Drumshallon

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumshallon, from 34 m² to 599,283 m² (59.93 ha, 148.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Drumshallon 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.

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  Retention and Permission: Permission for new window to south elevation of existing dwelling and installation of soakaway. Retention permission for existing sunroom to dwelling, retention of detached domestic garage and detached shed for domestic storage use together with associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2669

• 13 Mar 2026N/a

  Permission for a proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance onto existing lane and use of existing shared vehicular entrance onto public road and associated site development works and planning permission also sought for a new treatment system and percolation area to adjacent dwelling house and all associated site works *Significant Further Information received on 05/09/2026*

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2660130

• 23 May 2025Conditional

  Permission will consist of detached single storey dwelling, an 8-bay stable building with associated paddocks, a wastewater treatment system and soakaway together with all associated site development works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2560296

• 21 Mar 2025Conditional

  The proposed development will consist of:1. The erection of a temporary 100m high lattice type meteorological mast for a period of 5 years, which will be fixed to ground anchors by guy wires and will include instruments for measuring local climate conditions, services and associated equipment.2. An Infra-Red LED aviation light will be fitted near the top of the lattice section of the proposed meteorological mast.3. Bird flight deterrent markers will be fitted to each guy wire at approximately 10m intervals.4. The proposed works also include temporary staff welfare facilities and all ancillary works *Significant Further Information Received on 18/02/2026 - Revised notices received on 20/02/2026*

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2560157

• 4 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission for proposed development to consist of: (i) The construction of 5 no. wind turbines with the following parameters: a) Total tip height range of 179.5m – 180m, b) Rotor diameter range of 149m – 163m, c) Hub height range of 98m to 105m, (ii) Construction of turbine foundations, crane hardstand areas and assembly areas; (iii) All associated wind farm underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the turbines and meteorological mast to the proposed onsite electrical substation including cabling. in the public road corridor in the townlands of Gallstown and Kearneystown; (iv) Construction of 1 no. permanent 38kV electrical substation compound including a single-storey control building with welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and equipment, security fencing, gates, all associated underground cabling, wastewater holding tank, and all ancillary structures and works in the townland of Piperstown. (v) A Battery Energy Storage System within the 38kV electrical substation compound; (vi) All works associated with the connection of the proposed wind farm to the national electricity grid which includes 5 no. of water crossings (3 no. bridges and 2 no. culverts). The provision of joint bays and associated communication chambers along the underground electrical cabling route via underground 38kV electrical cabling predominantly within the public road corridor, from the onsite substation in the townland of Piperstown to the existing Drybridge 110 kV Substation located in the townland of Tullyallen; (vii) Reinstatement of all road and track surfaces above cabling trench along existing roads and tracks in public lands; (viii) Provision of new site access tracks and upgrade of existing site tracks/roads to facilitate access to all onsite infrastructure this includes 3 no. water crossings, passing bays and all associated drainage; (ix) The provision of 2 no. new permanent site entrances for construction and operational access from the local road L6274 in the townlands of Kearneystown and Gallstown; (x) The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing entrance for construction and operational access to the 38kV electrical substation compound from the local road L2275 in the townland of Piperstown; (xi) Use of 1 no. existing site entrance for construction, operational access to the permanent met mast on a private road off local road L2275 in the townland of Drumshallon. (xii) The construction of 1 no. new temporary track in the townland o

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460766

• 18 Nov 2024N/a

  Permission for a ten year development for: (i) The construction of 5 no. wind turbines with the following parameters: a) Total tip height range of 179.5m – 180m, b) Rotor diameter range of 149m – 163m, c) Hub height range of 98m to 105m, (ii) Construction of turbine foundations, crane hardstand areas and assembly areas; (iii) All associated wind farm underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the turbines and meteorological mast to the proposed onsite electrical substation including cabling. in the public road corridor in the townlands of Gallstown and Kearneystown; (iv) Construction of 1 no. permanent 38kV electrical substation compound including a single-storey control building with welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and equipment, security fencing, gates, all ssociated underground cabling, wastewater holding tank, and all ancillary structures and works in the townland of Piperstown. (v) A Battery Energy Storage System within the 38kV electrical substation compound; (vi) All works associated with the connection of the proposed wind farm to the national electricity grid which includes 5 no. of water crossings (3 no. bridges and 2 no. culverts). The provision of joint bays and associated communication chambers along the underground electrical cabling route via underground 38kV electrical cabling predominantly within the public road corridor, from the onsite substation in the townland of Piperstown to the existing Drybridge 110 kV Substation located in the townland of Tullyallen; (vii) Reinstatement of all road and track surfaces above cabling trench along existing roads and tracks in public lands; (viii) Provision of new site access tracks and upgrade of existing site tracks/roads to facilitate access to all onsite infrastructure this includes 3 no. water crossings, passing bays and all associated drainage; (ix) The provision of 2 no. new permanent site entrances for construction and operational access from the local road L6274 in the townlands of Kearneystown and Gallstown; (x) The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing entrance for construction and operational access to the 38kV electrical substation compound from the local road L2275 in the townland of Piperstown; (xi) Use of 1 no. existing site entrance for construction, operational access to the permanent met mast on a private road off local road L2275 in the townland of Drumshallon. (xii) The construction of 1 no. new temporary track in the townland of Castleto

