Drumacoo

74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumacoo, from 119 m² to 156,313 m² (15.63 ha, 38.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Drumacoo 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.

• 5 Sept 2024Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, garage, treatment system and percolation area and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 291 sqm & (Garage) 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24259

• 20 Jul 2023Conditional

  for the demolition of existing extension & construction of new extension to existing dwellinghouse & upgrade to wastewater treatment system & demolish existing shed & chalet

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360815

• 21 Oct 2022Refused

  for (1) Permission to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage/garden store (2) New sewage treatment system (3) All associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 160sqm, Garage: 60sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221127

• 7 Oct 2022Conditional

  to erect a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste treatment system, percolation area, along with all associated site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 250sqm (dwelling house) and 46sqm (domestic garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261002

• 12 May 2022Refused

  to: (1) Construct a dwelling house and domestic garage/garden store (2) New sewage treatment system and (3) All associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 160sqm, Garage: 60sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22621

• 28 Feb 2022N/a

  for a development consisting of (1) permission to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage/garden store (2) new sewage treatment system (3) all associated site works and services and (4) removal of temporary mobile home on site prior to occupation of proposed dwelling house. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 160sqm, Garage: 60sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22258

• 22 Dec 2021Conditional

  to construct a 1) dwelling house and domestic garage/garden store, 2) new sewage treatment system and, 3) all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 223.3 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212496

• 6 Dec 2021Conditional

  to construct a sewage treatment plant and percolation area including all associated site-works & services. Gross floor space of proposed works: n/a

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212292

• 6 Dec 2021Conditional

  to construct a sewage treatment plant and percolation area including all associated site-works & services. Gross floor space of proposed works: n/a

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212293

• 25 May 2021Refused

  for a dwelling house, garage, new septic tank/treatment plant with percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 248 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21890

• 22 Jun 2020Conditional

  for development consisting of (1) to construct a Dwelling house and Domestic Garage / Garden store (2) New sewage treatment system and (3) All associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House 207 sqm, Garage 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20775

• 25 May 2020N/a

  for the following development: (1) permission to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage / garden store, (2) new sewage treatment system and (3) All associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works; 207sqm - house, 60sqm - garage

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20631

• 30 Aug 2019Conditional

  for a dwelling house, garage and shed on revised site boundaries to that granted under planning reference 63867. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 260.8 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191362

• 2 May 2019Refused

  to construct a single-storey dwelling, septic tank, treatment system and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 111.6 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19652

• 11 Mar 2019Refused

  for dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 278.83 sqm (House - 248.33 sqm, Garage - 31.5 sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19338

• 20 Dec 2018Conditional

  consisting of (1) permission for renovation of an existing ruin of a dwelling house to make it habitable (2) a proposed extension to the rear/side of the existing ruin. (3) A proposed two storey extension to the rear of the existing proposed renovated dwelling (4) a new sewerage treatment system and (5) all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 140.9 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181856

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 Drumacoo.

Recorded monuments

• GA103-116 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope in farmland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 20.4m) defined by two collapsed drystone walls. The inner wall does not survive from SSE to SW. (McCaffrey 1952, 194, no. 39) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 December 2017

• GA103-117 Penitential station
  Description

  In pastureland c. 410m to the ENE of the monastic site at Drumacoo (see GA103-118001-). This is the N one of two 'Station Monuments' shown c. 20m apart on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map (see also 103-117001-). No visible surface trace survives and it was not evident when McCaffrey (1952, 184, no. 39a) carried out his survey. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 10 February 2020

• GA103-117001 Penitential station
  Description

  In pastureland c. 410m to the ENE of the monastic site at Drumacoo (see GA103-118001-). This is the N one of two 'Station Monuments' shown c. 20m apart on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map (see also 103-117001-). No visible surface trace survives and it was not evident when McCaffrey (1952, 184, no. 39a) carried out his survey. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 10 February 2020

