Drumdigus
Drumdigus is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmurry (Killadysert Ra), barony of Clonderalaw, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Drom Díogais.
- Area
- 321 ha
- 793 acres
- Land parcels
- 111
- registered freehold, median 7,847 m² (0.78 ha, 1.94 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
111 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumdigus, from 61 m² to 259,086 m² (25.91 ha, 64.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Kilmurry McMahon Settlement Plan, Clare · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community (Community facilities)
Kilmurry McMahon Settlement Plan, Clare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Kilmurry McMahon Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O2Village Growth Area (General)
Kilmurry McMahon Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 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
17 Sept 2026N/a
for the demolition and reconstruction of the remainder of the derelict dwelling house that was proposed to be refurbished and extended under P2460081 along with all associated works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660613
16 Sept 2025Conditional
for change of use of Kilmurry McMahon Parochial House from residential use to community space use featuring a meeting room, kitchen and multi-purpose rooms and all other necessary ancillary services. The application site is within the curtilage of a protected structure, RPS No 893 St. Mary's Church. The subject application does not propose any changes or alterations to the protected structure or its curtilage
Permission · Clare County Council, 2560565
11 Apr 2024Conditional
for a new machinery shed
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460160
28 Feb 2024Conditional
to extend and renovate an existing derelict cottage, relocate an existing entrance along with all necessary ancillary work
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460081
28 Jun 2018Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house & garage complete with a new entrance sewage treatment system & ancillary works.
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18528
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 Drumdigus.
Recorded monuments
- CL058-054 Ringfort - rath
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.
- CL058-065 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.
- CL058-067 Ringfort - rath
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.
- CL058-072 Earthwork
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 Drumdigus.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Drumdigus, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumdigus.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Drumdigus with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Drumdigus · Drom Díogais
- Area
- 3,210,441 m² (321.04 ha, 793.32 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmurry (Killadysert Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Clonderalaw
- Electoral division
- Kilmurry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 275 people lived in 103 households in the Kilmurry electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Binvoran, Carrowniska North, Carrowniska South, Derrynalecka, Derrynalecka, Tullycreen Lower
- Placenames
- Drumdigus 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.