Drummond
Drummond is a townland in the civil parish of Rearymore, barony of Tinnahinch, Co. Laois. Its name in Irish is An Dromainn.
- Area
- 373.4 ha
- 923 acres
- Land parcels
- 128
- registered freehold, median 10,109 m² (1.01 ha, 2.5 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
128 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drummond, from 51 m² to 331,085 m² (33.11 ha, 81.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Drummond 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 Sept 2026N/a
construct dwelling house, septic tank treatment system, bore well and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660613
11 Jun 2026Conditional
(A) the relocation of the site entrance and driveway. amendments to the site layout and alterations to the site boundaries from that previously granted under planning reference 15/243 (B) The construction of a shed/fuel store and including all associated site works
Retention · Laois County Council, 2660363
9 Jun 2026N/a
(A) THE RELOCATION OF THE SITE ENTRANCE AND DRIVEWAY, AMENDMENTS TO THE SITE LAYOUT AND ALTERATIONS TO THE SITE BOUNDARIES FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 15/243 (B) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SHED/FUEL STORE, INCLUDING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Laois County Council, 2660356
4 Nov 2025Conditional
construct an A Roof Agricultural shed & permission to install an underground seepage storage tank (agricultural grade) and all associated site works.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2560725
13 May 2025Conditional
construct Dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, septic tank treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2560287
7 May 2025N/a
change site location for previously granted permission 24/60522. This is to include a dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, septic tank treatment, percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2560276
10 Sept 2024Conditional
Permission for proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, septic tank treatment, percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460522
3 Sept 2024Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, waste water treatment system, percolation area, new bored well and new splayed entrance. Full planning permission to demolish the existing derelict dwelling on site and associated site work
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460510
13 Dec 2023Conditional
erect an agricultural machinery store and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 23288
12 Jul 2022N/a
renovate a single storey bungalow with an extension to the rear, gable end and front of the proposed residential development
Permission · Laois County Council, 22420
17 Apr 2020Conditional
construct a small extension to the rear and gable end of the house and also to change the house from a bungalow to a dormer bungalow
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20190
30 Mar 2020N/a
construct a small extension to the rear and gable end of the house. I also intend to change the house from a bungalow to a dormer bungalow
Permission · Laois County Council, 20172
9 Mar 2020Conditional
construct a new three bedroom one storey dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, new domestic garage, new effluent treatment system, new bored well and all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 20123
13 Feb 2019Conditional
construct a new dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 1991
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
Recorded monuments
- LA003-005 Road - unclassified togher
Description
Two toghers, running virtually at right angles to each other, are marked on the 1841 and 1910 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Modern roads have been built on top of them. No visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drummond.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Drummond, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drummond.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Drummond with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Drummond · An Dromainn
- Area
- 3,733,751 m² (373.38 ha, 922.63 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rearymore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tinnahinch
- Electoral division
- Rearymore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 307 people lived in 103 households in the Rearymore electoral division. 97% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballygillaheen, Clonduff, Derry, Grange, Lackamore, Meelick, Moneyquid, Mucklone, Reary Beg
- Placenames
- Drummond 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.