Drumroosk North
Drumroosk North is a townland in the civil parish of Fenagh, barony of Leitrim, Co. Leitrim. Its name in Irish is Droim Rúisc Thuaidh.
Parcel 606266
- Area
- 113,185 m² (11.32 ha, 27.97 acres)
- 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
- Drumroosk North
Planning applications on this parcel
10 Oct 2018Conditional
construct new storage shed to serve existing dwelling house with all associated site development works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 18210
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 5 recorded monuments.
- LE024-024001 Church
Description
In gently undulating lowland. Parish church of Fenagh. A rectangular structure (int. dims. 13.7m E-W; 6.02m N-S) built of randomly coursed limestone masonry walls (T 0.7m), with dressed quoins, which survives complete (H c. 4m) except for the top of the W gable. There is a single round-headed doorway (Wth 1.55m; H 2.2m) towards the W end of the S wall, with a tall window, now blocked, towards the E end of that wall. A light in the W gable and holes for corbels at the W end of the N and S walls indicate a gallery. There is a twin-light, cusped, ogee-headed window and an aumbry in the E wall. The church is situated within a grass-covered oval enclosure (dims. 75m E-W; 52m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.5m; H 1.1m) with an entrance (Wth 3.5m) at SSE, but there is no evidence of burial. Mound (LE024-025---) is c. 100m to ESE and St Patrick's Well (LE024-023---) is c. 260m to SW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE024-024002 Graveyard
Description
Situated in gently undulating lowland c. 150m W of a bay (max. dims c. 150m N-S; c. 130m E-W at N) at the SW angle of Lough Nacarriga. Coolnakill church (LE024-023001-) is towards the W end of a grass-covered oval enclosure (dims 75m E-W; 52m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (at S: Wth 3.5m; H 1.1m) and hedge with an entrance (Wth 3.5m) at SSE, but there is no evidence of burial. Date of upload: 23 September, 2008
- LE024-024003 Enclosure
Description
Situated in gently undulating lowland c. 150m W of a bay (max. dims c. 150m N-S; c. 130m E-W at N) at the SW angle of Lough Nacarriga. Coolnakill church (LE024-023001-) is towards the W end of a grass-covered oval enclosure (dims 75m E-W; 52m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (at S: Wth 3.5m; H 1.1m) and hedge with an entrance (Wth 3.5m) at SSE, but there is no evidence of burial. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 January, 2017
- LE024-024004 Mound
Description
There is a record (ITA Survey 1944) of a mound with some stones protruding from it at the NE angle of Coolkill church (LE024-024001-). This was probably cairn material from the walls and is no longer present. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 January, 2017
- LE024-025 Mound
Description
Situated in a low-lying landscape c. 70m W of a bay (max. dims c. 150m N-S; c. 130m E-W at N) at the SW angle of Lough Nacarriga. It is depicted only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a grass-covered circular rise (diam. 12m; H 0.4m) with an indistinct edge. Coolkill church (LE024-024001-) is c. 100m to the WNW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
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
- About 1 in 5 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, low (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.
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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
- 82.3 ha
- 203 acres
- Land parcels
- 35
- registered freehold, median 4,979 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumroosk North, from 75 m² to 113,185 m² (11.32 ha, 27.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Drumroosk North 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
23 Dec 2021Conditional
to complete entrance and all associated works as granted P. 04/1125 (Dwelling House) and change window on south facing elevation to Patio Doors, extend footpath to decking area with timber handrail and steps to garden area on Eastern Side also permission to retain the omission of stonework on plinths and on south facing gable (Dinning Room)
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 21276
26 Nov 2018Conditional
(1) demolition of existing single storey dwelling on site (2) its replacement with a new single storey dwelling house (3) new waste water treatment system to replace existing system (4) new vehicular entrance and piers together with all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 18261
10 Oct 2018Conditional
construct new storage shed to serve existing dwelling house with all associated site development works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 18210
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 Drumroosk North.
Recorded monuments
- LE024-025 Mound
Description
Situated in a low-lying landscape c. 70m W of a bay (max. dims c. 150m N-S; c. 130m E-W at N) at the SW angle of Lough Nacarriga. It is depicted only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a grass-covered circular rise (diam. 12m; H 0.4m) with an indistinct edge. Coolkill church (LE024-024001-) is c. 100m to the WNW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumroosk North.
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
- About 1 in 5 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, low (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 Drumroosk North.
- 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 Drumroosk North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Drumroosk North · Droim Rúisc Thuaidh
- Area
- 823,304 m² (82.33 ha, 203.44 acres)
- Civil parish
- Fenagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Leitrim
- Electoral division
- Castlefore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 237 people lived in 89 households in the Castlefore electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Branra, Churchfield, Cornabrone, Corrabeagh, Corrachoosaun, Corraphort, Drumany (O'Brien), Drumcarra, Kiltyfinnan
- Placenames
- Drumroosk North 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.