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

Townland in the civil parish of Magheross, barony of Farney, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Droim Goireadh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,680,920 m² (168.09 ha, 415.36 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 13,763 m² (1.38 ha, 3.4 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Magheross, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/magheross.md
- Barony: Farney
- Electoral division: Drumgurra, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 742 people lived in 242 households in the Drumgurra electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 11% 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/39459
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 170855
- Centre: latitude 53.992774, longitude -6.797286 (WGS 84)

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

52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumgurra, from 426 m² to 150,703 m² (15.07 ha, 37.24 acres); 41 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 345902: 150,703 m² (15.07 ha, 37.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/345902.md
- Parcel 330384: 127,746 m² (12.77 ha, 31.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/330384.md
- Parcel 344143: 121,847 m² (12.18 ha, 30.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/344143.md
- Parcel 324170: 98,658 m² (9.87 ha, 24.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/324170.md
- Parcel 341527: 88,891 m² (8.89 ha, 21.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/341527.md
- Parcel 4894081: 84,667 m² (8.47 ha, 20.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4894081.md
- Parcel 323896: 84,073 m² (8.41 ha, 20.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/323896.md
- Parcel 341351: 80,883 m² (8.09 ha, 19.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/341351.md
- Parcel 325563: 80,356 m² (8.04 ha, 19.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/325563.md
- Parcel 316538: 78,554 m² (7.86 ha, 19.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/316538.md
- Parcel 1531143: 74,687 m² (7.47 ha, 18.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1531143.md
- Parcel 345899: 65,666 m² (6.57 ha, 16.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/345899.md
- Parcel 341348: 65,134 m² (6.51 ha, 16.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/341348.md
- Parcel 341349: 54,718 m² (5.47 ha, 13.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/341349.md
- Parcel 341219: 52,548 m² (5.25 ha, 12.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/341219.md
- Parcel 345901: 46,489 m² (4.65 ha, 11.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/345901.md
- Parcel 330303: 41,995 m² (4.2 ha, 10.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/330303.md
- Parcel 345895: 40,430 m² (4.04 ha, 9.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/345895.md
- Parcel 345897: 38,985 m² (3.9 ha, 9.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/345897.md
- Parcel 345903: 25,933 m² (2.59 ha, 6.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/345903.md
- Parcel 345759: 22,957 m² (2.3 ha, 5.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/345759.md
- Parcel 349650: 19,012 m² (1.9 ha, 4.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/349650.md
- Parcel 345898: 18,570 m² (1.86 ha, 4.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/345898.md
- Parcel 349261: 17,773 m² (1.78 ha, 4.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/349261.md
- Parcel 345900: 17,634 m² (1.76 ha, 4.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/345900.md
- Parcel 329672: 17,111 m² (1.71 ha, 4.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/329672.md
- Parcel 351341: 10,416 m² (1.04 ha, 2.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/351341.md
- Parcel 319436: 4,331 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319436.md
- Parcel 4849349: 3,806 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4849349.md
- Parcel 4653510: 3,780 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4653510.md
- Parcel 1531225: 3,748 m² (0.37 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1531225.md
- Parcel 4630167: 3,708 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4630167.md
- Parcel 334835: 3,517 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/334835.md
- Parcel 4910843: 3,143 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4910843.md
- Parcel 5887305: 3,067 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5887305.md
- Parcel 329531: 3,051 m² (0.31 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/329531.md
- Parcel 4619292: 2,749 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4619292.md
- Parcel 2455240: 2,397 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2455240.md
- Parcel 1531144: 2,378 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1531144.md
- Parcel 356262: 2,175 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356262.md
- Parcel 328647: 2,113 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/328647.md
- Parcel 2731686: 1,965 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2731686.md
- Parcel 341350: 1,961 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/341350.md
- Parcel 345904: 1,275 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/345904.md
- Parcel 3563927: 1,151 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3563927.md
- Parcel 1531224: 965 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1531224.md
- Parcel 329149: 915 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/329149.md
- Parcel 345894: 852 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/345894.md
- Parcel 347442: 786 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/347442.md
- Parcel 5887346: 614 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5887346.md
- Parcel 5887332: 576 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5887332.md
- Parcel 329659: 426 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/329659.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Drumgurra 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)

5 applications, newest first.

- 6 Mar 2025, Monaghan County Council 2560088: Conditional. Permission. planning permission for the construction of a portal framed, agricultural storage shed and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560088/0
- 8 Dec 2023, Monaghan County Council 2360307: Conditional. Retention. Retention of a portal framed, agricultural machinery shed and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360307/0
- 13 Oct 2021, Monaghan County Council 21575: Refused. Permission, 1 home. permission for the construction of a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, effluent treatment system and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/21575/0
- 19 Aug 2021, Monaghan County Council 21469: N/a. Permission, 1 home. The construction of a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, effluent treatment system & associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/21469/0
- 20 May 2020, Monaghan County Council 20174: Conditional. Permission. Permission to alterations to existing ground levels, using imported soil and stone material. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20174/0

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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 Drumgurra.

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

- MO030-011: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO030-011----. Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. This was described in 1967 (SMR file) as a circular grass-covered area (diam. 25m E-W; 24.3m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at S: Wth of base 6.6m; int. H 1.7m) SE-W and by a low scarp (at N: Wth 1.6m; H 0.6m) elsewhere. There was no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. It has been removed or has eroded away since 1995 (Bing 2013). 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. Date of revision: 24 August 2017
- MO030-012: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO030-012----. Located at the summit of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’, and as an arc of hachures at the W side of an enclosure on the 1907 edition. It was described in 1967 (SMR file) as a circular grass-covered area (diam. 30m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth of base 4.5m; Wth of top 1.6m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.7m) SW-NW and by a slight scarp elsewhere. There was no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. The bank has since eroded away (Bing 2013). 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. Date of revision: 24 July 2017
- MO030-014: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO030-014----. Situated at the SW tip of a low NE-SW spur at the S foot of a drumlin. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 42m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 3.4-5.2m; int. H 0.4m at SSW to 1.2m at NNE) with some bushes that has been converted into a field bank with external stone facing, and a field wall replaces the bank SW-NW. There is no visible fosse, and there are entrances at ESE (Wth of base 1m) and S (Wth of base 1.1m). 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. Date of revision: 25 August 2017
- MO030-015: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO030-015----. Located at the E tip of a W-E spur on the E side of a drumlin and overlooking a col with another drumlin summit c. 450m to the E. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. 25m NW-SE; 24.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.6m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.1m) W-NW and by a scarp (at S: Wth 3.4m; H 1.8m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. The monument is quartered by overlying NE-SW and NW-SE field walls but the wall running SW from the centre is now only a relict feature while the E quadrant has been completely removed. 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. Date of revision: 25 August 2017

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 Drumgurra.

## 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 Drumgurra, about 1 in 10 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 Drumgurra.
- 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/drumgurra.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumgurra.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumgurra.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Drumgurra 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)

- Carrickartagh: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/carrickartagh.md
- Carrickmaclim: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/carrickmaclim.md
- Corlea: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/corlea-170449.md
- Fartagorman: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/fartagorman.md
- Lisnafeddaly: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/lisnafeddaly.md
- Mullaghcroghery: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/mullaghcroghery-171497.md
- Rakeeragh: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/rakeeragh-171600.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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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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