# Drumillard Big, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Muckno, barony of Cremorne, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Droim Iolaird Mór.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 897,126 m² (89.71 ha, 221.68 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 492 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 19 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Muckno, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/muckno.md
- Barony: Cremorne
- Electoral division: Castleblayney Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Castleblayney Rural electoral division: 3,948 people in 1,451 households; 62% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 6% 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/39755
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 170873
- Centre: latitude 54.128883, longitude -6.743574 (WGS 84)

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

82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumillard Big, from 174 m² to 88,800 m² (8.88 ha, 21.94 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 356765: 88,800 m² (8.88 ha, 21.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356765.md
- Parcel 356226: 72,430 m² (7.24 ha, 17.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356226.md
- Parcel 355241: 68,108 m² (6.81 ha, 16.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/355241.md
- Parcel 356894: 49,251 m² (4.93 ha, 12.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356894.md
- Parcel 355801: 45,768 m² (4.58 ha, 11.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/355801.md
- Parcel 355712: 39,201 m² (3.92 ha, 9.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/355712.md
- Parcel 316960: 33,668 m² (3.37 ha, 8.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/316960.md
- Parcel 355898: 27,337 m² (2.73 ha, 6.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/355898.md
- Parcel 355557: 26,146 m² (2.61 ha, 6.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/355557.md
- Parcel 315825: 21,964 m² (2.2 ha, 5.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/315825.md
- Parcel 3184164: 19,618 m² (1.96 ha, 4.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3184164.md
- Parcel 316604: 17,639 m² (1.76 ha, 4.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/316604.md
- Parcel 315482: 16,078 m² (1.61 ha, 3.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/315482.md
- Parcel 315119: 13,398 m² (1.34 ha, 3.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/315119.md
- Parcel 316959: 12,778 m² (1.28 ha, 3.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/316959.md
- Parcel 5565506: 12,444 m² (1.24 ha, 3.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5565506.md
- Parcel 322711: 11,300 m² (1.13 ha, 2.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/322711.md
- Parcel 5896392: 11,295 m² (1.13 ha, 2.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5896392.md
- Parcel 326801: 11,182 m² (1.12 ha, 2.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/326801.md
- Parcel 5666476: 10,401 m² (1.04 ha, 2.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5666476.md
- Parcel 317886: 9,836 m² (0.98 ha, 2.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/317886.md
- Parcel 338410: 8,440 m² (0.84 ha, 2.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/338410.md
- Parcel 4872924: 8,244 m² (0.82 ha, 2.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4872924.md
- Parcel 1531402: 8,166 m² (0.82 ha, 2.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1531402.md
- Parcel 3996389: 7,678 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3996389.md
- Parcel 5437277: 6,268 m² (0.63 ha, 1.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5437277.md
- Parcel 316961: 5,570 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/316961.md
- Parcel 320806: 5,521 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/320806.md
- Parcel 5337753: 3,992 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5337753.md
- Parcel 5670470: 3,930 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5670470.md
- Parcel 356602: 3,882 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356602.md
- Parcel 3996388: 3,105 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3996388.md
- Parcel 4872923: 2,713 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4872923.md
- Parcel 332206: 2,520 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/332206.md
- Parcel 317169: 2,518 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/317169.md
- Parcel 4894925: 2,383 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4894925.md
- Parcel 348622: 2,219 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/348622.md
- Parcel 355269: 1,589 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/355269.md
- Parcel 352574: 1,115 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/352574.md
- Parcel 2400073: 782 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2400073.md
- Parcel 5973492: 510 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5973492.md
- Parcel 323271: 473 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/323271.md
- Parcel 338491: 447 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/338491.md
- Parcel 5896397: 441 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5896397.md
- Parcel 337514: 423 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/337514.md
- Parcel 336381: 417 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/336381.md
- Parcel 350031: 413 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/350031.md
- Parcel 337337: 408 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/337337.md
- Parcel 3198985: 400 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3198985.md
- Parcel 4429825: 391 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4429825.md
- Parcel 337211: 378 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/337211.md
- Parcel 338492: 376 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/338492.md
- Parcel 338440: 372 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/338440.md
- Parcel 6184436: 331 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6184436.md
- Parcel 337336: 316 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/337336.md
- Parcel 4429804: 314 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4429804.md
- Parcel 338439: 314 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/338439.md
- Parcel 3469887: 314 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3469887.md
- Parcel 337212: 311 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/337212.md
- Parcel 338490: 311 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/338490.md
- Parcel 337513: 310 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/337513.md
- Parcel 338438: 309 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/338438.md
- Parcel 1531033: 293 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1531033.md
- Parcel 350555: 285 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/350555.md
- Parcel 4327285: 277 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4327285.md
- Parcel 4327283: 276 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4327283.md
- Parcel 320609: 274 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/320609.md
- Parcel 352148: 271 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/352148.md
- Parcel 352928: 259 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/352928.md
- Parcel 335569: 259 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/335569.md
- Parcel 1531263: 255 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1531263.md
- Parcel 341150: 253 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/341150.md
- Parcel 341151: 250 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/341151.md
- Parcel 319342: 249 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/319342.md
- Parcel 327451: 248 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/327451.md
- Parcel 322311: 248 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/322311.md
- Parcel 5388562: 245 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5388562.md
- Parcel 354277: 243 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/354277.md
- Parcel 317731: 238 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/317731.md
- Parcel 5448307: 236 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5448307.md
- Parcel 355126: 229 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/355126.md
- Parcel 321438: 174 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/321438.md