• GA103-118001 Church
  Description

  In low-lying pastureland overlooking a large marsh immediately to the S. This multiperiod church is part of the important early monastic site associated with St Sorney at Drumacoo (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 34). Now a National Monument, it consists of a rectangular ruined building in which three phases of construction are evident (Leask 1960, 73-6). The earliest phase consisted of a small rectangular church (E-W; L 8.8m; Wth 5.7m ext.), the 'semi-cyclopean' masonry of which is still visible in the W and N walls of the present church. The only surviving architectural feature of this phase is the trabeate doorway now standing off-centre in the W wall. In the second phase, dating to c. 1235 (ibid., 74), the church was greatly expanded (L 20.45m; Wth c. 8.55m) and the doorway was changed to the S wall. This and the two fine single-light E windows, which were flanked to the N and S by a pair of pointed aumbries, are fine examples of Transitional-style architecture. There is also a window in the N wall but it was subsequently blocked up. In the third phase, the S wall was rebuilt inside the line of the S wall of the secondary phase, thus narrowing the whole church (Wth 7.2m). The doorway was re-inserted into this wall (ibid.). There are two single-light windows to its E. During the course of the reconstruction of this wall, the S aumbry of the S pair was blocked up as was the S window in the E gable. A roughly quadrangular graveyard (GA103-118003-) surrounds the church. In 1830 a large mausoleum (GA103-118004-) for the St George family was built within it, directly outside the E end of the N wall of the church. A small section of the graveyard to its W was also enclosed for the burial of members of the family (ibid., 73). Features associated with St Sorney include a 'Bed' (GA103-118006-) which lay c. 15m to the S of the church, within the graveyard and close to its S boundary wall, a holy well (GA103-118005-) c. 35m to the SW and a 'Bush' (GA103-118002-) c. 125m to the ENE. A cross-slab (GA103-118012-) was recovered from the graveyard and there is a bullaun stone (GA103-118007-) c. 100m to the NE. Fragments of another cross (GA103-118008-) and a possible associated leacht (GA103-118013-) lie c. 165m to the ESE. There are also documentary references to a 'guest-house' and a 'leper-house' (GA103-118014-) here in the 13th century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 349). (Hamilton 1904; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 317-18; Harbison 1975, 90) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 15 December 2016 This monument was taken into Guardianship under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 254.

• GA103-118003 Graveyard
  Description

  Associated with the church (GA103-118001-) which is part of an important early monastic site at Drumacoo (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 34). This roughly quadrangular graveyard (c. 60m E-W; c. 50m N-S) is enclosed by a drystone wall. Access is gained at the S end of the E wall. Graveslabs date from the 17th century onwards. A section of the graveyard, to the W of the 19th-century mausoleum (GA103-118004-) that was built against the E end of the N wall of the church, was enclosed for the burial of members of the St George family (Leask 1960, 73). A cross-slab (GA103-118008-) is also associated. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 15 December 2016

• GA103-118004 Mausoleum
  Description

  Extending to the N from the E end of the church (GA103-118001-), this large mausoleum was built in 1830 for Lady Harriet St George and her husband Arthur F. St George (for details see www.buildingsofireland Reg. No. 30410340, last accessed 15 December 2016 ). A section of the graveyard (GA103-118003-) to the W of it was also enclosed for the burial of members of the family (Leask 1960 73). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 December 2016

• GA103-118005 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Some 35m to the SW of the church (GA103-118001-) at Drumacoo. Dedicated to St Sorney, this holy well consists of a roughly circular stone-lined sunken spring well (diam. 1.7m), surrounded by a circular stone wall (diam. c. 4m). Access is via seven steps at N. Modern votive offerings are visible and there is a local tradition of a pattern, performed on two consecutive Mondays and the intervening Thursday, at which cures for injuries, bleeding and minor disabilities are sought. Higgins (1987, vol. II, 271, No. 3) recorded a cross-inscribed water-rolled limestone pebble here. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 317-18; Harbison 1979, 90) The following images have been uploaded: GA103-118005-_01.jpg GA103-118005-_02.jpg GA103-118005-_03.jpg Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey Edited by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 14 June 2023 This monument was taken into Guardianship under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 254.

• GA103-118006 Building
  Description

  Circa 15m to the S of the doorway of the church (GA103-118001-) at the monastic complex at Drumacoo. Described by Fahey (1893, 33) as resembling 'one of those stone cells in which many of our early Saints loved to do penance. It measures about 6 feet [1.83m] in length by 4 [1.22m] in width externally’. Its height could not be determined ‘owing to the quantity of rubbish and earth which have accumulated around it’. Its stone roof was still ‘near perfect'. When visited in 1982 the monument was completely ivy-covered and consisted of a rectangular mass of stone (L 2.6m; Wth 2m; H 1.7m) aligned N-S. According to local information, it was subsequently destroyed during a graveyard clean-up. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 15 December 2016

• GA103-118007 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Circa 100m to the NE of the church (GA103-118001-) at the monastic complex in Drumacoo, this bullaun stone is incorporated into the delimiting edge of a former roadway (GA103-118010-) that originally provided access to the church (information from Dr C. Cunniffe, 2011). It consists of a limestone boulder (L 1m; H 0.3m) that is roughly triangular in plan and varies in width from 0.65m at the W end to 0.5m at the E end. It is 0.35m high. A circular bowl (diam. 0.23m; D 0.17m) occupies its W end. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 December 2016

• GA103-118008 Cross
  Description

  On the NW slope of a possible cairn (GA103-118011-), c. 165m to the ESE of the monastic complex at Drumacoo. The base and two pieces of the shaft of this cross survive. The base is square in plan (L/Wth 0.5m; H c. 0.4m) and is located in the W corner of an almost square setting (L/Wth c. 2.45m) of large stone blocks, a possible associated leacht (GA103-118013-). It consists of two horizontal slabs set one on top of the other; the edges of the upper slab are chamfered. One fragment of the shaft (H 0.5m) is slotted into the base and the other (L 0.55m) is lying on the ground to the NE. The shaft fragments are octagonal in section (diam 0.2m) and indicate that the cross that was at least 1.5m in height. (Killanin 1951, 119) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 15 December 2016 This monument was taken into Guardianship under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 254.

