Drumatober

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumatober, from 424 m² to 185,472 m² (18.55 ha, 45.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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 Drumatober 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.

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  for construction of a porch extension to the front (south) elevation of an existing dormer dwelling and dormer extension to the rear (north) elevation with minor elevational alterations to the existing dwelling to include raising the wall plate level for additional living space at first floor level and all associated external site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 25349

• 2 Jul 2024Conditional

  to construct a farm roadway and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1860.0 sqm (road)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24182

• 9 Feb 2024N/a

  to construct a farm roadway and all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2442

• 1 Apr 2019Conditional

  for the following: (1) construction of a new two storey dwelling house, (2) construction of new garage, (3) proposed new effluent treatment system and percolation area together with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 359.2 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19468

• 21 Mar 2019Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced dwelling house, garage and a treatment plant along with an access road. Gross floor space of proposed works: 244 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19412

• 21 Jun 2018Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced dwelling house, garage and a treatment plant along with an access road. Gross floor space of proposed works 244 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18849

• 1 Feb 2018N/a

  to construct a fully serviced dwelling house, garage and a treatment plant. Gross floor space of proposed works 244 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 1893

• 20 Jul 2017N/a

  to construct a fully serviced dwelling house, garage and a treatment plant. Gross floor space of proposed works 244sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171081

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 Drumatober.

Recorded monuments

• GA106-066 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the N-facing slope of a hill. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (c. 60m NW-SE; c. 50m NE-SW) defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter survives from NE through E to SE. A gap (Wth 3.4m) at E may be original. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 December 2017

• GA106-067 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low ridge in pastureland. Circular rath (diam. c. 35m), in fair condition, defined by a bank best preserved at SW. There is a wide break (Wth 14m) in the bank at E. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 December 2017

• GA107-058001 Children's burial ground
  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.

• GA107-058002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Immediately S of a children’s burial ground (GA107-058001-). This natural spring well is known locally as ‘Our Lady’s Well’ and is visited each May. It is defined by an oval drystone well chamber (1.1m E-W; 0.9m N-S; D 0.8m) around which lies a scatter of loose stones (Wth 0.9m), most likely field-clearance material. A small alcove built into the S sector of the well contained religious icons and money, and more were also scattered around the W sector. The well was dry on inspection and, according to local information, the water source had moved near the large tree just W of the well. A number of natural depressions in the nearby rock outcrop are known locally as ‘St Brendan’s knees’. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 28 March 2023

• GA107-059 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In level grassland adjacent to a road. This poorly preserved and much-overgrown wedge-shaped children's burial ground (L 25m; Wth 14.5m) is defined by tentative traces of a bank along the S side. Within it numerous set stones indicate graves aligned E-W. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 30 August 2019

• GA107-193 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On a low but locally prominent hillock 200m to the NW of a stream. According to the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 81), the 'natives' reported that there was a 'castle' in this townland but no location was specified. Local tradition points to this hillock as the site. A series of irregular grassy banks, scarps and berms, particularly on the E and S slopes of the hillock, indicate the former presence of earthworks. These have been disturbed at E by quarrying. On the summit itself a flat platform (NW-SE 16m, NE-SW 8m) is defined by a scarp, the surface of which is dotted with a number of large blocks of dressed limestone. These include fragments of an arch and a chamfered portion of a window jamb or fireplace mantel, the dressing on which suggests a 16th or 17th-century date. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 June 2017

Architectural heritage

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

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 Drumatober, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Drumatober · Droim an Tobair

Area

1,177,151 m² (117.72 ha, 290.88 acres)

Civil parish

Abbeygormacan, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Abbeygormacan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

464 people lived in 162 households in the Abbeygormacan electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boleyroe, Castletown, Coolagh, Cormick, Drumeyre, Drumhogan, Liscoyle

Placenames

Drumatober 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.