# Drumgoask, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Tedavnet, barony of Monaghan, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Droim Guaise. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 574,816 m² (57.48 ha, 142.04 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,887 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 14 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Tedavnet, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/tedavnet.md - Barony: Monaghan - Electoral division: Bellanode, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,571 people lived in 495 households in the Bellanode electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 8% 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/40371 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 170832 - Centre: latitude 54.262584, longitude -6.985115 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumgoask, from 47 m² to 129,647 m² (12.96 ha, 32.04 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 357253: 129,647 m² (12.96 ha, 32.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/357253.md - Parcel 336805: 62,158 m² (6.22 ha, 15.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/336805.md - Parcel 6094949: 41,315 m² (4.13 ha, 10.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6094949.md - Parcel 5433485: 30,395 m² (3.04 ha, 7.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5433485.md - Parcel 328848: 23,738 m² (2.37 ha, 5.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/328848.md - Parcel 3470265: 20,319 m² (2.03 ha, 5.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3470265.md - Parcel 327047: 15,924 m² (1.59 ha, 3.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/327047.md - Parcel 341753: 8,662 m² (0.87 ha, 2.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/341753.md - Parcel 343520: 8,614 m² (0.86 ha, 2.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/343520.md - Parcel 3996143: 4,636 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3996143.md - Parcel 3470279: 4,363 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3470279.md - Parcel 320719: 4,356 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/320719.md - Parcel 353119: 3,527 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353119.md - Parcel 5121774: 2,561 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5121774.md - Parcel 328284: 2,457 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/328284.md - Parcel 350324: 2,159 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/350324.md - Parcel 320149: 2,095 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/320149.md - Parcel 2542201: 2,090 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2542201.md - Parcel 334620: 2,079 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/334620.md - Parcel 349390: 2,043 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/349390.md - Parcel 351695: 1,943 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/351695.md - Parcel 4821869: 1,887 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4821869.md - Parcel 353357: 1,841 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/353357.md - Parcel 323628: 1,551 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/323628.md - Parcel 351974: 1,275 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/351974.md - Parcel 321324: 1,252 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/321324.md - Parcel 328033: 1,210 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/328033.md - Parcel 5770778: 811 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5770778.md - Parcel 356152: 767 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/356152.md - Parcel 322519: 702 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/322519.md - Parcel 5119805: 646 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5119805.md - Parcel 347762: 581 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/347762.md - Parcel 347614: 574 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/347614.md - Parcel 328332: 546 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/328332.md - Parcel 337780: 530 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/337780.md - Parcel 316684: 453 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/316684.md - Parcel 5433458: 397 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5433458.md - Parcel 328870: 361 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/328870.md - Parcel 329015: 274 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/329015.md - Parcel 315417: 176 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/315417.md - Parcel 347417: 119 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/347417.md - Parcel 347729: 96 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/347729.md - Parcel 323186: 47 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/323186.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan; 14 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://monaghan.ie/planning/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/06/Monaghan-County-Development-Plan-2025-2031-Written-Statement-compressed-files.pdf#page=235 - C6 Existing Commercial (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses): Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan; 8 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://monaghan.ie/planning/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/06/Monaghan-County-Development-Plan-2025-2031-Written-Statement-compressed-files.pdf#page=235 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 14 applications, newest first. - 9 Apr 2025, Monaghan County Council 2560147: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for the development will consist of: A new two-storey detached dwelling, installation of new wastewater treatment system, new entrance, new gates & piers together with all ancillary and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560147/0 - 13 Jan 2025, Monaghan County Council 2560013: Conditional. Permission. The development will consist of the following: The construction of a single storey extension to the rear of an existing purpose-built group home facility Together with all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560013/0 - 8 Jul 2024, Monaghan County Council 2460236: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. *** APPEALED - ACP - GRANT/MODIFIED permission for continuation of permitted development on the site (under Monaghan County Council