# Drumkeen, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilcolman (Claremorris Ra), barony of Clanmorris, Co. Mayo; in Irish Droim Caoin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 723,823 m² (72.38 ha, 178.86 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,441 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilcolman (Claremorris Ra), https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilcolman-claremorris-ra.md - Barony: Clanmorris - Electoral division: Caraun, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 349 people lived in 138 households in the Caraun electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/36116 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 151599 - Centre: latitude 53.727724, longitude -8.966344 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumkeen, from 264 m² to 195,024 m² (19.5 ha, 48.19 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1004192: 195,024 m² (19.5 ha, 48.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1004192.md - Parcel 993241: 194,010 m² (19.4 ha, 47.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/993241.md - Parcel 911061: 111,918 m² (11.19 ha, 27.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/911061.md - Parcel 1004426: 106,428 m² (10.64 ha, 26.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1004426.md - Parcel 1004341: 13,056 m² (1.31 ha, 3.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1004341.md - Parcel 4384319: 12,142 m² (1.21 ha, 3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4384319.md - Parcel 3958730: 11,561 m² (1.16 ha, 2.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3958730.md - Parcel 4384560: 9,361 m² (0.94 ha, 2.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4384560.md - Parcel 3605858: 8,835 m² (0.88 ha, 2.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3605858.md - Parcel 1002991: 8,193 m² (0.82 ha, 2.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1002991.md - Parcel 956225: 7,909 m² (0.79 ha, 1.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/956225.md - Parcel 3958777: 6,052 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3958777.md - Parcel 5042755: 4,725 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5042755.md - Parcel 6109847: 4,157 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6109847.md - Parcel 949050: 3,941 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/949050.md - Parcel 3958782: 3,855 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3958782.md - Parcel 6109863: 3,851 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6109863.md - Parcel 5432150: 3,195 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5432150.md - Parcel 5171360: 3,056 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5171360.md - Parcel 890713: 2,620 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890713.md - Parcel 3958781: 2,384 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3958781.md - Parcel 916463: 2,329 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/916463.md - Parcel 2608829: 2,080 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2608829.md - Parcel 2717406: 1,974 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2717406.md - Parcel 922348: 441 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/922348.md - Parcel 3958771: 264 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3958771.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Drumkeen 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) 5 applications, newest first. - 16 Jul 2026, Mayo County Council 2660565: Refused. Retention. Retention permission to include four single storey general storage buildings, three single storey buildings comprising twenty five number rental self storage units, one single storey general storage building incorporating 11 number rental self storage units, one 2-storey building comprising offices and general storage, caretaker apartment and independent toilet facility for site use, together with septic tank and percolation area, ancillary concrete yards and storage compounds, site entrance, circulation and lighting, and all ancillary site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660565/0 - 10 Jun 2024, Mayo County Council 24225: Refused. Permission. construct dwelling house, domestic garage, packaged wastewater treatment system, and soil polishing filter together with all ancillary site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/24225/0 - 19 Dec 2022, Mayo County Council 221137: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a dwelling house, garage and septic tank with percolation area all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/221137/0 - 3 Aug 2021, Mayo County Council 21833: Refused. Permission. CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA ALL AS PER DRAWING DOCUMENTATION SUBMITTED TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/21833/0 - 14 Apr 2021, Mayo County Council 21345: N/a. Permission. Construction of storage shed for storing straw, agricultural equipment and agricultural equipment and artificial fertilizer, including all ancillary site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/21345/0 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 Drumkeen. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA101-043: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA101-043----. 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. 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumkeen. ## 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 Drumkeen, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumkeen. - 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/mayo/drumkeen.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/drumkeen.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/drumkeen.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Drumkeen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo: https://everytownland.com/mayo.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballygowan: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballygowan-150217.md - Cartronnacross: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cartronnacross.md - Castlegar: https://everytownland.com/mayo/castlegar.md - Clare: https://everytownland.com/mayo/clare.md - Crantahar: https://everytownland.com/mayo/crantahar.md - Kilbeg-Malone: https://everytownland.com/mayo/kilbeg-malone.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/mayo/drumkeen - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/drumkeen