# Drumcondra, Co. Sligo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Killerry, barony of Tirerrill, Co. Sligo; in Irish Droim Chonrach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 878,405 m² (87.84 ha, 217.06 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,391 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G3 GB – green belt, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Killerry, https://everytownland.com/sligo/parish/killerry.md
- Barony: Tirerrill
- Electoral division: Ballintogher West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 457 people lived in 148 households in the Ballintogher West electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Sligo, https://everytownland.com/sligo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/45012
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 200658
- Centre: latitude 54.199198, longitude -8.382564 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumcondra, from 434 m² to 146,382 m² (14.64 ha, 36.17 acres); 28 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 780734: 146,382 m² (14.64 ha, 36.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/780734.md
- Parcel 740261: 124,340 m² (12.43 ha, 30.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/740261.md
- Parcel 745317: 104,744 m² (10.47 ha, 25.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/745317.md
- Parcel 763409: 97,411 m² (9.74 ha, 24.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/763409.md
- Parcel 741955: 88,561 m² (8.86 ha, 21.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/741955.md
- Parcel 744024: 85,182 m² (8.52 ha, 21.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/744024.md
- Parcel 767511: 74,417 m² (7.44 ha, 18.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/767511.md
- Parcel 737817: 40,577 m² (4.06 ha, 10.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/737817.md
- Parcel 726955: 40,292 m² (4.03 ha, 9.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/726955.md
- Parcel 5537609: 9,440 m² (0.94 ha, 2.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5537609.md
- Parcel 730788: 2,418 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/730788.md
- Parcel 5667443: 2,364 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5667443.md
- Parcel 762275: 2,335 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/762275.md
- Parcel 778462: 2,323 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/778462.md
- Parcel 729413: 2,005 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/729413.md
- Parcel 780320: 1,831 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/780320.md
- Parcel 763701: 1,741 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/763701.md
- Parcel 5537605: 1,267 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5537605.md
- Parcel 762486: 1,151 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/762486.md
- Parcel 731222: 1,023 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/731222.md
- Parcel 744995: 849 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/744995.md
- Parcel 742012: 434 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/742012.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- G3 GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo; 10 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.sligococo.ie/cdp/

