Drumcondra

120 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumcondra, from 16 m² to 178,812 m² (17.88 ha, 44.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 74 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 51 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1E2 - General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1A2 - New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.3TU - Transport and Utilities (Mixed/general water/wastewater uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 11 Aug 2026N/a

  File Ref: 21956 - construction of a single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling and to convert attic space into bedrooms with revised elevational treatment to include velux windows and all ancillary site works

  Extension of duration · Meath County Council, 26192

• 23 Jul 2026N/a

  the development will consist of the construction of a semi-detached 2-storey dwelling containing 2 No. bedroom units and connection to services

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660929

• 22 Apr 2026N/a

  the development will consist of (i) the relocation of existing enclosed softplay area, (ii) the proposed erection of a new 186m2 single storey classroom building, (iii) new enclosed softplay, (iv) 10 no. Staff car-parking spaces, (v) fire tender access road & all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660453

• 6 Feb 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of 1. Change of use from commercial store to retail outlet and to construct single storey extension to rear of same. 2. Construct shop front, replace existing roof, provide car-parking and connect to existing services

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560113

• 8 Jan 2025N/a

  the development will consist of 1. Change of use from commercial store to retail outlet and to construct single storey extension to rear of same. 2. Construct shop front, replace existing roof, provide car-parking and connect to existing services

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560032

• 8 Jul 2024Conditional

  construction of 2 no. 3 bed single storey dwellings, connection to existing services and all works ancillary to the overall development on site

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 24294

• 14 Jun 2024Conditional

  The development consists to demolish existing single storey dwelling and construct 11 no. part two storey part single storey detached dwellings in total, of four house design types, consisting of (i) 7 no. three bedroom and (ii) 4 no. four bedroom detached dwellings, new vehicular access and pedestrian entrance onto Carrickmacross Road together with connection to existing public services, provision of footpaths, access road, landscaping and all associated site works

  Permission, 11 homes · Meath County Council, 2460435

• 3 Feb 2024Refused

  the development will consist of a new proposed dwelling and detached garage, opening of a new vehicular entrance to site and connection to existing public sewage and storm drainage together with all associated site development works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460071

• 6 Jan 2024N/a

  the development will consist of a new proposed dwelling and detached garage, opening of a new vehicular entrance to site and connection to existing public sewage and storm drainage together with all associated site development works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460013

• 19 Dec 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of a storey and a half dwelling, new entrance gates, connection to services and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360491

• 31 Aug 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of the demolition of existing derelict dwelling and to construct 5 No. 2-bed single storey retirement homes, connection to existing services, car-parking, boundary treatment and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360252

• 24 Aug 2023Conditional

  Retention of an Off Licence within an existing convenience store.

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2360233

• 21 Jul 2023Conditional

  2 No. 2-bed semi-detached dwellings, connection to services along with all ancillary site works. Significant Further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Outline permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 2360176

• 21 Apr 2023Refused

  to demolish existing single storey dwelling and construct 13 no. part two storey part single storey detached dwellings in total, of four house design types, consisting of (i) 7 no. three bedroom and (ii) 6 no. four bedroom detached dwellings, new vehicular access and pedestrian entrance onto Carrickmacross Road together with connection to existing public services, provision of footpaths, access road, landscaping and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 12 homes · Meath County Council, 2360019

• 28 Oct 2022Conditional

  construction of Workshop Unit and meeting room unit, connection to main sewage system, connection to mains water supply, entrance onto public road and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221417

• 15 Aug 2022Conditional

  the erection of a two-storey house with single storey elements, entrance gates and piers, access lane, connections to water and foul services and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221067

• 13 Jun 2022Conditional

  the development will consist of the retention of (A) 2 No. single storey extensions to rear of existing dwelling (B) Velux rooflights (C) Revised site boundaries and site layout and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 22777

• 20 May 2021Conditional

  construction of a single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling and to convert attic space into bedrooms with revised elevational treatment to include velux windows and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21956

