Drumhawnagh

80 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumhawnagh, from 765 m² to 142,687 m² (14.27 ha, 35.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 43 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Drumhawnagh 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.

• 26 Aug 2026N/a

  for construction of an extension to the north of the existing dwelling, comprising a new entrance, utility room, WC, pantry, rear hall, snug, three bedrooms, including one with en-suite and walk-in wardrobe, and a bathroom. Alterations to the existing dwelling, including: removal of the attached side stores on the north elevation and the porch on the east elevation; internal reconfiguration, including the removal of internal walls to create an open-plan kitchen, dining and living area; removal of two existing windows and installation of a new window and double doors on the rear east elevation; installation of an additional window on the front west elevation; and plastering of the existing brick chimneys to provide a smooth finish. Construction of a domestic garage. Formation of a bellmouth entrance at the existing entrance location, including new walls and piers to the west. Installation of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, connection to existing services and all associated site works. Construction of a new bored well

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660477

• 18 Aug 2026N/a

  for construction of an extension to the north of the existing dwelling, comprising a new entrance, utility room, WC, pantry, rear hall, snug, three bedrooms, including one with en-suite and walk-in wardrobe, and a bathroom. Alterations to the existing dwelling, including: removal of the attached side stores on the north elevation and the porch on the east elevation;internal reconfiguration, including the removal of internal walls to create an open-plan kitchen, dining and living area; removal of two existing windows and installation of a new window and double doors on the rear east elevation; installation of an additional window on the front west elevation; and plastering of the existing brick chimneys to provide a smooth finish Construction of a domestic garage. Formation of a bellmouth entrance at the existing entrance location, including new walls and piers to the west. Installation of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, connection to existing services and all associated site works. Construction of a new bored well

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660454

• 10 Jun 2026N/a

  for 1) restoration and alteration of the building known as The Goods Shed and its conversion to a fully serviced 2-storey family flat to the rear of the existing dwelling. (This building is a Recorded Protected Structure). Works to include installation of a 1st floor, roof lights, a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated ancillary site works. 2)RETENTION of an existing domestic garage located to the side of the existing dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660328

• 6 Jun 2026N/a

  to construct 2 No. Poultry house and all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s)) together with all associated site works (to include new/upgraded site entrance) arising from the above proposed development

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660318

• 23 Apr 2025Conditional

  FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STOREY AND A HALF TYPE DWELLING HOUSE WITH SINGLE STOREY ELEMENTS AND ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW ENTRANCE, BOUNDARY WALLS, PIERS AND FENCING, PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560191

• 19 Mar 2025Conditional

  to erect fully serviced two storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, bellmouth entrance, sewerage treatment facilities & all ancillary site works. SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560107

• 25 Aug 2021Conditional

  to (1) construct a dormer bungalow style extension to the rear of an existing bungalow type dwelling house and internal and external alterations to the existing bungalow, (2) construction of a domestic garage and (3) new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21536

• 14 Jul 2021Conditional

  to construct a five bay extension to the existing slatted shed which will consist of slatted area with slurry holding tank underneath, calving pens, dry bedded pens and all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 21440

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 Drumhawnagh.

Recorded monuments

• CV031-026 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  Situated close to the roadside in rolling grassland. This well-preserved polygonal chamber is formed by two portal-stones, two sidestones and a backstone, covered by a single roofstone. It is 2.3m long and 2m wide inside the portal-stones, narrowing to 1.1m at the backstone. The portal-stones, at the NNW, stand 0.75m apart and both are 1.55m high. Both sidestones lean inwards against the portal-stones and backstone. The inward-leaning backstone is 1.25m high. The roofstone measures 1.9m by 1.8m by 0.2m thick. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 131, No. 32) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

• CV031-027 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 33m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank modified and incorporated into the field boundary and a wide, deep, partially waterlogged fosse. Original entrance not recognisable. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

Architectural heritage

• St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1905–1915 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Romanesque style cruciform-plan double-height Roman Catholic church, built 1910, having four-bay nave, full-height polygonal chancel, two-bay transepts with lean-to side porches, sacristy to west, restored 1982. Pitched slate roof with crested terracotta ridge tiles, raised cut stone barges on corbelled kneelers with gablets having apex crosses, moulded render eaves course, square-profile cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls having raised smooth rendered plinth. Angle buttresses to gable front, wall buttresses between nave bays and flanking transept gables. Round-headed windows with hood moulding block labels and chamfered sills. Oculi to apex of transept gables. Stained glass windows of 1982, historic stained glass windows to chancel. Round-arched door opening having hood moulding and moulded stepped reveals with engaged colonettes having foliated capitals, replacement timber glazed door, and approached by recent stone steps and ramp. Square-headed replacement doors to side porches. Interior having open truss roof with round arches flanking king-posts over arched braces on wall corbels. Timber stair to carved timber gallery with open trefoil arcade, recently remodelled enclosed porch beneath. Round chancel arch supported on marble double colonnettes with foliate capitals on corbels. Rebuilt reredos from Convent Chapel, Grenard. Marble clad altar, ambo, and chair. Set back from the road with braced steel belfry to south-east. Graveyard to north on site of earlier church, now demolished.

• Drumhawnagh Station, goods shed, 1910–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay double-height railway goods shed, built c.1920, now disused. Pitched slate roof with oversailing eaves and verges, red brick chimneystack with stepped coursesto south gable, cast-iron rainwater downpipes. Coursed squared and snecked limestone walls having red brick quoins, block-and-start surrounds, and dressings stamped with maker’s name 'Davison'. Segmental-arched openings with bull-nose reveals to side elevations. Semi-circular window to gables with metal window having spoked and concentric divisions and cut stone sills. Wide square-headed door opening and window to south gable. Cut stone platform to east elevation. Sections of platform to south alongside timber-sheeted waiting room having curved corrugated-iron roof and multiple-pane windows. Now located in garden of private house.

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 Drumhawnagh.

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 Drumhawnagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.

Name

Drumhawnagh

Area

1,744,322 m² (174.43 ha, 431.03 acres)

Civil parish

Drumlumman, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmahon

Electoral division

Loughdawan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Loughdawan electoral division: 329 people in 126 households; 91% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Drumbrucklis, Drumcor, Drumhawragh, Grousehall, Killycatron, Killydoon, Kilsaran, Middletown

Placenames

Drumhawnagh 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.