Bridge End or Drummonaghan

91 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bridge End or Drummonaghan, from 2 m² to 72,663 m² (7.27 ha, 17.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 Bridge End or Drummonaghan 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.

• 26 Aug 2026N/a

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE (DUE TO DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKS) TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661586

• 17 May 2026N/a

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE DUE TO DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKS AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 20FT X 30FT, WITH A PITCHED ROOF AND A HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 10FT TO EAVES, FOR THE STORAGE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660885

• 28 Nov 2025Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING HOUSE AND ERECTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562095

• 14 Apr 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560570

• 19 Aug 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO NORTH ELEVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461266

• 21 Jun 2023Conditional

  EXTENSION AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM WITH NEW CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWERAGE SYSTEM, AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350879

• 10 Aug 2022Conditional

  INSTALLATION OF AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT PACKAGE WITH A PROPIETARY FILTER POD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS UNDER PREVIOUSLY GRANTED REFERENCE 20/51272

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251347

• 9 Sept 2020Conditional

  (1) RENOVATION OF AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (2) REMOVAL OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051272

• 6 Sept 2019Conditional

  ERECTION OF A NEW 30M MULTI-USER TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH 2NO. HEADFRAMES CARRYING 12NO. ANTENNAS AND ASSOCIATED REMOTE RADIO UNITS, 8NO. COMMUNICATION DISHES, 3NO LIGHTING FINIALSAND 13NO. OUTDOOR CABINETS ALL ENCLOSED WITHINA SECURITY COMPOUND BY A 2.4M HIGH PALISADE FENCE WITH A 4M ACCESS GATE, SITE ACCESS AND SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951352

• 2 Aug 2019N/a

  ERECTION OF A NEW 30M MULTI-USER TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH 2NO. HEADFRAMES CARRYING 12NO. ANTENNAS AND ASSOCIATED REMOTE RADIO UNITS, 8NO. COMMUNICATION DISHES, 3NO LIGHTING FINIALSAND 13NO. OUTDOOR CABINETS ALL ENCLOSED WITHINA SECURITY COMPOUND BY A 2.4M HIGH PALISADE FENCE WITH A 4M ACCESS GATE, SITE ACCESS AND SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951186

• 23 Jan 2019Conditional

  ALTERATIONS & EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950067

• 9 Nov 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE WHICH IS ON THE RECORD OF PROTECTED STRUCTURES (REG NO: 40800305) TO PROVIDE A UTILITY ROOM AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND EN-SUITE/DRESSING ROOM AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL WITH ASSOCIATED INTERNAL ALTERATIONS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851714

• 17 May 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT, SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850787

• 21 Mar 2018N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT, SIDE AND REAR TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850423

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Leannan River SAC 002176
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ramelton Mill 002057
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Fern 001162

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Bridge End or Drummonaghan.

Architectural heritage

• Worker's house, outbuilding, 1770–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached twelve-bay single-storey former linen processing\weaving sheds, built c. 1780. Later associated with Salmon fishery. Now in use as outbuildings with three bays to the east end now in use as a dwelling. Pitched timber shingle roof (formerly thatched) having three smooth rendered chimneystacks (one to either side of dwelling and one towards the west end) and cast-iron rainwater goods; metal skylight to house. Partially roughcast rendered random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with range of timber casement and pivoting timber windows, and with timber lintels; wrought-iron security bars to some openings. Square-headed door openings with battened timber doors, and some surviving timber lintels. Square-headed carriage-arch inserted to the west side of the centre of the main elevation (south) having concrete lintel, battened timber double-doors, and with central demountable timber post. Set back from road in own grounds to the west of the centre of Ramelton. Laneway to the front (south) bounded to the south by rubble stone wall. Gateway to the south-east leading to The Green (see 40800305_1). Former bleaching green and former watchmen’s huts and two single-storey corrugated-iron buildings adjacent to the east and south.

