# Drumbane, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Birr, barony of Ballybritt, Co. Offaly; in Irish An Droim Bán. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 426,915 m² (42.69 ha, 105.49 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 120 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 311 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Birr, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/birr.md - Barony: Ballybritt - Electoral division: Birr Urban, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Birr Urban electoral division: 4,726 people in 1,823 households; 53% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41137 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180625 - Centre: latitude 53.086119, longitude -7.911148 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 120 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumbane, from 12 m² to 64,742 m² (6.47 ha, 16 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 304956: 64,742 m² (6.47 ha, 16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304956.md - Parcel 314556: 50,001 m² (5 ha, 12.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/314556.md - Parcel 271497: 39,341 m² (3.93 ha, 9.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271497.md - Parcel 293172: 28,036 m² (2.8 ha, 6.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293172.md - Parcel 271454: 22,151 m² (2.22 ha, 5.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271454.md - Parcel 277714: 18,803 m² (1.88 ha, 4.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277714.md - Parcel 304241: 17,626 m² (1.76 ha, 4.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304241.md - Parcel 310063: 15,241 m² (1.52 ha, 3.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310063.md - Parcel 295075: 8,223 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295075.md - Parcel 300757: 7,623 m² (0.76 ha, 1.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300757.md - Parcel 2840531: 7,150 m² (0.72 ha, 1.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2840531.md - Parcel 299209: 6,190 m² (0.62 ha, 1.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299209.md - Parcel 268900: 5,776 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268900.md - Parcel 295460: 4,738 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295460.md - Parcel 293842: 4,515 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293842.md - Parcel 303311: 4,465 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303311.md - Parcel 2840425: 4,309 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2840425.md - Parcel 276622: 1,800 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/276622.md - Parcel 300909: 1,107 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/300909.md - Parcel 296574: 1,076 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/296574.md - Parcel 269831: 972 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/269831.md - Parcel 5550671: 584 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5550671.md - Parcel 287492: 574 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/287492.md - Parcel 2476176: 570 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2476176.md - Parcel 2446179: 556 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446179.md - Parcel 2481688: 547 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2481688.md - Parcel 286020: 518 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/286020.md - Parcel 287662: 517 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/287662.md - Parcel 5141018: 489 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5141018.md - Parcel 287240: 483 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/287240.md - Parcel 286253: 482 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/286253.md - Parcel 286981: 481 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/286981.md - Parcel 284497: 475 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/284497.md - Parcel 303274: 474 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/303274.md - Parcel 5018271: 473 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5018271.md - Parcel 286980: 469 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/286980.md - Parcel 2446192: 453 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446192.md - Parcel 286027: 449 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/286027.md - Parcel 4917945: 436 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4917945.md - Parcel 5797864: 424 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5797864.md - Parcel 4222197: 423 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4222197.md - Parcel 5555746: 411 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5555746.md - Parcel 2446236: 383 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446236.md - Parcel 2443597: 372 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2443597.md - Parcel 294155: 358 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/294155.md - Parcel 4657219: 350 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4657219.md - Parcel 2446208: 343 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446208.md - Parcel 2443599: 333 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2443599.md - Parcel 2446189: 333 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446189.md - Parcel 2446182: 330 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446182.md - Parcel 5049343: 327 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5049343.md - Parcel 2443602: 326 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2443602.md - Parcel 2446207: 323 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446207.md - Parcel 2446181: 319 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446181.md - Parcel 2446185: 319 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446185.md - Parcel 2446180: 317 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446180.md - Parcel 2446188: 315 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446188.md - Parcel 2476185: 312 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2476185.md - Parcel 2446193: 312 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446193.md - Parcel 2446205: 312 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446205.md - Parcel 2446184: 310 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446184.md - Parcel 4222204: 306 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4222204.md - Parcel 2446183: 305 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446183.md - Parcel 2446190: 303 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446190.md - Parcel 2476234: 301 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2476234.md - Parcel 2840493: 294 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2840493.md - Parcel 2476590: 288 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2476590.md - Parcel 2475057: 281 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2475057.md - Parcel 2474633: 280 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2474633.md - Parcel 2446233: 267 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446233.md - Parcel 4222198: 265 