Drumsheaver
Drumsheaver is a townland in the civil parish of Tedavnet, barony of Monaghan, Co. Monaghan. Its name in Irish is Droim Siabhra.
Parcel 317532
- Area
- 33,087 m² (3.31 ha, 8.18 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 480 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Drumsheaver
Planning applications on this parcel
20 Jul 2023Conditional
permission to erect a two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, treatment plant, percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360153
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.
- MO006-018 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a small rise on a NE-SW ridge in a low-lying landscape. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (int. diam. 38m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank or scarp (Wth 1-1.6m; H 1.5m at SE to 2.1m at W and hedge with traces of an outer fosse. The entrance is at ESE. It has become overgrown since 1968 (Bing 2013). 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: 29 August 2017
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 20 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 126.5 ha
- 313 acres
- Land parcels
- 38
- registered freehold, median 9,037 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumsheaver, from 33 m² to 180,380 m² (18.04 ha, 44.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Drumsheaver 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
22 Oct 2025Conditional
retention permission for an extension of single story front porch up to the existing roof and the change in the layout of the windows on the south gable wall
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2560426
25 Apr 2025Conditional
planning permission to demolish 3 No. existing poultry houses and 2 No. ancillary stores/buildings, and, to construct 2 No. poultry house and 1 No. ancillary storage shed together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank(s)) and site associated with the above development
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560171
20 Jul 2023Conditional
permission to erect a two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, treatment plant, percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360153
11 May 2022Conditional
permission to remove existing derelict mushroom structures & construct a new two storey dwelling house & detached domestic garage, install new mechanical effluent treatment system, subsoil percolation area, construct new domestic entrance together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 22206
2 Jun 2021Conditional
permission to demolish single storey dwelling house and stores, erect a single storey dwelling house, connect to existing septic tank and soakaway and exit onto public road by way of existing laneway. Retain existing mobile home.
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21318
5 May 2021Conditional
permission to erect a two storey dwelling house, insert a filter unit and percolation area and exit onto public road
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21242
2 Feb 2021Conditional
construct a two-storey dwelling, single-storey attached domestic garage, waste water treatment system, new entrance with gates and piers and all associated works. Significant Further Information: (i) an amended dwelling and garage design (ii) revised boundary treatments (iii) amended site layout together with an enlarged site area to accommodate relocation of proposed entrance and increased visibility splay.
Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 219003
10 Nov 2020Conditional
Permission to construct a new two storey dwelling house, detached single storey domestic garage, construct new entrance onto public road, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter and all other associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 20481
7 Oct 2020Conditional
permission to erect a two storey dwelling house and domestic garage, insert a filter unit and percolation area and open new entrance on to public road previously planning reference 17/302
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 20408
8 Jun 2018Conditional
Permission to construct a storey and a half style dwelling with a detached garage, wastewater treatment system, entrance and associated site works. Significant Further Information relates to the relocating the proposed dwelling closer to south & west hedgerows and the reposition of the road entrance and laneway along with landscape survey/plans.
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 18253
14 Jul 2017Refused
Permission to construct a storey & a half style dwelling with detached garage, wastewater treatment system, entrance & associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17340
22 Jun 2017Conditional
OUTLINE Permission for a new 2 storey dwelling house, proprietary waste water treatment unit, sand polishing filter and construct new entrance and all other associated site development works. Significant Further Information has been received in relation to the proposed site entrance and driveway in order to achieve the requisite 100 metre clear sight visibility splays in both directions, amendments of site boundaries and an increase in the overall site area in order to facilitate the relocated site entrance
Outline permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17302
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Drumsheaver.
Recorded monuments
- MO006-018 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a small rise on a NE-SW ridge in a low-lying landscape. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (int. diam. 38m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank or scarp (Wth 1-1.6m; H 1.5m at SE to 2.1m at W and hedge with traces of an outer fosse. The entrance is at ESE. It has become overgrown since 1968 (Bing 2013). 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: 29 August 2017
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumsheaver.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Drumsheaver, about 1 in 20 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumsheaver.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Drumsheaver with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Drumsheaver · Droim Siabhra
- Area
- 1,265,063 m² (126.51 ha, 312.6 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tedavnet, and its townlands
- Barony
- Monaghan
- Electoral division
- Tedavnet, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,008 people lived in 340 households in the Tedavnet electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Drumdesco, Druminane, Feebaghduff, Mullaghmore North, Shee, Stracrunnion
- Placenames
- Drumsheaver 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.