Drumcar
Townland in the civil parish of Drumcar, barony of Ardee, Co. Louth; in Irish Droim Chora
Parcel 1135637
- Area
- 404,424 m² (40.44 ha, 99.94 acres)
- Buildings
- 8 buildings touch it, 2,199 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Drumcar
Planning applications on this parcel
29 Aug 2025Conditional
Permission for the replacement of the existing domestic wastewater system (septic tank) to a new proprietary Bio tank waste water treatment system with all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 25136
1 Aug 2025N/a
Permission for the replacement of the existing domestic wastewater system (septic tank) to a new proprietary Bio tank wastewater system with percolation area along with all the associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 25122
3 Nov 2017Refused
Permission for development (This is a Protected Structure Development Plan Ref. No. LHS015044). Greenmount Lodge was replaced with a new dwelling (now called Coolstown House) under PA Ref 106/85 granted planning permission in 1985. The proposed development is a new vehicular entrance for private traffic from the R132 Dublin Road to Coolstown House. The purpose of this development is to separate agricultural and public utility traffic serving the farm and farmyard and the Louth County Council water treatment plant from private traffic serving the house. The new entrance will include gates, wing-walls, railings and piers, landscaping as well as kerbing at the roadside site frontage and all associated site development works including alterations to ground levels. An existing agricultural field entrance towards the southern boundary of the site will be closed-up.
Permission · Louth County Council, 17819
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 421.9 ha
- 1,043 acres
- Land parcels
- 168
- registered freehold, median 2,341 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 36
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
168 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumcar, from 110 m² to 1,290,800 m² (129.08 ha, 318.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Drumcar 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
5 Dec 2025Conditional
Permission for proposed alterations including the replacement of an existing roof, a new roof to provide a covered store and change-of-use of 3 no. existing stores to grain processing plant
Permission · Louth County Council, 2560783
17 Dec 2024Conditional
Permission for the reconstruction of the steps to the house entrance, removal of stone cladding to parts of the front walls of the house, new windows, the installation of a carport, the installation of a skylight and photovoltaic panels to the front roof, raising the height of the existing gate entrance piers, erecting gates, constructing a front boundary 1.5M high with gabions and wire mesh, and all associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2460796
15 Apr 2024Conditional
Retention permission for an existing single storey domestic garage and garden shed to rear of dwelling together with associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2455
18 Dec 2023Conditional
Permission for Solar PV Energy Development of maximum export capacity 4MW to include photovotaic panels on ground mounted frames/support structures; one ESB Networks substation building with a height not exceeding 5.2m; underground cabling and ducting; 3 no. inverter/transformer/storage stations with a height of 2.7m; perimeter (stock proof) security fencing; security cameras; site access; temporary construction compound
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 23483
14 Sept 2023Conditional
Permission for 5 number Bonded Whiskey Maturation units of 4,073m2 each, access roads, over ground fire water tanks, landscaped soil berms and all associated site works all accessed through an established Whiskey Maturation Facility. The proposed development will be classified as an Upper Tier Establishment under the Chemicals Act (Control of Major Accidents Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations, 2015. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this application **Further information received on 05/12/2023**
Permission · Louth County Council, 23407
11 Nov 2022Conditional
Permission for 1. a total floor area of7536.3m2 part single storey, part 2 storey warehouse facility including, 2. a total of 7111.5m2 ground floor warehouse; 3. a total of 424.8m2 of office and associated staff facilities over 2 floors, 4. an external canopy over part of an existing industrial yard; 5. an extension to the existing industrial yard; 6. PV panels on roof; 7. and all associated site works
Permission · Louth County Council, 22879
6 Oct 2022N/a
Permission for development consisting of 1. A total floor area of 7536.3m2 part single storey, part 2 storey warehouse facility including 2. A total of 7111.5m2 ground floor warehouse; 3. A total of 424.8m2 of office and associated staff facilities over 2 floors; 4. An external canopy over part of an existing industrial yard; 5. An extension to the existing industrial yard; 6. PV panels on roof; and 7. all associated site works
Permission · Louth County Council, 22793
27 May 2022Refused
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 17/332 - Permission for development to consist of Solar PV Energy Development of maximum export capacity 4MW to include photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames/support structures; one ESB Networks substation builiding with a height not exceeding 4m; underground cabling and ducting; 3 no. inverter/transformer/storage stations with a height of 2.7m; perimeter (stock proof) security fencing; security cameras; site access; temporary construction compound
Extension of duration · Louth County Council, 22421
11 Feb 2022Conditional
retention permission for an existing single storey extension to side of existing dormer style dwelling house and retention of existing detached domestic garage with attached storage area
Retention, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 22109
18 Jan 2022Conditional
permission for the construction of a road underpass for the movement of dairy cattle and ancillary works (i.e. drainage tanks and drainage, approach roads each side of underpass and minor revisions to roadside boundaries all for agricultural purposes only). Also, construction of 3 no. calf sheds with ancillary concrete yard areas. All proposed works are in existing farmyard areas **Significant further information received on 13.9.22 includes further information on underpass design, changes to design of calf housing and detailed information regarding disposal of effluents from the proposed works. The size/boundaries of the site has been increased and the site layout itself has been altered to reflect these changes**
