Drumnafinnila
Drumnafinnila is a townland in the civil parish of Drumreilly, barony of Drumahaire, Co. Leitrim. Its name in Irish is Dromainn na Fionaíle.
Parcel 607101
- Area
- 5,323 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 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
- Drumnafinnila
Planning applications on this parcel
8 Nov 2018Conditional
to construct 2 bay slatted livestock shed with underground storage tank, concrete aprons including all ancillary works necessary
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 18241
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, partly 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
- 57.2 ha
- 141 acres
- Land parcels
- 55
- registered freehold, median 4,585 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres)
- Zoning
- O2
- General
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumnafinnila, from 171 m² to 73,517 m² (7.35 ha, 18.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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
- O2General
Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Open Space & Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Social & Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 Jun 2026N/a
renovations to existing building with the proposed construction of a single storey extension to service same, construct new entrance and driveway, construct on-site effluent treatment system and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2619
20 Mar 2026Conditional
1. Permission for Retention of re-located site entrance onto public road and driveway alterations to that previously granted planning permission under planning reference No. 04/310. 2. To construct domestic garage including all ancillary site works necessary to complete the development.
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2660073
2 May 2023Conditional
construct a two storey extension to an existing two storey dwelling house, internal and external alterations to dwelling house, partial demolition of building elements, new/modified entrance, boundary walls, piers and fencing, and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2362
8 Nov 2018Conditional
to construct 2 bay slatted livestock shed with underground storage tank, concrete aprons including all ancillary works necessary
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 18241
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 Drumnafinnila.
Recorded monuments
- LE018-040 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on top of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (diam. 36m N-S; 33m E-W; int. diam. 32.6m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth of base 5-6m; Wth of top 2.2m; int. H 0.8-1m; ext. H 0.8-1.2m S-W to 2.1m N-E) with a hedge and internal stone-facing. There is an external fosse which is best preserved (Wth of top 5.3-5.8m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.2m) N-E-S. The fosse is slightly curtailed at E by the N-S bank of an old lane. The entrance (Wth 1.7m), now blocked, is at E. 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
- Saint Hugh's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
Description
Detached T-plan Roman Catholic church, built in 1842, with bellcote above advanced entrance bay and sacristy to rear. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and roof vents. Rendered walls with tooled coursed squared sandstone entrance bay. Date plaque above entrance. Pointed-arched window openings with stained glass. Pointed-arched door opening with timber battened double doors. Graveyard with grave markers dating from late-nineteenth century to present.
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 Drumnafinnila, 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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumnafinnila.
- 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 Drumnafinnila with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Drumnafinnila · Dromainn na Fionaíle
- Area
- 571,634 m² (57.16 ha, 141.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumreilly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Drumahaire
- Electoral division
- Yugan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 238 people lived in 104 households in the Yugan electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 27% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aughrim, Cortober, Derreenageer, Druminalass, Largandill, Urbal, Urbal Barr
- Placenames
- Drumnafinnila 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.