• Kelly's Mill, mill (water), 1800–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay three-storey over basement level former corn and flour mill with basement level and attic storey, built c. 1812 and altered c. 1875. Three-storey elevation to the west. Now out of use (burnt c. 1980). Formerly with pitched natural slate roof (now collapsed )having projecting stepped cut stone eaves course, raised rendered verges to the gables ends (north and south), roughcast rendered rubble stone chimneystack to the south gable end, and with some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls (galloped) with flush roughly dressed block-and-start quoins to the corners. Initials carved into some of the stonework (not viewed). Shallow segmental-headed window openings with rubble stone voussoirs, openings blocked-up or void of fenestration (remnants of timber frames and cast-iron window frames in some openings, and some surviving cast-iron window frames with bottom-hung inward-opening lights and timber frames. Timber louvered fittings to single window opening to the east elevation at ground floor level (basement level to east). Window fittings to majority of openings now removed; some ground floor openings now infilled with modern blockwork. Shallow segmental-headed door opening to the south end of the west elevation having rendered block-and-start surround; now infilled with modern blockwork; shallow segmental-headed door opening to the south end of the east elevation having roughly squared rubble stone voussoirs, now in filled with rubble stone masonry having inset square-headed window opening with cast-iron window. Two round-headed openings to the centre of the east elevation (formerly housing waterwheels or acting as exits for the tail race?), now infilled with modern blockwork, having roughly squared rubble stone voussoirs. Collapsed remnants of mill machinery to interior including waterwheels (not viewed, no access possible). Former headrace to the north-west and remains of tailrace to the south-east. Collapsed duck-board walkway to the west. Located in the rural countryside to the west of Ramelton town centre. Located on the north bank of Leannan River adjacent to the south-east of Drummonaghan Bridge (see 40800210) and former mill weir (see 40823002). Later mill buildings (see 40800302 and 40800302) directly to the north-west.

• Kelly's Mill, store/warehouse, 1870–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay four-storey former corn\flour warehouse\store, built c. 1873, having three-storey north elevation and four-storey south elevation, with gablets over loading bays to south elevation, and to central bay of north elevation. Incorporates two-storey block to the east end, built c. 1812. Three-bay three-storey extension to east (c. 1940), and single-storey link block to the south-west corner adjoining neighbouring building (see 408000303) at first floor level. Originally associated with earlier flour mill (see 40800301) adjacent to the south-east. Now out of use. Pitched natural slate roof with projecting stone eaves courses, remains of decorative timber bargeboards to west gable end, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched natural slate roof to earlier block adjoining to the east gable end having timber vent (on square-plan) to the apex at the west end having pitched covering and remains of timber louvers. Pitched corrugated-cement roof to later extension to the south-west end having rendered chimneystack and raised cement rendered verge to the south gable end with kneeler stone detail detailing. Roughly dressed rubble stone walls with flush roughly tooled block-and-start quoins to the corners; cast-iron tie\pattrice plates and wrought-iron tie plates to the north and south elevations. Plaque to site dated 21st of May 1873 (covered by vegetation, difficult to read), and having raised yellow brick surround. Shallow segmental-headed window openings having battened timber shutters with central timber mullions, and polychromatic yellow and red brick block-and-start surrounds and voussoirs; majority of ground floor openings now infilled with modern blockwork, wrought-iron security bars to ground floor and first floor window openings. Shallow segmental-headed door and loading bay openings having battened timber doors, and polychromatic yellow and red brick block-and-start surrounds and voussoirs; doors now infilled with modern blockwork. Some modern square-headed doorways with concrete lintels over. Rounded-headed loading bay to the centre of the west gable end at second floor level having battened timber double-doors, and polychromatic yellow and red brick block-and-start surrounds and voussoirs; metal pulley over having yellow brick surround (on circular-plan); square-headed doorway under at first floor level with battened timber double doors. Located in the rural countryside to the west of Ramelton town centre. Located on the north bank of Leannan River adjacent to the south-east of Drummonaghan Bridge (see 40800210) and former mill weir (see 40823002). Earlier mill buildings adjacent to the south-east (see 40800301) and to the south (see 40800303). Rubble stone wall to north-west corner with flight of rubble stone steps adjacent.