• GA103-118009 Settlement cluster
  Description

  Indicated and named ‘Drumacoo (in Ruins)’ only on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (1933). Depicted as a series of some 27 unroofed rectangular structures and associated subrectangular plots surrounding the church (GA103-118001) and graveyard (GA103-118003-) from W through N to SE. McCaffrey (1952, 80-81, 193, fig. 9a) presents a detailed plan showing these subdivisions and structures, since levelled, most of which are probably house foundations aligned roughly E-W. Aerial reconnaissance (CUCAP AJU 19, AVN 24) in 1968 revealed that only those to E and SE of the graveyard survived. Traces of these are still visible. Possibly post-AD 1800 in date. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 15 December 2016

• GA103-118010 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  McCaffrey (1952, 81, no. 38, Fig. 9a, 193) presented a detailed plan indicating the line of a possible irregularly shaped ecclesiastical enclosure (290m ENE-WSW; 125m N-S) at the 'Monastic site' at Drumacoo. A gap at NNW may have been the original entrance. However, the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map indicates that the suggested line of the enclosure is, in fact, two/three roadways, which may have formerly accessed the site. The N roadway curves from roughly NW to E with a splayed gap at NNW. Only slight traces are now visible at ground level of the section running from NE to E. From NE to ENE it is defined by a slight indentation (Wth 5m; D 0.1m) and from ENE to E by the foundation lines of a wall (Wth 1.6m-1.8m; H 0.5m). Aerial reconnaissance in 1964 (CUCAP AJU 19) revealed the section from N to NE as a cropmark; otherwise no visible surface trace survives. The second road/trackway is shown on both the 1838 and 1933 map editions, extending off the previous one at ENE and curving towards the S and to the W of the church (GA103-118001-). It may also have accessed the holy well (GA103-118005-). A short section of it (L 23m; Wth 4m), running NE-SW, is visible c. 92m to the E of the church, where it is delimited by two lines of irregularly placed large limestone boulders. A bullaun stone (GA103-118007-) is visible on the S line close to the NNW-SSE running field boundary that cuts it. At its NE end it changes direction sharply and runs NW-SE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 10 February 2020

• GA103-118011 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On a gentle SE-facing slope, c. 165m to the ESE of the church (GA103-118001-) at the monastic complex at Drumacoo. This poorly preserved subcircular cairn (13.5m NW-SE; 12.5m N-S; H < 2m) is defined by grassed-over stones. Field-clearance rubble has been dumped on its S half. A curving drystone wall surrounds the monument from SW to W. A cross-base and fragments of its shaft (see GA103-118008-), and a possible leacht (GA103-118013-) are visible at NW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 15 December 2016

• GA103-118012 Cross-slab
  Description

  This cross-slab was found in the graveyard (GA103-118003-) surrounding the church (GA103-118001-) at the monastic complex at Drumacoo. It comprises a subrectangular limestone slab (H 0.55m; Wth 0.37m; T 0.13m) that bears a grooved single-line Latin cross on one face. The head and arms end in T-shaped terminals and the base is subrectangular in plan (Higgins 1987, vol. II, 286, no. 17). (Waddell 1977-8, 63) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 December 2016

• GA103-118013 Leacht
  Description

  On the NW slope of a possible cairn (GA103-118011-); this possible leacht, almost square in plan (2.5m NE-SW; 2.4m NW-SE) is defined by large rectangular blocks (L 0.7m; Wth 0.3m; T 0.15m) and some smaller stones. It is three courses high on the SE side, two on the SW and NE sides and just one course high on the NW side. A hawthorn tree standing close to the N corner overhangs the structure. A cross-base and two fragments of the shaft (see GA103-118008-) are visible in the W corner of it. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 December 2016

Architectural heritage

• Drumacoo, mausoleum, 1825–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gothic Revival single-cell mausoleum, dated 1830, incorporated into ruins of medieval Drumacoo Church (built c.1250). Presents mainly blank front (east) wall. Recent pitched slate roof at lower level than previous roof, having crenellations and pinnacles. Tooled cut-stone walls with tooled stone pilaster buttresses. Moulded limestone date plaque over entrance. Pointed arch window opening to west gable having tooled stone surround and cast-iron Y-tracery. Pointed-arch door opening having carved chamfered stone surround with colonettes continuing to moulding to archivolt, carved lintel, sheet metal door and tympanum with arcaded panels to door and Y-tracery to tympanum. Set within graveyard and bounded by stone walls.

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; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Drumacoo, Kilcolgan5 sales

Name

Drumacoo · Droim Mucú

Area

926,672 m² (92.67 ha, 228.99 acres)

Civil parish

Drumacoo, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Drumacoo, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Drumacoo electoral division: 1,561 people in 514 households; 83% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyvullaun, Carrownacreggaun, Crosheen, Killeenmunterlane North, Killeenmunterlane South, Parkeighter, Tyrone

Placenames

Drumacoo 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.