# Lisdrumdoagh, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Monaghan, barony of Monaghan, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Lios Dhroim Dabhach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 415,145 m² (41.51 ha, 102.58 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,789 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Monaghan, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/monaghan.md - Barony: Monaghan - Electoral division: Rackwallace, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 974 people lived in 315 households in the Rackwallace electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 33% 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/40907 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 171343 - Centre: latitude 54.242478, longitude -6.911465 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisdrumdoagh, from 601 m² to 85,754 m² (8.58 ha, 21.19 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 341951: 85,754 m² (8.58 ha, 21.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/341951.md - Parcel 341950: 80,689 m² (8.07 ha, 19.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/341950.md - Parcel 341949: 58,773 m² (5.88 ha, 14.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/341949.md - Parcel 4103282: 42,253 m² (4.23 ha, 10.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4103282.md - Parcel 330521: 37,646 m² (3.76 ha, 9.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/330521.md - Parcel 330880: 31,826 m² (3.18 ha, 7.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/330880.md - Parcel 330881: 24,714 m² (2.47 ha, 6.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/330881.md - Parcel 5342282: 6,640 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5342282.md - Parcel 5281117: 5,313 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5281117.md - Parcel 5573465: 4,166 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5573465.md - Parcel 4102362: 3,851 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4102362.md - Parcel 4920435: 3,789 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4920435.md - Parcel 335608: 3,763 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/335608.md - Parcel 341561: 3,372 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/341561.md - Parcel 4120171: 3,360 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4120171.md - Parcel 2402651: 3,347 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2402651.md - Parcel 4168835: 3,293 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4168835.md - Parcel 5126280: 3,000 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5126280.md - Parcel 336957: 2,933 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/336957.md - Parcel 2402809: 2,713 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2402809.md - Parcel 355590: 2,434 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/355590.md - Parcel 4920436: 915 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4920436.md - Parcel 5453617: 601 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5453617.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Lisdrumdoagh 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) 12 applications, newest first. - 30 Oct 2025, Monaghan County Council 2560435: Conditional. Permission. a ten year planning permission is being sought for the proposed development which will consist of the following elements: the installation and operation of 1no. battery energy storage system compound containing battery energy storage containers, 1no. electrical substation and compound, connected to the national grid system via c. 100m of underground cable to the ESB Lisdrum 38kV substation, electrical transformers and inverter units, underground cabling and ducting, boundary fencing, security entrance gates, CCTV, internal access road, associated ancillary site development, landscaping and reinstatement works. The operational lifespan of the development will be 35 years. The site of the proposed development has a total area of 1.03 hectares. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560435/0 - 9 Dec 2020, Monaghan County Council 20531: Conditional. Permission. Permission for development consisting of the installation of additional electrical equipment in the ESB substation to facilitate the connection of the battery storage facility (Planning Ref 18/5). This will include a 100k V Busbar extension, a 110k V transformer bat and a 110kV coupler bay (a previously granted under Planning Ref 20/143). The extension of the existing ESB substation control building to facilitate the new connection. The installation of approx. 210m of 110kV underground ducting cables between the ESB substation and the battery storage site. The extension of the existing access road and all associated ancillary infrastructure required for the project.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20531/0 - 16 Sept 2020, Monaghan County Council 20373: Conditional. Permission. Permission to consist of alterations to the development of a Battery Storage Facility which was previously granted permission by Monaghan County Council (Planning Register 18/5). The development comprises the construction of a battery energy storage facility to include one single storey electrical compound, containerised battery storage modules on concrete support structures, electrical transformer/inverter station modules, electrical ducting, cable racking and cabling, access tracks, security fencing and CCTV security monitoring system, lighting protection poles, communications equipment and ancillary infrastructure. The alterations to the original permission include an amended application site boundary of 1.474Ha, a reduction in the number of containerised battery modules from 58 down to 10, reduction in the number of associated inverters and transformers, new internal road configuration, reconfiguration and reorientation of the control building, additional ancillary electrical infrastructure, regrading of site levels to accommodate excess soils arising from excavation works, a landscape berm and other enabling works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20373/0 - 27 May 2020, Monaghan County Council 20185: Conditional. Permission. permission to construct a broiler type poultry house, together with all ancillary structures including vertical meal bin & underground washings tank, together with associated ancillary site works & new site access from public road. Significant further information relates to the inclusion of an appropriate assessment screening report.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20185/0 - 13 May 2020, Monaghan County Council 20161: Conditional. Permission. permission to construct 2 no. poultry units within existing farm complex together with underground washings tanks, vertical meal bins, use existing agricultural entrance and all ancillary site works. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Acts 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (E.I.A.R.) will be submitted with this planning application. Significant further information relates to the submission of an AA screening report, an updated EIAR and a Nutrient Management Assessment Report.