# Drumcall, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ematris, barony of Dartree, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Droim Chathail. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 947,638 m² (94.76 ha, 234.17 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 38,875 m² (3.89 ha, 9.61 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ematris, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/ematris.md - Barony: Dartree - Electoral division: Dawsongrove, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 752 people lived in 261 households in the Dawsongrove electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Monaghan, https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/40075 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 170786 - Centre: latitude 54.11156, longitude -7.110872 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumcall, from 183 m² to 176,633 m² (17.66 ha, 43.65 acres); 28 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 317627: 176,633 m² (17.66 ha, 43.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/317627.md - Parcel 318949: 171,894 m² (17.19 ha, 42.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/318949.md - Parcel 352233: 102,055 m² (10.21 ha, 25.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/352233.md - Parcel 318948: 98,907 m² (9.89 ha, 24.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/318948.md - Parcel 317626: 79,208 m² (7.92 ha, 19.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/317626.md - Parcel 319076: 79,040 m² (7.9 ha, 19.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319076.md - Parcel 352230: 52,899 m² (5.29 ha, 13.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/352230.md - Parcel 318950: 51,680 m² (5.17 ha, 12.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/318950.md - Parcel 318944: 26,071 m² (2.61 ha, 6.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/318944.md - Parcel 318945: 20,152 m² (2.02 ha, 4.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/318945.md - Parcel 345004: 8,351 m² (0.84 ha, 2.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/345004.md - Parcel 339013: 5,594 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/339013.md - Parcel 336641: 3,930 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/336641.md - Parcel 322726: 1,745 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/322726.md - Parcel 316752: 680 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/316752.md - Parcel 347682: 183 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/347682.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Drumcall 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) 2 applications, newest first. - 28 Jan 2026, Monaghan County Council 2660018: N/a. Permission. permission for the proposed development consisting of : i. A 10-year permission for a Renewable Biogas Plant and associated road improvements, on a site of approximately 6.2 hectares located immediately west of the R189 Road and south of the L2280 Road, on lands in the townlands of Maghernakelly and Drumcall, Co. Monaghan. The proposed Plant will generate renewable biogas from 99,000 tonnes per annum of poultry manure, along with other biodegradable agricultural and agri-food organic materials, utilising anaerobic digestion technology. The development will consist of: (a) Buildings and associated Structures: Administration Building (432sq.m GFA and approx. 5.94m High (h); Main Process Building (9,104sq.m GFA and approx. 12.58m-14.91m h) with odour control system and associated dispersion stack approx. 40m h; Digestate Dryer Building (972sq.m GFA and approx. 16.54m h); Pellet Storage & Distribution Building (875sq.m GFA and approx. 12.34m h); a Combined Heat and Power Building (368.5sq.m GFA and approx. 10.01m h); Control Building (183.1sq.m GFA and approx. 5.57m h); Containerised Boiler (approx. 5.44m h); a Combined Dryer/Boiler/CHP dispersion stack approx. 20m h); and a Plant Room (22sq.m GFA and approx. 4.75m h). (b) Bunded Tank Farm: including a Digestate Treatment Plant (approx. 20m h); 6 no. Digester Tanks (approx. 27.86m h); a Sludge Buffer Tank (approx. 18.1m h); an Evaporator Feed Tank (approx. 12.1m h); a Condensate Tank (approx. 10.6m h); a Concentrate Tank (approx. 10.6m h); a Hot Water Tank (approx. 5.6m h); 2 no. Ammonia Strippers (approx. 9m h); 2 no. Desulphurisation Units (approx. 14m h); 2 no. Activated Carbon Units (approx. 5m h); a Gas Holder (approx. 10.65m h) with 4 no. approx. 13m high lightning rods. (c) A CO2 Liquefaction Plant (approx. 14.6m h); a Biogas Upgrade Plant (approx. 