# Drumrat, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Donegal, barony of Tirhugh, Co. Donegal.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 606,837 m² (60.68 ha, 149.95 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 894 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 19 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/14035
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51143
- Centre: latitude 54.653681, longitude -8.08855 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumrat, from 243 m² to 220,298 m² (22.03 ha, 54.44 acres); 31 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1376337: 220,298 m² (22.03 ha, 54.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376337.md
- Parcel 1362857: 107,652 m² (10.77 ha, 26.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1362857.md
- Parcel 3662866: 80,870 m² (8.09 ha, 19.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3662866.md
- Parcel 3662868: 64,770 m² (6.48 ha, 16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3662868.md
- Parcel 4234909: 37,945 m² (3.79 ha, 9.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4234909.md
- Parcel 5913732: 20,892 m² (2.09 ha, 5.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5913732.md
- Parcel 1393537: 15,399 m² (1.54 ha, 3.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393537.md
- Parcel 3662867: 6,961 m² (0.7 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3662867.md
- Parcel 5818295: 6,026 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5818295.md
- Parcel 4887210: 3,754 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4887210.md
- Parcel 4837965: 3,620 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4837965.md
- Parcel 5913757: 2,497 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5913757.md
- Parcel 5913761: 2,497 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5913761.md
- Parcel 1353083: 2,424 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353083.md
- Parcel 1357925: 2,050 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1357925.md
- Parcel 1308233: 1,841 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308233.md
- Parcel 1321255: 1,738 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321255.md
- Parcel 5804566: 1,263 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5804566.md
- Parcel 1362971: 1,185 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1362971.md
- Parcel 5471628: 1,000 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5471628.md
- Parcel 6184264: 894 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6184264.md
- Parcel 6109667: 700 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6109667.md
- Parcel 5818280: 679 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5818280.md
- Parcel 6109683: 621 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6109683.md
- Parcel 2696920: 606 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2696920.md
- Parcel 3662865: 586 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3662865.md
- Parcel 4837944: 548 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4837944.md
- Parcel 4410266: 525 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4410266.md
- Parcel 6109677: 411 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6109677.md
- Parcel 6109708: 398 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6109708.md
- Parcel 6108474: 377 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6108474.md
- Parcel 6109706: 308 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6109706.md
- Parcel 2696953: 300 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2696953.md
- Parcel 2696908: 292 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2696908.md
- Parcel 2700526: 268 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2700526.md
- Parcel 2696972: 263 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2696972.md
- Parcel 6109714: 259 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6109714.md
- Parcel 2700545: 256 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2700545.md
- Parcel 6108471: 251 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6108471.md
- Parcel 3730868: 243 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3730868.md
- Parcel 6109741: 243 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6109741.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Drumrat 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)

19 applications, newest first.

- 17 Jun 2026, Donegal County Council 2661129: N/a. Permission. (1) RETENTION OF AN AUTOMATED ROLLOVER CAR WASH SYSTEM AND WATER STORAGE TANK AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EASTERN SIDE OF EXISTING CAR SALES PREMISES WHICH PROVIDES FOR A CAR PREPARATION, VALET AND HANDOVER AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661129/0
- 26 May 2026, Donegal County Council 2660952: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A SUNROOM EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660952/0
