Drumquill
Drumquill is a townland in the civil parish of Clontibret, barony of Cremorne, Co. Monaghan. Its name in Irish is Droim Choill.
Parcel 337467
- Area
- 910 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 215 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
- Drumquill
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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 10 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.
- 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
- 92.1 ha
- 228 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 12,140 m² (1.21 ha, 3 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumquill, from 910 m² to 123,778 m² (12.38 ha, 30.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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 Drumquill 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
8 Sept 2025Conditional
permission for change of house type to that approved under planning ref. 25/60143 together with amended site boundary, relocated garage and Wastewater Treatment System and percolation area together with all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2560366
3 Sept 2025N/a
Planning permission for change of house type to that approved under planning ref. 25/60143 together with amended site boundary, relocated garage and Wastewater Treatment System and percolation area together with all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560357
22 Aug 2025N/a
permission for change of house type to that approved under planning ref. 25/60143 together with amended site boundary, relocated garage and Wastewater Treatment System and percolation area together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2560340
8 Apr 2025Conditional
planning permission to construct a two-storey detached dwelling, single-storey detached domestic garage, new entrance with gates and piers, new wastewater treatment system & percolation area together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2560143
25 Jul 2024Conditional
permission for development consisting of the following: Retention and completion of housing development with amendments to previously approved planning permission reference no. 23/60291. The amendments include; (1) Amendments to dwelling locations and finished floor levels, (2) Change of boundary treatment locations with all ancillary and associated site works
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2460264
20 Mar 2024Conditional
Retention permission to existing entrance and laneway onto public road and enlargement of residential curtilage (stone yard area) to serve existing dwelling and retain changes to domestic garage from that previously granted under planning permission Ref No. 19-139. Also to retain and complete green house and all associated site development works.
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2460098
21 Feb 2024N/a
retention permission for existing entrance and laneway onto public road and enlargement of residential curtilage (stone yard area) to serve existing dwelling and retain changes to domestic garage from that previously granted under planning permission Ref No. 19-139. Also to retain and complete green house and all associated site development works.
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2460061
22 Dec 2023Conditional
retention permission for a development consisting of the retention and completion of housing development with amendments to previously approved planning permission reference no. 21/388. The amendments include minor amendments to dwelling locations and finished floor levels, change of house type from 3 no. Type C semi-detached dwellings on original plots 7,8,9,10,11 & 12 to 2 no. Type E 3 unit terraced dwellings, change of house type from 2 no. Type C semi-detached dwellings on original plots 15,16,21 & 22 to 2 no. Type D semi- detached dwellings, change of house type from 2 no. Type D semi-detached dwellings on original plots 17 & 18 to 2 no. Type B semi- detached dwellings, change of boundary treatment type/ locations with all ancillary and associated site works, the number of units being provided is still 30 as per the original planning application
Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360343
24 Nov 2023Conditional
permission for development consisting of amendments to previously approved Planning Permission Ref: 18/303 which consist of the following: Change of house types/mix to match dwellings under construction on site; Omit 7 no. previously granted house types. New house types/mix to include; 4 no. two-storey semi-detached dwellings, 2 no. single-storey semi-detached dwellings and 4 no. two-storey terraced dwellings, change of boundary treatment locations, connections to all services, accessed off existing estate road under construction with all ancillary and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360291
13 May 2022Conditional
permission to retain imported subsoil and topsoil and raising of ground levels to existing agricultural land and all associated site development works. (in connection with a waste permit application)
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 22216
1 Jul 2021Conditional
Permission to construct 30 no. dwellings houses in semi-detached block types. Houses are a mix of single and two storeys. Access to the proposed development is via an existing vehicular access from the Knockcarrick estate. Works to include alterations to ground levels; internal access roads; car parking; footpaths; public lighting; landscaping; services; connection to existing pubic foul drainage; boundary treatments and all associated site development works.Significant further information relates to landscape masterplan, site layout plan & site location map
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21388
25 Mar 2021N/a
permission to provide a concrete access underpass below surface of existing L-3441-0 road and all associated works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21139
9 Mar 2021Conditional
permission for 1. The retention of reduced levels and hard surfaced area to side of existing dwelling house, pillar structure housing electricity meter which serves existing dwelling house on site & 2. permission to install new waste water treatment system and percolation area to serve existing dwelling house and all associated site development works. Significant further information relates to revised drawings, revised site characterisation report.
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 21108
16 Apr 2020Conditional
permission for the importation of Soil, Stone, Concrete and Inert Waste along with Construction and Demolition material to raise existing ground levels, and all ancillary site development works (in connection with a waste permit application).
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 20128
2 Jul 2018Conditional
Permission to erect 6 no. two storey 4 bedroom semi-detached houses and 1 no. two storey 4 bedroom detached house, connection into existing public foul and storm water sewer system, provide access road to link with existing road, use existing entrance onto public road and all associated site development works. Significant Further information relates to the submission of foul, surface water, attenuation calculations and details
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 18303
25 Apr 2018N/a
3 no. two storey 4 bedroom semi-detached houses and 1 no. two storey 4 bedroom detached house, connection into existing public foul sewer system, provide access road to link with existing access road, use existing entrance onto public road and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 18170
21 Aug 2017Conditional
The construction of a storey and a half dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, new entrance and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17395
25 Jul 2017Refused
To retain and complete existing partially constructed detached storey and a half domestic garage
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17357
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 Drumquill.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drumquill.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumquill.
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 Drumquill, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumquill.
- 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 Drumquill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Drumquill · Droim Choill
- Area
- 921,096 m² (92.11 ha, 227.61 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clontibret, and its townlands
- Barony
- Cremorne
- Electoral division
- Carrickaslane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 715 people lived in 240 households in the Carrickaslane electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Annayalla, Corleadargan, Corratanty, Moneyvolan, Mullaghduff
- Placenames
- Drumquill 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.