Drumsna

191 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumsna, from 2 m² to 74,589 m² (7.46 ha, 18.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 99 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town/Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space & Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism Related Development (Tourism and related)
  Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O2Utilities (General)
  Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Social & Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 10 Nov 2025Conditional

  The proposed development consists of the demolition of an existing two-storey semi-detached dwelling and rear porch area at Quay Street, Drumsna, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim (Eircode N41 YX34), and the construction of a replacement 4-bedroom semi-detached dwelling on the same footprint. The proposal includes a two-storey rear extension, a loft dormer window on the rear roof slope, and a back garden soakaway for surface water management. The design reflects the previously approved scheme (Ref. P.23/60099) while upgrading the building to current standards and preserving the traditional character of Quay Street.

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2560274

• 21 Nov 2024Conditional

  1. To construct a single-storey extension to existing dwelling. 2. To carry out elevational changes to the existing dwelling. 3. To demolish the existing domestic garage, flat roofed extension to rear of existing dwelling and boiler house. 4. To construct a domestic garage. 5. To upgrade the wastewater treatment system to the current EPA code of practice, and all ancillary works IN LIEU OF 1. Construct a two story type domestic extension to the existing dwelling, 2. Construct a single storey link from the proposed extension to the existing domestic dwelling, 3. Carry out all elevational changes to the existing dwelling, 4. Demolish the existing domestic garage, 5. Construct a domestic garage, 6. Upgrade the waste water treatment system to the current EPA code of practice, and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2460246

• 27 Sept 2024Refused

  Development consistingof 6 No. Glamping pods , a service block , car parking area , connection to the existing sewer and water supply and all associated site works

  Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2460193

• 20 Sept 2023Conditional

  The development consists of the renovation and expansion of an existing 4-bedroom, semi-detached dwelling house situated at Quay Street, Drumsna, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim Eircode, Ireland. The scope of work includes the remodeling and replacement of internal floors, partitions, staircase, and roof. Additionally, a back porch/storage area will be removed, and a rear single and double-story extension will be constructed, and at the attic level to incorporate a dormer window and a Velux rooflight on the front section of the roof. To ensure efficient stormwater drainage, a soakaway will also be constructed.

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2360099

• 8 Aug 2023Conditional

  1 retention of the existing vehicular entrance from Belmont Heights and 2 - construction of a single story rear extension to the property with 3 no. roof lights, and all associated works.

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2360070

• 12 Jul 2023N/a

  construction of an Extension which includes the change of use of an existing detached garage within the proposed extension together with internal renovations to existing bungalow type dwelling house and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2360044

• 6 May 2022Refused

  construction of a new agricultural entrance and associated site works to lands from local road entrancing into Belmont Heights housing estate

  Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2274

• 4 Feb 2021Refused

  (a) change of use of the existing dwelling house to a proposed child care facility including provision of an extension to the North Western side elevation at ground floor and first floor level including all material alterations; (b) change of use of the existing garage to proposed Utility room and open Shelter area including all material alterations; (c) Site works including the modification of the site entrance, provision of car parking spaces, pedestrian ramps, signage including all ancillary works.

  Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2118

• 13 Nov 2020Conditional

  for retention of change of use of garage in existing dwelling granted under P & D Ref. P.8904 to bedroom, associated works and services

  Retention, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 20204

• 5 Jun 2020Refused

  3 no. attached two-storey dwellings, site development works, landscaping and connection to existing services

  Permission, 3 homes · Leitrim County Council, 2086

• 24 May 2018Conditional

  extend existing dwelling at the rear of existing dwelling to include a utility, w.c., hall with solar panels and to convert existing attic space to include two bedrooms, w.c., and to construct on the front two dormer windows with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 1896

• 16 May 2018Conditional

  renovate and construct extensions to existing dwelling house with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 1887

• 6 Sept 2017Conditional

  to retain existing as constructed Private Moorings with all associated site development works

  Retention · Leitrim County Council, 17161

• 6 Sept 2017Conditional

  (a)Retention of as constructed Holiday Home and Wastewater Treatment System which is at variance to development granted planning permission under grant of planning reference P12178 (b) Amendments to window design to Holiday Home, (c) Change of use of Existing Holiday Home to a Permanent Residence and (d) Upgrade works to the existing onsite wastewater system with all the associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 17162

• 15 Jun 2017Conditional

  retain (a) Sunroom extension to the dwelling house (b) front porch enclosure, (c) conversion of part of the attic space to a study, (d) extension to the front of the domestic garage and (e) domestic shed to the rear garden and all associated site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 17117

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 Drumsna.