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460709

• 15 Dec 2023Refused

  Permission for a detached two-storey dwelling, a detached garage, an 8-bay stable building with associated paddocks and a wastewater treatment system together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 3 homes · Louth County Council, 2360529

• 23 Nov 2021N/a

  permission for a new storey and a half dwelling house, new detached garage, a new site entrance, a new on-site waste water treatment unit, a new water well and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 211400

• 15 Sept 2021Refused

  Permission for development that will consist of a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, access lane to site and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 211151

• 9 Mar 2020Conditional

  Retention permission for existing detached single storey domestic garage of floor area 41.6m2 and office of floor area 20.2m2 within same structure and associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20162

• 20 Dec 2019Conditional

  Permission for development to consist of the relocation of existing treatment system and percolation area to that granted under planning file no. 03932 to new location within the existing site boundaries and all associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 191093

• 21 Feb 2019Conditional

  Permission to construct a storey and a half house, domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment percolation area, along with a new vehicular access from private lane.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19124

• 11 Apr 2017Conditional

  Permission for development to consist of 1) The addition of a single storey 'granny flat' to the existing dwelling. 2) The construction of a two storey domestic garage to the rear of the existing dwelling. 3) All associated site development works including modification to general infrastructure, foul drainage and surface water drainage.

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 17271

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 Drumshallon.

Recorded monuments

• LH021-013 Standing stone
  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 Situated on the upper SSE slopes of a broad E-W ridge called 'Carnanbreaga', overlooking slope down to marshy ground and Drumshallon Lough at SE. Irregularly- shaped slab (max. dims. H 1.9m, 1m by 0.7m in section) with main axis orientated E-W.

• LH021-014 Standing stone
  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 Situated on lower S slope of broad E-W ridge called 'Carnanbreaga'. Large slab of shale (max. dims. H 2.3m, 1.3m by 0.2m in section) orientated E-W.

• LH021-015 Standing stone
  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 Situated on the upper E slopes of a high outcrop ridge called 'Carnanbreaga'. The stone is roughly rectangular in plan (H 1.6m, 0.9m by 0.4m in section) with the narrow sides orientated E-W. There are some recent scored marks at the NE corner but also the weathered remains of what may be an ogham inscription at a height of 0.5-1.25m.

• LH021-018001 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. 17.25m by c. 6.80m), built of uncoursed limestone slabs, boulders and greywacke. The building has been heavily buttressed on all four corners and along the S wall. It has a doorway in the S wall (W end) and a window in the E gable, but is otherwise featureless. The doorway is still intact but is obviously rebuilt since it has a straight joint c. 50cm to the E of the E jamb running the full height of the wall. There is a reveal on each side of the doorway and the jambs are constructed with a hard grey sandstone. The arch is two-centred, built of limestone slabs, and has a keystone. When the church was inspected and recorded in 1966 by the Archaeological Survey the remains of a three-light E window could be seen, but when visited in 1985 this had collapsed outwards and had been partly covered by large stones from field clearance. It was apparently a single-light lancet window with a two-centred arch of sandstone with a blocked light on each side. It seems originally to have had a large three-light window with hard grey sandstone, chamfered and diagonally tooled, possibly of late thirteenth-century date. Little remains of the featureless N and W walls. The remains are probably basically of a sixteenth-century date, but parts of the doorway and E window indicate some late thirteenth-century building. The church had the remains of a graveyard around it and part of a low earthen bank to its E which may have been the remnants of an early enclosure (LH021-018002-), but this has now been levelled. Holy Trinity Priory, Dublin, had a cell of three canons of the Church of St Mary's, Drumshallon, but it was suppressed in 1240-6 and became parochial (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988,170). (CLAJ 1944, 280-2)

• LH021-018002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  The remains of an irregular shaped low earthen bank around the church (LH021-018001-) was visible when inspected by ASI in 1966 (ASI field note 28 June 1966). The SE segment was faced with stone. This bank may have been the remnants of an early enclosure, but has since been levelled. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 17 July 2012

• LH021-018003 Graveyard
  Description

  Irregular shaped graveyard (map dims. max. L 80m; max Wth 50m) with church remains (LH021-018001-) in N half. Only one possible graveslab was visible in graveyard when inspected by ASI in 1966, however there were two graveslabs inside church, one dating to 1675 and the other dating to 1760. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 17 July 2012

• LH021-018004 Graveslab
  Description

  Graveslab dedicated to Walter Eccleston of Drumshallon and dated 1675, located inside church (LH021-018001-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 17 July 2012

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumshallon.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3109 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.

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

Name

Drumshallon · Droim Sealann

Area

2,066,998 m² (206.7 ha, 510.77 acres)

Civil parish

Drumshallon, and its townlands

Barony

Ferrard

Electoral division

Mullary, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Mullary electoral division: 1,870 people in 560 households; 95% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brittas, Cartanstown, Donnellystown, Gallstown, Galroostown, Kearneystown, Kellystown, Piperstown, Swinestown

Placenames

Drumshallon 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.