Dromadda Beg

151 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromadda Beg, from 0 m² to 343,273 m² (34.33 ha, 84.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Dromadda Beg 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.

• 5 Jun 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for the construction of 10 No. dwellings, each dwelling serviced by an individual waste water treatment unit and associated site works (Extension of housing estate granted under Planning Reg. No.’s 20/5016 & 23/5433).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5079

• 24 Apr 2025Incompleted application

  Permission for the construction of 10 no. dwellings, each dwelling serviced by an individual waste water treatment unit and associated site works (extension of housing estate granted under planning ref no.s 20/5016 & 23/5433)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4768

• 14 May 2024Withdrawn

  Permission for the construction of 26 no. dwellings and associated site works (extension of housing estate granted under planning reg no. 20/5016 & 23/5433)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4857

• 11 Jul 2023Conditional

  Construction of 9 no. dwellings (change of site layout, house type and decrease in housing density from that granted under Pl.Reg.No. 20/5016).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5433

• 5 May 2022Conditional

  Construction of new single storey extension to the rear and side of the existing retail premises to provide; increased retail area, a new off-licence facility, a new deli preparation and serving area, new internal and external seating areas, a single storey storage shed along with all associated site development works. Note that permission is being sought for the change of use of the existing and proposed retail areas to allow for ancillary off licence sales.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5020

• 1 Apr 2022Incompleted application

  Construction of new single storey extension to the rear and side of the existing retail premises to provide; increased retail area, a new off-licence facility, a new deli preparation and serving area, new internal and external seating areas, ancillary external and internal storage along with all associated site development works. Change of use of the existing and proposed retail areas to allow for ancillary off licence sales.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4710

• 16 Feb 2021Unconditional

  Alterations and 2 no. two storey extensions to existing two storey dwelling, including demolition of existing single storey extensions to rear, construction of 2 no. new two storey 3 bed terraced dwellings including new vehicular entrance to public road and on-site parking area, new connections to public sewer and public water supply, and all ancillary site works. - Extension of duration of permission granted under planning reference: 15/6943

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 21/4353

• 21 May 2020Conditional

  The demolition of existing agricultural building and the construction of 20 No. dwelling houses and all ancillary site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5016

• 15 May 2020Conditional

  The construction of 5 no. houses on part of a site for which planning permission was granted under planning reg. No. 17/05755

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4982

• 17 Sept 2019Conditional

  1) Elevational alterations throughout, 2) relocation of the main entrance, 3) alterations to the existing roof structure including demolition of the existing chimney, 4) the construction of a new single storey extension to the rear of the existing building, and 5) the change of use of the existing building from a former public house to domestic dwelling / residential accommodation, all to the existing two storey detached building known as Motherway’s Bar

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6272

• 27 Jun 2018Conditional

  Demolish a derelict dwelling and to construct a cubicle house with reception tank, calf house and ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5660

• 11 Jul 2017Conditional permission

  Construction of 21 no. houses

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5755

• 10 May 2016Conditional

  Permission to demolish a derelict dwelling and to construct a cubicle house, open slurry tank, cattle shed with slatted tank, calf house, silage pits, effluent tank and ancillaryworks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5105

• 29 Mar 2016Incompleted application

  Demolish a derelict dwelling and construct a cubicle house, open slurry tank, cattle shed with slatted tank, calf house, silage pits, effluent tank and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4696

• 22 Dec 2015Conditional

  Alterations and 2 no. two storey extensions to existing two storey dwelling, including demolition of existing single storey extensions to rear, construction of 2 no. new two storey 3 bed terraced dwellings including new vehicular entrance to public road and on-site parking area, new connections to public sewer an public water supply, and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6943

• 8 Jul 2014Conditional

  Retention and completion of two-storey dwellinghouse on Site No. 44 Dealg Bán (The house is one part of a pair of semi detached houses on Site Nos. 44 & 45 presently under construction on foot of planning Permission Ref. No. 13/5324)

  Retention · Cork County Council, 14/5454

• 18 Feb 2014Conditional

  2no. detached dormer dwellings. These will replace the already permitted crèche building planned for these sites

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4300

• 9 Oct 2013Unconditional

  Two storey dwellinghouse and garage - Extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 07/13435

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/5942

• 15 Aug 2013Conditional

  Retention of concrete block boundary walls as constructed which enclose the rear and side gardens of houses 22 to 29 Dealg Ban