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20161/0 - 29 Apr 2020, Monaghan County Council 20143: Conditional. Permission. permission for a development consisting of the installation of additional electrical equipment in the ESB substation to facilitate the connection of the Battery Storage Facility (Planning Ref 18/5) including a 110kV busbar extension, a 110kV transformer bay and a 110kV coupler bay, the installation of approx. 185m of 110kV underground ducting and cables between the ESB substation and the Battery Storage Site, the erection of palisade fencing around the 110kV cable route between the two sites, and the extension of the existing access road due to the installation of the 110kV cable and palisade fencing. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20143/0 - 9 Jul 2019, Monaghan County Council 19312: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of a dwelling house and for associated site works and the permission for retention of a development which consists of the retention of 4 no. rooflights on the rear roof. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19312/0 - 1 May 2019, Monaghan County Council 19201: N/a. Permission. permission to construct a broiler type poultry house, together with all ancillary structures including vertical meal bin & underground washings tank, together with associated ancillary site works & new site access from public road. Significant further information relates to the submission of a flood risk assessment.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19201/0 - 4 Feb 2019, Monaghan County Council 1941: N/a. Permission. permission to construct 2 No. Poultry units within existing farm complex together with underground washings tanks, vertical meal bins, use existing agriculture entrance and all ancillary site works. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Acts 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted with this planning application and the EIAR will be available for inspection or purchase. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/1941/0 - 4 Dec 2018, Monaghan County Council 18562: Conditional. Permission. permission for the construction of a 38kv electricity substation, switchroom and equipment compound with palisade fence; the construction of approximately 400m of site access track and the upgrading of approximately 150m of existing agricultural track and an existing agricultural site entrance; approximately 200m of underground cabling and all associated site development and reinstatement works in the townland of Luppan, County Monaghan; and (ii) the installation of approximately 22km of 38kV electricity cables from the proposed substation to the existing electricity substation in the townland of Lisdrumdoagh, County Monaghan. The electricity cables will comprise approximately 17km of overhead line and approximately 5 km of underground line. Overhead lines will consist of 3 no. cables suspended from wooden poles with a maximum height of 16 metres, and all associated site development and reinstatement works. Underground cables will be located within private lands and within the public roads numbered L5171, L1400 and L1171; will be installed in excavated trenches of approximately 1.2m in depth and will include associated underground ducting, joint bays, communication chamber bays, sheath link boxes and inspection chambers; directional drilling beneath the N12 and Ulster Canal and all associated site development and reinstatement works. A vehicle access track of up to 4m in width will be provided immediately adjacent to underground cables with private lands. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report which includes an assessment of the likely impacts of the proposed development, as a whole and in combination with the relevant off-site or secondary developments which will occur as a direct result of the proposed development, including the wind farm development permitted pursuant to Monaghan County Council Planning Register Reference 10/110 & An Bord Pleanála Reference PL18.240760 and proposed to be amended by planning reference 17/258 & An Bord Pleanála Reference PL18.300998 (currently under construction). A Natura Impact Statement will also be submitted to the planning authority with the planning application. This application is accompanied by an EIAR. Significant Further information has been submitted.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/18562/0 - 4 Jan 2018, Monaghan County Council 185: Conditional. Permission. Permission (10 year permission) to construct an energy storage facility within a total site area of up to 1.1HA, to include one single storey electrical substation building and electrical compound, electrical transformer/inverter station modules, containerised battery storage modules on concrete support structures, access tracks, associated electrical ducting, cable racking and cabling, security fencing and CCTV security monitoring system, lightning protection poles, communications equipment and ancillary infrastructure.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/185/0 - 23 Jan 2017, Monaghan County Council 1716: N/a. Permission. permission to construct 2 No. Poultry units within existing farm complex together with underground washings tanks, vertical meal bins, and use existing agricultural entrance and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/1716/0 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 Lisdrumdoagh. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MO010-007: Hilltop enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO010-007----. Located on top of a drumlin. This monument is depicted on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793). It is also depicted as a large subcircular field (dims c. 105m E-W; c. 85m N-S) defined by curving field banks and described as a ‘fort’ in gothic lettering on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as an equally large hachured feature on the 1907 edition. This is a raised subcircular grass-covered area (dims 105m E-W; 85m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2.1m) and hedge but the perimeter NW-E-SE was removed and the interior levelled in 1983. 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: 17 July 2007 Revised by: Michael Moore 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 Lisdrumdoagh. ## 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 Lisdrumdoagh, 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 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lisdrumdoagh. - 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/lisdrumdoagh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/lisdrumdoagh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/lisdrumdoagh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Lisdrumdoagh 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) - Aghalaverty: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/aghalaverty.md - Aghintamy: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/aghintamy.md - Feebane: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/feebane.md - Killymarly: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/killymarly.md - Tirfinnog: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/tirfinnog.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/lisdrumdoagh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/lisdrumdoagh