# Greaghdrumit, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Magheross, barony of Farney, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Gréach Dhroma Eite. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 705,430 m² (70.54 ha, 174.32 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 19,602 m² (1.96 ha, 4.84 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Magheross, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/magheross.md - Barony: Farney - Electoral division: Carrickmacross Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 4,291 people lived in 1,518 households in the Carrickmacross Rural electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 7% 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/39328 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 171090 - Centre: latitude 53.99472, longitude -6.773697 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Greaghdrumit, from 2,075 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres) to 87,072 m² (8.71 ha, 21.52 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 332531: 87,072 m² (8.71 ha, 21.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/332531.md - Parcel 334942: 86,883 m² (8.69 ha, 21.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/334942.md - Parcel 317672: 69,259 m² (6.93 ha, 17.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/317672.md - Parcel 321630: 67,150 m² (6.72 ha, 16.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/321630.md - Parcel 326097: 61,879 m² (6.19 ha, 15.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/326097.md - Parcel 353981: 60,938 m² (6.09 ha, 15.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353981.md - Parcel 347312: 43,646 m² (4.36 ha, 10.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/347312.md - Parcel 356337: 38,172 m² (3.82 ha, 9.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356337.md - Parcel 317244: 33,102 m² (3.31 ha, 8.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/317244.md - Parcel 333965: 24,854 m² (2.49 ha, 6.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/333965.md - Parcel 318610: 21,703 m² (2.17 ha, 5.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/318610.md - Parcel 354805: 20,871 m² (2.09 ha, 5.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/354805.md - Parcel 346677: 18,333 m² (1.83 ha, 4.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/346677.md - Parcel 330130: 17,668 m² (1.77 ha, 4.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/330130.md - Parcel 352887: 10,260 m² (1.03 ha, 2.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/352887.md - Parcel 2761028: 9,103 m² (0.91 ha, 2.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2761028.md - Parcel 327369: 7,671 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/327369.md - Parcel 352404: 6,466 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/352404.md - Parcel 5276350: 4,913 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5276350.md - Parcel 346679: 4,276 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/346679.md - Parcel 2684088: 3,858 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2684088.md - Parcel 352833: 2,819 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/352833.md - Parcel 5911245: 2,782 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5911245.md - Parcel 332606: 2,075 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/332606.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Greaghdrumit 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 20 Sept 2022, Monaghan County Council 22409: N/a. Permission, 1 home. permission to construct two storey replacement dwelling to rear of existing single storey buildings, renovate existing buildings and outbuildings, partial demolition to rear of existing building, upgrade of existing entrance onto public road, driveway, landscaping, waste water treatment system and percolation area. Significant further information received in relation to revised site layout plan and reduction in size of the garage. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22409/0 - 22 Dec 2020, Monaghan County Council 20584: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission to construct a two storey dwelling house, a single storey domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area, new gated domestic entrance, timber boundary fencing and include all associated site works. Significant further information relates to revised site boundary and retention of a mobile home.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20584/0 - 26 Apr 2017, Monaghan County Council 17201: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to construct a storey and a half dwelling, waste water treatment system and percolation area and associated site works off new entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/17201/0 - 3 Jan 2017, Monaghan County Council 172: N/a. Permission. permission for 1. Construction of a new agricultural site entrance with stoned access lane, together with front boundary timber post & rail fence, agricultural gates with steel girder supports and all other associated site works. 2. Remove the front boundary wall of the adjoining landowner (1), construct a replacement blockwork boundary wall plastered both sides with piers. The area between the edge of the road and the new wall to be reduced in level and stoned and the water meter markers and chambers will have to be modified. 3. Remove the front boundary hedgerow of the neighbouring landowner (2), construct a replacement timber post and rail fence and a new native species hedgerow. 4. New storm damage gullies to be constructed and connected to new soakaways.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/172/0 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 Greaghdrumit. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MO030-017: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO030-017----. Located on a bluff which is on a gentle S-facing slope. This feature is depicted as half a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) with the bank surviving SE-W-NW on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’. It is not depicted on the 1907 edition of the map, and no feature is visible at ground level in pasture. The curve of a fosse separated by a berm from an outer fosse or drain can be seen as a vegetation mark on the OSI aerial images (2000) S-W-N (int. diam. c. 30m). 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 - MO031-001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO031-001----. Located towards the bottom of the S-facing slope of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.4m N-S; int. diam. 32.7m N-S) that slopes down slightly to the S and is defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6-7.8m; int. H 0.5-0.7m; ext. H 2.2m at N to 3m at S) and hedge, with traces of an outer fosse (Wth of base c. 2m; ext. D 0.2-0.3m) SE-SW and at NW. The original entrance is not identified. 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: 27 July 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 Greaghdrumit. ## 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 Greaghdrumit, 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: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2610, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2610.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/greaghdrumit.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/greaghdrumit.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/greaghdrumit.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Greaghdrumit 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) - Beagh: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/beagh-170166.md - Fartagorman: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/fartagorman.md - Greaghnaroog: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/greaghnaroog.md - Rakeeragh: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/rakeeragh-171600.md - Tiragarvan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/tiragarvan.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/greaghdrumit - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/greaghdrumit