Drumbaun
Townland in the civil parish of Achonry, barony of Leyny, Co. Sligo; in Irish An Droim Bán
- Area
- 602.5 ha
- 1,489 acres
- Land parcels
- 253
- registered freehold, median 9,026 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- GB – green belt
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
253 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumbaun, from 30 m² to 810,403 m² (81.04 ha, 200.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 76 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N6TU – transport and utilities-related infrastructure (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CF – community facilities (Community facilities)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 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
1 Jul 2026N/a
(a) demolish existing derelict dwelling house; (b) construct a proposed new dwelling house, garage, septic tank system and percolation area, complete with all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660262
16 Apr 2025Conditional
I, Enda Flannery, intend to apply for Permission for development consisting of: - Proposed demolition of existing barn and attached outbuildings. - Proposed renovation, alteration, and extensions to existing dwelling. - Proposed decommissioning of existing onsite waste water treatment system and its replacement with a proposed new onsite waste water treatment system. - And all associated site works and landscaping. At Drumbaun, Curry, Co. Sligo F91 EY11
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560149
27 Oct 2023Conditional
development consisting of: - Proposed demolition of existing dwelling and its replacement with a proposed new dwelling and detached domestic garage. - Proposed demolition and alteration to identified ancillary site structures. - Proposed decommissioning of existing onsite waste water treatment system, and its replacement with a proposed new onsite waste water treatment system. - Proposed alteration to existing vehicular site access. - And all associated site works and landscaping. Previous planning register numbers: PL15/137 and PL16/54
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2360291
27 Oct 2023Conditional
development consisting of: - Proposed renovation, alteration, and extensions to existing dwelling and garage. - Proposed decommissioning of existing onsite waste water treatment system and its replacement with a proposed new onsite waste water treatment system. - And all associated site works and landscaping.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2360292
20 Dec 2021Conditional
Development consisting of (a) demolish existing dwelling house and outbuilding on site (b) construct a single storey dwelling house with connection to existing public sewer on site, together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21508
16 Nov 2021Refused
Development consisting of construction of a new dwelling house and domestic garage, with a proposed new connection to public sewer, together with all associated site works. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21450
8 Oct 2021Conditional
for development consisting of the construction of a new dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment unit and percolation area plus services and site works necessary plus demolition of old derelict dwelling
Extension of duration, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1654
31 May 2021Conditional
Development consisting of existing garage which has a floor area of 51 Sq.metres built on my site. Previous Planning reference PL 98/737 refers.
Retention · Sligo County Council, 21205
4 Dec 2018Conditional
Development consisting of construction of a new dwelling house together with new septic tank and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18472
1 Nov 2018Conditional
Development consisting of construction of a walled silage pit together with all ancillary site works and services.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 18427
27 Jul 2018Conditional
PP - for development consisting of (1) construction of a 38 sq.m. Extension to the south side of existing dwelling and (2) construction of a 2 sq.m porch to the front of the dwelling including all associated siteworks.
Permission, 2 homes · Sligo County Council, 18307
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
- Special Area of Conservation: River Moy SAC 002298
Recorded monuments
- SL042-007 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on a flat terrace above the Owengarve River c. 100m to S. A slightly raised circular area (26.5m N-S; 27.5m E-W) enclosed by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m). Numerous gaps occur in the bank. An external fosse (Wth 5.3m; D c. 0.3m) is evident WNW-ENE and along the SW arc. The interior is grass-covered. The edge of the rath is overgrown with hawthorn and blackthorn bushes. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL042-009 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on a gentle N-facing slope. An oval area (46m NE-SW; 40.7m NW-SE) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.5m). An external flat-bottomed dry fosse (Wth 6m; D 0.8m) is evident SSE-N. Numerous gaps occur in the bank. The N portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. A field boundary, with a lane and stream beyond, skirts the bank at NE. A second field boundary (on a NNE-SSW axis) crosses the W half of the interior. There is a small disused quarry in the field to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL043-001001 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a gentle S-facing slope. When inspected in 1994 it consisted of a slightly raised circular area (28m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 1.05m; ext. H 1.75m). A dry flat-bottomed intervening fosse (Wth 6m) was evident all round. A flat-topped outer earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.45m; ext. H 0.75m) was evident SSE-NW. There was a field boundary on the line of the outer bank NW-NE. A causewayed entrance (Wth 2.2m) was at E. The interior was covered in bracken and brambles and there is a souterrain (SL043-001002-) in the NW quadrant. An earthwork (SL043-002----) lies c. 100m to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of revision: 22 April 2010
- SL043-001002 Souterrain
Description
In a rath (SL043-001001-). According to local information (1994), there is a 'cave' in the NW quadrant of the rath but there are no visible remains of it. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of revision: 22 April 2010
- SL043-002 Earthwork
Description
In pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope. This earthwork was indicated as a hachured slightly oval mound (diam. c. 10m) on the 1914 OS 6-inch map. When inspected in 1994 it was not visible at ground level. A rath (SL043-001001-) lies c. 100m to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of revision: 22 April 2010
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumbaun.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumbaun.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Drumbaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Drumbaun · An Droim Bán
- Area
- 6,025,117 m² (602.51 ha, 1,488.84 acres)
- Civil parish
- Achonry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Leyny
- Electoral division
- Achonry East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Achonry East electoral division: 468 people in 192 households; 77% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballincurry, Botinny (Co. Mayo), Brackloonagh North (Co. Mayo), Carrowwilkin, Curry, Montiagh, Rathmagurry, Roosky (Co. Mayo), Tonnagh (Co. Mayo)
- Placenames
- Drumbaun 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.