permission reg. ref. nos. 2022 and 22350, comprising (1) three single storey buildings, of modular/prefabricated construction, containing a total of twenty-five units which have already been authorised under reg. 2022, with all of these dwellings providing a kitchenette, shower room with toilet and an all-purpose (living and sleeping), room, as well as three further detached buildings which together contain a further twenty-nine units, which have already been authorised under permission reg. 22350. These latter units contain two bedrooms and a kitchen / family room, as well as bathroom and hallway accommodation. All of the above dwellings are used for asylum seekers and accommodate households of generally between one and three residents each, but could extend to cater for five residents each, depending on family size. (2) groundworks for these units comprising the laying of a foundation slabs and the creation of connections to the on-site network and the sewage pump station which serves this Direct Provision centre. (3) a prefabricated laundry building; (4) two retaining walls; (5) the conversion of a vacant building into seven individual cooking facilities and two storerooms; (6) the conversion of an existing building which was formerly used as a playroom into an outlet for the supply of convenience goods to residents of this centre; (7) six plant rooms which contain heat pumps for the modular blocks at item heading (1) above. (8) two playgrounds; (9) The development utilises an existing vehicular access to the site, an existing water supply and an existing Irish Water wastewater pipeline connection (which was permitted by the Council under permission reg. 20281); (10) The removal of existing loose stones from the site, the levelling of the land, the provision of communal open spaces, as well as a separate area for recreational purposes; (11) all ancillary site works connected with the implementation of planning permission nos. 2022 and 22350, Significant further information received relates to Road Safety Audit, Traffic & Transport Assessment, Quality Audit, Flood Risk Assessment & Site Drainage Plan.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460236/0 - 25 Apr 2024, Monaghan County Council 2460147: Conditional. Permission. permission for alterations to existing detached garage to include: Increase existing eaves height by 1500mm to accommodate useable 1st floor storage, Alterations to front and east elevations, Alterations to existing roof, New 1st Floor Roof/Terrace to rear and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460147/0 - 13 Mar 2024, Monaghan County Council 2460090: Refused. Permission, 1 home. permission to include; the erection of six detached buildings, providing an aggregate floorspace of 2,458.3 sq. metres in three single-storey terraces of ten modular residential units, two single storey terraces of eleven modular units and one single-storey terrace of nine modular residential units, resulting in a total of sixty one units of 40.3 sq. metres each, within this overall development. Each of these units, all of which are to be used to accommodate asylum seekers, will contain two bedrooms and a kitchen / family room, as well as bathroom and hallway accommodation. The development will utilise an existing vehicular access to the site, an existing water supply and an existing public sewer connection. The application also includes the installation of four new pump houses, the demolition of existing agricultural sheds with an aggregate floor space of 2,773 sq. metres, the levelling of the land, the provision of communal open space, as well as a separate area for outdoor recreational purposes and all ancillary site works. Future residents of this development will enjoy immediate and direct access to the existing recreational, dining and support services available at this facility.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460090/0 - 16 Mar 2023, Monaghan County Council 2389: Conditional. Permission. permission for the continuation of permitted development on the site (under Monaghan County Council permission ref: 20/22 & 22/350, comprising (1) three single storey buildings, of modular / prefabricated construction, containing a total of twenty-five units which have already been authourised under ref 20/22, with all of these dwellings providing a kitchenette, shower room with toilet and an all-purpose (living & sleeping) room as well as three further detached buildings which together contain a further twenty-nine units, which have already been authourised under ref 22/350. These latter units contain two bedrooms and a kitchen / family room, as well as bathroom and hallway accommodation. All of the above dwellings are used for asylum seekers and accommodate households of generally between one and three residents each, but could extend to cater for five residents each, depending on family size. (2) groundworks for these units comprising of the laying of foundation slabs and the creation of connections to the on-site network and the sewerage pump station which serves this direct provision centre. (3) a prefabricated laundry building; (4) two retaining walls; (5) the conversion of a vacant building into seven individual cooking facilities and two storerooms; (6) the conversion of an existing building which was formerly used as a playroom into an outlet for the supply of convenience goods to residents of this centre; (7) six plant rooms which contain heat pumps for the modular blocks at item heading (1) above; (8) two playgrounds; (9) the development utilises and existing vehicular access to the site, an existing water supply and an existing Irish Water wastewater pipeline connection (which was permitted by the council under ref 20/281); (10) the removal of existing loose stones from the site, the levelling of the land, the provision of communal open spaces, as well as a separate area for recreational purposes; (11) all ancillary site works connected with the implementation of planning permissions ref 20/22 and 22/350. Significant Further Information relates to revised plans and a planning report. