Derrynagad
Derrynagad is a townland in the civil parish of Tedavnet, barony of Monaghan, Co. Monaghan. Its name in Irish is Doire na nGad.
- Area
- 44.6 ha
- 110 acres
- Land parcels
- 27
- registered freehold, median 2,314 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derrynagad, from 17 m² to 72,152 m² (7.22 ha, 17.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Derrynagad 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
19 Aug 2025Conditional
planning permission for 1) Retention for an existing mobile home (39m2) for use as temporary living accommodation on the site and stoning/hardstanding forming a driveway; 2) Planning permission to construct a new detached single storey dwelling (220m2), wastewater treatment system, with percolation area, and all associated site works, Significant Further Information received relates to submitted, Road & Site layout plans
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2560331
19 May 2025Conditional
Permission to retain the following: 2 storey extension to side of existing two storey dwelling house previously approved under P. 99/287; retain and complete existing detached domestic garage; retain modifications to site boundaries; retain the location of existing septic tank and percolation areas serving the above mentioned dwelling house together with all ancillary site works
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2538
16 Feb 2024Conditional
1. retention permission to Existing two storey dwellinghouse and single storey extension/annex for; • Revised elevational treatment and alterations to all elevations. • Remodelling & Alterations to internal layout • Demolition and re-building of attached single storey extension/annex previously used as a shop/store on the same footprint to replicate the previous structure. (North East Side) • Site Boundary alterations including the removal of hedgerows & improvements to existing vehicular entrance to public road to improve sight visibility (Entrance in same location) • All landscaping and site works including installation of Onsite Wastewater Treatment plant (Not including polishing filter) 2. permission for development to Existing two storey dwellinghouse including, • Completion of all works, including all proposed finishes to elevations and internal space of dwelling including change of use of single storey extension/annex previously used as a shop/store from shop/store use to domestic living accommodation to serve the existing dwelling and proposed raised mound polishing filter after wastewater treatment plant and all associated site and landscaping works and new piers and gates to vehicular entrance.
Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460057
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 Derrynagad.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Derrynagad.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Derrynagad.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Derrynagad, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- 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 Derrynagad.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Derrynagad with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Derrynagad · Doire na nGad
- Area
- 446,141 m² (44.61 ha, 110.24 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tedavnet, and its townlands
- Barony
- Monaghan
- Electoral division
- Sheskin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 683 people lived in 232 households in the Sheskin electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghanameena, Agherakeltan, Corblonog, Derrynanamph, Killycarnan North
- Placenames
- Derrynagad 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.