• Kelly's Mill, kiln, 1870–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Formerly detached three-bay three-storey former corn drying kiln, dated 1873, having advanced single-bay block to the south elevation, later single-storey additions, and with single-bay single-storey over basement block to the north-east corner, added c. 1940. Canted corner to the north-east. Possibly incorporating earlier fabric of building to site that was extant in 1834 (Ordnance Survey first edition sic-inch map). Now out of use and derelict. Pitched natural slate roof having roof vent to apex with hipped metal roof and remains of timber louvered fittings. Mono-pitch natural slate roof to projection to the south. Some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughly dressed rubble stone walls having flush red brick block-and-start quoins to the corners, cast-iron tie bar\pattrice plates and wrought-iron tie bars, and with inset stone plaque to the west elevation having inscription 'CHARLES KELLYS REGD KILNS 1873 No.1' with painted brick surround. Round- and shallow segmental-headed window openings having polychromatic red and yellow brick surrounds and voussoirs, and remains of timber frames. Ground floor window openings now infilled with modern blockwork. Window openings to the west and north elevations at first floor level having battened timber shutters with central timber mullion; window opening to the north elevation at ground floor level having cast-iron fittings. Located in the rural countryside to the west of Ramelton town centre. Located on the north bank of Leannan River adjacent to the south-east of Drummonaghan Bridge (see 40800210) and former mill weir (see 40823002). Earlier mill building adjacent to the east (see 40800301) and contemporary store adjacent to the north (see 40800303). Located adjacent to the north bank of the former head race serving mill. Sluice formerly controlling flow of water along headrace to waterwheel(s) adjacent to the south.

• The Green, house, 1820–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830, on L-shaped plan having two-storey return to the rear at the south-west corner, and with projecting Ionic doorcase\porch to the centre of the front elevation (east). Later single- and two-storey extensions to the rear (west). Originally associated with the owner of a bleach mill to site, now demolished (post 1904). Hipped natural slate with a central pair of slate-hung chimneystacks having cut stone coping and decorative clay ware pots over, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered chimneystack to the west gable end of return. Hipped and mono-pitched natural slate roofs to single- and two-storey extensions. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over projecting plinth course to front elevation, roughcast rendered to side (north and west) and rear elevations, with limestone plinth. Square-headed window openings to front elevation (east) having rendered (stone?) sills, and with six-over-six pane horned timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings to extensions having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and paired three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows. Central round-headed door opening to the front elevation (east) having timber panelled double-doors (c. 1900), flanking moulded timber pilasters, moulded timber lintel, moulded cut stone step and threshold, and with radial fanlight over. Ionic distyle porch to entrance having Ionic columns, stucco Ionic pilasters flanking doorway, and with cut sandstone entablature over with plain frieze and sandstone cornice. Set back from road in extensive grounds to the west of the centre of Ramelton, and to the north bank of the Leanne River. Detached two and single-storey outbuildings to rear comprising natural slate roofs and roughcast rendered rubble stone walls. Site enclosed by rubble stone boundary wall. Leannan River flows directly to south, former gate lodge to northeast of house, and single-storey watchman’s hut to southwest of property comprising pyramidal natural slate roof, rubble stone walls and timber battened door. Detached multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to the rear (west) having pitched and hipped natural slate roof with some surviving cast-iron rainwater goods, partially roughcast rendered rubble stone walls, square-headed window openings with timber louvered and replacement fittings, square-headed doorway with battened timber door, and with square-headed carriage-arch with red brick surround, and sliding corrugated-metal door; red brick surrounds to some openings. Two-bay single-storey shed attached to the south-east corner of outbuilding having pitched natural slate roof with red brick chimneystack to the south gable end, rubble stone walls, and square-headed doorways with red brick surrounds and battened timber doors. Outbuildings set in rubble stone enclosure (on rectangular-plan) to west of house. Gateway to the east comprising a pair of rusticated ashlar gate piers (on square-plan) with cut stone saddleback capstones over with gabled faces to cardinal points and carved anthemion motifs to corners, and with a pair of decorative cast-iron gates with fleur-de-lys finials over; gateway flanked to either side by curved sections of rubble stone plinth walls with cut stone coping and cast-iron railings over with fleur-de-lys finials over, and terminated to outer ends by rusticated ashlar gate piers (on square-plan) with cut stone saddleback capstones over with gabled faces to cardinal points and carved anthemion motifs to corners. Rubble stone boundary walls to site.