- 1 May 2026, Donegal County Council 2650067: Unconditional. Extension of duration, 1 home. (1) ALTERATIONS TO THE LAYOUT AND HOUSE TYPES PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 20/51766, IN THE AREA DEFINED BY HOUSE NUMBERS 30-46 TO PROVIDE FOR A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS FROM 17 TO 12 TO INCLUDE (A) 10 NO. SEMI-DETACHED TWO-STOREY 4-BEDROOM HOUSE TYPES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION AND (B) 2 NO. DUPLEX TYPE 2-BEDROOM HOUSING UNITS IN A SINGLE TWO-STOREY BLOCK, AND (2) ALL ASSOCIATED ROADS, FOOTPATHS, LIGHTING, SERVICES, AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2650067/0
- 1 May 2026, Donegal County Council 2650066: Unconditional. Extension of duration, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF 45 MIXED TYPE HOUSING UNITS TO INCLUDE (1) 9 NO. TWO STOREY, 4 BEDROOM DETACHED HOUSES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION (2) 16 NO. TWO STOREY, 5 BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION (3) 10 NO. 2 BEDROOM, GROUND AND FIRST DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO STOREY BUILDINGS (4) 10 NO. 2 BEDROOM GROUND FLOOR DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO AND A HALF STOREY BUILDINGS (5) 10 NO. 3 BEDROOM TWO STOREY DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO AND A HALF STOREY BLOCKS (6) DEVELOPMENT OF ESTATE ROADS, FOOTPATHS AND OPEN GRASSED AND PLAY AREAS, ALL WITH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS VIA THE FARMLEIGH PARK ROAD ONTO THE OLD LAGHEY ROAD (L-2065-1) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF BOUNDARIES, RETAINING STRUCTURES, STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND ATTENUATION WITH DISCHARGE INTO THE EXISTING PIPE NETWORK, FOUL WATER DRAINAGE AND CONNECTION INTO THE EXISTING MAINS PIPE NETWORK, MAINS WATER SUPPLY PIPES AND ALL ASSOCIATED PUBLIC LIGHTING, PUBLIC UTILITY NETWORKS SERVICES AND CONNECTIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE AND INFRASTRUCTURAL WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2650066/0
- 16 Mar 2026, Donegal County Council 2660432: N/a. Permission. (1) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) 1 NO. BUILDING (UNIT A) CONTAINING 1 NO. OFFICE AND 3 NO. OPEN PLAN WAREHOUSES WITH OFFICE AND SANITARY ACCOMMODATION, (B) 1 NO. BUILDING (UNIT B) CONTAINING 1 NO. OFFICE AND 3 NO. OPEN PLAN WAREHOUSES WITH OFFICE AND SANITARY ACCOMMODATION AND (C) 1 NO. BUILDING CONTAINING 4 NO. OPEN PLAN WAREHOUSES WITH OFFICE AND SANITARY ACCOMMODATION (UNITS C, D, E & F), (2) PROVISION OF ACCESS ROAD, CAR PARKING AND PEDESTRIAN FOOTPATHS TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTIONS TO THE PUBLIC FOUL, STORM AND WATERMAIN SERVICES AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660432/0
- 8 Aug 2025, Donegal County Council 2561365: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561365/0
- 19 Sept 2024, Donegal County Council 2461479: N/a. Permission, 4 homes. ERECTION OF A BUILDING CONTAINING 4 NO. ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461479/0
- 3 May 2024, Donegal County Council 2460645: Conditional. Permission, 12 homes. (1) ALTERATIONS TO THE LAYOUT AND HOUSE TYPES PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 20/51766, IN THE AREA DEFINED BY HOUSE NUMBERS 30-46 TO PROVIDE FOR A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS FROM 17 TO 12 TO INCLUDE: (A) 10 NO. SEMI-DETACHED TWO-STOREY 4-BEDROOM HOUSE TYPES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION AND (B) 2 NO. DUPLEX TYPE 2-BEDROOM HOUSING UNITS IN A SINGLE TWO-STOREY BLOCK, AND (2) ALL ASSOCIATED ROADS, FOOTPATHS, LIGHTING, SERVICES, AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460645/0
- 14 Dec 2023, Donegal County Council 2351918: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. (1) CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO. DETACHED 2 STOREY DWELLING HOUSES WITH ENTRANCES ONTO BEECH GROVE, (2) CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING PUBLIC FOUL AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE ALONG BEECH GROVE ROAD, AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS RELATING TO THE ITEMS ABOVE INCLUDING DEFINED BOUNDARY TREATMENT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351918/0
- 21 Apr 2023, Donegal County Council 2350535: Conditional. Permission, 11 homes. DEVELOPMENT AT THE HOUSING ESTATE (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) KNOWN AS FARMLEIGH WOODS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING: ALTERATIONS TO THE LAYOUT AND HOUSE TYPES PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REFERENCE 20/51766, IN THE AREA DEFINED BY HOUSE NUMBERS 16-29 AS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED, TO PROVIDE FOR A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS FROM 13 TO 11 AS FOLLOWS: PROVISION OF THE FOLLOWING HOUSE TYPES IN LIEU OF THE 13 UNITS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED: (1) 3 NO. DETACHED TWO STOREY 5 BEDROOM HOUSE TYPES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION, (2) 6 NO. SEMI-DETACHED TWO STOREY 4-BEDROOM HOUSE TYPES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION, (3) 2 NO. DUPLEX 2-BEDROOM HOUSING UNITS IN A SINGLE TWO STOREY BLOCK AND (4) TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED ROADS, FOOTPATHS, LIGHTING, SERVICES AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350535/0
