Drummin

76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drummin, from 45 m² to 233,481 m² (23.35 ha, 57.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 43 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Drummin 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.

• 23 Dec 2025Conditional

  (1) The construction of a new milking parlour incorporating dairy, office, plant room/chemical store, drafting and handling/holding area, crush, footbath, collecting yard, meal silo, concrete aprons and slatted underground storage tank. (2) The construction of an extension to an existing slatted cubicle shed to include a lean-to cubicle shed with a slatted underground storage tank, concrete aprons, canopy and feed apron. (3) The decommissioning of an existing slurry pit, change of use of the existing milking parlour and dairy to loose houses, a change of site boundaries and site layout to that originally granted permission under Pl. Rg. No. 07/688 and all other associated concrete and site works necessary to facilitate the proposed developments.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560435

• 1 Sept 2025Conditional

  the erection of an agricultural shed with slatted slurry storage tank and feed passage and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560259

• 14 May 2025Conditional

  the installation of a new drainage pipe to an existing open drain as part of restoration work of the bog and the construction of a new wooden boardwalk, passing points and observation platform for safe access to the bog, along with all associated site and landscaping works. This submission includes a Natura Impact Statement (NIS), Archaeological Impact Assessment (AIA) and other associated documentation for these works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560123

• 7 Apr 2025Conditional

  extension to existing cattle shed consisting of a lean-to extension and slatted slurry storage tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560083

• 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

• 26 Oct 2023Conditional

  the erection of a dwelling house, entrance and sewerage treatment system together with all associated site works and also planning permission sought for the temporary retention of a mobile home on the site

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 23176

• 12 Oct 2023N/a

  the erection of a dwelling house, entrance and sewerage treatment system and also planning permission sought for the temporary retention of a mobile home on the site

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 23172

• 12 Sept 2022Conditional

  the erection of an extension and alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 22299

• 13 May 2019Conditional

  to erect pole, cameras and signage for the purposes of a community based CCTV system and permission for the installation of a secure control centre in Drummond Hall and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 19186

• 4 May 2018Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 18175

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drummin.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drummin.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drummin.

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.

No address of the register names Drummin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Drummin · An Droimín

Area

3,241,473 m² (324.15 ha, 800.99 acres)

Civil parish

St. Mullins, and its townlands

Barony

St. Mullin's Lower

Electoral division

Glynn, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Glynn electoral division: 395 people in 136 households; 91% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyknock, Ballyknockcrumpin, Ballyleigh (Co. Wexford), Ballynalour, Bauck, Dranagh

Placenames

Drummin 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.