Drumcliff North
Townland in the civil parish of Drumcliff, barony of Carbury, Co. Sligo; in Irish Droim Chliabh Thuaidh
- Area
- 88.3 ha
- 218 acres
- Land parcels
- 52
- registered freehold, median 3,699 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- GB – green belt
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumcliff North, from 40 m² to 157,421 m² (15.74 ha, 38.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 · 39 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P5RV – rural village uses (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 4 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 · 1 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
21 Nov 2025Conditional
high-power electric vehicle charging points and associated infrastructure consisting of the following: I. Installation of 8 no. electric vehicle charging bays with 8 no. Tesla illuminated charging units and associated signage, II. Installation of proposed Tesla supercharger power cabinet equipment, III. Installation of proposed modular substation, IV. Erection of associated EV signage, V. All associated site development works including surfacing, lighting & line marking
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560490
12 Dec 2024Conditional
(1) Demolition of existing shed on site and demolition of existing flat roof extension to rear of existing dwelling house; and (2) Elevation changes to existing dwelling house; and (3) Proposed closure of existing vehicular access; and (4) Proposed new vehicular access; and (5) Proposed construction of a new single storey extension to side and rear of existing dwelling house; and (6) Decommissioning of existing septic tank system and replacement with new on-site wastewater treatment system, together with all associated landscaping and site works.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460472
26 Nov 2024N/a
Permission for: (1) Demolition of existing shed on site and demolition of existing flat roof extension to rear of existing dwelling house; and (2) Elevation changes to existing dwelling house; and (3) Proposed closure of existing vehicular access; and (4) Proposed new vehicular access; and (5) Proposed construction of a new single storey extension to side and rear of existing dwelling house; and (6) Decommissioning of existing septic tank system and replacement with new on-site wastewater treatment system, together with all associated landscaping and site works at The Corner House, Drumcliffe North, Drumcliffe, Co. Sligo F91RP79
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460438
22 Dec 2023Conditional
alterations and extension to domestic dwelling house including reconstruction of existing porch, single storey extension to east with two Velux rooflights, landscaping and all associated work
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360377
16 Jul 2021Refused
Development consisting of the erection of a new 35m pine tree multi-user telecommunications support structure carrying 9 No. antennas and associated remote radio units, 6 No. communication dishes, 1 No. lighting finial and 9 No. outdoor cabinets all enclosed within a security compound by a 2.4m high palisade fence with a 4m access gate, site access and site works. The development will provide voice and mobile broadband services in the area
Permission · Sligo County Council, 21279
30 Apr 2021Conditional
Development consisting of a covered terrace area with retracting fabric roof and retracting glazed walls and all associated site development works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 21154
11 Apr 2019Refused
Development consisting of the erection of a new 33m multi-user telecommunications support structure carrying 9 No. antennas and associated remote radio units, 6 No communication dishes, 3 No lighting finials and 6 No outdoor cabinets all enclosed within a security compound by a 2.4 m high palisade fence with a 4 m access gate, site access and site works. The development will provide voice and mobile broadband services in the area.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 19138
2 Nov 2018N/a
for development consisting of the erection of a new 36m multi-user telecommunications support structure carrying 9 No. antennas and associated remote radio units, 6 no. communication dishes, 3 no. lighting finials and 6 no. outdoor cabinets all enclosed within a security compound by a 2.4m high palisade fence with a 4m access gate, site access and site works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 18430
2 Oct 2018N/a
Development consisting of the erection of a new 36m multi-user telecommunications support structure carrying 9 No antennas and associated remote radio units 6 No. communication dishes, 3 No. lighting finials and 6 No. outdoor cabinets all enclosed within a security compound by a 2.4m high palisade fence with a 4m access gate, site access and site works.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 18397
17 Nov 2017Conditional
PP - for development consisting of the change of use of an existing building from a doctors surgery to a pharmacy and associated alterations to the building. The proposed development includes the removal of a prefabricated temporary building, the construction of an access road and car park to the rear as well as signage and associated site works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 17432
2 Oct 2017Conditional
for development consisting of a new singel storey Primary Care Centre and associated site works including demolition of existing stone building and provision of new carpark, access road and associated site works and services
Permission · Sligo County Council, 17374
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: Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) SAC 000627
- Special Protection Area: Drumcliff Bay SPA 004013
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) 000627
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drumcliff North.
Architectural heritage
- House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey rendered house, built c. 1890. Slightly-projecting flat-roofed porch to south (front) elevation, single-bay extension to east end. Pitched artificial slate roof, clay ridge tiles, painted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks, profiled uPVC gutters. Dry-dashed walling, painted smooth-rendered plinth, straight channel-jointed quoins, deep smooth-rendered eaves fascia, moulded render cornice to porch. Square-headed window openings, painted slightly-projecting smooth-rendered reveals, painted stone sills, painted two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening, painted half-glazed timber door. Set with west gable to road, lawn to front, concrete block boundary wall to west.
- House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey rendered house, built c. 1890. Projecting flat-roofed porch to west (front) elevation, flat-roofed extension to rear. Pitched artificial slate roof, clay ridge tiles, painted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks, profiled uPVC gutters. Dry-dashed walling, painted smooth-rendered moulded plinth, straight moulded margins to corners, moulded render cornice to porch. Square-headed window openings, painted moulded architraves, painted stone sills, painted one-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening set within segmental-headed porch opening, flanked by round-headed slits, painted vertically-sheeted timber door c.1995. Facing road, two-storey roughcast outbuilding c. 1890 with corrugated-iron roof to east, wrought-iron flat-bar gate to 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 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 Drumcliff North.
- 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 Drumcliff North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Drumcliff North · Droim Chliabh Thuaidh
- Area
- 883,294 m² (88.33 ha, 218.27 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumcliff, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbury
- Electoral division
- Carney, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Carney electoral division: 714 people in 245 households; 93% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynagalliagh, Cartronmore, Coolbeg, Cullagh Beg, Cullagh More, Drumcliff South
- Placenames
- Drumcliff 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.