• The Lodge, house, 1800–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey house, built c. 1820 and extended or rebuilt c. 1850, having single-bay bow window to the west elevation and three-bay extension to rear (north) at the eat corner. Modern extensions and additions to the north. Shallow hipped natural slate roof with wide overhanging eaves, and with ashlar sandstone chimneystacks having decorative terracotta chimneypots over. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls with raised rendered(?) block-and-start quoins to the corners of main block. Square-headed window openings with cut sandstone sills, and with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to the main elevation. Three square-headed window openings to the bowed bay to the west elevation having four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows; square-headed window opening adjacent to the north having eight-over-six pane timber sliding sash window to the west elevation. Central three-centred arch\shallow segmental-headed door opening to the south elevation having timber panelled door with bolection mouldings; flanking moulded timber pilasters, three-pane sidelights over timber panels, two-pane overlight, and with cut stone threshold. Set back from road in elevated site in own grounds in the rural countryside to the west\north-west of the centre of Ramelton. Formerly detached four-bay two-storey outbuilding to the north-east, now incorporated into house and converted to accommodation, having half-hipped artificial slate roof with smooth rendered chimneystacks having terracotta pots over, smooth rendered walls, square-headed openings with replacement fittings, and with flight of external cut sandstone steps to east elevation giving access to doorway at first floor level. Detached three-bay two-storey outbuilding to the west having pitched natural slate roof, rubble sandstone walls, square-headed window opening with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window\four-pane fixed timber and with two shallow segmental-headed door openings with red brick surrounds and battened timber doors. Detached two-storey gable-fronted outbuilding to the north-west having pitched natural slate roof, smooth rendered walls, square-headed window openings with fixed-pane windows, and square-headed doorways and loading bay timber battened doors. Sections of coursed and randomly coursed rubble sandstone boundary wall to road-frontage to the south. Former walled garden (on sub-rectangular plan) to the south-east having rubble stone walls; integral shallow segmental-headed pedestrian gateway to the north-west corner of walled garden, adjacent to house, having red brick voussoirs, and wrought-iron flat bar gate. Main gateway to the south-west of site having a pair of randomly coursed and squared rubble sandstone gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal cut sandstone capstones over, and with a pair of wrought-iron flat bar gates; gateway flanked by quadrant sections of rubble sandstone walling.

• The Green, building misc, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached pair of single-bay single-storey watchman’s hut associated with former bleaching green(s), built c. 1800. Now out of use. Pyramidal natural slate roofs with red brick chimneystack to hut to the south-west. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with remains of four-pane timber window. Square-headed doorways with remains of timber doors. Set well back from road to the south-west and north of former bleaching green, and in the rural countryside to the west of Ramelton. Two-storey house (see 40800305) to the west, with River Leannan to the south. Detached single-storey outbuilding to the north-east having pitched corrugated-metal roof with raised verge and red brick chimneystack to the south-west gable end, random rubble walls, square-headed window opening with replacement fitting, and square-headed doorway with timber door. Detached single-storey outbuilding to the east of hut to the south-west, built over a former ice house, having mono-pitched corrugated-metal roof, corrugated-metal walls, and square-headed doorway with battened timber door.

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 5 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1789 (ZIP).

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 Bridge End or Drummonaghan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Bridge End or Drummonaghan · Droim Muineacháin

Area

917,015 m² (91.7 ha, 226.6 acres)

Civil parish

Tullyfern, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmacrenan

Electoral division

Rathmelton, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Rathmelton electoral division: 2,494 people in 938 households; 71% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyboe, Bayhill, Blacks Glen, Carn Low, Carnisk, Glen Lower, Rathmelton, Roughan

Placenames

Bridge End or Drummonaghan 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.