Drumharriff

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumharriff, from 580 m² to 131,576 m² (13.16 ha, 32.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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 Drumharriff 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.

• 11 Jun 2026Conditional

  CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANS UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 25/61854 INCLUDING CHANGE OF SITE BOUNDARY, RELOCATION OF PROPOSED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND MINOR AMENDMENT TO PROPOSED HOUSE PLANS, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661068

• 27 May 2026N/a

  CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANS UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 25/61854 INCLUDING CHANGE OF SITE BOUNDARY, RELOCATION OF PROPOSED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND MINOR AMENDMENT TO PROPOSED HOUSE PLANS, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660974

• 20 Nov 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF 6 NO. FLOOD LIGHT STANDARDS, BASES AND DUCTING INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562023

• 19 Nov 2025N/a

  ERECTION OF 6 NO. FLOOD LIGHT STANDARDS, BASES AND DUCTING INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562022

• 24 Oct 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLAN AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561854

• 15 Oct 2025N/a

  ERECTION OF A ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561806

• 12 Jun 2025N/a

  ERECTION OF A ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560992

• 9 Jul 2024Unconditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2450175

• 24 Apr 2024Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING, INSTALLATION OF PACKAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Outline permission · Donegal County Council, 2460580

• 21 Dec 2023Conditional

  (1) INSTALLATION OF AN INTEGRATED CONSTRUCTED WETLAND (ICW) TYPE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP) FOR THE TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER FROM THE PETTIGO AGGLOMERATION COMPRISING OF A SEPTIC TANK AND ICW PONDS, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) NEW ACCESS ROAD TO THE ICW WWTP AND (B) ACCESS ROAD SURROUNDING THE ICW PONDS, (3) DECOMMISSIONING OF THE EXISTING WWTP, WHILE RETAINING THE EXISTING OUTFALL AND (4) ANCILLARY WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING SITE FENCING AND A STORAGE KIOSK

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2352009

• 25 Sept 2023Conditional

  EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING CAR PARK AND CIRCULATION ROAD TO PROVIDE OVERNIGHT MOTORHOME PARKING AND HOOKUP POINTS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2351426

• 24 May 2020Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC STORE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050458

• 28 May 2019Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM & POLISHING FILTER

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950791

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Drumharriff.

Recorded monuments

• DG105-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 17.3m. A subcircular area enclosed by an earthen bank. There are traces of a fosse on the N and NE quadrants, and a possible entrance in the SW. Situated on the S crest of Drumharriff Hill, it commands good views of Upper and Lower Lough Erne. It is surrounded by marshy pasture land. 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

• DG105-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Only slight traces of a bank and a slight suggestion of a fosse on the W side survive of an original oval enclosure. It is situated on the W side of the crest of a low hill which was the scene of much violent activity in 1922, resulting in many trenches. 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: 07 October 2015

• DG105-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS maps. A slightly raised area and faint traces of a fosse on its N and W sides are all that remains of this 'Fort'. It was situated on the SW slope of a low hill overlooking Lough Erne to the S. 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: 07 October 2015

Architectural heritage

• The Station House, railway station, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached multiple-bay single- and two-storey former railway station, built c. 1866, comprising two-bay two-storey former station master’s house to the west having advanced gable-fronted bay to the east end of the main elevation (north) and two-bay single-storey section to the west having advanced gable-fronted bay to the east end of the main elevation (north). Recessed single-bay two-storey section to the west end of the two-storey block to the west (linking with former railway goods shed –see 40850035) having single-bay flat-roofed porch attached to the north. Now in use as a private house with modern single-storey brick extension to the south elevation of single-storey section to the east. Pitched natural slate roofs having overhanging eaves with exposed rafter ends to gable-fronted sections; yellow brick chimneystack to centre of two-storey block to the west having brick cornice coping over and rock-faced stone chimneystack to gable-fronted bay to the single-storey block to the east having stepped cut stone coping and terracotta pot over. Snecked rock-faced stone walls over projecting cut stone plinth course. Shallow segmental-headed window openings with tooled cut stone block-and-start surrounds having keystone detailing, cut stone sills and with two-over-two and three-over-three pane timber sash windows; replacement window to north elevation of gable-fronted bay to the east end of single-storey section. Shallow segmental-headed door opening to centre of single-storey block to east having tooled cut stone block-and-start surrounds having keystone detailing, and with replacement timber door with replacement sidelights; square-headed door opening to front face of porch to the west side of two-storey block having flushed rock-faced stone surround, rendered reveal, and with replacement glazed timber door. Set back from road in own grounds to the south of Pettigoe with former goods shed adjoining to the west (see 40850035) and former railway platforms to the south having stepped cut stone coping over. Rock-faced stone pier to the south-west of station, probably originally forming part of support of pedestrian bridge over railway lines. Tarmacadam forecourt to the north.

• Goods shed, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached two-bay double-height former railway goods shed associated with the former Pettigoe Railway Station, built c. 1866. Now in use as an outbuilding. Pitched natural slate roof having corrugated sheeting to roof ridge and with raised cut stone verges to gable ends. Rock-faced stone chimneystack to the east gable end having cut stone coping over. Snecked rock-faced stone walls. Integral shallow segmental-headed carriage arch having rock-faced voussoirs and modern doors. Square-headed window opening to the north elevation having rock-faced block-and-start surround, stone sills, wrought-iron security bars and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window. Round-headed former carriage arch to the west gable end, now infilled, having rock-faced voussoirs; roundel opening over to gable apex having rock-faced surround and limber louvers. Set back from road in own grounds to the south of Pettigoe with former railway station adjoining to the east (see 40850010) and former railway platforms to the south having stepped cut stone coping over. Tarmacadam forecourt to the north.

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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumharriff.

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 Drumharriff with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Drumharriff

Area

993,207 m² (99.32 ha, 245.43 acres)

Civil parish

Templecarn, and its townlands

Barony

Tirhugh

Electoral division

Pettigoe, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Pettigoe electoral division: 368 people in 170 households; 76% of households own their home; 19% of homes were built since 2001; 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghafoy, Aghnahoo Glebe, Billary, Pettigoe

Placenames

Drumharriff 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.