Drinaun

174 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drinaun, from 16 m² to 228,495 m² (22.85 ha, 56.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 51 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Drinaun 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.

• 25 Jul 2024Conditional

  for the refurbishment and extension to existing dwelling house, the construction of a new wastewater treatment system together with all necessary ancillary site works and services connections. Gross floor space of proposed works: 115.01sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24220

• 12 Jul 2018Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store with wastewater treatment system, percolation & all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 172.65 sqm. (garage) 59.5 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18978

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: River Suck Callows SPA 004097
• Natural Heritage Area: Suck River Callows NHA 000222

Recorded monuments

• GA033-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D c. 31.5m) defined by a bank and external fosse, no visible surface trace of which survives from WSW through N to NE where a road cuts the monument. A quarry encroaches upon it from NE to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA033-026 Quarry
  Description

  In an area of rough grazing. A hachured feature marked on the 1926 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused sand pit defined by a hollow. Probably of 19th/20th-century date. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 October 2014

• GA033-027 Quarry
  Description

  Eighteen small hachured features marked on the 1926 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1884 to be disused gravel pits defined by hollows. Probably of 19th/20th-century date. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 October 2014

• GA047-037 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a rise in otherwise level grassland. Very poorly preserved circular rath (D c. 40m) defined by the slight traces of two levelled banks and an intervening fosse. A ringfort (GA047-038----) lies c. 320m to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA047-038 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Some 320m SE of a ringfort (GA047-037----) poorly preserved circular rath (D 48m) defined by a bank overlain by a field bank from S through W to N; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A band of vegetation, outside the scarp face at W, may indicate the line of an external fosse. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA047-039 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In grassland. Poorly preserved almost circular rath (E-W 34m, N-S 33m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The fosse survives from NNW through E to S, and the outer bank at W and E. An enclosure (GA047-040----) lies c. 200m to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA047-040 Enclosure
  Description

  On a low rise in flat pastureland. The arc of a possible, originally circular, enclosure (D c. 40m) is marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1932) curving from W to NNE. The monument has been levelled and no visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA047-041 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Drinaun, 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.

Terrain model

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

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 Drinaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Drinaun · Draighneán

Area

3,541,042 m² (354.1 ha, 875.01 acres)

Civil parish

Killeroran, and its townlands

Barony

Killian

Electoral division

Killeroran, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,301 people lived in 512 households in the Killeroran electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnacurra, Cartron, Cloonascarberry North, Killeroran, Muckanagh South, Shanballymore, Trihill East, Trihill West

Placenames

Drinaun 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.