Drumman

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumman, from 128 m² to 128,121 m² (12.81 ha, 31.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Public Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 9 Oct 2025Conditional

  - RED III - for 10-year planning permission for the provision of a Battery Energy Storage System and compound on a site of c. 1.27ha to support the adjacent permitted solar farm (CCC Reg. Ref.: 21/510). The Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) compound will accommodate self-contained Lithium Ion Phosphate batteries, within 14 no. BESS units, and 3 no. twin skid units and a single skid unit. A control room (c. 27.6m2) is proposed to the west of the compound. The proposed development includes for all associated development, boundary treatments, security fencing, site access works, ducting and cabling and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560603

• 29 Sept 2025N/a

  - RED III - for a 10-year planning permission for the provision of a Battery Energy Storage System and compound on a site of c. 1.27ha to support the adjacent permitted solar farm (CCC Reg. Ref.: 21/510). The Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) compound will accommodate self-contained Lithium Ion Phosphate batteries, within 14 no. BESS units, and 3 no. twin skid units and a single skid unit. A control room (c. 27.6m2) is proposed to the west of the compound. The proposed development includes for all associated development, boundary treatments, security fencing, site access works, ducting and cabling and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560580

• 13 May 2025Conditional

  for alterations to previously approved Housetype A (3 bedroom +4 bedroom semi detached dwellings), alterations to previously approved Housetype B (3 bedroom Semi Detached dwellings), and alterations to previously approved Housetype C2 (2 bedroom terrace dwellings), comprising of minor alterations to plans & elevations. Retention permission is sought for minor alterations to plans and elevations of Housetype D (6 no. dwellings & 2 no. apartments) Housetype C1 (2 bedroom terrace dwellings) and all ancillary works. The development was previously approved under Pl. Ref. No. 22/336

  Permission, 48 homes · Cavan County Council, 2560234

• 11 Dec 2024Conditional

  for i) Works to facilitate infill and re-contouring of the subject lands to facilitate use for agricultural purposes. ii) All associated works and services. The application relates to an activity requiring a Waste Facility Permit/Certificate of Registration from Cavan County Council or Article 27 Approval from the EPA which will be applied for separately

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460613

• 20 Nov 2024Conditional

  for A) RETENTION of existing detached storage / manufacturing unit. B) Planning PERMISSION to erect 3 no. detached storage units and all associated works. Works include removal of existing temporary storage facilities. SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460578

• 18 Aug 2022Conditional

  for 49 dwellings (3 no. 4 bed semi detached dwellings, 31 no. 3 bed semi detached dwellings, 11 no. 2 bed terrace dwellings, 2 no. 3 bed terrace dwellings & 2 no. 1 bed apartments), connection to existing services and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22336

• 16 Aug 2021Conditional

  to amend the approved development (Planning Reference: 16/507) of a temporary (25 years) solar farm to include photovoltaic panels with mounting frames on screw pile foundations, inverters, transformers, substation, DNO building, communications building, security fencing, pole mounted security cameras, minor upgrades to existing site entrance and all other ancillary works. It is expected that the proposed development will have an output of up to 5 megawatts (MW). Amendment proposed is as follows: increase the output from 5 Megawatts (MW) to 7 Megawatts (MW)

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 21510

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 Drumman.

Recorded monuments

• CV017-032 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Marked as a tower on Petty's Down Survey map of 1654. Reputedly built by Coote, it apparently stood on an artificial platform beside a stream. No visible remains at ground level. (Davies 1948, 118-9) 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

Architectural heritage

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

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; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

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

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 Drumman with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.

Name

Drumman

Area

449,992 m² (45 ha, 111.2 acres)

Civil parish

Drumgoon, and its townlands

Barony

Tullygarvey

Electoral division

Cootehill Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cootehill Rural electoral division: 1,138 people in 412 households; 80% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annaghlee, Cornacarrow, Errigal, Lislea, Magheranure

Placenames

Drumman 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.