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

- R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan; 44 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
- C2.1 Industry/Enterprise/Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan; 24 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
- G5 Recreation/Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other): Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan; 6 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; 1 parcel. 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
- M2 Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area): Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan; 0 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
- S5 Community Services/Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan; 0 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)

19 applications, newest first.

- 8 Jul 2026, Monaghan County Council 2660287: N/a. Permission. permission for development consisting of the construction of a new showroom and warehouse premises comprising the following: 1. Construction of a two storey showroom/warehouse unit. 2. Provision of hardstanding areas, including car parking spaces, internal roads and turning heads. 3. Provision of an outdoor paving and hard landscaping display area, including a single-storey display structure. 4. Connection to existing public mains services. 5. Alteration of existing entrances onto the public roadway. 6. Installation of company signage on the building and at the site entrance. 7. Provision of new street lighting, including alterations to existing public lighting infrastructure. 8. Construction of entrance walls and gates, boundary fencing, and all associated ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660287/0
- 22 Dec 2025, Monaghan County Council 2560533: Conditional. Retention. APPEALED - ACP - DECISION: Granted ; retention permission for an existing external yard storage building with full permission sought for a change of use from an existing retail outlet (RB Coogan) to a timber frame manufacturing facility with ancillary office and staff facilities; elevational changes, new signage, an extension to the existing external yard storage building, new plant room / ancillary store, alterations to the existing car parking areas, revised boundary treatments and all associated site development works. Significant Further Information received relates to submitted, Revised Plans, Water Protection Checklist, Car Parking proposal report, Flood Risk Assessment, Photo Montage and SUDs design Report.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560533/0
- 18 Dec 2025, Monaghan County Council 2560514: Conditional. Permission. permission for demolition of existing rear extension, removal of existing roof, raising of external walls, construction of new raised roof, construction of new two-storey extension to the rear, demolition of rear outbuilding, internal and external additions and alterations, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560514/0
- 11 Dec 2025, Monaghan County Council 2560497: N/a. Permission, 1 home. permission for a development consisting of the demolition of existing rear extension, removal of existing roof, raising of external walls, construction of new raised roof, construction of new two-storey extension to the rear, demolition of rear outbuilding, internal and external additions and alterations, and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560497/0
- 3 Aug 2023, Monaghan County Council 2360160: Conditional. Permission. permission to construct a two-storey style extension and a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling and upgrade existing septic tank to new sewerage wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360160/0
- 3 Nov 2022, Monaghan County Council 22475: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for the importation of soil, stone, concrete, and inert waste along with construction and demolition material to raise existing ground levels and all ancillary site development works (in connection with a waste permit application). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22475/0
- 25 Jul 2022, Monaghan County Council 22336: Conditional. Retention. permission consisting of the retention of treatment plant building and odder abatement technology infrastructure and all associated site development works. Significant further information received in relation to (1) amendment to the development description (2) Revised site layout to define items such as foul and storm water (3) Revised landscaping and boundary treatment proposals (4) submission of additional reports. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22336/0