Recorded monuments

• LE031-068 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the E-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 38m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m) which is reduced to a scarp at E, and an external fosse (Wth of base 3.1m; ext. D 0.3m). There is a modern entrance (Wth of base 2m) at NE. The rath (LE031-069----) is c. 35m to the NE. Archaeological monitoring (01E0106) of a pipe-laying scheme in the village of Drumsna came within 100m of the rath at the closest point, but did not produce any related material (Read 2002, 2003). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 October 2019

• LE031-069 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the slight E-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 29m) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; H 0.2m), with traces of an external fosse at N. The original entrance is not identified, and the rath (LE031-068----) is c. 35m to the SW. Archaeological testing (94E0051) c. 20m to the E on the line of the N4 failed to produce any related material (Opie 1994, 5, fig. 9; 1995). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 16 October 2019

• LE031-085 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a gentle W-facing slope within the village of Drumsna. A circular enclosure is depicted on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map with the ruins of a Presbyterian Meeting house in the interior. The rath is a circular area (int. diam. 39m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.75m) with an external V-shaped fosse (Wth of top 2.1m; ext. D 0.3m). There is an entrance (Wth 2.5m) and causeway at NNW which leads to the Fair Green of Drumsna village. The rath is bisected by a N-S field wall, and the ruins of the meeting house are in the interior. This is a roofless structure (int. dims 15.6m NW-SE; 6.2m NE-SW) with walls almost complete (Wth 0.75m; H 3-5m) and a single doorway in the NW gable. It has headstones of the Whitelaw and Parke families dating from 1819, and the African explorer, Surgeon General Thomas Heazle Parke (1857-93), is also buried here. Archaeological testing (01E0069) immediately to the NW (Read 2003) and testing (02E1235) to the SE (Halpin 2004) produced no related material. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 17 October 2019

• LE031-085002 Burial ground
  Description

  Located on a gentle W-facing slope within the village of Drumsna. The rath (LE031-085001-) contains the ruins of a Presbyterian Meeting House according to the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a roofless structure (int. dims 15.6m NW-SE; 6.2m NE-SW) with walls almost complete (Wth 0.75m; H 3-5m) and a single doorway in the NW gable. Within the structure are headstones of the Whitelaw and Parke families dating from 1819, and the African explorer, Surgeon General Thomas Heazle Parke (1857-93), is also buried here. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 October 2019

• LE031-086 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked as a circular enclosure only on the OS 25-inch map. This site is located just off the crest of the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. It is visible as a circular area (diam. 25.2m NE-SW; 23.4m NW-SE) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 4-8m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 0.1-0.3m) S-N-E that is reduced to a scarp (at SE: H 0.4m) elsewhere. This perimeter is surrounded by a fosse (Wth of top 4.3-7m; Wth of base 2.5-3.8m; D 0.1m) W-N-E which is visilbe as a wet area elsewhere. There is no visible entrance. Rath (LE031-087----) is c. 100m to the E and rath (LE031-086001-) is immediately to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 15 December 2011

• LE031-086001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located towards the top of the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. It was first identified by S. Curran as part of an M.A. Thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the NRA. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 27m NE-SW; 25.2m NW-SE) defined by a slight bank (at N: Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.1m) NNW-NE that is reduced to a scarp (H 0.1m at SW to 0.4-0.5m NE-SE) elsewhere, and a fosse (Wth of top 5.1-6.5m; Wth of base 2.1-2.4m; int. D 0.1m; ext. D 0.2-0.4m) SW-NE. There is no visible entrance. Rath (LE031-086----) is immediately to the NE. Compiled by Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 April, 2013 Amended: 15 Aprli, 2014

