Drumnasillagh

118 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumnasillagh, from 7 m² to 81,159 m² (8.12 ha, 20.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 61 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Drumnasillagh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 30 Sept 2026N/a

  Permission to construct an extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling house including new waste water treatment plant & polishing filter including all ancillary works and site works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2660674

• 17 Jun 2026Conditional

  Permission for alterations and extensions to existing two storey dwelling, new single storey domestic garage, new effluent treatment system/percolation area, new soakaways, alterations to the existing vehicular entrance with all associated site development works *Significant Further Information received on 07/09/2026*

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2660383

• 13 Jan 2026Conditional

  Permission for a change of house type from the previously approved two storey dwelling (Reg. Ref. 211236) to a two-storey dwelling with single storey elements, revised soakaway, revised entrance gates and piers, revised access lane and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2660006

• 25 Nov 2025N/a

  Permission for the change of house type from the previously approved two storey dwelling (Reg. Ref. 211236) to a two-storey dwelling with single storey elements, revised soakaway, revised entrance gates and piers, revised access lane and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560752

• 27 May 2025Conditional

  Permission to erect a 24 metre lattice support structure carrying telecommunications equipment including antennas, dishes, and associated equipment (comprising a total height of 25.5 metres including attached lightning finials), together with new ground level equipment cabinets and fencing. On completion of the above the two existing 10 metre high wooden poles each with a 3 metre high antenna attached (comprising a total height of 13 metres each) will be removed

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2560307

• 22 Nov 2024Conditional

  Permission Consequent on the Grant of Outline Permission Ref. No. 21827 for one dwellinghouse, waste water treatment system and all Associated site development works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2460721

• 23 Aug 2024N/a

  Permission for the demolition of an existing stable and the development of a stable block and feed store adjacent to the existing equine area, and the construction of a garage storage shed and glasshouse in the grounds of the existing dwelling

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460481

• 2 Apr 2024Conditional

  Permission for a change of house type from the previously approved two storey dwelling (Reg. Ref. 21907) to a two-storey dwelling with single storey elements, revised soakaway, proposed new garage, revised entrance gates and piers, revised access lane and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2460172

• 20 Mar 2024N/a

  Permission for amendments to the previously approved planning (Reg. Ref. 21907) including a new detached two storey dwelling with single storey elements, single storey garage, entrance gates and piers, access lane, a revised soakaway and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2460141

• 12 Mar 2024Refused

  Permission for proposed new 24 metre lattice support structure (overall height of 25.5 metres) carrying telecommunications equipment including antennas, dishes, and associated equipment, together with new ground level equipment cabinets and fencing

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460127

• 10 Jan 2024Refused

  Permission for the construction of a new two-storey dwelling with single storey living area and associated double garage and car port, the opening of a new vehicular entrance to the site, new private water well and wastewater treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2460014

• 6 Apr 2023Conditional

  Permission Consequent on the grant of outline permission (planning ref :21/1137) for a development at Drumnasillagh, Ravendale, Dundalk, Co Louth. The proposed development consists of :Permission for a two storey dwelling house with entrance onto public road, waste water treatment system and all associated site development works. **Significant further inforamation received on 01/09/2023 includes amendments to site layout & amendments to elevations**

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Louth County Council, 23172

• 4 Oct 2021Conditional

  Permission for a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 211236

• 13 Sept 2021Refused

  Outline permission for one dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site development works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 211136

• 13 Sept 2021Conditional

  Outline permission for one dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site development works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 211137

• 19 Jul 2021Conditional

  Permission for a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21907

• 5 Jul 2021Conditional

  Outline permission for one dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site development works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21827

• 11 Mar 2021N/a

  Proposed development to erect a 24m high lattice telecommunications support structure together with antennas, dishes and associated equipment

  Permission · Louth County Council, 21255

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Drumnasillagh.

Recorded monuments

• LH004-008001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Oval area (int. dims. 50m NNW-SSE, 29m WSW-ENE) enclosed by much-altered and gapped bank (Wth 5m, H c. 1.1m). From NNE-E the bank is replaced by a modern stone wall. Original entrance not identifiable. No visible fosse. Souterrain (LH004-008002-) in interior.

• LH004-008002 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Situated in the interior of ringfort LH004-008001- (CLAJ 1909, 137-8). Now inaccessible.

• LH004-036 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 This court-tomb is incorporated in a roughly trapezoidal cairn some 30m long and 20m wide at the WSW, narrowing to 7.1m wide at the ESE. There is a well-defined court at the W leading to the gallery area which is covered by cairn material. The court, 7.5m wide and 6m deep, embraces almost three-quarters of a circle and is represented by 14 orthostats, 7 at either side. Two large slabs lie at the inner end of the court. A single façade stone stands beyond the N arm of the court. Two kerb stones are exposed at the E end of the cairn and a field wall runs along its southern side. (PRIA (C) 1960, 128-9)

• LH004-037 Fulacht fia
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Situated in a small swampy valley, between ridges of light soil to E and W. Immediately to E of mound is a small stream, probably the original source of water for the trough. The site consists of an irregularly-shaped mound (max. dims. 15m by 9m, H 0.6m) of burnt stone and charcoal with trough depression to E. To W and S are low irregular banks extending from the mound, comprised of mound material. However, their exact relationship to the mound is indeterminate.

• LH004-043001 Enclosure
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Polygonal enclosure (max. dims. 27m E-W, 26m N-S) known locally as'Jamesons's Fort'. Site may be modified ringfort. Souterrain (LH004-043002-) in interior of enclosure.

• LH004-043002 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Situated in enclosure LH004-043001- and consisting of a section of passage (L 5.2m, Wth 1m, H 1.3m) running N-S.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumnasillagh.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. 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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Drumnasillagh, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3062 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. 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.

No address of the register names Drumnasillagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.

Name

Drumnasillagh · Droim na Saileach

Area

721,732 m² (72.17 ha, 178.34 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymascanlan, and its townlands

Barony

Dundalk Lower

Electoral division

Ballymascanlan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,272 people lived in 737 households in the Ballymascanlan electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghnaskeagh, Broughattin, Doolargy, Drumnacarra, Feede, Proleek Acres

Placenames

Drumnasillagh on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. 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.