Derrynaglah
Townland in the civil parish of Magheracloone, barony of Farney, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Doire na gCleath
- Area
- 118.3 ha
- 292 acres
- Land parcels
- 31
- registered freehold, median 14,115 m² (1.41 ha, 3.49 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derrynaglah, from 153 m² to 178,539 m² (17.85 ha, 44.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 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
No zone of a development plan covers Derrynaglah 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
31 Mar 2025Conditional
Planning permission to alter and extend the existing single storey vacant farm dwelling, with new waste water treatment system, new entrance with gates and piers and all associated siteworks
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560130
16 Oct 2024Conditional
permission to construct a six bay agricultural slatted shed with an underground slurry storage tank and a dry-bedded lie-back area and a three bay dry-bedded shed and all associated site development works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2493
27 May 2024Conditional
permission for installation of effluent treatment system and percolation area to front of existing property and all associated site development works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460191
26 Apr 2024Conditional
permission for development consisting of the change of use of existing cattle shed into single storey domestic dwelling, single storey extension, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, boundary fencing, new domestic entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460150
11 Apr 2023Conditional
****APPEALED - ABP - Decision: Granted****(1) Excavation of the former (Drumgoosat) underground mine by open cast mining methods for the purposes of gypsum extraction. (2) The continued ongoing restoration of the existing Knocknacran Open-Cast Mine. (3) The continuation of use and refurbishment of the existing Knocknacran Processing Plant. (4) Further development of a Community Sports Complex (permitted under Reg. Ref. 20/365) and associate works. Please see copy of site notice for more details.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360045
27 Jan 2022N/a
permission for a development consisting of (1) excavation of the former (Drumgoosat) underground mine by open cast mining methods for the purposes of gypsum extraction at Knocknacran (East & West) and Drumgoosat, Co. Monaghan. Development will include the construction of a Cut-and-Cover Tunnel under the Carrickmacross to Kingscourt regional road (R179) for the transport of gypsum (by haulage truck and covered conveyor) to the existing processing plant area at Knocknacran, and for the transport of overburden and interburden (by haulage truck) to the existing Knocknacran Open-Cast Mine site for ongoing restoration purposes. The construction of the proposed tunnel will necessitate a temporary realignment of the R179 during the tunnel construction period to allow the R179 to remain in constant use. Development will also include: the demolition of one house and three unoccupied houses and sheds in the townlands of Knocknacran (East & West), Co. Monaghan; and the pumping of water from the existing Drumgoosat underground workings via an existing borehole on the Knocknacran West Mine site. (2) The continued ongoing restoration of the existing Knocknacran Open-Cast Mine located in the townlands of Derrynascobe, Derrynaglah, Enagh, Knocknacran (East & West) and Drummond, Co. Monaghan, permitted under Reg. Ref. 17/217 and operating subject to Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence P0519-04 and Mining Lease M139. The proposed development includes a modification to the existing (approved) restoration plan to return the existing Knocknacran Open-Cast Mine to near ground levels. (3) The continuation of use and refurbishment of the existing Knocknacran Processing Plant area, including water treatment facilities and associated infrastructure (including discharge pipeline to the River Bursk) in the townlands of Enagh, Derrynaglah, Drummond, Derrynascobe and Clontrain, Co. Monaghan. The proposed development will include a replacement vehicular access to the existing Knocknacran Open-Cast Mine and Knocknacran Processing Plant area site from the L4816. (4) The further development of a Community Sports Complex (permitted under Reg. Ref. 20/365) located in the townlands of Drummond, Derrynaglah and Knocknacran West, Co. Monaghan which provided for a playing pitch, dressing rooms, welfare facilities, ….View Scanned Files for complete description. Significant further information received in relation to the submission of technical reports.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2234
21 Dec 2021Conditional
permission to erect two advertisements on structures at entrance of approved development under reg. ref. 20/365
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21698
11 Sept 2020Conditional
permission for the construction of a new playing pitch, goalposts, ballstops, dugouts, pitch fencing, single storey dressing rooms & toilets, parking area, wastewater treatment system, percolation & attenuation areas, boundary fencing, new entrance onto R179 public road, and all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 20365
15 May 2020Conditional
permission to construct 1 no. poultry house together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank(s)) and site works (to include new/upgraded site entrance) associated with the above development. Significant further information relates to habitats directive screening report and revised maps.
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 20165
28 Apr 2017Conditional
permission for the continuation of extraction of gypsum from a permitted open cast mine previously permitted under planning 07/430 to 2033 over an area of 54.86 hectares including progressive restoration and all associated site works. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 17217
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 Derrynaglah.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Derrynaglah.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Derrynaglah.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, 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 Derrynaglah.
- 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 Derrynaglah with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Derrynaglah · Doire na gCleath
- Area
- 1,183,473 m² (118.35 ha, 292.44 acres)
- Civil parish
- Magheracloone, and its townlands
- Barony
- Farney
- Electoral division
- Enagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Enagh electoral division: 819 people in 236 households; 90% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Clontrain, Derryleeg, Derrynascobe, Descart, Drummond, Enagh, Knocknacran West, Rahans
- Placenames
- Derrynaglah 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.