# Drumgriffin, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Annaghdown, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Droim Grifín. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 872,915 m² (87.29 ha, 215.7 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 6,503 m² (0.65 ha, 1.61 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Annaghdown, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/annaghdown.md - Barony: Clare - Electoral division: Liscananaun, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,601 people lived in 521 households in the Liscananaun electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18747 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 61898 - Centre: latitude 53.386316, longitude -8.982044 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumgriffin, from 12 m² to 237,433 m² (23.74 ha, 58.67 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2060045: 237,433 m² (23.74 ha, 58.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060045.md - Parcel 2093207: 52,298 m² (5.23 ha, 12.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093207.md - Parcel 2110130: 41,275 m² (4.13 ha, 10.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110130.md - Parcel 2374381: 33,257 m² (3.33 ha, 8.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2374381.md - Parcel 2110122: 30,490 m² (3.05 ha, 7.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110122.md - Parcel 2060033: 23,945 m² (2.39 ha, 5.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060033.md - Parcel 2110111: 23,030 m² (2.3 ha, 5.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110111.md - Parcel 2110118: 22,822 m² (2.28 ha, 5.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110118.md - Parcel 2110126: 22,364 m² (2.24 ha, 5.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110126.md - Parcel 2060038: 21,436 m² (2.14 ha, 5.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060038.md - Parcel 2060040: 20,475 m² (2.05 ha, 5.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060040.md - Parcel 2060041: 19,956 m² (2 ha, 4.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060041.md - Parcel 2110113: 15,597 m² (1.56 ha, 3.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110113.md - Parcel 2110119: 13,813 m² (1.38 ha, 3.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110119.md - Parcel 2374817: 13,768 m² (1.38 ha, 3.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2374817.md - Parcel 2110132: 13,590 m² (1.36 ha, 3.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110132.md - Parcel 2110112: 13,474 m² (1.35 ha, 3.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110112.md - Parcel 2110120: 12,633 m² (1.26 ha, 3.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110120.md - Parcel 2110125: 11,523 m² (1.15 ha, 2.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110125.md - Parcel 2060039: 11,352 m² (1.14 ha, 2.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060039.md - Parcel 2060037: 10,871 m² (1.09 ha, 2.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060037.md - Parcel 4457639: 10,152 m² (1.02 ha, 2.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4457639.md - Parcel 4918649: 10,118 m² (1.01 ha, 2.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4918649.md - Parcel 2110116: 10,103 m² (1.01 ha, 2.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110116.md - Parcel 2060031: 9,494 m² (0.95 ha, 2.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060031.md - Parcel 4457638: 9,005 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4457638.md - Parcel 2110123: 8,552 m² (0.86 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110123.md - Parcel 2110127: 8,311 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110127.md - Parcel 2060035: 8,164 m² (0.82 ha, 2.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060035.md - Parcel 2060036: 8,108 m² (0.81 ha, 2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060036.md - Parcel 2060030: 7,829 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060030.md - Parcel 2093206: 7,370 m² (0.74 ha, 1.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093206.md - Parcel 4457640: 6,778 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4457640.md - Parcel 2110114: 6,693 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110114.md - Parcel 2060047: 6,503 m² (0.65 ha, 1.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060047.md - Parcel 4457641: 6,440 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4457641.md - Parcel 4918647: 6,113 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4918647.md - Parcel 2060046: 4,772 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060046.md - Parcel 4814056: 4,491 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4814056.md - Parcel 2110115: 4,052 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110115.md - Parcel 4636640: 4,009 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4636640.md - Parcel 2110124: 3,972 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110124.md - Parcel 4878673: 3,492 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4878673.md - Parcel 2374816: 3,362 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2374816.md - Parcel 4878670: 3,280 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4878670.md - Parcel 2060042: 2,745 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060042.md - Parcel 2060032: 2,554 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060032.md - Parcel 2060029: 2,516 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060029.md - Parcel 2110117: 2,513 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110117.md - Parcel 2110121: 2,489 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110121.md - Parcel 2060034: 2,315 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060034.md - Parcel 2059940: 2,277 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2059940.md - Parcel 2110133: 2,226 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110133.md - Parcel 2401763: 2,196 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2401763.md - Parcel 2110135: 2,176 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110135.md - Parcel 2110131: 2,136 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110131.md - Parcel 2110136: 2,133 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110136.md - Parcel 2110134: 2,117 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110134.md - Parcel 2059939: 2,109 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2059939.md - Parcel 4850150: 2,109 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4850150.md - Parcel 4849920: 1,489 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4849920.md - Parcel 4686747: 1,310 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4686747.md - Parcel 2110110: 1,238 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110110.md - Parcel 2060043: 1,134 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060043.md - Parcel 2110129: 873 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110129.md - Parcel 2110128: 646 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110128.md - Parcel 2060044: 405 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060044.md - Parcel 5215853: 192 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5215853.md - Parcel 5215831: 12 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5215831.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Drumgriffin 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) 1 application, newest first. - 7 Oct 2025, Galway County Council 2561456: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the 1. demolition of ground floor and 1st floor area to the rear of the house. 2. Construction of ground floor and 1st floor extension to the rear of the house. 3. Construction of a single storey link corridor on the north west elevation between the main house and the existing outbuilding. 4. Replacement of the existing roof and raising overall height, including raising the walls of the house and building new window opes as shown on plans. 5. Raising the rood on the existing porch on the front (north east) elevation including the construction of a new flat roof over. 6. Construction of a treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561456/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Drumgriffin. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA069-023: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA069-023----. On a slight rise in an otherwise low-lying area. In existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of 'Ullig Rewgh' (Nolan 1901b, 118). Only a short length of walling (L 5.8m, H 5.5m max.) survives; no architectural features are visible. (ibid. 1901a, 46) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 - GA069-024: Mill - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA069-024----. 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) - Cregg Mills, mill (water), 1760–1800, Regional interest, registry number 30406909, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA®no=30406909. Five-bay four-storey watermill, built c.1780, having attic, and with three-bay two-storey miller's house attached at north end. Served by Cregg River. Twentieth-century flat-roofed addition, and recent two-storey pitched roof addition, to rear. Pitched slate roof to main block. Ashlar limestone façade to front, coursed rubble elsewhere. Windows of façade are grouped towards centre. Middle floors have taller windows than other floors, all windows being replacement timber, and having tooled limestone sills. Round-headed windows to attic level of gables. Segmental-headed doorcase to middle bay with channelled tooled limestone surround, cut-down keystone and with round relieving arch above. Miller's house has pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack, rendered walls, square-headed openings with tooled sills and replacement timber windows and timber battened door. Mill race, wheel and leet removed. ## 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 Drumgriffin, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_523, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_523.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/galway/drumgriffin.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/drumgriffin.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/drumgriffin.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Drumgriffin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Aucloggeen: https://everytownland.com/galway/aucloggeen.md - Caherlea: https://everytownland.com/galway/caherlea-60761.md - Gortroe: https://everytownland.com/galway/gortroe-62346.md - Mullaghadrum: https://everytownland.com/galway/mullaghadrum.md - Tonagarraun: https://everytownland.com/galway/tonagarraun.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/galway/drumgriffin - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/drumgriffin