Drumturk
Drumturk is a townland in the civil parish of Killanny, barony of Farney, Co. Monaghan. Its name in Irish is Droim Thoirc.
Parcel 4945725
- Area
- 1,958 m²
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Drumturk
Planning applications on this parcel
15 Sept 2026N/a
permission for change of use of dry storage shed for agricultural machinery to light commercial storage shed with internal office, and elevational changes, full planning permission is also sought for new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, existing entrance and associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660394
23 Nov 2018Conditional
erect a storey and a half dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, mounded soil polishing filter, entrance onto public road and all associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 189021
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 moderately low, 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.
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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
- 62.8 ha
- 155 acres
- Land parcels
- 47
- registered freehold, median 3,932 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumturk, from 88 m² to 154,541 m² (15.45 ha, 38.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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 Drumturk 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
15 Sept 2026N/a
permission for change of use of dry storage shed for agricultural machinery to light commercial storage shed with internal office, and elevational changes, full planning permission is also sought for new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, existing entrance and associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660394
26 Mar 2026Conditional
permission for development which will consist of: proposed change of use from existing domestic dwelling to short term tourist rental accommodation, revised boundaries and all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660109
1 Sept 2021Conditional
permission for a development consisting of the construction of a single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area, boundary fencing, new entrance and all associated site works. Significant further information relates to revisions to site boundaries and dwelling, relocation of entrance, provisions of retaining wall to rear and all associated development works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21500
23 Nov 2018Conditional
erect a storey and a half dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, mounded soil polishing filter, entrance onto public road and all associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 189021
22 Mar 2018Conditional
two storey dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system, mounded soil polishing filter, entrance onto public road via existing lane and all associated site works
Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 189003
27 Jan 2017Conditional
permission for a change of house location and change of site boundaries on previously granted permission ref: 13/29 for the construction of a two storey dwelling
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 1723
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 Drumturk.
Recorded monuments
- MO031-098 Promontory fort - inland
Description
Situated at the N edge of a low plateau. It is depicted as a large D-shaped feature (dims c. 150m NW-SE; c. 75m NE-SW) with the straight side at NE and defined by a single field bank on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘fort’ in gothic lettering. It is represented as an equally large D-shaped hachured feature with a wooded border (Wth c. 10m) on the NW and NE sides on the 1907 edition. It was known locally as the ‘Black Fort’ and the name was recorded by the Ordinance Survey in the 1830s (Herity 2012, 302). This was a slightly raised triangular grass-covered area (dims 77m NW-SE; c. 58m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown scarp (at NE: H 1.4m) and a berm (at NE: Wth 7m) at the upper edge of the natural slope (total H c. 4m) on the NE side and by a slight scarp (Wth 6m; H 0.8m) on the NW side. The S edge is provided by an uneven grass-covered scarp (at SW: H 1.1m) that was quarried at the SE angle. There is no evidence of a bank, fosse or entrance, but it may have been an inland promontory fort. It had been removed by 1984. The rath (MO031-099----) is c. 100m to the SW. 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: 31 July 2017
- MO031-099 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a low-lying plateau. It is depicted as a subtriangular embanked enclosure on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’, and it is depicted as an oval hachured feature on the 1907 edition. It was recorded in the 1967 as an oval, slightly domed (H 0.8m) grass-covered area (dims c. 49.5m NNW-SSE; 34.3m E-W; ) defined by a scarp (at W: Wth 2m; H 0.7m) and traces of an eroded fosse W-N-E (at E: Wth of top 9m; int. D 0.8m; ext. D 0.1m). The interior and the perimeter at S were disturbed by ancient quarrying. There was no identifiable original entrance. It had been eroded away by 1984 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: 31 July 2017
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumturk.
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 Drumturk, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumturk.
- 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 Drumturk with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Drumturk · Droim Thoirc
- Area
- 628,273 m² (62.83 ha, 155.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killanny, and its townlands
- Barony
- Farney
- Electoral division
- Drumboory, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 571 people lived in 179 households in the Drumboory electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Annamarran, Clonturk (Mason), Corradoran (Co. Louth), Drumhasket, Lisnashannagh, Mullaghmacateer, Mullaghmeen, Shanrah
- Placenames
- Drumturk 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.