• 26 Mar 2021Refused

  the installation of an 18 metres monopole carrying antennas, a dish, associated equipment, ground-based equipment cabinets and all associated site development works. The development will provide for wireless data and broadband services. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 21561

• 28 Jan 2021N/a

  development will consist of the installation of an 18 metres monopole carrying antennas, a dish, associated equipment, ground-based equipment cabinets and all associated site development works. The development will provide for wireless data and broadband services

  Permission · Meath County Council, 21165

• 18 Jan 2021Refused

  outline planning permission for 4 No. dormer bungalows, connection to existing public sewer, entrance onto public road and all ancillary site development works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2170

• 14 Jan 2021N/a

  development will consist of the installation of an 18 metres monopole carrying antennas, a dish, associated equipment, ground-based equipment cabinets and all associated site development works. The development will provide for wireless data and broadband services

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2145

• 1 Dec 2020N/a

  outline planning permission for 4 No. dormer bungalows, connection to existing public sewer, entrance onto public road and all ancillary site development works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA201836

• 2 Jul 2020Conditional

  the retention of an attic conversion to habitable space including for one velux window to front elevation along with domestic garage and all associated site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, KA200847

• 19 Feb 2019N/a

  the consersion and change of use of an existing Coach House building to a four bedroom holiday accommodation. The development is located within the curtilage of a protected structure

  Retention · Meath County Council, KA190166

The 25 most recent of 31 applications.

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 Drumcondra.

Recorded monuments

• ME006-010 Castle - motte and bailey
  Description

  Located at the crest of the N-facing slope of a hill. The motte is a circular grass and scrub-covered, flat-topped mound that can be distinguished from the fosse (max. diam. of top 14m NW-SE; diam. of base 27.5m NW-SE; H 2.5m at SE to 4.3m at NW; total H 4.3m at SE to 7.1m at NW) with some trees defined by a fosse (Wth of top 4.5m at NW to 9.5m at SW; int. D 1.6-2.8m; ext. D 1.5-1.8m). There is a raised rectangular and grass-covered bailey (dims of top 29m NE-SW; 25m NW-SE) defined by traces of a bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.5m) at E and S and by overgrown fosses (Wth of top 7-9m; int. D 2.5-3m generally to 1.6m at NW; ext. D 0.2m at NE and SE to 1.4-1.7m) on every side extending ESE of the motte. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 7 June 2016 Amended: 14 December 2022

• ME006-010001 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Located on the E-facing slope of the hill that has the motte and bailey (ME006-010----) at its summit. Aerial photographs (GB92.FD. 03 and 05), taken in September 1982, show a series of linear banks forming what might be a road ascending the hill on the S side of a WNW-ESE current field bank. The road (L c. 140m; Wth 13-22m) is between the field bank and a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 3m; H 0.8m) on the S side. There is a gap (Wth 10m) about the middle of the S bank where the relict banks turn S. Field system (ME006-010002-) is in the field to the N. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout & Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 October 2018

• ME006-010002 Field system
  Description

  Located on the E-facing slope of the hill that has the motte and bailey (ME006-010----) at its summit. An aerial photograph (GB92.FD. 05), taken in September 1992, shows three large roughly rectangular fields (dims c. 100m NE-SW; c. 90-140m NW-SE) defined by broad scarps curving N-E-S descending the slope from the motte and on the N side of the road (ME006-010001-) and on the N side of a current WNW-ESE field bank and covers an area of about 15 acres (c. 6ha). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 22 October, 2018