Permission · Louth County Council, 2227
17 Jan 2022Refused
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 17/332 - Permission for development to consist of Solar PV Energy Development of maximum export capacity 4MW to include photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames/support structures; one ESB Networks substation building with a height not exceeding 4m; underground cabling and ducting; 3 no. inverter/transformer/storage stations with a height of 2.7m; perimeter (stock proof) security fencing; security cameras; site access; temporary construction compound
Extension of duration, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2226
3 Aug 2021Conditional
Permission for a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works. **Significant Further Information received 12/01/2022**
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21972
2 Jul 2021Conditional
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, installation of a waste water treatment system/percolation area and new vehicular road entrance from public road
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21819
19 May 2021Refused
Permission for development that will consist of a new dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21611
5 Mar 2021Conditional
Permission for 1. Change of use for existing warehouses no.s 4, 4A, 5, 6, 7, 7A, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 from commercial agricultural warehouses to Bonded Whiskey Maturation Warehouses. 2. Revisions to elevations and roof profile of units 4, 4A, 5, 6 and 7 including all necessary upgrade works and all associated site works. The proposed development will be classified as a lower tier establishment under the European Communities (Control of Major Accidents Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations, 2015 (COMAH Regulations 2015). A Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) has been prepared as part of this application
Permission · Louth County Council, 21221
3 Dec 2020Conditional
Permission for a new two storey dwelling house with attached garage, new site entrance onto public road, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 201042
16 Nov 2020Conditional
Permission for minor revisions to units 1-3 as approved under planning register reference number 20341, including change to roof profile and building elevations and all associated site work. There is no change in the overall floor area of the unit. The proposed development will be classified as a Lower Tier Establishment under the European Communities (Control of Major Accidents Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations, 2015 (COMAH Regulations 2015)
Permission · Louth County Council, 20963
4 Sept 2020N/a
Permission for a development that will consist of a new two storey dwelling house with attached garage, new site entrance onto public road, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 20685
6 Aug 2020N/a
Permission for development that will consist of a new two storey dwelling house with attached garage, New site entrance onto public road, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 20585
14 May 2020Conditional
Permission for 1. Change of use for existing warehouses nos. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 from commercial agricultural warehouses to Bonded Whiskey Maturation Warehouses including all necessary upgrade works and all associated site works. 2. Permission for 6 no. bonded Whiskey Maturation Warehouse units, retention pond, over ground fire water tanks, pump house, access roads and all associated site works. The proposed development will be classified as a Lower Tier Establishment under the European Communities (Control of Major Accidents Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations, 2015 (COMAH Regulations 2015). A Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) has been prepared as part of this applications
Permission · Louth County Council, 20341
11 Feb 2020Conditional
Permission sought for dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, access to site via family laneway and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2089
18 Dec 2019N/a
Permission sought for dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, access to site via family laneway and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 191074
18 Dec 2019Conditional
Retention and permission: Retention for stoned yard area to rear of site and revised site boundaries, permission for 5 no. grain storage bins and all associated site works *Significant Further Information submitted 12/1/21*
Retention · Louth County Council, 191077
18 Dec 2019N/a
Retention and permission for the following: 1. Retention for change of use for existing warehouse no.s 12, 13, 14 and 15 from commercial agricultural stores to Bonded Whiskey Maturation Warehouse including all necessary upgrade works and all associated site works. 2. Permission for change of use for existing warehouses No.s 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 and 11 from commercial agricultural warehouses to Bonded Whiskey Maturation Warehouses including all necessary upgrade works and all associated site works. 3. Permission for 6 no. bonded Whiskey Maturation Warehouse units, fire retention pond, over ground fire water tanks, pump house access roads and all associated site works. The proposed development will be classified as a Lower Tier Establishment under the European Communities (Control of Major Accidents Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations, 2015 (COMAH Regulations 2015). A Natura Impact Assessment NIS has been prepared as part of the application
Retention · Louth County Council, 191078
21 Jun 2019N/a
Permission for 6 no. Bonded Warehouses, Fire Water Retention Pond, Over Ground Fire Water Storage Tanks, Access Roads and all associated site works. The proposed development will be classified as a Lower Tier Establishment under the European Communities (Control of Major Accidents Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations, 2015 (COMAH Regulations 2015). A Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) has been prepared as part of this application.
Permission · Louth County Council, 19493
The 25 most recent of 36 applications.
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 Drumcar.
