Friarstown

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Friarstown, from 773 m² to 87,259 m² (8.73 ha, 21.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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 Friarstown 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.

• 27 Apr 2026N/a

  The development will consist of: The construction of 2 no. outdoor padel courts (each measuring 20m x 10m) with associated perimeter enclosures comprising tempered glass panels and powder-coated steel mesh fencing to a maximum height of approximately 4 metres. The development will also include: • Artificial turf playing surface with sand infill and shockpad, including drainage and reinforced concrete base; • Installation of LED sports lighting on columns approximately 6–8 metres in height; • Provision of access pathways and minor ground works; • Installation of net systems and all associated court equipment; • All associated site development and ancillary works. The proposed development is to be located within the existing Dromahair Community Park and will utilise existing access and parking facilities. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development.

  Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2660105

• 26 Aug 2021Conditional

  development consisting of (a) An upgrade of the existing Gaelic football field to modern day standards; (b) The development of an adjoining multi-use training field; (c) Ancillary works will include: Installation of a 1.2m high powder coated galvanized perimeter fence (around the GAA field); Installation of 2 no. player dugouts to the GAA field; Installation of Ball Stop nets behind the existing GAA goals; (d) Flood Defence Measures Stage 1: regrading of the exiting footpath to the north of the proposed training area, including the provision of a 600mm high retaining wall along the northern limits of the site

  Permission · Leitrim County Council, 21169

• 6 Feb 2017Conditional

  erect a replacement utility building comprising storage area and toilets

  Permission · Leitrim County Council, 1715

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Gill SAC 001976
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gill 001976

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Friarstown.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Friarstown, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Friarstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.

Name

Friarstown · Baile na mBráthar

Area

999,565 m² (99.96 ha, 247 acres)

Civil parish

Killanummery, and its townlands

Barony

Drumahaire

Electoral division

Drumahaire, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,714 people lived in 639 households in the Drumahaire electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrickacroghery, Creevelea, Drumahaire, Mullanaskeagh, Sliganagh, Sradoon, Stonepark

Placenames

Friarstown 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.