Dreenagh West

3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dreenagh West, from 143,312 m² (14.33 ha, 35.41 acres) to 349,547 m² (34.95 ha, 86.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 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 Dreenagh West 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.

• 22 Jan 2015Conditional

  Retention of feeding passages including slatted tank

  Retention · Cork County Council, 15/4101

• 14 Mar 2007Withdrawn

  Construction of loose cattle shed and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6048

• 5 Feb 2007Incompleted application

  Construction of loose cattle shed and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4725

• 15 Nov 2006Incompleted application

  Construction of loose cattle shed and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12296

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

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

• CO016-184 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Depicted as roughly oval field (c. 40m N-S; c. 35m E-W) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, with linear sides to SW, NW and N; opening to S into farm laneway. Levelled; circular area (38.8m E-W; 34.8m N-S) bisected off-centre to E by N-S laneway. Interior defined by scarp (max. H 0.6m), higher on E side of laneway; inner lip surviving for short distance on N side, probably indicates former presence of bank. West half of interior wetter than surrounding field. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-185 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy ground, surrounding a well. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (L 18.4m; Wth 17m; H 0.5m); waterlogged opening (Wth 4m) faces SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO024-031 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy pasture. Roughly horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (30m NE-SW; 13m NW-SE); opening (Wth 4.5m) faces W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO024-032001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured arc showing scarp SSW->E on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Circular area (c. 24m N-S; c. 24m E-W) defined by slight scarp, except to S and SE; fosse survives as slight external depression. Souterrain (CO024-03202-) in interior. According to local information, ringfort levelled c. 1928 (UCC). Circular enclosure visible as cropmark of fosse, causeway to SE, in aerial photograph (CASAP). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO024-032002 Souterrain
  Description

  In ringfort (CO024-03201-). Discovered in 1958 when roof collapsed; investigated by M.J. O'Kelly (UCC). According to McCarthy (1977, 214), comprised at least two stone-built corbelled chambers. Chamber 1: (L 3.75m; max. Wth 1.5m; H 1.25m; long axis N-S); slightly wider at centre than ends; floor covered with stones and collapsed soil from roof; layer of dark soil (D 0.2m-0.4m) beneath collapsed material; creepway, framed with lintel and stone jambs, at N end to chamber 2. Chamber 2 (long axis N-S) filled with soil; not explored. Charcoal and animal bones found at N end of chamber 1. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Architectural heritage

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

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 Dreenagh West, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Dreenagh West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Dreenagh West · Draighneach Thiar

Area

796,821 m² (79.68 ha, 196.9 acres)

Civil parish

Buttevant, and its townlands

Barony

Orrery and Kilmore

Electoral division

Templemary, the unit of the census

Census 2022

344 people lived in 129 households in the Templemary electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardskeagh, Curraglass, Dreenagh East, Lisgriffin, Poulnareagha

Placenames

Dreenagh West 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.