- 15 Jun 2022, Monaghan County Council 22271: Conditional. Permission. permission to erect a two storey extension to rear of two storey dwelling house. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22271/0
- 1 Feb 2022, Monaghan County Council 2238: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission to construct a single storey bungalow and a single storey habitable log cabin (on a temporary basis), new sewerage wastewater treatment system, and new entrance onto public roadway LT75063 and all associated site development works. Significant further information received in relation to 1) development description amended to omit proposal to erect a single storey habitable log cabin ( on a temporary basis) and replace with permission to erect a single storey domestic garage. 2) Alterations to design of proposed single storey bungalow.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2238/0
- 20 Dec 2021, Monaghan County Council 21691: Conditional. Permission. permission for installation of portacabin with WC facilities with connection to public sewage system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/21691/0
- 19 Mar 2021, Monaghan County Council 21130: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for development consisting of a change of use from proposed two storey split level dwellinghouse to self catering tourist accommodation as previously granted under Planning Permission reference No. 18/565.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/21130/0
- 12 Jan 2021, Monaghan County Council 217: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission to construct a first floor extension to the side of their existing dwelling house together with all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/217/0
- 9 Sept 2020, Monaghan County Council 20362: N/a. Permission. permission for a development consisting of 1. retention of infilling of low-lying lands with stone and inert material & 2. permission to infill adjoining lands with stone and inert material in order to raise the ground levels together with all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20362/0
- 15 Apr 2020, Monaghan County Council 20126: Conditional. Permission. permission for works consisting of the importation of soil, stone, concrete and inert waste along with construction and demolition material to raise existing ground levels ground levels, and all ancillary site development works (in connection with a waste permit application). Significant Further information relates to the submission of a Flood Risk Assessment. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20126/0
- 25 Nov 2019, Monaghan County Council 19524: N/a. Permission, 1 home. permission for development consisting of 1) The retention of upgraded treatment plant and 2) Permission to construct a single storey extension to side of existing food processing plant together with all ancillary site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19524/0
- 5 Dec 2018, Monaghan County Council 18565: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. conversion of existing two storey split level agricultural barn to dwelling house with single storey extension to side of building, new sewerage wastewater treatment system and new entrance onto public roadway LT75063 and all associated development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/18565/0
- 23 Nov 2018, Monaghan County Council 18544: N/a. Permission. permission to create a vehicular entrance and works to consist of infilling of low-lying lands via importing of inert material and soils (overall quantity to not exceed 25,000 tonnes). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/18544/0
- 28 Feb 2018, Monaghan County Council 1877: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to raise existing roof, erect an extension to rear and renovate dwelling house. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/1877/0
- 31 Jan 2018, Monaghan County Council 1840: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to extend to rear of existing dwellinghouse and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/1840/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Muckno Lake, site code 000563
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Smiley, site code 001607

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

- MO020-015: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO020-015----. Located the NW end 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 a curve in a field bank SE-W on the 1907 edition. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture, but the bank is probably incorporated into a field bank and hedge SE-W-NW (diam. c. 35m 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: 22 June 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)