• LE031-087 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located towards the top of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass-covered oval area (int. dims. 28.75m NE-SW; 22.75m NW-SE) defined by a round-topped earthen bank (Wth 4.75m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.95m) and a flat-bottomed external fosse (Wth at base 2.9m; D 0.5m) which becomes indistinct at S. Rath (LE031-086----) is c. 100m to the W. Archaeological testing (02E1235) c. 100m to the SE produced no archaeological material (Halpin 2004). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 April, 2013

• LE031-088 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope of a drumlin. It is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch map but it is visible as a circular feature on aerial photographs (OSAP: 2/8548-9) and some later series (OSAP: 2000; 2005). This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. 65m E-W; 62m N-S) defined by a fosse (Wth of base 2.9m; int. D 0.5m; ext. D 0.2m) SW-N and by a scarp (max. H 0.4m) elsewhere. The original entrance is not identified and the perimeter is slightly intruded on by a house and garden at NW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 17 October 2017

• LE031-100 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in reclaimed pasture on the flood-plain of a NW-SE section of the River Shannon, with the river c. 50m to the SW. It is depicted as a rectangular enclosure or field with a structure in the centre on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a rectangular field on the 1945 revision. This is a grass-covered rectangular area (dims 24m NE-SW; 23m NW-SE) defined by the remains of a fosse at SW (Wth 7m) and NW (Wth 4m), with the remains of a field bank at SE and a scarp at NE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 17 October 2019

• LE031-107 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a rise in the flood-plain of the N-S River Shannon, although the ground rises c. 50m to the E. It is on the E bank and the river diverts around it a little N-W, so it may be on a plug of rock-outcrop, although none is visible at the surface. It was first identified by S. Curran from a LIDaR survey conducted for Leitrim County Council in advance of a proposed by-pass on the N4 around Carrick-on-Shannon. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 34.4m N-S; 26.1m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-3.2m; int. H 0.1m at W to 0.8m at N; ext. H 1.5m at W to 2.2m at N) with bushes W-N, and by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 8.9-9.4m; int. D 0.4-0.6m; ext. D 0.1-0.5m) N-SSE, but the original perimeter cannot be traced elsewhere. The limit is defined by an E-W field bank at S (L c. 25m) and a N-S scarp (L c. 22m) at W. There is no visible entrance. There is a berm (Wth 2-4m) at the base of the bank W-N, between it and the channel of the river. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 April, 2013

• LE031-124 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in improved pasture at the bottom of a W-facing slope which falls gently to the N-S River Shannon c. 10m to the W. It was first identified by Susan Curran as part of an M.A. thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the National Roads Authority. This is a rectangular area (dims 30m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6.9m; Wth or top 3.0m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.5m) on the N-side, which is reduced to a scarp, best preserved (Wth 3.6m; H 1.0m) at W (downslope) on the other sides. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 May, 2015

• LE031-125 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in improved pasture on a slight SE-facing slope with a loop of a W-E section of the River Shannon within 300-400m ESE-W. It was first identified by Susan Curran as part of an M.A. thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the National Roads Authority. This is a subcircular area (diam. 27m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (at SE: Wth 4.0m; H 0.55m) NE-S-WNW, and a possible fosse (Wth c. 5.0m; D 0.05m) is traceable WNW-N-NE. There is no identifiable entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 May, 2015

• LE032-101 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on low-lying ground between the SW corner of Gortconnellan Lough c. 250m to N and an E-W section of the river Shannon c. 300m to S, and on the line of the N4. Archaeological excavation (94E0158) in advance of roadworks uncovered an irregularly shaped trough (dims 1.6m x 1.1m; D 0.25-0.3m) filled with an organic peat and broken and burnt sandstone. There was a hearth immediately to the NE. (Opie 1994, 1995c) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 18 October 2010 Amended; 6 December, 2019

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, church/chapel, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted single-cell Roman Catholic church, built in 1845, with two-stage entrance bell tower and with two-storey extension to chancel end. Set within its own grounds. Pitched tiled roof with pinnacles and cast-iron cross finial. Castellations to front gable and tower and pinnacles to tower, with entrance porch to ground with date plaque above. Pebbledashed walls with ashlar limestone dressings. Stained glass windows and timber battened double door with stained glass tympanum in pointed-arched openings. Limestone hood mouldings to front façade and to tower. Blind windows to ground floor and louvred opes to first floor of tower. Grave markers to churchyard.

