Drumboat

106 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumboat, from 42 m² to 135,838 m² (13.58 ha, 33.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Drumboat 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.

• 25 Nov 2025Conditional

  Permission to construct a new bungalow dwelling house, ancillary garage, waste water treatment system, polishing filter, new entrance onto public road and all associated works

  Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 259010

• 19 Nov 2025Conditional

  permission consequent on the grant of outline permission ref. 22/112 a two storey dwelling house, with detached domestic garage, effluent treatment system with percolation area, new vehicular access and all associated site works.

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2560460

• 18 Feb 2025N/a

  permission for the retention of: 1. Existing site boundary treatment, 2. Detached Builders lock up store (6m high & floor area 64sqm) 3. Detached Playroom/home office to the rear of dwelling. 4. Roof canopy over oil tank 5. Lean-to Storage area (27.6sqm) attached to the side of dwelling 6. Second vehicular entrance 7. Hard standing areas to the rear of site. Permission for: 1. Entrance porch to front elevation of dwelling. 2. All associated site development works

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2560047

• 3 Aug 2024Conditional

  outline permission for development for a dwelling house, ancillary garage, waste water treatment system, polishing filter, new entrance onto public road and all associated works`, Significant Further Information received relates to submitted Site Location letter & Consent letter to develop within 100m of Agricultural buildings.

  Outline permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460278

• 27 Jan 2023Conditional

  permission and retention permission for development consisting of: 1. retention and completion of a proposed domestic garage, store and playroom with all associated site works 2. permission to alter & extend the site boundaries previously approved under planning ref. no. 16/16 to allow for the proposed domestic garage 3. permission to replace the previously approved landscaping layout with a new landscaping layout to coincide with the proposed new site boundaries

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2331

• 21 Sept 2022N/a

  permission for development consisting of infilling of low lying farmland and raising of levels with soil, subsoil and inert material in order to reclaim the land for agricultural purposes together with all ancillary site development

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22417

• 14 Mar 2022Conditional

  retention and completion permission for alterations to a previously granted planning application, planning reference number 21133 (alteration to a previously granted planning application, planning reference 17109 permission to construct a new two storey dwelling house, a single storey domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, effluent treatment system with percolation area and all associated site development); the alterations to include: revisions to the as granted two storey dwelling house with enlarged first floor (master bedroom area), elevational changes and all associated site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 22111

• 14 Mar 2022Conditional

  retention permission for an existing vehicular entrance and outline planning permission for a two storey dwelling house, with detached domestic garage, effluent treatment system with percolation area, new vehicular access and all associated site works. Significant further information relates to revised legal agreement, revised site layout plan, and justification and clarification information.

  Outline permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 22112

• 3 Nov 2021N/a

  Permission to construct an agricultural store, vehicular access and all associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21614

• 29 Oct 2021N/a

  Outline Planning Permission for a two storey dwelling house, with detached domestic garage, effluent treatment system with percolation area, new vehicular access and all associated site works

  Outline permission · Monaghan County Council, 21607

• 22 Mar 2021Conditional

  permission to consist of alterations to a previously granted planning application, planning reference number 17109 (permission to construct a new 2 storey dwelling house, a single storey domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, effluent treatment system with percolation area and all associated site development); the alterations to include: a. Revised two storey dwelling house; b. Revised garage; and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21133

• 3 Mar 2021N/a

  outline permission for a two-storey dwelling house, with detached domestic garage, effluent treatment system with percolation area, new vehicular access and all associated site works. Significant further information received 22/09/21

  Outline permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2198

• 21 Dec 2020Conditional

  permission for a bungalow type dwelling house, a waste water treatment system, a new site entrance with all associated site development works. Significant further information relates to alterations to the house design along with the re-positioning and re-orientation of the proposed dwelling on the site. The re-positioning of the proposed waste water treatment system and alterations to the site boundaries.

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 20577

• 17 Jun 2020Conditional

  permission to construct a new bungalow dwelling house, ancillary garage, waste water treatment system, polishing filter, new entrance onto public road and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 20217

• 29 Nov 2017Conditional

  Permission to construct a 132m2 two storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house (Previous Planning Ref. No. 01/913) and alterations to the roof of the existing garage

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17565

• 25 Oct 2017Conditional

  Permission to retain and complete ground floor extension to rear, conversion of existing garage to playroom, fenestration alterations with all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17510

• 2 Jun 2017Conditional

  Permission to construct a road underpass culvert and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 17262

• 17 May 2017Conditional

  1) RETENTION of existing machinery shed, 2 no. underground slurry storage tanks and will consist of 2) Permission for the following: demolish existing cattle shed and construct 1 no. dry calf shed, 1 no. cubicle shed over existing underground slurry storage tanks, roof over existing walled silage base, construct underground slurry storage tank and all associated site development works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 17231

• 8 Mar 2017Conditional

  Permission to construct a two storey dwellinghouse, a single storey domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, effluent treatment system with percolation area and all associated site development. Significant Further Information:- Additional site sections, revised site characteristics form and proposals for soil polishing filter. Revised site location and site layout plans, clarification on ownership of lands and access routes and detailed site landscaping plans.

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17108

• 8 Mar 2017Conditional

  Permission to construct a new 2 storey dwelling house, a single storey domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, effluent treatment system with percolation area and all associated site development

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17109

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Drumboat.

Recorded monuments

• MO029-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the NW-facing slope of the spine of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass covered area (diam. 32m NW-SE) that slopes down markedly to the NW (H 2.4m). It is defined by an earthen bank (at SE: Wth of base 8m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 0.1m) on the uphill side NE-S but it is incorporated into a field bank with external stone facing elsewhere and reduced to a scarp (at NW: H 1.8m) on the downslope. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Most of the perimeter SE-W-NE and much of the interior is now overgrown (Bing 2013). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 28 August 2017

• MO029-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a low rise in a low-lying undulating landscape. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 41m NE-SW; 38m NW-SE) defined by a slight earthen bank that is largely reduced to a scarp (at SE: H 1.2m) and hedge. There is no visible fosse, but the entrance (Wth of base 2.5m) is at SSE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 28 August 2017

• MO029-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a low rise in a gently undulating low-lying landscape. This is a slightly raised circular grass-covered area (diam. 34.2m ENE-WSW; 31m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6.2-7m; int. H 0.2-0.6m; ext. H 1.8-2m) and hedge with remnants of an external stone facing. There is no visible fosse, but the entrance (Wth of base 2.2m) is at SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 28 August 2017

• MO029-008001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular area (28m N-S; 31m E-W) surrounded by remains of earthen bank. No visible trace of fosse. Gaps at E and WNW; latter is possibly original. Souterrain (MO029-008002-) SW of centre.

• MO029-008002 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated on a low rise in a low-lying undulating landscape. There is local knowledge of an underground chamber or souterrain, the opening to which was in the SW part of the interior of rath (MO029-008001-). It is reported that animal bones and charcoal littered the floor of a drystone-walled and lintelled passage that extended off to the SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 28 August 2017

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumboat.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumboat.

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.

• Drumboat, Inniskeen6 sales

Name

Drumboat · Droim Beota

Area

1,983,498 m² (198.35 ha, 490.13 acres)

Civil parish

Inishkeen, and its townlands

Barony

Farney

Electoral division

Inishkeen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Inishkeen electoral division: 1,182 people in 409 households; 79% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrickykelly, Keenoge, Magoney, Rassan (Co. Louth), Treagh (Co. Louth)

Placenames

Drumboat 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.