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4222198.md - Parcel 4222199: 264 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4222199.md - Parcel 2446234: 262 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446234.md - Parcel 286021: 255 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/286021.md - Parcel 2475058: 254 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2475058.md - Parcel 4691620: 252 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4691620.md - Parcel 4691688: 252 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4691688.md - Parcel 2389413: 251 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2389413.md - Parcel 312254: 247 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/312254.md - Parcel 287219: 244 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/287219.md - Parcel 2446240: 243 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446240.md - Parcel 2446238: 239 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446238.md - Parcel 4222196: 238 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4222196.md - Parcel 4222195: 237 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4222195.md - Parcel 306059: 236 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/306059.md - Parcel 2446228: 234 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446228.md - Parcel 4222194: 228 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4222194.md - Parcel 285490: 228 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/285490.md - Parcel 312253: 227 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/312253.md - Parcel 287663: 224 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/287663.md - Parcel 287661: 222 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/287661.md - Parcel 3766332: 221 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3766332.md - Parcel 287493: 220 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/287493.md - Parcel 2446241: 217 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446241.md - Parcel 287490: 217 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/287490.md - Parcel 285491: 213 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/285491.md - Parcel 287491: 213 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/287491.md - Parcel 3766842: 212 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3766842.md - Parcel 2446242: 209 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446242.md - Parcel 286028: 198 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/286028.md - Parcel 2446244: 196 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446244.md - Parcel 2446245: 190 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446245.md - Parcel 4222200: 189 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4222200.md - Parcel 2446246: 171 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446246.md - Parcel 2446247: 164 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446247.md - Parcel 2446226: 144 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446226.md - Parcel 2446215: 136 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446215.md - Parcel 2446224: 120 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446224.md - Parcel 2446223: 114 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446223.md - Parcel 2446222: 97 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446222.md - Parcel 2446220: 92 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446220.md - Parcel 2446221: 87 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446221.md - Parcel 4222201: 84 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4222201.md - Parcel 4222202: 72 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4222202.md - Parcel 4222203: 67 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4222203.md - Parcel 2446218: 61 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446218.md - Parcel 2446194: 55 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446194.md - Parcel 2446217: 52 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446217.md - Parcel 2487458: 37 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2487458.md - Parcel 3254153: 12 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3254153.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Birr Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Offaly; 9 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.offaly.ie/app/uploads/Council/Council_Services_A-Z/Planning_Building/The-Birr-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=158 - C3 Enterprise and Employment (Office, business/technology park and related): Birr Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Offaly; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.offaly.ie/app/uploads/Council/Council_Services_A-Z/Planning_Building/The-Birr-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=160 - S5 Community Services/Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Birr Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Offaly; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.offaly.ie/app/uploads/Council/Council_Services_A-Z/Planning_Building/The-Birr-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=161 - G5 Open Space, Amenity and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other): Birr Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Offaly; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.offaly.ie/app/uploads/Council/Council_Services_A-Z/Planning_Building/The-Birr-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=161 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 6 applications, newest first. - 22 Dec 2022, Offaly County Council 22674: Conditional. Permission. INTERNAL ALTERATIONS, A NEW EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING SCHOOL AND CONSTRUCTION WORKS WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 1. REMOVAL OF EXISTING WALLS AND FLAT ROOF SECTION AT THE EXISTING LIBRARY AND ENTRANCE LOBBY ON THE EAST ELEVATION GROUND FLOOR. 2. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION TO THE EAST ELEVATION CONSISTING OF A SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS UNIT, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE SPACES, EXTERNAL SECURE SOFT PLAYS AREAS AND NEW ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES. 3. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PEDESTRIAN ACCESS GATE IN THE CAR PARK BOUNDARY WALL & RAILING STRUCTURE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENTS WORKS TO COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF WORKS TO A PROTECTED STRUCTURE REF NO. 53-223.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22674/0 - 24 Aug 2022, Offaly County Council 22431: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE EAST AND A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SOUTH OF THE EXISTING DWELLING, AND ASSOCIATED INTERNAL MODIFICATIONS AND SITEWORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22431/0 - 15 Aug 2022, Offaly County Council 22408: N/a. Permission. