Drumahurk
Townland in the civil parish of Castleterra, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan
- Area
- 28.4 ha
- 70 acres
- Land parcels
- 60
- registered freehold, median 2,278 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumahurk, from 11 m² to 49,783 m² (4.98 ha, 12.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Drumahurk 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
14 Aug 2026N/a
for an extension to existing place of worship; replacement roof; external and internal remodelling; building identity signage; external lighting for health and safety purposes; site works to accommodate accessible and general parking spaces; boundary treatments; and associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660452
15 May 2026Conditional
for the construction of Single Storey Domestic Garage with 1st floor storage area, with new utility room, external landscaping and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660260
14 May 2026N/a
for the construction of Single Storey Domestic Garage with 1st floor storage area, with new utility room, external landscaping and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660255
2 Apr 2026Conditional
for the erection of attached carport and single storey domestic garage and all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660152
26 Sept 2025Conditional
for a single storey extension to the side of an existing domestic garage, adjacent to an existing two storey dwelling and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560577
18 Oct 2023Conditional
for 1) erection of fully serviced dormer style extension to side of existing creche facility comprising of new classrooms, baby sleep rooms, toilets, office and staff facilities, 2) associated alterations to existing floor plans and elevations, 3) new sewerage treatment facilities, 4) new car parking and site exit, 5) new outdoor play areas, 6) alterations to site layout and site boundaries and 7) all associated and ancillary site works.
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360230
26 May 2023Conditional
for refurbishment of the existing building, along with the construction of a single storey extension. New window and door openings, new external finishes, new external signage, connection to existing services and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360036
15 Feb 2023Conditional
for EXTENSION OF DURATION of 17/512: to erect single storey kitchen and living room extension to rear of dwelling, erect 1st floor bedroom extension to side of dwelling, also to carry out modifications to entrance porch and associated alterations to all elevations. Also, permission is sought to retain existing sunroom extension to side of dwelling and to retain the detached domestic garage, all at existing residence
Extension of duration · Cavan County Council, 2353
13 Jan 2023Conditional
for the erection of 1 no. 2 storey dormer style residence with garage and rear stables, sewerage treatment system, percolation area and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 232
20 Sept 2022Conditional
for erection of a detached domestic garage and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22388
27 May 2022Conditional
for constructed bungalow and detached garage (pervious Ref No: 16/381). Alterations to include 1. Conversion of dwelling attic space to habitable accommodation, 2. Amended roof design to Sun Room, 3. Altered window and and rooflight positions, 4. Amended Garage design and alterations to site layout
Retention · Cavan County Council, 22212
9 Mar 2022Conditional
relocate existing entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22101
8 Dec 2021Refused
to retain changes to extension to dwelling to include increase roof pitch and overall height, additional first floor store, side door and minor window changes with PERMISSION to complete construction (previous planning ref. no. 20/444)
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21740
6 Oct 2021Conditional
to erect fully serviced single storey extensions to side and front of existing dwelling, with alterations to elevations, carport, relocation of existing entrance & all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21613
7 Oct 2020Conditional
for alterations and extension to existing dwelling house to include kitchen, dining, living room, hallway, ensuite bedroom, store and connect to existing services
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20444
9 Oct 2019Conditional
for conversion of part of attached premises from commercial use to use as a family flat, connect to existing site services, together with all associated development works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19388
6 Dec 2017Conditional
to erect single storey kitchen and living room extension to rear of dwelling, erect 1st floor bedroom extension to side of dwelling, also to carry out modifications to entrance porch and associated alterations to all elevations. Also, permission is sought to retain existing sunroom extension to side of dwelling and to retain the detached domestic garage, all at existing residence
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17512
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Drumahurk.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drumahurk.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumahurk.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2069 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Drumahurk with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Drumahurk
- Area
- 283,820 m² (28.38 ha, 70.13 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castleterra, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Electoral division
- Butler's Bridge, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Butler's Bridge electoral division: 501 people in 192 households; 77% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghadrumgullin, Coolboyoge, Corracreeny, Daggan, Derrygarra Upper, Drumgola
- Placenames
- Drumahurk 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.