# Drumbaun, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilfarboy, barony of Ibrickan, Co. Clare. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,005,178 m² (100.52 ha, 248.38 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 11,272 m² (1.13 ha, 2.79 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilfarboy, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/kilfarboy.md - Barony: Ibrickan - Electoral division: Ballyvaskin, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 422 people lived in 160 households in the Ballyvaskin electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/6612 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 31080 - Centre: latitude 52.879147, longitude -9.351717 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumbaun, from 322 m² to 276,527 m² (27.65 ha, 68.33 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1455896: 276,527 m² (27.65 ha, 68.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1455896.md - Parcel 1470016: 140,233 m² (14.02 ha, 34.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1470016.md - Parcel 1508669: 131,471 m² (13.15 ha, 32.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1508669.md - Parcel 1503443: 58,998 m² (5.9 ha, 14.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1503443.md - Parcel 1512633: 47,471 m² (4.75 ha, 11.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1512633.md - Parcel 1435661: 45,688 m² (4.57 ha, 11.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1435661.md - Parcel 1503555: 41,399 m² (4.14 ha, 10.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1503555.md - Parcel 1477759: 34,662 m² (3.47 ha, 8.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1477759.md - Parcel 1455965: 31,161 m² (3.12 ha, 7.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1455965.md - Parcel 1509091: 25,317 m² (2.53 ha, 6.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1509091.md - Parcel 1458632: 24,605 m² (2.46 ha, 6.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1458632.md - Parcel 1499536: 22,083 m² (2.21 ha, 5.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1499536.md - Parcel 1453619: 21,419 m² (2.14 ha, 5.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1453619.md - Parcel 1477009: 18,706 m² (1.87 ha, 4.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1477009.md - Parcel 1479134: 11,358 m² (1.14 ha, 2.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1479134.md - Parcel 1499621: 11,185 m² (1.12 ha, 2.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1499621.md - Parcel 1436832: 9,665 m² (0.97 ha, 2.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1436832.md - Parcel 1449745: 9,370 m² (0.94 ha, 2.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1449745.md - Parcel 1459777: 9,359 m² (0.94 ha, 2.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1459777.md - Parcel 1499680: 6,947 m² (0.69 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1499680.md - Parcel 1498315: 6,619 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1498315.md - Parcel 1497901: 4,434 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1497901.md - Parcel 1437550: 4,409 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1437550.md - Parcel 1484648: 3,166 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1484648.md - Parcel 1492062: 2,215 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1492062.md - Parcel 1483309: 1,922 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1483309.md - Parcel 1499573: 1,362 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1499573.md - Parcel 1499576: 1,360 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1499576.md - Parcel 1503025: 1,165 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1503025.md - Parcel 1429329: 322 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1429329.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Drumbaun in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 3 applications, newest first. - 31 Mar 2026, Clare County Council 2660207: Refused. Permission. for the development of the Slievenalicka wind turbine in the townlands of Tooreen, Slievenalicka, Drumbaun & Lackamore (although no infrastructure will be sited within Lackamore townland), County Clare. The development will consist of: • Construction of 1 wind turbine with a maximum overall blade tip height of 150m. • Construction of associated turbine foundations, crane pad hardstand and assembly areas. • Construction of one permanent 38 kV electrical on-site substation with one control building with welfare facilities, all associated electrical switchgear, security fencing, underground cabling, drainage infrastructure, and all ancillary works. • All associated internal underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the wind turbines to the on-site Substation. • Upgrade of existing tracks, roads and provision of new site access roads to facilitate construction & operation of the wind farm. • Two borrow pits. • One peat repository area for peat & spoil management. • Construction of one temporary construction compound. • Development of internal site drainage. • Permanent & Temporary tree felling to accommodate the construction & operation. • Signages and • All associated site development works. This application is seeking 10-year planning permission, along with a 35-year operational life for the wind farm from the date of its commissioning. The development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive 2023/2413). The planning application is subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended. When a notice is issued in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of the planning application and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660207/0 - 19 Sept 2025, Clare County Council 2560578: Refused. Permission. for the development at this site in the townlands of Slievenalicka, Illaunbaun, Drumbaun and Lackamore (although no infrastructure will be sited within Lackamore townland), Co. Clare. The development will consist of: • Construction of 1 wind turbine with a maximum overall blade tip height of 150m. • Construction of associated turbine foundation, crane pad hardstand and assembly area. • Construction of one permanent 38 kV electrical on-site substation with one control building with welfare facilities, all associated electrical switchgear, security fencing, underground cabling, drainage infrastructure, and all ancillary works. • All associated internal underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the wind turbine to the on-site Substation. • Upgrade of existing tracks, roads and provision of new site access roads to facilitate construction and operation of the turbine. • Two borrow pits. • One peat repository area for peat and spoil management. • Construction of one temporary construction compound. • Development of internal site drainage. • Permanent and Temporary tree felling to accommodate the construction and operation of the turbine. • Signages. • All associated site development works. This application is seeking a 10-year planning permission, together with a 35-year operational life for the wind turbine from the date of its commissioning. The development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive 2023/2413) Yes. The planning application is subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended. When a notice is issued in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Screening for Appropriate Assessment have been prepared in respect of the planning application and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560578/0 - 27 Aug 2025, Clare County Council 2560520: Refused. Permission. for the development of Illaunbaun Wind Farm in the townlands of Tooreen, Slievenalicka, Illaunbaun, Drumbaun & Lackamore (although no infrastructure will be sited within Lackamore townland), County Clare. The development will consist of: • Construction of 5 wind turbines with a maximum overall blade tip height of 150 m. • Construction of associated turbine foundations, crane pad hardstand and assembly areas. • Construction of one permanent 38 kV electrical on-site substation with one control building with welfare facilities, all associated electrical switchgear, security fencing, underground cabling, drainage infrastructure, and all ancillary works. • All associated internal underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the wind turbines to the on-site Substation. • Upgrade of existing tracks, roads and provision of new site access roads to facilitate construction & operation of the wind farm. • Two borrow pits. • Three peat repository areas for peat & spoil management. • Construction of one temporary construction compound. • Development of internal site drainage. • Permanent & Temporary tree felling to accommodate the construction & operation. • Signages and • All associated site development works. This application is seeking 10-year planning permission, along with a 35-year operational life for the wind farm from the date of its commissioning. The development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive 2023/2413) Yes x No The planning application is subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended. When a notice is issued in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) & Screening for Appropriate Assessment have been prepared in respect of the planning application and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560520/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Drumbaun. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CL023-044: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL023-044----. 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. 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumbaun. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Drumbaun, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumbaun. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/clare/drumbaun.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/drumbaun.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/drumbaun.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Drumbaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare: https://everytownland.com/clare.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Illaunbaun: https://everytownland.com/clare/illaunbaun-31369.md - Kilfarboy: https://everytownland.com/clare/kilfarboy.md - Lackamore: https://everytownland.com/clare/lackamore.md - Leeds: https://everytownland.com/clare/leeds.md - Slievenalicka: https://everytownland.com/clare/slievenalicka.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/clare/drumbaun - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/clare/drumbaun