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2389/0 - 19 Dec 2022, Monaghan County Council 22520: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. permission for retention of front porch and single storey domestic garage attached to existing dwelling including internal alterations/elevational changes plus associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22520/0 - 4 Aug 2022, Monaghan County Council 22350: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission consisting of the erection of 3 detached buildings, providing an aggregate floorspace of 1,168.7 sq. metres in two single-storey terraces of ten modular residential units and one single-storey terrace of nine modular residential units, resulting in a total of twenty-nine units of 40.3q. metres each, within this overall development. Each of these units, all of which are to be used to accommodate asylum seekers, would contain two bedrooms and a kitchen / family room, as well as bathroom and hallway accommodation. The development would utilise and existing vehicular access t the site, an existing water supply and an existing wastewater pipeline (which was permitted by the Council under permission reg. 20281), although the application also includes the installation of three new pump houses. The proposed development includes the removal of existing loose stones from the site, the levelling of the land, the erection of a reinforced concrete retaining wall, the provision of communal open spaces, as well as a separate area for recreational purposes and all ancillary site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22350/0 - 15 Jul 2020, Monaghan County Council 20281: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. permission for works which are to be retained, which relate to the provision of new wastewater arrangements for this development, comprise A) the decommissioning of an existing on-site foul effluent treatment system and B) the installation of a pump station, four 8,000 gallon storm tanks and a sump chamber as well as sewer pipe connection between the existing buildings on this site and the public road. Permission is also being sought as part of this application for the retention of an 125mm OD diameter rising main sewer pipe which runs beneath Local Road L-16302 between St. Patrick's Direct Provision Centre and the public sewerage system at Ballyalbany Crossroads Monaghan Town, via the townlands of Tattygare, Telaydan and Mullaghmore East (a total length of 900 metres), along with all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20281/0 - 24 Jan 2020, Monaghan County Council 2022: Conditional. Retention. permission for the retention of eight inter-related elements comprising (1). three single-storey buildings, of modular/prefabricated construction, two of which contain eight units with the third building providing nine units, with all of these dwellings providing a kitchenette, shower room with toilet and a communal, all-purpose (living and sleeping), room. These units accommodate asylum seeker households of generally between one and three residents each, but could extend to cater for five residents each, depending on family size. (2) groundworks for these units comprising the laying of a foundation slab and the creation of connections to the on-site network and the sewage treatment plant which serves this Direct Provision centre. (3) a prefabricated laundry building for a temporary period of eighteen months, pending its replacement by permanent development. (4) a retaining wall; (5) the conversion of a vacant building which was originally used as accommodation into a facility containing seven individual cooking facilities and two storerooms; (6) the change of use of an existing building which was formerly used as a playroom to an outlet for the supply of convenience goods to residents of this centre; (7) three plant rooms which contain heat pumps for the modular blocks at item heading (1) above. (8) the retention of two new partly completed playgrounds, which will collectively cover an area of 545 sq. metres. The application also includes future development comprising (9) the completion of the two new playgrounds which are itemised under heading (8) above and (10). all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2022/0 - 20 Dec 2019, Monaghan County Council 19566: Refused. Permission, 1 home. permission for a development consisting of retaining and completing detached domestic garage, new entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19566/0 - 10 Sept 2019, Monaghan County Council 19426: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission to construct a new dormer style dwelling house, install a new mechanical effluent treatment system & mounded soil polishing filter, develop new domestic entrance together with all ancillary site works. Significant further information relates to the submission of a flood risk assessment.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19426/0 - 5 Sept 2019, Monaghan County Council 19424: Refused. Permission, 1 home. permission for development consisting of retaining and completing detached domestic garage and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19424/0 - 19 Aug 2019, Monaghan County Council 19389: N/a. Permission, 1 home. permission to construct a new dormer style dwelling house, install a new mechanical effluent treatment system & mounded soil polishing filter, develop new domestic entrance together with all ancillary site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19389/0 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 Drumgoask. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drumgoask. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumgoask. ## 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 Drumgoask, about 1 in 5 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 low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2332, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2332.zip (ZIP). - 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/drumgoask.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumgoask.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumgoask.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Drumgoask 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) - Corknock: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/corknock.md - Crosses: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/crosses-170605.md - Drumgarran: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumgarran-170825.md - Tattygare: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/tattygare-171706.md - Telaydan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/telaydan-171715.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/drumgoask - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/drumgoask