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY EXTENSION TO THE EAST AND A SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SOUTH OF THE EXISTING DWELLING, AND ASSOCIATED INTERNAL MODIFICATIONS AND SITEWORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22408/0 - 20 Apr 2021, Offaly County Council 21230: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ADDITION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21230/0 - 5 Jun 2019, Offaly County Council 19268: Conditional. Permission. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY CLADDED STRUCTURAL STEEL PORTAL FRAME LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED ENABLING AND SITE WORKS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FACILITY. THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE WILL HAVE AN EAVES AND RIDGE HEIGHT OF APPROX. 7.050M AND 8.600M RESPECTIVELY. THE FLOOR AREA OF THE BUILDING WILL BE APPROX. 406SQ METRES. THE BUILDING WILL HAVE TWO NUMBER MECHANICALLY OPERATED ROLLER SHUTTER DOORS AND ONE NUMBER PEDESTRIAN ACCESS DOOR TO ITS NORTH EASTERN ELEVATION. ONE PEDESTRIAN DOOR WILL BE LOCATED ON THE SOURTHERN ELEVATION. THE PROPOSED CLADDED PORTAL FRAMED BUILDING WILL HAVE REINFORCED CONCRETE WALL TO ITS PERIMETER OF A HEIGHT OF APPROX. 2.4M. THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING AND ROOF WILL BE CLAD WITH A LIGHTWEIGHT INSULATED COMPOSITE PANEL. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19268/0 - 29 Jan 2019, Offaly County Council 1930: Conditional. Retention. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF CHANGE OF USE OF BUILDING FROM CAR SALES/WORKSHOP TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL & NEW SIGNAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/1930/0 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 Drumbane. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drumbane. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - High Park House, house, 1820–1840, Regional interest, registry number 14820002, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14820002. Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1830, with extension to rear. Set within its own grounds. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast render to walls. Square-headed window openings with segmental-headed window opening to central bay of façade. Replacement timber casement windows with rendered surrounds and tooled stone sills. Segmental-headed door opening with rendered surround to timber panelled door with stained glass fanlight and flanking sidelights, accessed by tooled limestone steps. Roughcast rendered outbuildings to rear with corrugated asbestos roofs. Modernised gable-fronted gate lodge to entrance. Cast-iron gates set to pebbledashed and rendered piers and side walls. - Birr Railway Station, railway station, 1855–1860, Regional interest, registry number 14820003, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14820003. Detached multiple-bay single- and two-storey former railway station, built by the Great Southern and Western Railway on the Roscrea to Birr line and opened in 1858, with lean-to canopied porch. Now in domestic use. Pitched slate roofs with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered and tooled stone chimneystacks with terracotta pots, some cast-iron rainwater goods and modern skylights. Punch dressed ashlar limestone walls with sandstone plinth and quoins. Smooth cement based render applied to rear elevation. Segmental-headed window openings with sandstone block-and-start surrounds, limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Segmental-headed door openings with sandstone block-and-start surrounds with glazed timber panelled doors with overlights. Round-headed window openings to rear of two-storied section with sandstone block-and-start surrounds and hoodmouldings. Timber panelled door inserted to former window opening to front elevation. Square-headed window openings and glazed extension inserted to rear elevation. Square-headed door opening under slate canopy supported by sandstone and limestone projecting walls. Replacement timber panelled door flanked by sidelights and surmounted by overlight. Platform remains with limestone retaining wall and moulded sandstone kerbstones. - Birr Railway Station, store/warehouse, 1855–1860, Regional interest, registry number 14820004, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14820004. Detached five-bay double-height former goods shed, built by the Great Southern and Western Railway on the Roscrea to Birr line and opened in 1858. Situated to east of former station, now in retail use. Modern entrance extension to south. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, sandstone coping to gables and slate canopy on timber supports to east elevation. Hipped tiled roof to entrance. Snecked limestone walls with smooth render to extension. Segmental-headed window openings with replacement timber windows and stone surround and sills. Diocletion windows to north and south gable ends with tooled stone surrounds, stone sills and replacement timber windows. Square-headed door openings with timber lintel, timber battened doors and tooled limestone surrounds. Sheet metal sliding door to north. - Drumbane House, house, 1870–1890, Regional interest, registry number 14820005, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14820005. Detached double-pile three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1880, with curvilinear gables with segmental pediments to central bay and to single-storey single-bay wings to each side. Set within its own grounds. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles. Rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots, timber bargeboards and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed walls with stone quoins and rendered plinth and eaves course. Segmental-headed niches to flanking wings. Tripartite timber casement windows to façade, Venetian style and double-light round-headed windows to entrance bay, all with painted sills. Segmental-headed door opening with moulded stucco surround and timber doorcase having engaged Doric columns and fluted cornice, circular-paned fanlight, round-headed sidelights and double timber and round-headed glass panes. Accessed by concrete steps with cast-iron railings. Set within its own grounds with modern warehouses to south-east and bounded by random coursed wall to front, with cast-iron gates and gate piers. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1620, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1620.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/offaly/drumbane.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/drumbane.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/drumbane.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) - Drumbane, Birr: 8 sales, https://everytownland.com/offaly/drumbane-birr.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballindarra: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballindarra.md - Crinkill: https://everytownland.com/offaly/crinkill.md - Seefin: https://everytownland.com/offaly/seefin.md - Townparks: https://everytownland.com/offaly/townparks-181132.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/offaly/drumbane - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/drumbane