Drumneen
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcolman (Claremorris Ra), barony of Clanmorris, Co. Mayo; in Irish Droim Aidhnín
- Area
- 204.9 ha
- 506 acres
- Land parcels
- 55
- registered freehold, median 17,396 m² (1.74 ha, 4.3 acres)
- Zoning
- C2.2
- Industry
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumneen, from 280 m² to 302,016 m² (30.2 ha, 74.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- C2.2Industry (General industry)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Recreation & Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P5Rural Transition (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
23 Dec 2025Conditional
Planning Permission to 1.) construct extension to existing dwelling house, 2.) to demolish rear extension of existing dwelling and domestic shed, 3.) construct a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, all as per drawing / documents submitted, together with all ancillary site works and services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660033
11 Sept 2025Conditional
construct an extension to existing agricultural building which incorporates a feeding area and a slatted tank, all as per drawing documents submitted, together with all ancillary site works and services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 25397
14 Apr 2025Conditional
Planning Permission to construct a dwelling house, garage and foul effluent treatment system all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services.
Permission, 2 homes · Mayo County Council, 2560222
30 Jul 2024Conditional
THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF THE RETENTION OF SHEDS (32.5m2) AND GARDEN ROOM BUILDINGS (39.7m2) AT THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2460473
22 Apr 2024Conditional
Planning Permission to upgrade existing effluent treatment system all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460227
29 Sept 2023N/a
Section 5 Declaration: Upgrade old septic tank, constructed before 1964
Permission · Mayo County Council, 23546
11 Feb 2022Conditional
DEMOLISH EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCT REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH FOUL EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM ALL AS PER DRAWING DOCUMENTATION SUBMITTED TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2292
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 Drumneen.
Recorded monuments
- MA101-008 Enclosure
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.
- MA101-009 Enclosure
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.
- MA101-010 Earthwork
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.
Architectural heritage
- Bridge, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch road bridge over railway line, extant 1894; opened 1895. Tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls between tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone battered abutment walls with lichen-covered rock faced cut-limestone coping to parapets. Single segmental arch with red brick header bond voussoirs. Sited spanning overgrown railway line with unkempt embankments to railway line.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumneen.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Drumneen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Drumneen · Droim Aidhnín
- Area
- 2,048,534 m² (204.85 ha, 506.2 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcolman (Claremorris Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmorris
- Electoral division
- Claremorris, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Claremorris electoral division: 4,740 people in 1,786 households; 57% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghareville Lower, Aghareville Upper, Ballynabrehon North, Ballynabrehon South, Ballynew, Claremount, Drumneen (Prendergast), Eskerlevally, Garrywadreen, Kilcolman, Lugatemple
- Placenames
- Drumneen 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.