  Retention · Cork County Council, 13/5589

• 10 Jul 2013Conditional

  Modification of part of the layout of the housing development at Dealg Bán, as permitted under Planning Ref. No. 07/7818 and which permission was further extended under 12/6271. The part of the development site being modified consists of sites numbered 8-13 inclusive, and sites 37-80 inclusive as depicted on the existing permitted layout plan. The modifications involve a reduction in the number of houses within the area, from the permitted 5 0no. two-storey dwellings down to 42 no. two-storey dwellings. The new proposal is to construct 6 no. of house type A, 6 no. of ouse type B, 18 no. of house type E and 12 no. of house type F. It also includes substitution of a modified design to Type E and F houses from the designs of these types as previously approved on the site

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5324

• 13 Mar 2013Conditional

  Retention of 2 no. base structures as already completed to ground floor level for 8 no. two-storey terrace dwellinghouses in 2 blocks of 4 houses, and permission for alteration and completion of those structures as 4 no. semi-detached dormer bungalows in 2 blocks of 2 houses (change of house design and density on part of a site for which development was permitted under 07/7818 and 12/6271)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4422

• 2 Nov 2012Unconditional

  Residential development of 80 no. dwellinghouses creche, stormwater attenuation tank, vehicular entrance and associated site works and services, extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 07/7818

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/6271

• 21 Dec 2007Conditional

  Two storey dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/13435

• 17 Dec 2007Conditional

  Construction of residential development of 4 no. dwellinghouses and vehicular entrance and reduction in height of existing natural stone road boundary wall

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/13134

• 7 Nov 2007Incompleted application

  Two storey dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12217

The 25 most recent of 47 applications.

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 Dromadda Beg.

Recorded monuments

• CO077-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage, on NE-facing slope. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 28m) planted with trees. Levelled; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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

• Farm house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey farm house, built c. 1800, having concrete buttresses built c. 1950 to rear (west) elevation, roofless remains of outbuilding attached to south gable, and flat-roofed two-bay single-storey extension to north-west corner. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with render plinth. Square-headed openings throughout, having four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows, one-over-one and two-over-two pane to ground floor rear elevation, replacement uPVC windows to ground floor front elevation and to extension. Square-headed door openings to front elevation, with stepped render surround and timber panelled door with plain overlight, and with timber battened door. Roughcast rendered garden wall with square-profile piers and wrought-iron pedestrian gates to front of house. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding with external staircase to east of yard, having pitched slate roof, rendered walls and square-headed openings. Two-bay single-storey outbuilding to south of house having pitched corrugated-iron roof, rendered walls and square-headed openings. Rendered boundary walls to length of driveway and site entrance, having square-profile piers with recessed roughcast rendered panels.

• E O'Neill, house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820. Historically also in use as shop. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render lettering dividing stories. Square-headed openings with shouldered render surrounds having decorative render fleurons, and with timber sliding sash windows, two-over-two pane to first floor, one-over-one pane to ground floor. Square-headed opening to ground floor with quadripartite fixed pane shop window. Square-headed door opening with shouldered render surround and double-leaf timber battened doors with plain overlight.

• Water pump, 1870–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, erected c. 1890, having fluted and banded shaft and head with decorative finial and grooved knob.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, having half-dormer windows to front (south) elevation and three-bay single-storey lean-to return to rear (north) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed openings with render surrounds and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, single and bipartite. Square-headed openings with triangular render surrounds with half-glazed timber battened doors. Camber-headed opening with timber casement windows to rear elevation. Nine-bay single- and two-storey former outbuilding, now converted and in use as house, to west of site, comprising five-bay two-storey central block with two-bay two-storey block attached to north gable and two-bay single-storey block attached to south gable. Pitched slate roofs, rubble stone walls, elliptical-arched and square-headed openings with replacement timber fittings. Roughcast rendered boundary walls with square-profile piers with wrought-iron pedestrian gate. Cast-iron piers with wrought-iron double-leaf gates to north of site, wrought-iron double-leaf gates to south of site.

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

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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1507 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Dromadda Beg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Dromadda Beg · Drom Fhada Beag

Area

886,449 m² (88.64 ha, 219.05 acres)

Civil parish

Ightermurragh, and its townlands

Barony

Imokilly

Electoral division

Ightermurragh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ightermurragh electoral division: 3,052 people in 1,085 households; 74% of households own their home; 61% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bridgetown, Carewswood, Castlemartyr, Dromadda East, Dromadda More, Lady's Bridge, Parknahyla, Rathcallan

Placenames

Dromadda Beg 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.