# Drumgowan, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Donegal, barony of Tirhugh, Co. Donegal; in Irish Droim Gamhan. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,116,672 m² (111.67 ha, 275.94 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 12,680 m² (1.27 ha, 3.13 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/donegal.md - Barony: Tirhugh - Electoral division: Donegal, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 4,179 people lived in 1,617 households in the Donegal electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/14032 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51053 - Centre: latitude 54.634991, longitude -8.096599 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumgowan, from 9 m² to 141,947 m² (14.19 ha, 35.08 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1364376: 141,947 m² (14.19 ha, 35.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364376.md - Parcel 1397386: 140,410 m² (14.04 ha, 34.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397386.md - Parcel 1397381: 99,101 m² (9.91 ha, 24.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397381.md - Parcel 1397375: 73,762 m² (7.38 ha, 18.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397375.md - Parcel 1364371: 59,847 m² (5.98 ha, 14.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364371.md - Parcel 1397382: 56,722 m² (5.67 ha, 14.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397382.md - Parcel 1397373: 53,774 m² (5.38 ha, 13.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397373.md - Parcel 1397384: 47,820 m² (4.78 ha, 11.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397384.md - Parcel 1364372: 44,436 m² (4.44 ha, 10.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364372.md - Parcel 1397380: 40,317 m² (4.03 ha, 9.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397380.md - Parcel 1397388: 39,526 m² (3.95 ha, 9.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397388.md - Parcel 1364370: 33,674 m² (3.37 ha, 8.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364370.md - Parcel 1397372: 31,946 m² (3.19 ha, 7.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397372.md - Parcel 1397374: 28,546 m² (2.85 ha, 7.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397374.md - Parcel 1397376: 26,965 m² (2.7 ha, 6.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397376.md - Parcel 1364377: 26,638 m² (2.66 ha, 6.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364377.md - Parcel 1397377: 21,471 m² (2.15 ha, 5.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397377.md - Parcel 1397378: 20,394 m² (2.04 ha, 5.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397378.md - Parcel 1397383: 18,665 m² (1.87 ha, 4.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397383.md - Parcel 6208913: 13,911 m² (1.39 ha, 3.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6208913.md - Parcel 1364378: 12,680 m² (1.27 ha, 3.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364378.md - Parcel 1364379: 8,601 m² (0.86 ha, 2.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364379.md - Parcel 6208904: 8,463 m² (0.85 ha, 2.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6208904.md - Parcel 6199353: 6,716 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6199353.md - Parcel 1364374: 4,000 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364374.md - Parcel 1397387: 3,557 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397387.md - Parcel 4889176: 3,114 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4889176.md - Parcel 1364373: 2,934 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364373.md - Parcel 2482944: 2,855 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2482944.md - Parcel 1364375: 2,673 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364375.md - Parcel 4657951: 2,266 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4657951.md - Parcel 4336270: 2,215 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4336270.md - Parcel 4618577: 2,150 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4618577.md - Parcel 4732329: 2,130 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4732329.md - Parcel 4336070: 1,906 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4336070.md - Parcel 3660909: 1,757 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3660909.md - Parcel 3660911: 1,431 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3660911.md - Parcel 1364368: 1,167 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364368.md - Parcel 3660910: 1,133 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3660910.md - Parcel 1364369: 911 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364369.md - Parcel 1397379: 9 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397379.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Drumgowan 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) 12 applications, newest first. - 22 Mar 2026, Donegal County Council 2660467: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY, DETACHED GARDEN ROOM FOR USE ANCILLARY TO THE MAIN DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660467/0 - 16 Dec 2025, Donegal County Council 2562245: Conditional. Retention. DUNGSTEAD AND PERMISSION FOR PROPOSED ROOFING OF THE DUNGSTEAD FOR WHICH RETENTION IS SOUGHT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A DRY FLOOR STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2562245/0 - 29 Jul 2025, Donegal County Council 2561294: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE & ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT HOUSE, DECOMMISSIONING THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF NEW PROPRIETARY SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA, AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561294/0 - 26 Sept 2024, Donegal County Council 2461519: N/a. Permission. (1) REFURBISHMENT OF AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (2) DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING EXTENSION, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION WITH ACCESS TO ROOF SPACE, (4) DECOMMISSIONING OF AN EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND REPLACEMENT WITH NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND (5) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461519/0 - 15 Sept 2023, Donegal County Council 2351386: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A ONE AND A HALF-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351386/0 - 14 Jul 2022, Donegal County Council 2251211: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251211/0 - 18 May 2022, Donegal County Council 2250867: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE (2) DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING RUINS ON SITE TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250867/0 - 7 Dec 2020, Donegal County Council 2051873: Conditional. Outline permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DORMER DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE-WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051873/0 - 5 Oct 2020, Donegal County Council 2051425: Refused. Outline permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DORMER DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE-WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051425/0 - 5 Oct 2020, Donegal County Council 2051429: Conditional. Outline permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF DORMER DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE-WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051429/0 - 10 Oct 2018, Donegal County Council 1851569: Refused. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NEW FORESTRY ROAD ENTRANCES TO THE NORTH & SOUTH OF THE L-6715-1 LOCAL PUBLIC ROAD INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851569/0 - 9 May 2017, Donegal County Council 1750687: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF: 05/658 WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY EXTENDED UNDER REF NO'S 10/20288 AND 11/20189. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750687/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Donegal Bay (Murvagh) SAC, site code 000133, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000133 - Special Protection Area: Donegal Bay SPA, site code 004151, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004151 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Donegal Bay (Murvagh), site code 000133 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG100-003: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG100-003----. Internal diam. c.·30m. Only a small section of the earthen bank survives but traces of a circular enclosure are discernible. It is located immediately W of another ringfort (DG026-004-). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008 - DG100-004: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG100-004----. Internal diam. 20m. A small circular platform formed by scarping the hillside to produce the surrounding low earthen bank. It is divided by a modern field fence and is very overgrown. It is situated on the E edge of a steepsided E-W ridge in good land surrounded by marshy valleys. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008 - DG100-017: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG100-017----. 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 Drumgowan. ## 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 Drumgowan, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1435, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1435.zip (ZIP). - 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/drumgowan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumgowan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumgowan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Drumgowan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ardlenagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ardlenagh.md - Brookfield: https://everytownland.com/donegal/brookfield.md - Drumbar: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumbar.md - Drumlask: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumlask.md - Tawnalary: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tawnalary.md - Tullyearl: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tullyearl.md - Tullyleague or Tullybrook: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tullyleague-or-tullybrook.md - Tullymornin: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tullymornin.md - Whitehill: https://everytownland.com/donegal/whitehill-52671.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/drumgowan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/drumgowan