• ME006-011 Castle - motte
  Description

  Situated on a low rise in a low-lying landscape c. 200m SW St Peter’s church and the medieval settlement of Drumcondra (ME006-012----). This is a circular, flat-topped mound (diam. of top 11m NE-SW; diam. of base 28m NE-SW; H 4.5-5.5m) with some trees defined by a slight fosse (Wth of top 3m at SW to 9m at NE: Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 0.2m at SW to 1m at NE). There are slight traces of a possible bailey (dims 22m NE-SW; 26m SE-NW) to the NE defined by a slight scarp on the NW side.    Archaeological testing (03E0044) by R. O’Hara on a triangular site (c. 0.5 ha) just to the SW identified no related material (excavations.ie 2003:1385).  The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 22 October 2018 Amended: 10 October 2025

• ME006-012 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  Situated in a relatively low-lying position between drumlins. Graham (1974, 54) suggests that it was founded by Walter de Lacy before 1241 but the first reference to its charter is in the early fourteenth century Dowdall Deeds. In 1412 Thomas Fleming, Baron of Slane, had a licence for a weekly market and an annual fair at Drumcondra (Cogan 1867, 294). The settlement had declined by the seventeenth century but in the Civil Survey (1654) the manor of Drumcondra is still held by the Flemings of Slane. The survey describes it as a church and two waste castles (Simington 1940, 365), undoubtedly the mottes (ME006-010----; ME006-011----) located c. 425m to the N and c. 200m SW of the church site respectively. The mottes testify to its former importance, but it is never likely to have been more than a village centred on its NW-SE Main Street that widened at its NW end and could have incorporated a fair green. (Bradley and King 1985 35; Bradley 1988-9, 44) Archaeological testing (98E0157) by Deirdre Murphy c. 60m NW of the graveyard produced no medieval material (excavations.ie 1998:506). Further archaeological testing (05E1296) by P. D. Sweetman on a plot (dims c. 100m N-S; c. 30m E-W) on the NE side of the Main Street had a similar result (excavations.ie 2005:1173). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 22 October 2018 Amended: 16 February 2021; 18 February 2021

• ME006-012001 Church
  Description

  The site of the medieval parish church of Drumcondra is situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. A church at Drumgorrach is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire. 5, 261), and Nicholas Fleming is recorded as the pastor here in 1388 (Cogan 1862 70, 2, 294). Ussher (1622) describes the church as in reasonable repair while the chancel was undergoing repairs (Erlington 1847-64, 1, xcii). According to Dopping’s visitation (1682 5) the church was dedicated to St. Peter and Robert Parkinson was the rector but the church had been ruinous since 1641 and it was not enclosed (Ellison 1973, 5). The present Church of Ireland church was built in 1766 (Lewis 1837, 1, 514) but it is now closed. There is no evidence of the medieval church apart from a cross-slab and a font in a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 68m NW-SE; c. 40m N-S; at E to c. 56m NNE-SSW at W) defined by masonry walls. The cross-slab is described (Bradley and King 1985, 36) as a sandstone slab (dims 0.58m x 0.32m; T 0.12m) with a ringed cross cut deeply into the stone leaving the quadrants raised. The font is rectangular (ext. dim. 0.57m; H 0.4m) with chamfered corners (Wth 0.12m) and under panels, and has a circular, flat bottomed basin (diam. 0.47m; D 0.27m). There are holes on the rim for a cover (Roe 1968, 114), but it has now been moved to a position outside the church at Siddan (ME006-056004-). The motte and bailey (ME006-011----) is c. 200m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 December, 2014

• ME006-012002 Cross-slab
  Description

  There is no evidence of the medieval church of Drumcondra (ME006-012001-) apart from a cross-slab and a font (ME006-012003-) in the graveyard (ME006-012004-). The cross-slab is described (Bradley and King 1985, 36) as a sandstone slab (dims 0.58m x 0.32m; T 0.12m) with a ringed cross cut deeply into the stone leaving the quadrants raised, but its precise location is not knwon. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 July, 2014

