# Derryrellan, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Errigal Trough, barony of Trough, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Doire Oirealláin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 653,147 m² (65.31 ha, 161.4 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,768 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Errigal Trough, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/errigal-trough.md - Barony: Trough - Electoral division: Shanmullagh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 248 people lived in 86 households in the Shanmullagh electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Monaghan, https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/40980 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 170699 - Centre: latitude 54.391613, longitude -7.040455 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derryrellan, from 434 m² to 143,306 m² (14.33 ha, 35.41 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5495657: 143,306 m² (14.33 ha, 35.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5495657.md - Parcel 356000: 90,001 m² (9 ha, 22.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356000.md - Parcel 315017: 73,396 m² (7.34 ha, 18.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/315017.md - Parcel 315021: 67,675 m² (6.77 ha, 16.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/315021.md - Parcel 356003: 67,198 m² (6.72 ha, 16.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356003.md - Parcel 356001: 60,231 m² (6.02 ha, 14.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356001.md - Parcel 315022: 27,472 m² (2.75 ha, 6.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/315022.md - Parcel 314767: 18,661 m² (1.87 ha, 4.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/314767.md - Parcel 315020: 18,114 m² (1.81 ha, 4.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/315020.md - Parcel 4911727: 6,331 m² (0.63 ha, 1.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4911727.md - Parcel 315222: 5,948 m² (0.59 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/315222.md - Parcel 356002: 5,588 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356002.md - Parcel 315018: 4,917 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/315018.md - Parcel 339100: 3,740 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/339100.md - Parcel 317873: 3,510 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/317873.md - Parcel 6040596: 3,453 m² (0.35 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6040596.md - Parcel 5160204: 3,410 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5160204.md - Parcel 317932: 3,095 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/317932.md - Parcel 4389999: 2,868 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4389999.md - Parcel 354776: 2,768 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/354776.md - Parcel 315019: 2,312 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/315019.md - Parcel 6048178: 434 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6048178.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Derryrellan 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. - 19 Aug 2026, Monaghan County Council 2678: N/a. Permission, 1 home. permission for the construction of a new single storey dwelling with a detached domestic garage, including a wastewater treatment plant and raised polishing filter, with new access onto public road and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2678/0 - 24 Jul 2026, Monaghan County Council 2668: N/a. Permission, 1 home. permission to construct a new single storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, including a wastewater treatment plant and raised polishing filter, with new access onto public road and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2668/0 - 23 Sept 2022, Monaghan County Council 22421: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for a development consisting of the construction of a single storey dwelling house, a mechanical waste water treatment system, domestic garage, new vehicular entrance including boundaries, landscaping, hardstanding's and all associated site works. Significant further information received in relation to revisions to house design and also revisions to site boundary.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22421/0 - 19 Apr 2022, Monaghan County Council 22176: Conditional. Permission. permission consisting of amendments to the development permitted under Monaghan County Council Planning Register Reference 10/110 (An Bord Pleanála Reference PL18.240760) to provide for: (I) modifications to the finished floor levels of the permitted wind turbines and meteorological mast to account for existing ground levels; (ii) the re-configuration of the crane hardstandings of turbines T2 and T3; (iii) the omission of 845 metres of permitted wind farm accress track between turbines T4 and T6 including the crossing of the Rackelly stream; (iv) the realignment of 140 metres of underground wind farm electrical cabling T4 and T6 to follow an existing forestry track; (v) the omission of 145 metres of underground wind farm electrical cabling and its replacement with the 145 metres of overhead electricity line; (vi) the omission of the permitted electrical switchroom; (vii) temporary haul route upgrade works along the L11131, L5151, L1122 and L5150 local roads and the creation of a temporary site entrance and access track from the L5150; and (viii) all associated site development, drainage, access and reinstatement. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report/Environmental Impact Statement which includes an assessment of the likely effects of the proposed development, as a whole and in combination with the relevant off-site or secondary developments which will occur as a direct result of the proposed development, including the wind farm development permitted pursuant to Monaghan County Council Planning Register Reference 10/110 (An Bord Pleanála Reference PL18.240760) and the grid connection infrastructure proposed pursuant to Monaghan County Council Planning Register Reference 18/562 (An Bord Pleanála Reference ABP-309906-21). This planning application is also accompanied by Natura Impact Statement. Significant further information received in relation to revised development description to include revised planning application boundary compared to that of Monaghan County Council planning register reference 10/110. **Transboundary Application**. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22176/0 - 1 Jun 2017, Monaghan County Council 17258: Refused. Permission. Permission for the technical amendments to the development permitted under Monaghan County Council Planning Register Reference 10/110 (An Bord Pleanala Reference PL18.240760) to include the realignment of site access tracks and underground cabling, the redesign of turbine hardstand areas and realignment of turbines T4 and T7 hardstand areas; relocation and resizing of the substation, including the omission of external transformers, transformers foundations and palisade fencing; relocation and design changes to the meteorological mast from a free standing mast to a guy-wired lattice structure; approximately 820 metres of underground cable from the meteorological mast to turbine T2; 2 no temporary storage compounds; and minor road upgrade works along the L5151-0 and L11131-0. Significant Further Information has been submitted in relation to application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/17258/0 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 Derryrellan. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MO003-049: Hilltop enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO003-049----. Situated on top of a drumlin. A subrectangular wood with rounded corners defined by a field bank is depicted as on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map, and it is known locally as a ‘fort’. This is a subrectangular area (max. dims c. 110m N-S; c. 80m E-W) defined by a field bank with an outer ditch. The interior is wooded and waterlogged. There is no identifiable original entrance. Date of revised upload: 25 July 2017 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 Derryrellan. ## 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 Derryrellan, about 1 in 20 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Derryrellan. - 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/monaghan/derryrellan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/derryrellan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/derryrellan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Derryrellan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Aghamackalinn: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/aghamackalinn.md - Cavan (Moutray): https://everytownland.com/monaghan/cavan-moutray.md - Killyslavan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/killyslavan.md - Luppan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/luppan.md - Mullaghmore: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/mullaghmore-171509.md - Mullaghselsana: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/mullaghselsana.md - Rakelly: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/rakelly.md - Tireran: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/tireran.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/monaghan/derryrellan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/derryrellan