# Drummucklagh, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Taughboyne, barony of Raphoe North, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 728,602 m² (72.86 ha, 180.04 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,957 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Taughboyne, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/taughboyne.md - Barony: Raphoe North - Electoral division: Feddyglass, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 456 people lived in 164 households in the Feddyglass electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16359 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51098 - Centre: latitude 54.886082, longitude -7.533888 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drummucklagh, from 86 m² to 175,266 m² (17.53 ha, 43.31 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1422580: 175,266 m² (17.53 ha, 43.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422580.md - Parcel 1318511: 144,841 m² (14.48 ha, 35.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318511.md - Parcel 1343180: 142,181 m² (14.22 ha, 35.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343180.md - Parcel 1318076: 133,301 m² (13.33 ha, 32.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318076.md - Parcel 6049858: 84,006 m² (8.4 ha, 20.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6049858.md - Parcel 1325515: 5,820 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325515.md - Parcel 1309889: 4,507 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309889.md - Parcel 1324724: 4,066 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324724.md - Parcel 1426726: 3,730 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426726.md - Parcel 1417188: 3,265 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417188.md - Parcel 1340417: 3,207 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1340417.md - Parcel 5804397: 2,964 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5804397.md - Parcel 1372012: 2,957 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1372012.md - Parcel 5543240: 2,797 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5543240.md - Parcel 1334710: 2,712 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1334710.md - Parcel 1323486: 2,427 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323486.md - Parcel 4768076: 1,964 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4768076.md - Parcel 1393216: 1,781 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393216.md - Parcel 1311709: 1,540 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1311709.md - Parcel 1327101: 1,294 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327101.md - Parcel 1321463: 1,171 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321463.md - Parcel 1330401: 1,104 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330401.md - Parcel 1392074: 989 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392074.md - Parcel 1395293: 880 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395293.md - Parcel 5804400: 86 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5804400.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Drummucklagh 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 19 Aug 2025, Donegal County Council 2561430: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561430/0 - 17 Feb 2025, Donegal County Council 2550009: Refused. Extension of duration, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2550009/0 - 31 Mar 2023, Donegal County Council 2350425: Conditional. Permission. RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF AN UNFINISHED ENTRANCE AND ROADWAY. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350425/0 - 23 Nov 2020, Donegal County Council 2051782: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051782/0 - 13 Mar 2020, Donegal County Council 2050328: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050328/0 - 13 Apr 2018, Donegal County Council 1850555: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE AND A HALF STOREY DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE AND PROVISION OF AN ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850555/0 - 28 Jul 2017, Donegal County Council 1751200: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION (23.6M2) TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING CONSISTING OF A NEW BEDROOM WITH EN-SUITE BATHROOM; ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS AND CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751200/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Feddyglass Woods, site code 001129 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG062-027: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG062-027----. There is no trace of the tree-covered circular enclosure shown on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was situated on the edge of a level area which then slopes to the NE. It had extensive views. 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 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) - Kiln, 1840–1860, Regional interest, registry number 40906205, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40906205. Freestanding single-bay lime kiln on square-plan, erected c. 1860. Tapers outwards towards base. Now out of use. Constructed of rubble stone masonry. Series of staged segmental-headed recesses to the front (south-east), the former oven aperture, having brick voussoirs over. Former loading chamber on ovoid/circular-plan to the north-east having rubble masonry construction; chamber now partially collapsed. Built into rock outcrop adjacent to road and former quarries. Earthen embankment to rear, formerly giving access to loading chamber. Set back from road in rural countryside to the north-east of Raphoe. ## 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 Drummucklagh, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drummucklagh. - 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/drummucklagh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drummucklagh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drummucklagh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Drummucklagh 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) - Ballylennan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballylennan.md - Carnshannagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/carnshannagh.md - Drumcrow: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumcrow.md - Feddyglass: https://everytownland.com/donegal/feddyglass.md - Lettergull: https://everytownland.com/donegal/lettergull.md - Woodlands: https://everytownland.com/donegal/woodlands.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/drummucklagh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/drummucklagh