# Drumcreeghan, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Aghnamullen, barony of Cremorne, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Droim Chríocháin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 819,886 m² (81.99 ha, 202.6 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,316 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Aghnamullen, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/aghnamullen.md
- Barony: Cremorne
- Electoral division: Creeve, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 705 people lived in 230 households in the Creeve electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 9% 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/39796
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 170799
- Centre: latitude 54.090553, longitude -6.922593 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumcreeghan, from 150 m² to 148,368 m² (14.84 ha, 36.66 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 5194225: 148,368 m² (14.84 ha, 36.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5194225.md
- Parcel 319465: 59,712 m² (5.97 ha, 14.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319465.md
- Parcel 347814: 53,891 m² (5.39 ha, 13.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/347814.md
- Parcel 329550: 48,880 m² (4.89 ha, 12.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/329550.md
- Parcel 339170: 43,226 m² (4.32 ha, 10.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/339170.md
- Parcel 338972: 37,200 m² (3.72 ha, 9.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/338972.md
- Parcel 317974: 35,470 m² (3.55 ha, 8.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/317974.md
- Parcel 345868: 33,122 m² (3.31 ha, 8.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/345868.md
- Parcel 334260: 31,681 m² (3.17 ha, 7.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/334260.md
- Parcel 316002: 31,491 m² (3.15 ha, 7.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/316002.md
- Parcel 322526: 29,955 m² (3 ha, 7.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/322526.md
- Parcel 338626: 29,474 m² (2.95 ha, 7.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/338626.md
- Parcel 315162: 26,588 m² (2.66 ha, 6.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/315162.md
- Parcel 338603: 22,299 m² (2.23 ha, 5.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/338603.md
- Parcel 342656: 20,841 m² (2.08 ha, 5.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/342656.md
- Parcel 331318: 19,144 m² (1.91 ha, 4.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/331318.md
- Parcel 318435: 14,970 m² (1.5 ha, 3.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/318435.md
- Parcel 343543: 13,929 m² (1.39 ha, 3.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/343543.md
- Parcel 341997: 11,533 m² (1.15 ha, 2.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/341997.md
- Parcel 356873: 10,408 m² (1.04 ha, 2.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356873.md
- Parcel 2398385: 9,172 m² (0.92 ha, 2.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2398385.md
- Parcel 348564: 7,793 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/348564.md
- Parcel 4319723: 6,776 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4319723.md
- Parcel 346840: 5,444 m² (0.54 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/346840.md
- Parcel 356632: 3,208 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356632.md
- Parcel 336133: 3,135 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/336133.md
- Parcel 334261: 2,037 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/334261.md
- Parcel 4604246: 2,021 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4604246.md
- Parcel 331319: 1,815 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/331319.md
- Parcel 354000: 1,740 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/354000.md
- Parcel 352876: 1,537 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/352876.md
- Parcel 325420: 1,339 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/325420.md
- Parcel 338973: 1,294 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/338973.md
- Parcel 340474: 1,258 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/340474.md
- Parcel 325419: 1,156 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/325419.md
- Parcel 344397: 1,110 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/344397.md
- Parcel 323736: 1,015 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/323736.md
- Parcel 355119: 958 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/355119.md
- Parcel 325843: 930 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/325843.md
- Parcel 341337: 923 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/341337.md
- Parcel 316145: 917 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/316145.md
- Parcel 322399: 867 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/322399.md
- Parcel 352357: 852 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/352357.md
- Parcel 332988: 851 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/332988.md
- Parcel 355278: 801 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/355278.md
- Parcel 334042: 705 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/334042.md
- Parcel 346756: 659 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/346756.md
- Parcel 332987: 655 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/332987.md
- Parcel 334262: 655 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/334262.md
- Parcel 317451: 609 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/317451.md
- Parcel 333286: 598 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/333286.md
- Parcel 4636958: 590 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4636958.md
- Parcel 350340: 506 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/350340.md
- Parcel 340979: 494 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/340979.md
- Parcel 317989: 470 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/317989.md
- Parcel 345869: 421 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/345869.md
- Parcel 352997: 408 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/352997.md
- Parcel 353518: 346 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/353518.md
- Parcel 352892: 310 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/352892.md
- Parcel 341326: 292 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/341326.md
- Parcel 353654: 248 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/353654.md
- Parcel 338975: 245 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/338975.md
- Parcel 338974: 174 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/338974.md
- Parcel 322480: 150 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/322480.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Drumcreeghan 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 30 Sept 2024, Monaghan County Council 2460366: Conditional. Permission. permission for the intensification of use of 2 No. existing poultry houses together with all ancillary structures and site works associated with the above development on an existing poultry farm. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994-2013. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (E.I.A.R.) will be submitted with this planning application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460366/0
- 22 Jun 2017, Monaghan County Council 17300: Conditional. Permission. Permission to construct 1 no. poultry house together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank(s) etc.) and site works (including new site entrance) associated with the development. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a license under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (licensing) regulations 1994-2013. An Environmental Impact Assessment report (E.I.A.R) will be submitted with this planning application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/17300/0
- 16 Mar 2017, Monaghan County Council 17123: Conditional. Retention. permission to retain alterations to 1 No. Poultry house constructed on foot of planning permission Ref. No. 06/1640, ( and to omit 1 No. Poultry house approved under planning Ref. 07/1065) together with all ancillary structures ( to include meal storage bin and soiled water tank) and site works associated with the above development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/17123/0

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## 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 Drumcreeghan.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- MO023-031: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO023-031----. Situated on top of a drumlin. This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 38.5m E-W; 33m N-S) defined by a grass and scrub-covered earthen bank separated by a fosse from an outer field bank. There is a modern gap at WSW but the original entrance (Wth of base 1.9m) and causeway (Wth of top 2.4m; H 0.6m) is at E. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 9 May 2018

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 Drumcreeghan.

## 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 Drumcreeghan, 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 Drumcreeghan.
- 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/drumcreeghan.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumcreeghan.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumcreeghan.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Drumcreeghan 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)

- Anveyerg: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/anveyerg.md
- Cargaghbane: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/cargaghbane.md
- Carnaveagh: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/carnaveagh.md
- Drumhillagh: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumhillagh-170863.md
- Edenforan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/edenforan.md
- Mullananalt: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/mullananalt.md
- Tamlat: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/tamlat-171688.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.

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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.

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