# Drumard, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Inver, barony of Banagh, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,029,676 m² (102.97 ha, 254.44 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 83 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,423 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Inver, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/inver.md - Barony: Banagh - Electoral division: Eanymore, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 547 people lived in 225 households in the Eanymore electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 14% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/14070 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50986 - Centre: latitude 54.674205, longitude -8.236899 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 83 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumard, from 25 m² to 101,399 m² (10.14 ha, 25.06 acres); 32 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1425644: 101,399 m² (10.14 ha, 25.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1425644.md - Parcel 1390775: 95,016 m² (9.5 ha, 23.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1390775.md - Parcel 1425349: 81,481 m² (8.15 ha, 20.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1425349.md - Parcel 1412053: 77,578 m² (7.76 ha, 19.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412053.md - Parcel 1426068: 72,492 m² (7.25 ha, 17.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426068.md - Parcel 1425645: 67,402 m² (6.74 ha, 16.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1425645.md - Parcel 1425348: 44,438 m² (4.44 ha, 10.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1425348.md - Parcel 1377967: 42,615 m² (4.26 ha, 10.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1377967.md - Parcel 1424877: 40,969 m² (4.1 ha, 10.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1424877.md - Parcel 1412756: 39,269 m² (3.93 ha, 9.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412756.md - Parcel 1425350: 31,701 m² (3.17 ha, 7.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1425350.md - Parcel 1321335: 30,185 m² (3.02 ha, 7.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321335.md - Parcel 1390123: 26,769 m² (2.68 ha, 6.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1390123.md - Parcel 1412107: 26,024 m² (2.6 ha, 6.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412107.md - Parcel 1377887: 25,826 m² (2.58 ha, 6.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1377887.md - Parcel 1377888: 25,491 m² (2.55 ha, 6.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1377888.md - Parcel 1377975: 24,620 m² (2.46 ha, 6.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1377975.md - Parcel 1390122: 21,216 m² (2.12 ha, 5.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1390122.md - Parcel 3658825: 15,134 m² (1.51 ha, 3.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3658825.md - Parcel 1300704: 14,620 m² (1.46 ha, 3.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1300704.md - Parcel 1412119: 12,161 m² (1.22 ha, 3.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412119.md - Parcel 1424876: 9,947 m² (0.99 ha, 2.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1424876.md - Parcel 1390776: 8,835 m² (0.88 ha, 2.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1390776.md - Parcel 1398885: 7,886 m² (0.79 ha, 1.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398885.md - Parcel 1425351: 5,800 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1425351.md - Parcel 1389689: 5,795 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1389689.md - Parcel 1347122: 5,769 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347122.md - Parcel 1373838: 4,475 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1373838.md - Parcel 1414786: 4,237 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1414786.md - Parcel 1398886: 4,159 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398886.md - Parcel 1340571: 4,144 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1340571.md - Parcel 1392980: 3,895 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392980.md - Parcel 1376515: 2,916 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376515.md - Parcel 1374979: 2,775 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1374979.md - Parcel 4768432: 2,761 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4768432.md - Parcel 3658824: 2,754 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3658824.md - Parcel 4264444: 2,651 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4264444.md - Parcel 1328671: 2,642 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1328671.md - Parcel 4768395: 2,569 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4768395.md - Parcel 3658821: 2,553 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3658821.md - Parcel 1344146: 2,526 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344146.md - Parcel 3658823: 2,423 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3658823.md - Parcel 3658822: 2,328 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3658822.md - Parcel 4768358: 2,077 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4768358.md - Parcel 1369116: 1,544 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369116.md - Parcel 2893270: 1,499 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2893270.md - Parcel 1525844: 1,417 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525844.md - Parcel 1342525: 1,322 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342525.md - Parcel 1343091: 1,255 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343091.md - Parcel 1375986: 1,162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375986.md - Parcel 1318121: 1,073 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318121.md - Parcel 1362112: 960 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1362112.md - Parcel 1416959: 703 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416959.md - Parcel 1319684: 602 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319684.md - Parcel 1317202: 551 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317202.md - Parcel 3992284: 493 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3992284.md - Parcel 1405402: 490 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1405402.md - Parcel 1311735: 458 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1311735.md - Parcel 1330190: 415 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330190.md - Parcel 5041915: 391 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5041915.md - Parcel 3992345: 378 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3992345.md - Parcel 1314661: 321 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314661.md - Parcel 2712630: 320 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2712630.md - Parcel 1341255: 313 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341255.md - Parcel 1326974: 309 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326974.md - Parcel 1366636: 277 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1366636.md - Parcel 1309641: 261 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309641.md - Parcel 1314234: 242 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314234.md - Parcel 1391196: 211 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391196.md - Parcel 1348463: 168 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348463.md - Parcel 1311353: 164 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1311353.md - Parcel 1323347: 119 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323347.md - Parcel 1421633: 105 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421633.md - Parcel 1525845: 94 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525845.md - Parcel 1316366: 86 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316366.md - Parcel 1313334: 65 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313334.md - Parcel 1334685: 62 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1334685.md - Parcel 1312970: 44 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312970.md - Parcel 1335607: 41 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1335607.md - Parcel 1316745: 37 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316745.md - Parcel 1336476: 35 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336476.md - Parcel 1337188: 30 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1337188.md - Parcel 1349897: 25 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1349897.