• ME006-012003 Font
  Description

  There is no evidence of the medieval parish church of Drumcondra (ME006-012001-) apart from a cross-slab (ME006-012002-) and a font in the rectangular graveyard (ME006-012004-). The font is rectangular (ext. dims 0.58m x 0.58m; H 0.46m) with chamfered corners (Wth 0.12m) and under-panels, and a circular, flat-bottomed basin (diam. 0.47m; D 0.27m). There are holes on the rim for a cover. The font is now outside the Church of Ireland church at Siddan (ME006-056001-). (Roe 1968, 114) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 July, 2014 Amended: 7 August, 2014

• ME006-012004 Graveyard
  Description

  The site of the parish church of Drumcondra (ME006-012001-) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 68m NW-SE; c. 40m N-S; at E to c. 56m NNE-SSW at W) defined by masonry walls. The present Church of Ireland church of St. Peter was built within the graveyard in 1766 (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 514). The graveyard has a cross-slab (ME006-012002-) but the font (ME006-012003-) has been moved to Siddan (ME006-056004-). Archaeological testing (98E0157) by Deirdre Murphy c. 60m NW of the graveyard produced no related material (excavations.ie 1998:506). Archaeological testing (04E0609) by D. Neillis just E of the graveyard identified a pit (dims c. 2m x 1m plus; D 0.5m plus) from which a piece of medieval pottery was recovered but the pit is now preserved in a garden (excavations.ie 2004: 1222). Further testing (04E0618) of an area (c. 0.75 ha) c. 130m to the NW by the same archaeologist produced no related material. Archaeological testing (05E1296) by P. D. Sweetman c. 70m to the N of the graveyard produced no related material (excavations.ie: 2005:1173).  Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 May, 2014 Amended: 9 July, 2014, 16 February 2021, 12 July 2021, 10 October 2025

Architectural heritage

• Milestone/milepost, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triangular-profile granite milestone, c.1780, inscribed on two sides.

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1830, with central entrance porch. Hipped tile roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls with render pilasters to porch. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Bounded by cast-iron railings.

• Saint Peter's Church (Drumcondra), church/chapel, 1740–1760 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted church, built c.1750, with two-bay side elevations to nave, and single-bay chancel with vestry attached to the east. Pitched slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods. Bellcote to western gable. Pointed arch openings with stone tracery and sills. Carved limestone Gibbs surround with pediment above, to paired timber panelled doors. Church and graveyard bounded by rendered rubble limestone walls, with ashlar limestone gate piers and cast-iron double gates. Flight of limestone steps leading to gates.

• The Glebe, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement rectory, built c.1860, with central entrance porch. Hipped slate roof with carved eaves dentils and rendered chimneys. Rubble limestone walls with ashlar string course between basement and ground floor. Flight of stone steps to entrance porch. Timber sash windows with brick surrounds and stone sills. Range of stone outbuildings to north-west. Bounded by cast-iron railings on a limestone plinth, with carved limestone gate piers having cast-iron double gates.

• T. Muldoon, house, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of former three-bay two-storey houses, built c.1840, extended by two-bays to the west to accommodate later use as hotel. Now in use as three-bay house to the east and five-bay public house to the west. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render quoins. Early twentieth-century timber shopfront to east end. Square-headed window openings with render surrounds and stone sills, some with timber sash windows. Timber panelled door with overlight and render surround. Cast-iron colonnettes with stained glass canopy, cast-iron lettering and cast-iron brackets.

• Handball alley, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Handball alley, built c.1910, with rendered rubble and concrete walls, with remains of iron netting supports. Concrete bollards to site.

• Water pump, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, with banded shaft, foliate decoration to spout, straight handle and foundry mark.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumcondra.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Drumcondra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Drumcondra · Droim Conrach

Area

760,165 m² (76.02 ha, 187.84 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcondra, and its townlands

Barony

Slane Lower

Electoral division

Drumcondra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Drumcondra electoral division: 1,376 people in 491 households; 83% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Birdhill, Drumsillagh, Greenan, Kearntown, Kilriffin, Mullyandrew, Newstone, Rathtrasna

Placenames

Drumcondra 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.