Drumderg
Drumderg is a townland in the civil parish of Clonbroney, barony of Granard, Co. Longford. Its name in Irish is An Droim Dearg.
- Area
- 161.8 ha
- 400 acres
- Land parcels
- 59
- registered freehold, median 3,303 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumderg, from 142 m² to 175,044 m² (17.5 ha, 43.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 43 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 Drumderg 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
26 Sept 2023Conditional
proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable on-site wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2360147
13 Jan 2022N/a
the proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable on-site wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 221
10 Dec 2021Conditional
for alterations to existing two storey detached dwelling house to include construction of new single storey extension to side and rear of existing dwelling, landscaping works, SuDS drainage and all associated ancillary works to facilitate the development. Retention permission also sought to retain existing wastewater treatment system and to retain existing velux rooflight to side of existing dwelling
Permission · Longford County Council, 21341
9 Apr 2021Conditional
of PL15/207 for proposed construction of a detached shed/garage type structure with an overall floor area of 168 square meters ancillary to the enjoyment of the associated dwelling house (Class 2), together with the proposed construction of an entrance to service same and all ancillary works
Extension of duration · Longford County Council, 21100
13 Jul 2020Conditional
construction of a bungalow type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, proprietary wastewater treatment unit with percolation area and all ancillary works
Extension of duration · Longford County Council, 20150
4 Nov 2019Conditional
retention and completion of 3 bay double slatted shed with creep areas, crush facilities, adjoining manure pit and all ancillary site works. Retention is sought for an increase in height of 0.70 meters to the overall height of the structure, along with reduced feed passageway width from 5.70 meters to 5.10 meters. Planning was previously granted under planning reference 17/26
Permission · Longford County Council, 19294
30 Jan 2017Conditional
construct a 3 bay double slatted shed with creep areas, crush facilities, adjoining manure pit and all ancillary works
Permission · Longford County Council, 1726
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Drumderg.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drumderg.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumderg.
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 Drumderg, about 1 in 20 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 Drumderg.
- 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 Drumderg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.
The townland
- Name
- Drumderg · An Droim Dearg
- Area
- 1,617,615 m² (161.76 ha, 399.72 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonbroney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Granard
- Electoral division
- Lislea, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 140 people lived in 50 households in the Lislea electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghagreagh, Aghaward, Carrickateane, Carrowlinan, Castlebaun, Kiltyclogh, Lislea
- Placenames
- Drumderg 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.