- Derrycreevy Bridge, bridge, 1740–1780, Regional interest, registry number 41308001, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO&regno=41308001. Two-arch slightly humpbacked stone bridge, built c.1760, carrying Castleblayney to Newtownhamilton road over stream linking Drumillard and Muckno Loughs. Walls of uncoursed rubble sandstone with segmental arches having heavy, punch-finished ashlar voussoirs and punched chamfered string course narrowing wing walls and spandrels to parapet wall with heavy, punched flat coping stones. Parapets are terminated on both sides by square piers and are splayed slightly outward on each side of road crossing with some recent repairs with guillotined stone to south-east parapet. South-east parapet abuts low rubble stone field wall continuing on both sides of bridge. Bridge surface has soft grass margin to each side and no positive drainage. Upstream and downstream sides both have curved, pointed cutwaters.
- First Castleblayney Presbyterian Church, church/chapel, 1785–1935, Regional interest, registry number 41308002, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO&regno=41308002. Freestanding gable-fronted Presbyterian church with Gothic detailing, dated 1787, remodelled 1930 by John Francis McGahon of Dundalk, having three-bay nave with single-storey flat-roofed minister’s room (1930) to rear (west). Pitched natural slate roof, half-hipped to rear, blue-black angled clay ridge and hip tiles, half-round metal gutters, stone finial gable, oval slate date plaque inscribed '1787/Revd. John Davys'. Roughcast rendered walling, smooth rendered plinth, quoins, and minister’s room. Pointed-arch cast-iron Y-tracery diagonally glazed windows with stained margins and quatrefoil to spandrels. Geometric tracery to east window over entrance door with moulded string course continued as hood-moulding, with concrete sills throughout. Pointed-arch timber double-leaf doors. Interior having partially timber-panelled lobby with timber dog-leg stairs leading to first floor gallery and meeting room. Church hall having two aisles, painted plastered walls and ceiling, wall-mounted carved stone memorials, carved timber pulpit and balcony on pair of cast-iron columns. Set back from road by roughcast plinth walls and cast-iron gates hinged to square pillars. Situated in elevated graveyard site, addressed by central flights of granite steps. Nearby lecture hall, built 1892 by John Harvey of Castleblayney.
- First Castleblayney Presbyterian Church, manse, 1870–1875, Regional interest, registry number 41308003, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO&regno=41308003. Detached five-bay two-storey manse, built 1871, to designs by Dundalk architect John Murray, with T-shaped plan having two-bay two-storey extension to rear elevation and lean-to slate with lead hip-roofed porch over main entrance. Rolled clay ridge tiles over pitched slate roof having brick chimneystacks with oversailing courses, overhanging eaves with timber-sheeted soffits, pierced timber bargeboards and replacement metal rainwater goods held on timber fasciaboard. Coarse roughcast cement rendered walls with battered, projecting stone plinth and pointed segmental-headed window openings with replacement uPVC frames, and concrete sills. Slate with lead hip-roofed single-storey canted bay window to south-east ground floor elevation having square-headed lights with replacement uPVC frames, and concrete sills. Two-centred pointed-arch doorway on smooth rendered entrance porch to north-east elevation with moulded render cornice to porch and moulding around doorcase which holds pointed timber door. Pitched slate-roofed single-storey roughcast rendered outbuilding to north-east with smooth rendered wall and steel-sheeted gates between outbuilding and manse which has single storey lean-to structure in this rear enclosed yard. Site set back off Keady road in own gardens surrounded by mature trees between manse and adjacent Presbyterian church building.
- Castleblayney Presbyterian Lecture Hall, Hall, 1890–1895, Regional interest, registry number 41308004, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO&regno=41308004. Detached five-bay single-storey hall, dated 1891, with gabled entrance porch to north-east façade and gabled extension to south-west elevation at rear of original hall structure linking it with four-bay late twentieth-century extension to south-west. Pitched fibre-cement tiled roof to both original main hall structure and lower entrance porch with ornate pierced timber bargeboards to both, and replacement metal gutters held on small rounded stone corbels at eaves, and cast-iron downpipes. Original hall building has ruled-and-lined smooth cement rendered walls with rusticated smooth render block-and-start quoins and two-centred arch window openings which have four-over-four pane timber sliding sash frames with convex horns and stone sills. Pointed window openings to the smooth cement rendered rear extension have replacement uPVC frames. Stone shield over main entrance doorway, with date. Two-centred arch doorway opening double-leaf timber-sheeted pointed doors with ornate iron hinges. Roughcast cement rendered front wall with heavy cast-iron gate held on octagonal roughcast rendered piers leading to sandstone steps up to main entrance doorway.