- 12 Apr 2023, Donegal County Council 2350483: N/a. Permission. DEVELOPMENT AT THE HOUSING ESTATE (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) KNOWN AS FARMLEIGH WOODS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING: ALTERATIONS TO THE LAYOUT AND HOUSE TYPES PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REFERENCE 20/51766, IN THE AREA DEFINED BY HOUSE NUMBERS 16-28 AS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED, TO PROVIDE FOR A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS FROM 14 TO 11 AS FOLLOWS: (1) PROVISION OF THE FOLLOWING HOUSE TYPES IN LIEU OF THE 14 UNITS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, (2) 3 NO. DETACHED TWO STOREY 5 BEDROOM HOUSE TYPES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION, (3) 6 NO. SEMI-DETACHED TWO STOREY 4-BEDROOM HOUSE TYPES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION, (4) 2 NO. DUPLEX 2-BEDROOM HOUSING UNITS IN A SINGLE TWO STOREY BLOCK AND TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED ROADS, FOOTPATHS, LIGHTING, SERVICES AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350483/0
- 25 Jul 2022, Donegal County Council 2251267: Conditional. Permission. CONTINUATION OF THE USE AND MAINTENANCE OF LANDS ZONED AS PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL AND LOCATED WITH THE CONFINES OF CAR SALES PREMISES APPROVED UNDER PLAN. REF. NO. 19/50523 FOR TEMPORARY USE AS A CAR PARKING/OPEN STORAGE SPACE FOR VEHICLES AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLAN. REF. NO. 20/50591. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251267/0
- 20 Nov 2020, Donegal County Council 2051766: Conditional. Permission, 47 homes. CONSTRUCTION OF 47 MIXED TYPE HOUSING UNITS TO INCLUDE (1) 7 NO. TWO STOREY, 4 BEDROOM DETACHED HOUSES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION (2) 16 NO. TWO STOREY, 5 BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION (3) 4 NO. 2 BEDROOM, GROUND AND FIRST DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO STOREY BUILDINGS (4) 10 NO. 2 BEDROOM GROUND FLOOR DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO AND A HALF STOREY BUILDINGS (5) 10 NO. 3 BEDROOM TWO STOREY DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO AND A HALF STOREY BLOCKS (6) DEVELOPMENT OF ESTATE ROADS, FOOTPATHS AND OPEN GRASSED AND PLAY AREAS, ALL WITH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS VIA THE FARMLEIGH PARK ROAD ONTO THE OLD LAGHEY ROAD (L-2065-1) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF BOUNDARIES, RETAINING STRUCTURES, STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND ATTENUATION WITH DISCHARGE INTO THE EXISTING PIPE NETWORK, FOUL WATER DRAINAGE AND CONNECTION INTO THE EXISTING MAINS PIPE NETWORK, MAINS WATER SUPPLY PIPES AND ALL ASSOCIATED PUBLIC LIGHTING, PUBLIC UTILITY NETWORKS SERVICES AND CONNECTIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE AND INFRASTRUCTURAL WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051766/0
- 24 May 2020, Donegal County Council 2050591: Conditional. Permission. USE LANDS ZONED AS PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL AND LOCATED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF OUR CAR SALES PREMISES APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 19/50523 FOR TEMPORARY USE AS A CAR PARKING / OPEN STORAGE SPACE FOR VEHICLES AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050591/0
- 17 Jun 2019, Donegal County Council 1950913: Conditional. Permission, 44 homes. CONSTRUCTION OF 40 MIXED TYPE HOUSING UNITS AS FOLLOWS; (1) 30 NO. TWO STOREY, 4-BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES WITH ATTIC ULITISATION (2) 6 NO. TWO STOREY, 5 BEDROOM DETACHED HOUSES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION (3) 4 NO. 2-BEDROOM, DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO, TWO STOREY BLOCKS. CONSTRUCTION OF ESTATE ROADS, FOOTPATHS AND OPEN GRASSED AREAS, ALL WITH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS VIA THE FARMLEIGH PARK ROAD ONTO THE OLD LAGHY ROAD (L2065-1) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF BOUNDARIES, RETAINING STRUCTURES, STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND ATTENUATION WITH DISCHARGE INTO EXISTING PIPE NETWORK, FOUL WATER DRAINAGE AND CONNECTION INTO EXISTING MAINS PIPE NETWORK AND ALL ASSOCIATED PUBLIC LIGHTING, PUBLIC UTILITY NETWORKS SERVICES AND CONNECTIONS.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950913/0
- 10 Apr 2019, Donegal County Council 1950523: Conditional. Permission. (A) CHANGE OF USE OF FORMER EIRCOM HEADQUARTERS AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL TO A CAR SALES PREMISES WITH OFFICES AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION, (B) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF THE EXISTING PREMISES TO PROVIDE A CAR SALES SHOWROOM WITH ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE, (C) CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO. DETACHED BUILDINGS TO THE REAR OF THE PREMISES FOR RELATED USES; CAR WASHING, VALETING AND CAR REPAIR WORKS, (D) CONSTRUCTION OF A FURTHER VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO FACILITATE ACCESS AND EGRESS BETWEEN THE PROPERTY AND ADJOINING PUBLIC ROAD, (E) DEVELOPMENT OF THE PREMISES IN GENERAL TO INCLUDE ALL INTERNAL ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS, PARKING, LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING, TOTEM POLE SIGNAGE AT PUBLIC ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950523/0
