Drumbee

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumbee, from 45 m² to 205,580 m² (20.56 ha, 50.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 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 Drumbee 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.

• 11 Sept 2025Conditional

  for 12 number single storey timber pitched roof shed buildings each with a metal fenced external area attached to each shed building. The sheds are to be used to house the animals for the purpose of the business

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2560555

• 1 Jul 2025Conditional

  for 1. A slatted shed with cubicles and slatted storage tank and 2. A milking parlour with dairy plant room and meal bin together with all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2528

• 19 Jun 2025N/a

  for 1. A slatted shed with cubicles and slatted storage tank and 2. A milking parlour with dairy plant room and meal bin together with all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2524

• 25 Apr 2025N/a

  for a slatted shed with cubicles and slatted storage tank a milking parlour with dairy plant room and meal bin together with all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2521

• 7 Jun 2023Conditional

  for alterations to an existing dwelling to include the demolition of front porch structure and rear extension, the construction of a part two storey, part single storey extension to the rear, amendments to the front elevation, the construction of an attached carport and domestic garage, new site entrance including new entrance gates and piers, upgrade of existing waste water treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360047

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 Drumbee.

Recorded monuments

• CV032-013 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CV032-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. 30m) enclosed by two substantial earthen banks, each accompanied by an outer fosse. External fosse only visible from E-SE-S. Corresponding breaks in banks at NE may represent original entrance. Site densely overgrown with vegetation. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV032-041 Enclosure
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

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

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 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

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

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.

• Drumbee, Kilnaleck7 sales

Name

Drumbee

Area

1,109,491 m² (110.95 ha, 274.16 acres)

Civil parish

Crosserlough, and its townlands

Barony

Castlerahan

Electoral division

Kilnaleck, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilnaleck electoral division: 1,216 people in 442 households; 69% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghawee, Drumcassidy, Drumrath, Kill, Kilnaleck, Mullacastle, Tonylion

Placenames

Drumbee 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.