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

Townland in the civil parish of Ematris, barony of Dartree, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Droim Gabhla.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 673,205 m² (67.32 ha, 166.35 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,036 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 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/40077
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 170835
- Centre: latitude 54.118027, longitude -7.099918 (WGS 84)

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

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumgole, from 46 m² to 128,770 m² (12.88 ha, 31.82 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 352239: 128,770 m² (12.88 ha, 31.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/352239.md
- Parcel 5269085: 121,267 m² (12.13 ha, 29.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5269085.md
- Parcel 4693356: 99,020 m² (9.9 ha, 24.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4693356.md
- Parcel 318955: 77,673 m² (7.77 ha, 19.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/318955.md
- Parcel 326627: 47,260 m² (4.73 ha, 11.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/326627.md
- Parcel 5732934: 42,534 m² (4.25 ha, 10.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5732934.md
- Parcel 318946: 22,559 m² (2.26 ha, 5.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/318946.md
- Parcel 4693372: 12,586 m² (1.26 ha, 3.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4693372.md
- Parcel 5668885: 11,795 m² (1.18 ha, 2.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5668885.md
- Parcel 357062: 11,310 m² (1.13 ha, 2.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/357062.md
- Parcel 331778: 8,446 m² (0.84 ha, 2.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/331778.md
- Parcel 319453: 7,628 m² (0.76 ha, 1.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319453.md
- Parcel 4693376: 5,376 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4693376.md
- Parcel 331693: 4,695 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/331693.md
- Parcel 335775: 4,242 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/335775.md
- Parcel 5668868: 4,143 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5668868.md
- Parcel 5269109: 3,060 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5269109.md
- Parcel 356617: 2,969 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356617.md
- Parcel 4866344: 2,378 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4866344.md
- Parcel 344556: 1,553 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/344556.md
- Parcel 354332: 1,167 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/354332.md
- Parcel 319244: 1,040 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/319244.md
- Parcel 335746: 637 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/335746.md
- Parcel 4693375: 574 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4693375.md
- Parcel 5732941: 107 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5732941.md
- Parcel 4866345: 46 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4866345.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Drumgole 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)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Drumgole Lough, site code 001601

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

- MO017-067: Crannog, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO017-067----. Located towards the W end of the sub-oval Drumgole Lough (max. dims c. 720m ENE-WSW; c. 300m NNW-SSE) which is beginning to suffer depletion and infill at the W end. It is depicted as a small island on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is a circular cairn (diam. 15m; H c. 1.5m) with some trees. There are no structural features evident but large quantities of animal bones are present. 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
- MO017-068: Stone row, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO017-068----. Situated on a NE-facing slope on one of the summits on an ENE-WSW drumlin ridge. Three stones in a line ENE-WSW are incorporated in a field bank and are known as the ‘Grey stones’. A fourth stone 5m to the S, has a similar orientation. 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 Drumgole.

## 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 Drumgole, 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 Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model: the Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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/drumgole.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumgole.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumgole.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Drumgole 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)

- Dernamoyle: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/dernamoyle.md
- Drumcall: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumcall.md
- Drumhay: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumhay.md
- Kilmore West: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/kilmore-west-171205.md
- Kilnaharvey: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/kilnaharvey.md
- Maghernakelly: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/maghernakelly.md
- Tattygare: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/tattygare-171705.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/drumgole
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/drumgole