Dromacullen
Townland in the civil parish of Aghinagh, barony of Muskerry East, Co. Cork; in Irish Drom an Chuilinn
- Area
- 83.7 ha
- 207 acres
- Land parcels
- 19
- registered freehold, median 4,378 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromacullen, from 20 m² to 318,451 m² (31.85 ha, 78.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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
No zone of a development plan covers Dromacullen 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
11 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for retention of a vehicular entrance, a driveway & for the installation of a septic tank which was installed but not connected. Permission is also being sought for the removal of the existing septic tank & the installation of a new waste water treatment system & associated site works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5878
1 Jul 2025Incompleted application
Permission for the retention of a vehicular entrance, a driveway & for the installation of a septic tank which was installed but not connected & is to be removed. Planning permission is also being sought for the installation of a new waste water treatment system & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5300
7 Feb 2025Withdrawn
Permission for de-commissioning the existing cess pit & installation of a new packaged wastewater treatment system & a tertiary filter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4168
14 Apr 2023Conditional
Construction of a single storey detached dwelling, new wastewater treatment system, soakways and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4723
3 Sept 2019Conditional
Retention of conservatory extension to side of dwelling house.
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/6177
19 Jul 2019Unconditional
Construction of dormer bungalow and installation of sewage treatment plant. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reference: 13/6082.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 19/5809
1 Nov 2013Conditional
Construction of dormer bungalow and installation of sewage treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6082
19 Dec 2011Withdrawn
Completion of dwellinghouse as permitted under Planning Reg. No. 06/11072
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/6629
30 Jan 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse, garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4453
2 Oct 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11072
24 Nov 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8645
19 Jan 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse and proprietary treatment unit
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/184
30 Jun 2004Conditional
Retention of extension to bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4889
26 Feb 2004Conditional
Retention of porch extension, changes to window fenestration on elevations and additional 1st floor gable window to dwelling and stone facing and additonal window to garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1160
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Glashgarriff River 001055
Recorded monuments
- CO060-159001 Fulacht fia
Description
In waste ground, on W side of stream. Overgrown horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (H 1.2m). Second fulacht fiadh (CO060-159002-) c. 10m to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO060-159002 Fulacht fia
Description
In waste ground, on W side of stream. Heavily overgrown horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (H c. 0.4m); opening faces E. Second fulacht fiadh (CO060-159001-) c. 10m to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Dromacullen.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, 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 Dromacullen.
- 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 Dromacullen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dromacullen · Drom an Chuilinn
- Area
- 836,547 m² (83.65 ha, 206.72 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghinagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Electoral division
- Kilberrihert, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilberrihert electoral division: 806 people in 265 households; 79% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghavrin, Ballyvongane, Coolgarriff, Gortacroghig, Knockacroghera, Knockrour
- Placenames
- Dromacullen 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.