- 13 Mar 2019, Donegal County Council 1950327: Conditional. Permission. (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY, 5 SCREEN, 714 SEAT CINEMA TO INCLUDE AN ANCILLARY CINEMA SHOP (31 SQ. M), A SMALL CINEMA RESTAURANT WITH A FOOD PREPARATION AREA (100 SQ. M ), STAFF FACILITIES, VISITOR TOILETS, PLANT, STORAGE AND PROJECTION ROOMS; (2) PROVISION OF VEHICLE PARKING FACILITIES INCLUDING A TOTAL OF 155 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES, A COACH CAR PARKING SPACE AND 11 NO. BICYCLE STANDS; (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW INTERNAL ACCESS THAT LINKS TO THE EXISTING LIDL ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS AND THE R267; (4) INSTALLATION OF A FOUL SEWER CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING FOUL SEWER NETWORK AND INSTALLATION OF A SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING UNDERGROUND ATTENUATION, INTERCEPTORS AND A CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SURFACE WATER NETWORK; (5) INSTALLATION OF ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE ON THE BUILDING ELEVATION AND (6) PROVISION OF BOUNDARY PLANTING, LANDSCAPING AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS ON A 0.82HA SITE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950327/0
- 23 Mar 2018, Donegal County Council 1850441: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TWO-STOREY TYPE DWELLING HOUSE, ASSOCIATED DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROVISION OF NEW ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND UPGRADING OF EXISTING ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850441/0
- 20 Sept 2017, Donegal County Council 1751431: Refused. Permission. (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY 5 SCREEN (714 SEAT) CINEMA (OF 1966 SQ. METRES GROSS FLOOR AREA), COMPRISING A CINEMA SHOP (31 SQ. METRES) WITH ANCILLARY FOOD PREPARATION, RESTAURANT WITH FOOD PREPARATION, STAFF FACILITIES AND VISITOR TOILETS, PLANT, STORAGE AND PROJECTION ROOMS; (2) PROVISION OF VEHICLE PARKING FACILITIES INCLUDING A TOTAL OF 159 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES AND A BICYCLE STAND FOR 6NO. BICYCLES; (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW INTERNAL ACCESS THAT LINKS TO THE R267; (4) INSTALLATION OF A FOUL SEWER CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING FOUL SEWER NETWORK AND INSTALLATION OF A SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING UNDERGROUND ATTENUATION, INTERCEPTORS AND A CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SURFACE WATER NETWORK; (5) INSTALLATION OF ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE INCLUDING 2 NO. ILLUMINATED SIGNS AT HIGH LEVEL TO THE NORTH EAST AND NORTH WEST ELEVATIONS, (EACH MEASURING 13 SQ. METRES) AND DIGITAL BILLBOARD SIGN TO NORTH EAST ELEVATION (MEASURING 44.8 SQ. METRES); AND (6) BOUNDARY PLANTING, LANDSCAPING AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS ON A SITE OF 0.79HA, SOUTH OF THE ADJACENT LIDL FOODSTORE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751431/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Eske and Ardnamona Wood SAC, site code 000163, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000163

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- DG094-023: Megalithic tomb - court tomb, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG094-023----. The tomb is described as it was in 1994, when the plan published here was made. Since then it has been excavated before a road construction project. After the excavation the structural stones were removed to storage and the site of the tomb was buried under the new road. The monument, not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map, first came to notice in 1993. It lay c. 1.5km E of Donegal town and c. 30m N of the Drummenny River, a tributary of the River Eske, which reaches the sea just W of the town. It stood at the foot of a drumlin-like hill in heavy, wettish land. This hill severely curtailed the outlook northward from the site, and a similar hill, c. 100m to the S and beyond the river, restricted the outlook in that direction. There were limited views to the NE and SW along the river valley. In 1994 the tomb was represented by a ruined gallery, 5.5m long, aligned NNE-SSW, with the scant remains of a court at its northern end. The surface of an ill-defined area around the structure, c. 20m N-S by 10m E-W, was quite stony, with small stones, some of quartz, visible at the surface. These stones seemed to be the remains of a cairn. However, it was not amenable to accurate survey. Bushes and scrub recently cleared from the environs of the site lay in scattered heaps closeby. A tree had been left standing at the S end of the gallery. The gallery was represented by two transversely set jambs at the N, behind the eastern of which were three sidestones, and the top of what appeared to be another sidestone was just visible 3.5m beyond the western jamb. The western side of the gallery was all but buried. The two jambs stood 0.55m apart. Only the top of the western one was exposed, and it appeared as if it may have been damaged. It