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Enclosed Methodist graveyard, founded c.1820 and located within an early medieval ringfort. Marble bust and plaque commemmorating Robert Strawbridge, founder of the Methodist church in North America, at the entrance. Graveyard is no longer in use. Variety of grave markers dating from 1820s to 1914. Limestone built entranceway, c.2000, with cast-iron gate and tooled limestone steps.

• Milestone/milepost, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Sandstone milestone, erected c.1850. Eroded inscription in recessed face reads 'CARRICK 3, DROMOD 6, LONGFORD 17, M.HAMILTON 35'. Set against boundary wall, adjacent to gateway.

• Mountcampbell House, gate lodge, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gates and gate lodge, built c.1850 at the former entrance to Mountcampbell House. Now disused. Square-profiled tooled limestone gate piers with tooled caps and cast-iron gates hung from decorative fist-shape hinges. Pedestrian gate to north-east. Detached two-bay single-storey roughcast rendered gate lodge with chamfered corners and hipped slate roof having over-sailing eaves. Now derelict.

• T.J. McLoughlin, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1800, with pubfront and return. Pitched tiled roof with rendered chimneystacks. Ruled-and-lined render to walls with quoins. Timber sash and replacement uPVC windows with sills and stucco surrounds. Timber panelled door to house with decorative fanlight in block-and-start surround. Timber battened door to pub with with petal fanlight. Display window with mid-twentieth century fascia and stucco surround. Stone outbuildings to rear. Building fronts directly onto street.

• Shannon Lodge, house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1850, with flat-roofed extension to rear. Set back from the road. Now in use as bed and breakfast. Pitched tiled roof with ashlar chimneystacks and dormer window to rear. Roughcast rendered walls. Block-and-start stone window surrounds with replacement uPVC windows to façade and timber sash windows to rear. Replacement vertically-divided timber panelled door with cobweb fanlight in carved round-headed opening with tooled stone surround. Two-storey outbuildings to rear of site, which is bounded by railings on cut stone plinth with fluted stone piers.

• House, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1850. Pitched tiled roof with rendered chimneystacks. Ruled-and-lined render to facade with stucco quoins. Replacement uPVC windows with stone sills. Timber panelled door with sidelights and decorative fanlight in segmental-headed opening. House fronts directly onto the street.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced multiple-bay two-storey house, built c.1800, with integral carriage arch. Pitched tiled roof with rendered chimneystacks. Ruled-and-lined render to façade with plinth. Decorative stucco quoins, label mouldings to window openings. Block-and-start style door surround with timber panelled door and cast-iron petal fanlight. Timber sash windows, six-over-six to first floor and two-over-two to ground, with stone sills. Timber battened door to segmental-headed integral carriage arch with stucco hood and keystone. Fronts directly onto the street.

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  End of terrace four-bay two-storey house, built c.1800, with return and outbuildings to rear of site. Garden to front. Hipped tiled roof with pebbledashed chimneystacks. Pebbledashed walls. Replacement uPVC windows with limestone sills and cast-iron balconets to first floor windows. Timber panelled door with door furniture in segemental-headed opening with spoked fanlight and sidelights. Cast iron railings to front of site with pebbledashed plinth and limestone coping. Decorative fluted limestone piers with limestone flagstones leading to front door. Single- and two-storey stone and brick outbuildings to rear of site.

• Drumsna National School, school, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eight-bay single-storey former national school, built in 1891, now vacant. Pitched slate roof with over-sailing eaves with timber brackets, terracotta ridge tiles and cast-iron roof vents to ridge. Roughcast rendered walls with cast-iron rainwater goods. Cast-iron vents to walls. Timber casement windows with tooled limestone sills and timber battened door with overlight. Date plaque to front elevation.

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).

No address of the register names Drumsna with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.

Name

Drumsna · Droim ar Snámh

Area

1,123,014 m² (112.3 ha, 277.5 acres)

Civil parish

Annaduff, and its townlands

Barony

Leitrim

Electoral division

Drumsna, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Annaduff, Crickeen, Gortconnellan

Placenames

Drumsna on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.