# Drumgoolan, Co. Louth: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Louth, barony of Louth, Co. Louth; in Irish Droim Gualann. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,079,985 m² (108 ha, 266.87 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 9,657 m² (0.97 ha, 2.39 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth/parish/louth.md - Barony: Louth - Electoral division: Louth, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,635 people lived in 574 households in the Louth electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33884 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 140238 - Centre: latitude 53.954245, longitude -6.570082 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumgoolan, from 7 m² to 392,476 m² (39.25 ha, 96.98 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1099343: 392,476 m² (39.25 ha, 96.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1099343.md - Parcel 1126311: 119,045 m² (11.9 ha, 29.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1126311.md - Parcel 1094572: 103,230 m² (10.32 ha, 25.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1094572.md - Parcel 1131388: 90,806 m² (9.08 ha, 22.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1131388.md - Parcel 1127387: 44,705 m² (4.47 ha, 11.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127387.md - Parcel 1127385: 44,611 m² (4.46 ha, 11.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127385.md - Parcel 1127121: 39,329 m² (3.93 ha, 9.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127121.md - Parcel 1126861: 38,149 m² (3.81 ha, 9.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1126861.md - Parcel 1127381: 21,726 m² (2.17 ha, 5.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127381.md - Parcel 1137038: 21,662 m² (2.17 ha, 5.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1137038.md - Parcel 1134080: 20,352 m² (2.04 ha, 5.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1134080.md - Parcel 1128379: 18,747 m² (1.87 ha, 4.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1128379.md - Parcel 1131677: 17,034 m² (1.7 ha, 4.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1131677.md - Parcel 1127388: 13,861 m² (1.39 ha, 3.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127388.md - Parcel 1127382: 13,149 m² (1.31 ha, 3.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127382.md - Parcel 2645476: 12,910 m² (1.29 ha, 3.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2645476.md - Parcel 1113430: 12,279 m² (1.23 ha, 3.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1113430.md - Parcel 1127884: 11,163 m² (1.12 ha, 2.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127884.md - Parcel 1127386: 9,657 m² (0.97 ha, 2.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127386.md - Parcel 1136939: 8,394 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1136939.md - Parcel 4921933: 4,664 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4921933.md - Parcel 2753450: 4,642 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2753450.md - Parcel 4840326: 3,366 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4840326.md - Parcel 1112992: 2,290 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1112992.md - Parcel 1127570: 2,000 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127570.md - Parcel 1116906: 1,320 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1116906.md - Parcel 1137037: 1,290 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1137037.md - Parcel 5181750: 1,187 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5181750.md - Parcel 1127384: 1,171 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127384.md - Parcel 5181734: 1,118 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5181734.md - Parcel 1134911: 1,059 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1134911.md - Parcel 1106137: 1,048 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1106137.md - Parcel 2753472: 797 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2753472.md - Parcel 2753467: 540 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2753467.md - Parcel 2753469: 163 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2753469.md - Parcel 1127383: 26 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127383.md - Parcel 5181754: 7 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5181754.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Drumgoolan 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. - 1 Jul 2022, Louth County Council 22534: Conditional. Permission. 10 Year Planning Permission sought for solar PV development to be developed as an extension of the solar PV development permitted under Ref. No. 21/631 on a site with a total area of c.81.37ha and comprising: 1. Formation of a new entrance off the L5154 (Drumgoolan) to provide the main entrance to the proposed PV development and associated works; 2. Solar panels on ground mounted frames over an area of c.54.51ha, 30 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer units, a containerised switch gear unit, security fencing, CCTV system with pole mounted cameras and landscaping; 3. Underground grid connection cables connecting to the substation cable connection permitted under planning ref. no. 21/631 (and thereafter ultimately connecting to Louth(Monvallet) 275kv substation); 4. A temporary construction compound; and 5. All ancillary development works. The operational lifespan of the solar PV development will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/22534/0 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 Drumgoolan. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LH011-033: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH011-033----. Marked on the 1835 and 1911 'OS 6-inch' maps as 'Ultan's Well'. The OS Letters also refer to a well called Tobar Ultan. It is a large U-shaped pool (L 4m; Wth 3m; D 1.7m), cut into a slight slope of a ridge with a narrow trench leading into a nearby drain at W. Local tradition holds that the water can cure coughs. (ASI field notes, 1967). Also noted that the water was used for domestic purpose and that it prevented disease (Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts 665, 105). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 4 April 2012 - LH011-122: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH011-122----. Aerial photograph (GB89.C.11) shows cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009 - LH011-123: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH011-123----. Aerial photograph (GB89.C.12) shows cropmark of a ring-ditch defined by two concentric fosses. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009 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) - House, 1800–1840, Regional interest, registry number 13901110, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LH®no=13901110. Detached four-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1820. Pitched straw thatched roof, rendered central chimneystack. Lime-washed rendered walling, painted brick to door surround. Square-headed window openings, painted reveals and sills, containing replacement uPVC casement windows. Entrance door at porch containing uPVC replacement door. Paved stepped area to front bounded by ranch fencing. Corrugated metal sheeting, farm buildings to east. ## 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 Drumgoolan, about 1 in 10 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumgoolan. - 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/louth/drumgoolan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/louth/drumgoolan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/louth/drumgoolan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Drumgoolan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth: https://everytownland.com/louth.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Artoney: https://everytownland.com/louth/artoney.md - Drumgowna: https://everytownland.com/louth/drumgowna.md - Hoarstone: https://everytownland.com/louth/hoarstone.md - Muff: https://everytownland.com/louth/muff.md - Priorstate: https://everytownland.com/louth/priorstate.md - Ravanny: https://everytownland.com/louth/ravanny.md - Toomes: https://everytownland.com/louth/toomes.md - Tullycahan: https://everytownland.com/louth/tullycahan.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/louth/drumgoolan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/louth/drumgoolan