Drumdaff

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumdaff, from 347 m² to 127,487 m² (12.75 ha, 31.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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 Drumdaff 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.

• 9 Jul 2026Conditional

  (1) the retention of 2 No. vehicle maintenance garages as constructed, (2) the retention of an existing gravel yard area used for the parking of motor vehicles, plant, and machinery, along with all associated site development works at the above address

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660559

• 25 Sept 2023Conditional

  construct a single storey dwelling house together with septic tank, percolation area and upgraded access road together with all associated siteworks and services

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23543

• 31 Aug 2023N/a

  construct a shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 23492

• 12 Jun 2023N/a

  construct a single storey dwelling house together with septic tank, percolation area and upgraded access road together with all associated site works and services

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 23327

• 12 Sept 2022Refused

  CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE TOGETHER WITH SEPTIC TANK, PERCOLATION AREA AND UPGRADED ACCESS ROAD TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22772

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: River Moy SAC 002298

Recorded monuments

• MA070-193 Standing stone
  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.

Architectural heritage

• Turlough Church, church/chapel, 1815–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay double-height Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1820, on a cruciform plan comprising single-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (single-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on single-bay double-height shallow chancel to crossing (east); single-bay three-stage tower (west) on a square plan. Reroofed, 1982. Refenestrated, 1996. Replacement pitched fibre-cement slate roof on a cruciform plan with clay ridge tiles, lichen-covered drag edged tooled cut-limestone coping to gables on diagonal obelisk pinnacle-topped kneelers, and cast-iron rainwater goods on drag edged tooled cut-limestone eaves with cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Fine roughcast walls on rendered chamfered plinth; fine roughcast surface finish (tower) on rendered chamfered plinth with lichen-covered cut-limestone chamfered stringcourses including lichen-covered cut-limestone stringcourse on double beaded consoles (bell stage) supporting "arrow loop"-detailed crow stepped battlemented parapet having cut-limestone coping. Pointed-arch window openings with cut-limestone sills, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Pointed-arch window opening (east) with cut-limestone sill, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding framing replacement fixed-pane uPVC window. Pointed-arch door opening (tower) with hardcore gravel-covered threshold, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding framing timber boarded double doors having overpanel. Lancet window openings ("cheeks") with cut-limestone sills, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing replacement fixed-pane uPVC windows. Square-headed openings (second stage) with cut-limestone sills, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing applied timber mullions on louvered timber fittings. Pointed-arch openings (bell stage) with cut-limestone sills, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing applied timber Y-mullions on louvered timber fittings. Interior including vestibule (west); pointed-arch door opening into nave; full-height interior with carpeted central aisle between timber panelled box pews, timber panelled wainscoting, pair of cut-white marble Classical-style wall monuments (1805; 1845), Gothic-style reading desk with Gothic-style pulpit on an octagonal plan, and carpeted stepped dais to chancel (east) with carved timber communion railing centred on trefoil-detailed Gothic-style altar table. Set in landscaped grounds on a slightly elevated site with limestone ashlar piers to perimeter having cut-limestone capping supporting wrought iron double gates.

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 Drumdaff, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_368 (ZIP).

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 Drumdaff with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Drumdaff · Droim Daimh

Area

608,119 m² (60.81 ha, 150.27 acres)

Civil parish

Turlough, and its townlands

Barony

Carra

Electoral division

Turlough, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,560 people lived in 531 households in the Turlough electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Capparanny, Gortlahan, Gortnafolla, Knockanour, Laghtavarry, Monumentpark

Placenames

Drumdaff 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.