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

No planning application touches the townland of Drumcondra in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Drumcondra.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- SL021-068: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL021-068----. On the top of a gravel knoll (c. 80m E-W; c. 60m N-S) surrounded by bog and reclaimed grassland. The knoll is approached via a causeway (L c. 30m; Wth c. 4m; H c. 0.8m) from the SE. On top of the knoll is a rectangular bawn (20m N-S; 26m E-W) with fragmentary remains of a tower at its SW corner and a gateway near the S end of its E wall. Only the N (L 7.4m; T 1m) and the return of the E (L 3.5m; T 0.9m) walls of the tower now stand to two storeys; they are built of uncoursed limestone blocks in a lime mortar. At ground-floor level there is a doorway near the W end of the N wall, almost entirely destroyed. In the NW corner are the remains of a spiral stairs, the inside wall of which is entirely gone. The stumps of some stone steps survive at first-floor level. The stairwell is lit by a slit window at ground and first-floor level; there is also a gun loop in the side of the stairs facing N at a higher level. Also at ground-floor level are two splayed gun loops in the N wall. The E wall now terminates at the side of a window embrasure. Between ground and first-floor levels was a wooden floor, the joist-holes for which are evident on the inside face of the N wall. At first-floor level the E wall breaks off, again, at the side of a window embrasure. In the N wall are remains of another doorway, set slightly E of the one below; it too is almost entirely ruined. Above this level was another floor joisted into the N wall. The walling does not survive above this level. Of the same build as the tower is a wall running N (L c. 6.3m) from its NE corner. This has been reduced in height to ground-floor level; there are remains of a window embrasure just short of the junction with the tower. The extent of this annexe is unknown but its E wall was in line with that of the tower judging by the vertical scar on the E end of the N face of the tower. Just N of centre within the bawn is a low featureless stump of walling (L 5m; T 2m). Near the NW corner of the bawn, lying on the ground, is a dressed block of limestone which formed part of an arch over the door. The bawn gateway is situated near the S end of the E side, overlooking the causeway. Only the S side of the gateway opening survives; there is no indication of a structure inside but the ground level dips steeply down towards the opening. Flanking the gateway is a single gun loop on either side. There are no other apparent features on the bawn wall though stretches of it have been repaired and rebuilt in the recent past. Known locally as Doonamurry Castle (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney), O'Rorke ([1889], vol. 2, 236) refers to a castle in Doonamurray which was captured by O'Donnell in 1516. According to local information, much of the stone was removed to construct the nearby Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties railway line (now closed) towards the end of the 19th century (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney). 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
- SL021-068001: Bawn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL021-068001-. On the top of a gravel knoll (c. 80m E-W; c. 60m N-S) surrounded by bog and reclaimed grassland. The knoll is approached via a causeway (L c. 30m; Wth c. 4m; H c. 0.8m) from the SE. On top of the knoll is a rectangular bawn (20m N-S; 26m E-W) with fragmentary remains of a tower (SL021-068----) at its SW corner and a gateway near the S end of its E wall. The bawn gateway is situated near the S end of the E side, overlooking the causeway. Only the S side of the gateway opening survives; there is no indication of a structure inside but the ground level dips steeply down towards the opening. Flanking the gateway is a single gun loop on either side. There are no other apparent features on the bawn wall though stretches of it have been repaired and rebuilt in the recent past. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011
- SL021-069: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL021-069----. On top of a roughly circular knoll, surrounded by a flat expanse of bog but connected by a low spine of elevated ground to a high ridge at SSW. The circular flat top (16m N-S; 17m E-W) of the knoll is enclosed by scant remains of a stone wall. The wall survives as a jumble of moss-covered stones, occasionally protruding from which are individual stones that appear to be in situ facing stones of the foundation course. The inner face of the wall coincided with the break of slope at the top of the knoll with the outer wall face constructed slightly downslope. It appears to have been 2.5m in width. The interior is strewn with stone and there is considerable stone tumble on the steep sides of the knoll. From an entrance (Wth 0.8m) in the wall at ENE a line of contiguous stones, perpendicular to the wall, extends downslope for c. 5m. There is also a break (W 1.6m) in the wall at SE. A stand of hazel, holly and hawthorn covers the knoll, with a dense thicket of blackthorn extending to the N. At the base of the knoll on the E side a low natural terrace (c. 20m N-S; 20m E-W) of dry ground extends into the surrounding marshy ground. A cashel (SL021-073----) lies c. 400m to SE. 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
- SL021-070: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL021-070----. In sharply undulating grassland of knolls and low ridges, broken by rock outcrops. An oval area (14m N-S; 18m E-W), encompassing the top of a low knoll, enclosed by a ruined stone wall. The knoll has a steep slope to N and S but a more gradual incline to E and W. The enclosing wall appears to have faced a low scarp (H 0.6-0.7m) encircling the top of the knoll and is topped with a slight moss-covered stony internal rim (Wth c. 0.6m). A single hawthorn tree grows on the wall at N. The interior has a level but uneven surface. A line of moss-covered stones crosses the interior on a N-S axis, 2.7m from the wall at W. There is a possible entrance at E where there is a break (Wth c. 3m) in the wall and the interior ground level grades gently to the exterior. The scant remains of a wall are visible on the steep N slope of the knoll, 1.5m above the base. It follows the E-W contour of the knoll and is probably associated with two small rectangular fields to E of the knoll. Ruined moss-covered walls (Wth 0.5-1m; H 0.3m) enclose the fields. The smaller field (17.7m N-S; 7.7m E-W) is located at the base of the E slope of the knoll. Its SE corner is linked by a short E-W stretch of wall to the NW corner of a somewhat larger field that extends across the intervening space between this cashel and another (SL021-071----) c. 60m to SSE. 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