10.85m h); 4 no. Fan Coolers (approx. 2.2m H); a Flare Unit (approx. 10.1m H); a Fuel Storage Tank (approx. 1.85m h); a Gas Grid Entry Unit (approx. 5.1m h); a Firewater Tank (approx. 10.1m h); 3 no. LPG Tanks (approx. 3.8m h); 5 no. Feedstock Storage Tanks (approx. 9.5m h); an undergrounded Water Tank; a backup generator (approx. 2.6m h). (d) Provision of 35 car parking spaces and a covered cycle parking area. (e) A new vehicular access to the biogas facility from the northern site boundary, connecting to the L2280, designed to provide safe and efficient access for all vehicle types. (f) Local road improvement works to the L2280, (continued on. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660018/0 - 10 Dec 2025, Monaghan County Council 2560496: N/a. Permission. permission for proposed development which will consist of : i. A 10-year permission for a Renewable Biogas Plant and associated road improvements, on a site of approximately 6.2 hectares located immediately west of the R189 Road and south of the L2280 Road, on lands in the townlands of Maghernakelly and Drumcall, Co. Monaghan. The proposed Plant will generate renewable biogas from 99,000 tonnes per annum of poultry manure, along with other biodegradable agricultural and agri-food organic materials, utilising anaerobic digestion technology. The development will consist of: (a) Buildings and associated Structures: Administration Building (432sq.m GFA and approx. 5.94m High (h); Main Process Building (9,104sq.m GFA and approx. 12.58m-14.91m h) with odour control system and associated dispersion stack approx. 40m h; Digestate Dryer Building (972sq.m GFA and approx. 16.54m h); Pellet Storage & Distribution Building (875sq.m GFA and approx. 12.34m h); a Combined Heat and Power Building (368.5sq.m GFA and approx. 10.01m h); Control Building (183.1sq.m GFA and approx. 5.57m h); Containerised Boiler (approx. 5.44m h); a Combined Dryer/Boiler/CHP dispersion stack approx. 20m h); and a Plant Room (22sq.m GFA and approx. 4.75m h). (b) Bunded Tank Farm: including a Digestate Treatment Plant (approx. 20m h); 6 no. Digester Tanks (approx. 27.86m h); a Sludge Buffer Tank (approx. 18.1m h); an Evaporator Feed Tank (approx. 12.1m h); a Condensate Tank (approx. 10.6m h); a Concentrate Tank (approx. 10.6m h); a Hot Water Tank (approx. 5.6m h); 2 no. Ammonia Strippers (approx. 9m h); 2 no. Desulphurisation Units (approx. 14m h); 2 no. Activated Carbon Units (approx. 5m h); a Gas Holder (approx. 10.65m h) with 4 no. approx. 13m high lightning rods. (c) A CO2 Liquefaction Plant (approx. 14.6m h); a Biogas Upgrade Plant (approx. 10.85m h); 4 no. Fan Coolers (approx. 2.2m H); a Flare Unit (approx. 10.1m H); a Fuel Storage Tank (approx. 1.85m h); a Gas Grid Entry Unit (approx. 5.1m h); a Firewater Tank (approx. 10.1m h); 3 no. LPG Tanks (approx. 3.8m h); 5 no. Feedstock Storage Tanks (approx. 9.5m h); an undergrounded Water Tank; a backup generator (approx. 2.6m h). (d) Provision of 35 car parking spaces and a covered cycle parking area. (e) A new vehicular access to the biogas facility from the northern site boundary, connecting to the L2280, designed to provide safe and efficient access for all vehicle types. (f) Local road improvement works to the L2280, .... Cont. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560496/0 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 Drumcall. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drumcall. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumcall. ## 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 Drumcall, 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. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumcall. - 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/drumcall.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumcall.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumcall.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Drumcall 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) - Cormeen: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/cormeen-170461.md - Drumanny: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumanny.md - Drumgole: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumgole.md - Drumhay: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumhay.md - Maghernakelly: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/maghernakelly.md - Mucklagh: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/mucklagh.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/drumcall - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/drumcall