- House, 1820–1840, Regional interest, registry number 41308005, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO&regno=41308005. Terraced five-bay two-storey house, built c.1830, with gabled porch to front and lean-to porch to rear. Pitched fibre-cement tiled roof with terracotta ridge tiles, three smooth rendered brick chimneystacks with moulded clay pots, sprocketed eaves, and smooth rendered cornice holding cast-iron round rainwater goods. Painted ruled-and-lined smooth rendered walls with rusticated smooth render block-and-start quoins and square-headed window openings which have shallow reveals and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash frames to front mostly with chamfered but some convex horns and painted stone sills. Single four-over-four pane timber sliding sash window above front porch, with six-over-three pane frame to first floor on rear elevation where all other windows have replacement timber frames. Original crown glass evident to some window panes especially to rear elevation. Shallow pitched roof to front porch has decorative pierced scalloped timber bargeboard and painted smooth rendered walls containing camber-arch doorway opening with moulded render architrave framing replacement eight-panel timber door and flanking sidelights with stone sills. Painted, smooth rendered wall with wrought-iron railings held by square piers with cut-stone caps enclose front garden between house and road. Detached two-storey corrugated steel-clad gabled, stone-built outhouse with single-storey lean-to on west gable end to south-west corner of rear garden.
- House, 1820–1840, Regional interest, registry number 41308006, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO&regno=41308006. Terraced seven-bay single-storey rubble stone house with dormer attic, built c.1830, possibly originally three houses, having detached single-storey pitched roofed outhouse to south-west corner of rear yard and detached single-storey outhouse south of gable end creating entrance gateway for densely overgrown rear yard. Pitched slate roof with black clay ridge tiles, three evenly spaced brick chimneystacks having simple over-sailing courses, and replacement metal gutters on timber fasciaboard fixed to exposed overhanging rafter ends and having cast-iron downpipes. Gabled wall dormers with fibre-cement tiles, decorative terracotta ridge, black clay finials and pierced decorative timber bargeboards. Painted, ruled-and-lined smooth rendered walls with small triangular render moulding above dormer windows and camber-arch window openings with side-hung timber casements, two-pane to dormer level and six-pane to ground floor level, all with painted stone sills. One-over-one pane timber sliding sash window visible to south gable end. Square-headed entrance doorway with replacement sheeted timber door in simple moulded timber frame. Painted, smooth rendered ruled-and-lined brick boundary wall to front garden, with wrought-iron railings held by square piers with chamfered and stopped arrises and cut-stone capping. Square-plan gate piers with cut-stone capping incorporated into south-east corner of house and north-east corner of single-storey outbuilding with steel-sheeted gates to rear yard. Pitched outbuilding with slate roof and stone walls with wide double-leaf timber-sheeted door to gable end at road.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: 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: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumillard Big.
- 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/drumillard-big.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumillard-big.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumillard-big.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Drumillard Big 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)

- Corleadargan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/corleadargan.md
- Corracloghan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/corracloghan.md
- Corratanty: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/corratanty.md
- Derrycreevy: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/derrycreevy.md
- Drumillard Little: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumillard-little.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumillard-big
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/drumillard-big