rose only a few centimetres above ground level. The eastern jamb, a flat-topped stone, rose c. 0.2m above the top of the western one. The northernmost of the three sidestones at the E was 0.15m lower than the adjacent jamb and measured 0.4m in exposed height at its outer face. The second sidestone, a large one, was 0.65m high at its outer face. This stone had a more or less straight inner face and an outwardly bevelled top well suited to carrying corbels. The third sidestone was skewed from the line of the second, and their junction marked a waisting of the gallery, possibly indicating a point of segmentation. This flat-topped stone was 0.4m high at its outer face. None of the three sidestones just referred to rose more than 0.3m above ground level at its inner face. The orthostat at the W side of the gallery rose only a few centimetres above the ground. It stood opposite and 2.35m from the middle one of the three sidestones at the E. The court was represented by two stones to the W and one to the E. The tops only of the former two stones were exposed and are shown in pecked outline on the plan. Beside the eastern entrance jamb was a tall, northward-leaning, gable-shaped stone. This may have been twisted somewhat from its original position. It measured 1.4m long and 0.4m thick at mid-height and, if upright, would have stood 1.55m high. The juxtaposition of the entrance jambs and the presumed courtstones indicated a clear flattening of the court perimeter across the front of the gallery. Immediately N of the tall courtstone was a displaced stone, 1.25m by 1m by 0.45m thick, and SE of this was another, 1.25m by 1m by 0.65m thick. At these, and in front of the courtstone, there was a small heap of earth and stones, 2m across and 0.4m high, at least some of which seemed to be relatively modern in origin. Although the visible remains were scant, the presence of two transversely set jambs behind the indications of a court, along with the obvious waisting of the gallery side, indicated that the remains were those of a court tomb. Subsequent excavation confirmed this (Channing and King 1997, 124-5). Excavation revealed a full court of subcircular outline. The orthostats visible before excavation were shown to have formed the outer part of the gallery. Their counterparts at the inner end of the gallery were found to have been removed at some stage. However, the sockets in which they had stood were identified. The entire structure had stood in a kerbed cairn. A large number of artifacts were recovered at the site. Among the finds referred to by the excavators in the preliminary account cited above are two intact pots and the sherds of a third found in the court area. Several flint artifacts and traces of cremated bone also came from this part of the monument. The gallery area produced several stone artifacts including a polished stone axe, eighteen flint hollow scrapers, flint knives, and a chert bead, as well as at least four pots. There was also evidence of ironworking at the site, which it is suggested may date to the Early Christian period. Nolan 1993, 127-8; RMP 1995, 94:23; Channing and King 1997, 124-5. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002)

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)

- Farmhill, bridge, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 40843034, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40843034. Single-arch bridge carrying small access road over the Drummeeny River, built c. 1800. Roughly dressed sandstone voussoirs to arch; squared rubble sandstone masonry to arch barrel. Random rubble stone construction to spandrels and to parapet. Tarmacadam to carriageway. Rubble stone gate pier (on square-plan) with pyramidal coping stone over to north-east corner of bridge, formerly gateway to Farmhill House to the east (not in survey). Single carriageway with tarmac deck. Bridge spans tributary of the River Eske. Snecked rock-faced piers and retaining walls of former narrow gauge railway bridge, c. 1889) carrying former Derry (Victoria Road) to Killybegs line over road adjacent to the east. Metal span carrying line now removed. Located in the rural countryside to the east/south-east of Donegal Town.

## 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 Drumrat, 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. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1450, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1450.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/drumrat.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumrat.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumrat.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Drumrat 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)

- Ardeskin: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ardeskin.md
- Clarcarricknagun: https://everytownland.com/donegal/clarcarricknagun.md
- Donegal: https://everytownland.com/donegal/donegal.md
- Drummenny Lower: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drummenny-lower.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.

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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/drumrat
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/drumrat