- SL021-071: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL021-071----. In pasture, at the E end of a narrow ridge. A raised circular area (25.7m N-S; 27.4m E-W) straddling the ridge top, enclosed by a low bank of stone (T 3.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5m) which survives best along the ENE and S arcs. There is a possible entrance (Wth 6m) at E. Three low mounds of earth and stone in the interior are probably the remains of a field boundary. A cashel (SL021-070----) lies c. 60m to NNW. 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
- SL021-072: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL021-072----. On the N-facing slope of a low ridge, in undulating pasture. An oval area (int. diam. 14.5m N-S; 18.5m E-W) enclosed by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.7m), best preserved along the W arc. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at W. An E-W field boundary crosses the S half of the interior. 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
- SL021-073: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL021-073----. On top of a small knoll in sharply undulating pasture, broken by rock outcrops. The flat circular top (16m N-S; 19m E-W) of the knoll is enclosed by a ruined stone wall. The wall survives as a sod-covered stone bank without clearly defined edges. There is a considerable over-spill of stone on the knoll slope giving a width in parts of 3.5m. The interior, which is strewn with moss-covered stone, slopes down gently to E and SE. The entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at ESE. A linear depression (Wth 2.6m) cuts through the wall at SE and extends for 7m to NE into the interior, expanding at the NE end to a deep pit (Wth 3.5m; D 0.8m), partially infilled with stone. It appears to be the result of relatively recent disturbance. A ruined field wall skirts the base of the knoll intersecting at W and S with remnants of a rectilinear grid of fields (SL021-113----). A cairn (SL021-114----) lies c. 18m to SE, a cashel (SL021-069----) c. 400m to NW and rath (SL021-079----) c. 400m to SE. 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
- SL021-111: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL021-111----. Not included in the SMR (1989) but listed in the RMP (1995) and classified 'Field System'. Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. Ruined linear limestone field walls (Wth 0.6m; H 0.3-0.5m) skirt the base of the knoll to W, N, E and SE, effectively delimiting the dry ground. Radiating to N and E are field ditches cutting through the surrounding marshy ground. This field system is likely to be post-1700 AD in date. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC Date of upload: 11 January 2012
- SL021-113: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL021-113----. Not included in the SMR (1989) but listed in the RMP (1995) and classified 'Field System'. Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. In undulating average pasture, broken by rock outcropping. A cashel (SL021-073----) is located within the limits of the field system. The system consists of a rectilinear grid of ruined field walls, surviving as low sod-covered stone banks (Wth 0.5-0.8m; H 0.3m). They appear to be associated with a ruined farmstead (shown on the 1913 edition of the OS 6-inch map), probably 18th/19th century in date, located c. 50m to SW of the cashel. The stone foundations of a cluster of small rectangular buildings can be made out beneath heaps of field clearance rubble. The grid of fields extends to E of the farmstead and are laid out axially along the natural contours in a series of roughly E-W lines (varying in width from 20-50m) with transverse sub-divisions. A connecting wall encloses the base of the knoll on top of which cashel (SL021-073----) is sited.This system dates to the post-1700 AD period. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC Date of upload: 11 January 2012
- SL021-114: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL021-114----. In rough pasture, c. 18m SE of a cashel (SL021-073----). A grass-covered cairn (5.6m E-W; 2.65m N-S; H c. 0.4m) of small stones. 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
- SL021-217: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL021-217----. In pasture, located on top of a low, narrow E-W ridge. There are good views over the surrounding landscape of small knolls and low, undulating ridges, broken by limestone outcropping. Raised circular area or low platform (17m N−S; 16.5m E−W) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.4-0.5m). The enclosure spans almost the full width of the narrow N−S ridge top, and the scarp at N and S is partly enhanced by the natural fall of round. The scarp is barely discernible on the E arc, and the W edge of the enclosure is overlain by later drystone field wall, on a NNW−SSE axis, which is engulfed in brambles and hawthorn. A few stones protrude slightly from the scarp, with one stone rising more prominently from the SW edge of the circuit. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 5 November 20

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Drumcondra, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 Drumcondra.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/sligo/drumcondra.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/sligo/drumcondra.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/sligo/drumcondra.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Drumcondra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo: https://everytownland.com/sligo.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Cartronhugh: https://everytownland.com/sligo/cartronhugh.md
- Cartrontaylor: https://everytownland.com/sligo/cartrontaylor.md
- Castleore: https://everytownland.com/sligo/castleore.md
- Kingsfort: https://everytownland.com/sligo/kingsfort-200843.md
- Rathmoney: https://everytownland.com/sligo/rathmoney.md
- Tiratick: https://everytownland.com/sligo/tiratick.md
- Woodfield: https://everytownland.com/sligo/woodfield-201269.md

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.

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