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Drumard 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) 5 applications, newest first. - 26 Nov 2025, Donegal County Council 2562071: Conditional. Permission. (1) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH INCREASED RIDGE HEIGHT AND (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2562071/0 - 28 Jun 2024, Donegal County Council 2460980: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460980/0 - 3 Oct 2022, Donegal County Council 2251643: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND DOMESTIC STORE AND CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO DWELLINGS WITH INDIVIDUAL EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNITS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251643/0 - 31 Jul 2020, Donegal County Council 2051038: N/a. Permission. CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF GROUND FLOOR KITCHEN AND LIVING TO A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXISTING PUBLIC BAR AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051038/0 - 24 May 2020, Donegal County Council 2050637: N/a. Retention. FIRST FLOOR APARTMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF THE GROUND FLOOR KITCHEN AND LIVING TO A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXISTING PUBLIC BAR. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050637/0 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 Drumard. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drumard. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - St. Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1830–1895, Regional interest, registry number 40909301, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40909301. Freestanding Catholic church on T-shape plan, built c. 1830 and heavily altered and extended c. 1892, comprising single-bay nave to the south-east (added c. 1892), transepts to the north-east and south-west, and having three-stage tower (on square-plan) to the north-east gable end (added c. 1892) having gabled parapets over to each face and with moulded finials to corners. Single-bay gable-fronted entrance porch to the south-west gable end of transept to the south-west, added c. 1892. Altered c. 1990. Single-storey sacristy extension attached to the north-west corner of transept to the south-west, single-storey addition attached to the south-east end of nave, and single-storey outbuilding/boiler shed attached to the south-west gable end of transept to the south-west. Pitched replacement artificial slate roofs (fibre cement) with projecting eaves course, raised rendered verges to gable ends of transepts and nave having kneeler stones at eaves level and with Celtic cross finials to gable apex to south-east end of nave and to the south-west transept. Roughcast rendered painted walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth course to nave and transepts with smooth rendered block-and-start quoins to the corners. Snecked rock-faced sandstone constructions to tower having flush dressed ashlar sandstone quoins to the corners, chamfered ashlar plinth to base, and with moulded sandstone stringcourses delineating stages. Feathered ashlar sandstone coping over gabled parapets to tower with cut stone Celtic cross finial over gable apex to the north-east and with moulded fluer-de-lys finials to gable apexes to other faces, and having moulded pinnacles to corners. Cut sandstone date plaque to the north-east face of tower at second stage level having quatrefoil motif with central shield dated ‘1892’; cut sandstone trefoil motif to gabled parapet to the north-east having ‘dove of peace’ motif in bas relief. Pointed-arch window openings to nave and transepts having rendered reveals, stone sills, and replacement windows. Paired pointed-arched window opening to north-east face of tower at ground floor/first stage level having chamfered ashlar sandstone surround and sill, rock-faced sandstone relieving arch over, leaded pictorial stained glass windows, and having cut stone hoodmoulding over with decorative label stops. Pointed-arch window opening to south-east face of tower at second stage level having chamfered ashlar sandstone surrounds, and with leaded stained glass window. Shallow pointed arched openings to tower at belfry/third stage level having chamfered ashlar sandstone surrounds, and timber louvered fittings. Shouldered doorway to the south-east face of tower having chamfered ashlar sandstone surround replacement timber double-doors, and with plain overlight. Open timber (pitch pine) kingpost roof structure to interior; gallery to the south-east end of nave having timber stairs and open timber balustrade. North-west wall of nave supported on two Doric columns. Timber panelled reredos to altar with pilasters and entablature. Church set back from road in own grounds at a corner site to the centre of the village of Frosses and to the north-west of Mountcharles. Graveyard to the south and to the west containing mainly twentieth century gravemarkers. Graveyard to the south-west contains four Celtic cross-style memorials to former parish priests. Modern gateway to the north-east comprising a pair of rubble stone gate piers. Site bounded to the south and the east by rendered boundary walls. Rubble stone boundary wall to graveyard to the south. ## 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 Drumard, about 1 in 20 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 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 Drumard. - 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/donegal/drumard.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumard.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumard.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) - Drumard, Malin: 5 sales, https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumard-malin.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballybrollaghan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballybrollaghan.md - Derryhirk: https://everytownland.com/donegal/derryhirk.md - Drumatumpher: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumatumpher.md - Drumbaran: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumbaran-51003.md - Gargrim: https://everytownland.com/donegal/gargrim.md - Roes: https://everytownland.com/donegal/roes.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/donegal/drumard - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/drumard