Drumgowna
Townland in the civil parish of Magheross, barony of Farney, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Droim Gamhna
- Area
- 141.4 ha
- 350 acres
- Land parcels
- 39
- registered freehold, median 18,402 m² (1.84 ha, 4.55 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumgowna, from 235 m² to 165,899 m² (16.59 ha, 40.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Drumgowna 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
10 Jun 2026Conditional
permission for development consisting of a new slatted shed with underground slurry storage tank and all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660242
30 Apr 2026N/a
permission for development the development will consist of a new slatted shed with underground slurry storage tank and all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660169
26 May 2024Conditional
permission for a two-storey dwelling house, waste water treatment system, a new vehicular entrance and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460189
4 Oct 2023Conditional
permission for proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area, new vehicular entrance and all associated site development works, Significant further Information submitted relates to Revised plans and hedgerow agreement
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360230
2 Feb 2022Refused
Permission to construct a 2 storey dwelling house, a wastewater treatment system, a new site entrance and all associated site works
Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 229005
22 Jun 2020Conditional
Permission to construct a single storey dwelling, septic tank and percolation area, off existing shared entrance and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 20227
9 Dec 2019Conditional
permission for a development consisting of the construction of a part single storey, part two storey dwelling house, waste water treatment unit and percolation area and new entrance onto the public road
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 19548
21 Jun 2017Conditional
Permission to construct a 2 storey dwelling house, a wastewater treatment system, a new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17299
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Drumgowna.
Recorded monuments
- MO027-086001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a shelf on a NE-facing slope. It is described in gothic lettering on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map as the ‘Black fort’, but it is known locally as ‘Liscowan an Ór’ (IFC Schools’ MSS 933, 313-4: https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes). This is a circular slightly domed (H 0.8-1.3m) and overgrown area (diam. 45m WNW-ESE; 44m N-S) with rock outcrop defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.8-5.6m; int. H 1-1.3m; ext. H 1.8-2m) separated by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 5.8-6.6m; Wth of base 1.8-2m; ext. D 1-1.5m) that is partly rock-cut at N from an outer bank (Wth of base 3.2-4.2m; ext. H 0.8-1m) that is missing ESE-S. There are gaps in the inner bank at W, NW, ENE, SE and S, but the original entrance is not identified. The interior is cut by a NW-SE field wall that has another field bank extending NE from it at the centre of the rath. There is a local belief that there is an underground passage within it, but there is no physical evidence of this. 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: 31 January 2018
- MO027-086002 Souterrain
Description
Located on a shelf on a NE-facing slope and in the interior of rath (MO027-086001-). There is a local belief that there is an underground passage within the rath, but there is no physical evidence of this. Date of revised upload: 31 January 2018
- MO027-111 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated just off the S-facing crest of a hill. A circular earthwork is depicted here only on a revision of the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map dated 1858. Possible traces of an enclosure (diam. c. 40m) are visible in pasture on aerial images (OSAP: 2005). 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: 1 February 2018
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumgowna.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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 Drumgowna.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Drumgowna with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Drumgowna · Droim Gamhna
- Area
- 1,414,412 m² (141.44 ha, 349.51 acres)
- Civil parish
- Magheross, and its townlands
- Barony
- Farney
- Electoral division
- Drumgurra, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Drumgurra electoral division: 742 people in 242 households; 90% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bocks Middle, Bocks Upper, Coolfore, Corkashybane, Corkashyduff, Greaghlane, Greaghnaroog, Lisnaguiveragh, Peast
- Placenames
- Drumgowna 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.