Drumnawall
Townland in the civil parish of Killashandra, barony of Tullyhunco, Co. Cavan
- Area
- 66.7 ha
- 165 acres
- Land parcels
- 34
- registered freehold, median 859 m²
- Zoning
- M4
- White Lands
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumnawall, from 39 m² to 46,541 m² (4.65 ha, 11.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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
- M4White Lands (Built up area)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 26 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
27 Aug 2025Conditional
to construct a 3G Astro Turf pitch (70m x 45m) to the rear of the existing school building to include ancillary metal cage surrounds, netting and integrated concrete retaining ball wall, flood lighting, sprint track, storage shed, boundary walls and fencing, pedestrian and emergency vehicle entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560505
13 Aug 2024Conditional
for (1) RETENTION of existing temporary changing rooms, toilets & shower rooms, shop & store (2) RETENTION of existing sewerage treatment system and wastewater connection to public sewer (3) PERMISSION erect new spectator stand & 2 no. dugouts and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460372
12 Jan 2024N/a
to build a walking trail for the general public along the shore of Guinikin Lough, from Crannagh Bridge to the north of the lake, to Woodlands Bridge south of the lake, linking to the Community Path at the Arvagh GAA grounds at Drumnawall, Co Cavan. The trail will be built above the higher water line of the shore and will be accessible to walkers, cyclists and people of limited mobility. The walk will be 1km long, 2 meters wide and constructed from suitable stone and gravel materials. There will be a stock fence on the land side of the walk
Permission · Cavan County Council, 246
9 May 2023Conditional
for the construction of a two storey extension onto the south east side of an existing two storey terrace house consisting of dining/sitting space on ground floor and master bedroom on first floor, alterations to the internal layout and external fabric of the existing dwelling, alterations to existing garden shed, alterations to existing entrance, walls, piers and fencing and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360019
4 May 2023Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF Planning Reg. No. 17/535; to erect fully serviced two storey clubhouse containing dressing rooms, showers, toilets, meeting rooms, gym, store and incorporating spectator stands, new entrance, carparking, connection to group water scheme and connect to public sewer, PERMISSION also sought to form 2 no. playing fields/walking track and erect associated floodlighting with all ancillary works
Extension of duration · Cavan County Council, 23194
13 Mar 2023N/a
for the construction of a wastewater treatment plant for St Patrick's Arva GAA club. The treatment plant will consist of 1. Oakstown Super BAF 12 PE Wastewater Treatment System, 2. Ecoflo Coco Filter 4EH; 3. Pump Chamber; and 4. Percolation Area and associated pipework. This wastewater treatment system is for a development that has received planning permission (17/535)
Permission · Cavan County Council, 23103
6 May 2022Conditional
to construct a storey and a half type dwelling house and attached domestic garage, alterations to existing entrance, boundary walls, piers and fencing, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22181
21 Dec 2021Refused
to construct a two storey type dwelling house and detached domestic garage, alterations to existing entrance, boundary walls, piers and fencing, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21770
6 Aug 2021Conditional
to construct a two storey type dwelling house and detached domestic garage, new entrance, boundary walls, piers and fencing, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21488
26 May 2021Conditional
to demolish a single storey extension and to erect a fully serviced 2 storey extension to side and rear of existing dwelling and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21313
21 Apr 2021Conditional
for extension & alterations to existing dwelling to include kitchen/dining/living area with connection to existing services
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21230
28 Aug 2020Conditional
for development consisting of the construction of a single storey house, domestic garage, modification to existing field entrance, installation of proprietary wastewater treatment system with suitable polishing filter and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20373
31 Mar 2020Conditional
to retain partly constructed two storey extension to existing single storey dwelling, comprising of entrance hall, utility, open plan kitchen/dining/living on ground floor and a sitting room on first floor, alterations to existing attic space, new stair well unit, external alterations, dormer window and planning PERMISSION is also sought to complete construction of same and to construct new proposed detached garage and all ancillary site works. Significant further information & revised plans have been submitted
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20119
14 Dec 2018Conditional
for the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of an existing bungalow type dwelling house consisting of bedrooms, bathrooms and living/dining area for the purposes of 'boarding out' accommodation for the elderly, low level storage underneath and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18526
17 Oct 2018Conditional
for the construction of an industrial unit to the side of the existing industrial unit and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 18430
20 Dec 2017Conditional
erect fully serviced two storey clubhouse containing dressing rooms, showers, toilets, meeting rooms, gym, store and incorporating spectator stands, new entrance, carparking, connection to group water scheme and connect to public sewer, permission also sought to form 2 no. playing fields / walking track and erect associated floodlighting with all ancillary works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 17535
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 Drumnawall.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drumnawall.
Architectural heritage
- Holly Bank, house, 1740–1780 · Regional interest
Description
Detached T-plan three-bay two-storey Georgian house, built c.1760, east elevation was former front elevation, south block added c.1920, two-storey infill to west c.1960, single-bay single-storey annex to north. Replacement hipped slate roof, crested terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks with octagonal-profile clay pots, replacement rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls to ground floor of south elevation having raised plinth and roughcast rendered walls to upper storey. Canted bay windows flanking central entrance, with plaster to canted wall corners, stone sills, and replacement uPVC windows. Plat band between floors also acting as sill to centre upper storey window with smooth stucco architrave. Single timber shutters to outer window bays of upper floor. Central door with three-quarter side lights and replacement panelled timber door. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls to east elevation having painted plinth and raised stucco quoins to north corner. Venetian door surround with moulded pilasters joined by simple entablature in turn joined by archivolt with keystone over fanlight. Opening incorporating replacement half-glazed timber panelled door with cobweb fanlight. Opening flanked by decorative sidelights. Enlarged window above door with recent timber casement window. Window opening to east having raised moulded render surround similar to side lights of door. Roughcast rendered walls to west and north elevations with variety of opening sizes and recent windows. Outbuildings to west arranged around yard with house marking south-east corner. Single-storey west range with pitched slate roof, roughcast rendered walls, sheeted timber doors with multiple pane overlights and timber louvers to windows. Gate lodge c.1860, heavily altered, to roadside.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Drumnawall.
- 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
- Drumnawall, Arva6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Drumnawall
- Area
- 666,907 m² (66.69 ha, 164.8 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killashandra, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tullyhunco
- Electoral division
- Arvagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Arvagh electoral division: 967 people in 385 households; 74% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Drumalt, Drumhalry (Co. Longford), Fihoragh (Co. Longford), Ticosker, Woodland
- Placenames
- Drumnawall 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.