Recorded monuments
- LH015-019 Enclosure - large enclosure
Description
Located on a slight rise on the floodplain of the River Dee c. 3.5km from where it debouches into the sea at Annagassan, with a SW-NE section of the stream c. 70m to the NW. It is also on the demesne of Drumcar. A large oval enclosure (dims c. 90m NE-SW; c. 60m NW-SE) defined by a wide fosse (Wth c. 3-5m) is visible on Google Earth (21/07/2021). Other wide drainage features that might have been associated with meanders of the river are also visible. The enclosure is also visible as a slightly raised feature on Google Earth (05/10/2009; 28/01/2017). Thanks to Anthony Murphy for drawing attention to the Google Earth images. See the attached enhanced virw from Google Earth (21/07/2021) The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 7 September 2021
- LH018-005 Ecclesiastical site
Description
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 OS Letters refer to the tradition of a friary (CLAJ 1942, 106) some 280m W of church (LH018-014001-). No visible surface trace, and its precise location cannot be identified.
- LH018-006001 Church
Description
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Undivided nave and chancel (int. dims. c. 21m by c. 5.9m), almost featureless and built of limestone blocks, slabs and greywacke very roughly coursed. There are five windows in the S wall, one or possibly two in the N wall and one in each gable. The building is heavily overgrown with ivy and it is therefore difficult to see any architectural features. There is a doorway in the W end of the S wall which has a two-centred arch. A few pieces of tufa stone can be seen in the upper portion of the E jamb. The inner W jamb and the western portion of the inner arch have been destroyed. The window in the W gable has a narrow rectangular slit with embrasure, is lintelled and is placed high up in the wall. All the windows in the S wall have been broken out, and have wide embrasures and no remaining cut or moulded stone except one (8m from the E wall) which has the base jamb stone at each side and one sill stone. The surviving pieces are of limestone and have glazing grooves and bar holes. The E window has been destroyed though the embrasure survives in places. The remaining N window, which is at the E end, had some tufa stone amongst its remaining jambs. The remains of a doorway, i.e. its W jamb, can be seen in the wall opposite the S doorway. The opposing doorways with the use of tufa stone and limestone would indicate a fifteenth or sixteenth-century date for this building. (CLAJ 1921, 12; CLAJ 1943, 206)
- LH018-006002 Graveyard
Description
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.
- LH018-007 Earthwork
Description
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown on current OS 25-inch sheet as sub-circular platform (max. dims. c. 48m E-W, c. 42m N-S). Now visible as platform with possible traces of fosse at base.
- LH018-008 Fulacht fia
Description
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Roughly circular mound (diam. 9m) in low-lying marshy ground.
- LH018-077 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a slight N-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular feature (diam. c. 40m) that might be defined by two fosses W-N is visible only on Apple Maps imagery. The perimeter at W is truncated by a N-S field drain that is only mapped on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 25 January 2023
- LH018-078 Kiln
Description
Located on the S-facing slope of the valley of a small canalised E-W stream. Archaeological testing (20E0443) by L. Clarke identified a burnt spread (LH018-079----) and this feature which was c. 40m up the slope (excavations.ie 2020:420). It appeared as an oval pit (dims 0.77m x 0.52m; D 0.14m) with a single fill of dark grey sandy clay with moderate inclusions of burnt stone, charcoal and burnt clay, indicating its use as a kiln. About 6m to the W was a circular pit (dims 0.54m x 0.52m; D 0.1m) with a single fill of yellow/brown sandy clay with charcoal flecks and burnt stone material that yielded a piece of burnt flint. Both features were completely excavated. (Clarke 2021, 7-8) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 May 2021 Clarke, L. 2021 Report on Archaeological Assessment at Red Barn, Drumcar Rd. Dunleer, Co. Louth. Licence: 20E0443. Unpublished report, ACSU
- LH018-079 Fulacht fia
Description
Situated in the valley of as small E-W canalised stream which joins the meandering S-N White River c. 400m to the W. Archaeological testing (20E0443) by L. Clarke (2021) identified an area of burnt spreads on the N bank of the stream (excavations.ie 2020:420). There were 12 patches of burnt stone material (dims 1.3m x 0.85m to 12.3m xx 5.6m) covering a large area (max. dims c. 27m E-W; c. 9m N-S). Associated with these were two possible troughs, rectangular features (dims 1.5m x 0.7m: dims 1.4m x 0.7m) filled with darker concentrations of burnt stone. There were also 14 circular pits (diam. c. 0.55m to c. 2.4m) containing black sandy clays. The area was traversed by a number of E-W and N-S drains, and a larger V-shaped ditch (L 24m plus; Wth 0.58m; D 0.8m) that crossed NW-SE could be medieval. Only the tops of all these features were explored and the entire area is to be preserved in situ. (Clarke 2021, 8-10) See the attached plan from Clare (2021, fig. 7) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 May 2023 Clarke, L. 2021 Report on Archaeological Assessment at Red Barn, Drumcar Rd. Dunleer, Co. Louth. Licence: 20E0443. Unpublished report, ACSU
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Drumcar, Dunleer5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Drumcar · Droim Chora
- Area
- 4,219,092 m² (421.91 ha, 1,042.56 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumcar, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ardee
- Electoral division
- Drumcar, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cappoge, Cluide, Coneyburrow, Corstown, Corstown, Greenmount, Maine, Mullincross, Willistown
- Placenames
- Drumcar 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.