 ha, 15.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/789099.md - Parcel 800131: 47,701 m² (4.77 ha, 11.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/800131.md - Parcel 2115101: 39,681 m² (3.97 ha, 9.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2115101.md - Parcel 800134: 33,067 m² (3.31 ha, 8.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/800134.md - Parcel 796755: 27,419 m² (2.74 ha, 6.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/796755.md - Parcel 5878875: 22,929 m² (2.29 ha, 5.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5878875.md - Parcel 803279: 21,003 m² (2.1 ha, 5.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803279.md - Parcel 803242: 20,369 m² (2.04 ha, 5.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803242.md - Parcel 796753: 20,280 m² (2.03 ha, 5.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/796753.md - Parcel 800133: 19,372 m² (1.94 ha, 4.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/800133.md - Parcel 5712609: 14,919 m² (1.49 ha, 3.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5712609.md - Parcel 796528: 10,780 m² (1.08 ha, 2.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/796528.md - Parcel 5738441: 9,170 m² (0.92 ha, 2.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5738441.md - Parcel 800178: 8,602 m² (0.86 ha, 2.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/800178.md - Parcel 5322077: 7,866 m² (0.79 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5322077.md - Parcel 803280: 7,639 m² (0.76 ha, 1.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803280.md - Parcel 800177: 6,598 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/800177.md - Parcel 796756: 6,428 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/796756.md - Parcel 796530: 5,410 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/796530.md - Parcel 805844: 4,035 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/805844.md - Parcel 796527: 3,668 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/796527.md - Parcel 800132: 3,528 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/800132.md - Parcel 784379: 3,495 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/784379.md - Parcel 800179: 3,477 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/800179.md - Parcel 2115118: 3,177 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2115118.md - Parcel 800183: 3,012 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/800183.md - Parcel 2115182: 2,856 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2115182.md - Parcel 796752: 2,405 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/796752.md - Parcel 5486928: 2,283 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5486928.md - Parcel 3009618: 2,156 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3009618.md - Parcel 800182: 2,046 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/800182.md - Parcel 796754: 1,485 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/796754.md - Parcel 796529: 1,474 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/796529.md - Parcel 800091: 1,472 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/800091.md - Parcel 6033977: 1,345 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6033977.md - Parcel 803243: 1,216 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/803243.md - Parcel 805846: 1,176 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/805846.md - Parcel 800090: 964 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/800090.md - Parcel 805843: 925 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/805843.md - Parcel 796758: 891 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/796758.md - Parcel 796759: 811 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/796759.md - Parcel 796757: 777 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/796757.md - Parcel 805848: 664 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/805848.md - Parcel 805847: 649 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/805847.md - Parcel 803241: 575 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/803241.md - Parcel 800181: 473 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/800181.md - Parcel 803240: 231 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/803240.md - Parcel 800180: 33 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/800180.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 13 applications, newest first. - 7 Nov 2025, Carlow County Council 2560353: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the erection of a dwelling house, garage store, installation of a treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560353/0 - 14 Apr 2025, Carlow County Council 2560092: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560092/0 - 10 Apr 2025, Carlow County Council 2560088: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560088/0 - 16 Dec 2024, Carlow County Council 2460410: Conditional. Permission. • 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460410/0 - 7 Oct 2024, Carlow County Council 2460319: N/a. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460319/0 - 23 Nov 2023, Carlow County Council 2360273: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. the erection of a dwelling house, garage, installation of a treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360273/0 - 22 Feb 2023, Carlow County Council 2360020: N/a. Retention. Planning permission is sought for the retention of existing sun room to (south east) side of existing dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360020/0 - 22 Feb 2023, Carlow County Council 2360021: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. Planning permission is sought for the retention of existing sun room to (south east) side of existing dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360021/0 - 11 Apr 2022, Carlow County Council 22127: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling, detached garage, septic tank and percolation area, bored well and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22127/0 - 9 Apr 2018, Carlow County Council 18118: Conditional. Permission. An extension to the front of existing community centre and all associated site development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18118/0 - 30 Jun 2017, Carlow County Council 17209: Unconditional. Extension of duration. 12/46 Construction of a single storey dwelling, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17209/0 - 10 Apr 2017, Carlow County Council 17112: N/a. Extension of duration. Pl. 12/46 Extension Duration application for construction of a single storey dwelling, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17112/0 - 1 Mar 2017, Carlow County Council 1759: N/a. Extension of duration. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/1759/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Drumfea. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CW020-002001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW020-002001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW020-002002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW020-002003-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW020-002004-. Rectangular granite font with outlet, beside church (CW020-002001-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011 - CW020-002005: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW020-002005-. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Post box, 1860–1900, Regional interest, registry number 10302002, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CW®no=10302002. Wall-mounted cast-iron Victorian letter box, c. 1880, with 'VR' monogram. - Saint Laserian's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1805–1815, Regional interest, registry number 10302003, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CW®no=10302003. 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. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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 flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/carlow/drumfea.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/carlow/drumfea.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/carlow/drumfea.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Drumfea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow: https://everytownland.com/carlow.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Carrignafecka: https://everytownland.com/carlow/carrignafecka.md - Knockclonagad: https://everytownland.com/carlow/knockclonagad.md - Knockdramagh: https://everytownland.com/carlow/knockdramagh.md - Knockendrane: https://everytownland.com/carlow/knockendrane.md - Milltown: https://everytownland.com/carlow/milltown-10396.md - Rathnageeragh: https://everytownland.com/carlow/rathnageeragh.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/carlow/drumfea - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/carlow/drumfea