Dromanallig
Dromanallig is a townland in the civil parish of Inchigeelagh, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Drom an Ailigh.
- Area
- 131.7 ha
- 325 acres
- Land parcels
- 162
- registered freehold, median 519 m²
- Zoning
- G3
- Green Infrastructure
- Planning
- 81
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
162 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromanallig, from 2 m² to 252,551 m² (25.26 ha, 62.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Green Infrastructure (Open space, park)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 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
27 Feb 2026Grant with conditions
Refurbishment of an existing two-storey commercial building to provide approximately 90m² of commercial floor space, together with the change of use of part of this building to residential use to provide a two-storey, four-bedroom dwelling. Demolition of an existing two-storey storage building and lean-to structures. Construction of 2 no. two-storey semi-detached dwellings. Provision of car parking, bicycle parking, and all associated site works and connections to existing services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0484
22 Dec 2025Prepare invalid letter
Refurbishment of an existing two-storey commercial building to provide approximately 90m² of commercial floor space, together with the change of use of part of this building to residential use to provide a two-storey, four-bedroom dwelling. Demolition of an existing two-storey storage building and lean-to structures. Construction of 2 no. two-storey semi-detached dwellings. Provision of car parking, bicycle parking, and all associated site works and connections to existing services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6945
17 Dec 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for the demolition of the existing shelter/gazabo and construction of a new shelter/bandstand.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6844
20 Aug 2025Invalid - case closed
Permission for the removal of the shelter/gazebo and the erection of anew shelter/bandstand
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5666
3 Feb 2022Conditional
Permission for change of use of dwelling house to Museum/Community hall, for alterations to fenestration and elevations of same and for construction of new accessible street access ramp and steps
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4205
9 Oct 2020Conditional
The construction of new dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance, proprietary treatment unit and polishing filter together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6205
10 Sept 2020Incompleted application
The construction of new dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance, proprietary treatment unit and polishing filter together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5972
29 Jan 2020Conditional
Retention for a building extension for a disabled WC and circulation space, re-location of plant room to the north east side elevation from that previous granted under planning reference number 17/05873 and all associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 20/4131
8 Oct 2019Conditional
Retention of (a) ground and first floor extensions to dwelling including attic conversion to habitable space and alterations to elevations (b) domestic garage with first floor storage, (c) vehicular and pedestrian entrances and roadside boundary wall.
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/6432
13 Sept 2019Incompleted application
Retention of (a) ground and first floor extensions to dwelling including attic conversion to habitable space and alterations to elevations (b) domestic garage with first floor storage, (c) vehicular and pedestrian entrances and roadside boundary wall.
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/6255
16 Aug 2019Incompleted application
Retention of (1) extension to east (side) elevation of existing dwelling house comprising of sitting room at ground floor level and bedroom at 1st floor (dormer) level, (b) entrance porch to the south (front) elevation of existing dwelling, (c) converted attic space at 1st floor (dormer) level comprising of bedrooms and bathroom, (d) rooflights on the south (front) and north (rear) elevations, (e) as-built elevational changes to existing dwelling, (f) domestic garage and (g) as-built existing vehicular and pedestrian entrances and roadside boundary wall.
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/6048
27 Mar 2019Conditional
To increase the finished floor level height and roof and ridge height to existing dwellinghouse which will include alterations to front and rear elevations to the existing dwellinghouse along with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4748
11 Dec 2018Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse, installation of wastewater treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7268
5 Apr 2018Conditional
Retention of existing detached domestic garage also including utility area and first floor storage room
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/4830
16 Feb 2018Incompleted application
Retention of existing detached domestic garage also including utility area, and first floor storage room.
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/4407
20 Dec 2017Conditional
Construction of extension to dwelling, alterations to dwelling and to carry out all associated site works which includes demolition of existing storage sheds.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7358
15 Nov 2017Conditional
Retention of existing detached domestic garage also including utility area, first floor bedroom and en-suite together with retention of existing windows, doors and rooflights to existing dwellinghouse.
Retention · Cork County Council, 17/6951
25 Oct 2017Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance, proprietary treatment unit and polishing filter together with all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6773
20 Jul 2017Conditional
Construction of a standalone, single storey extension to the north east of the existing Scoil Mhuire School buildings, incorporating a Home Economics Room, Construction Studies Room and associated technology preparation room and circulation spaces (B) relocation existing car park to the South East of the site, fronting the proposed new extension and all ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5873
3 Jul 2017Unconditional
Construction of extension to dwellinghouse-Extension of Duration of Permission granted under planning ref: 12/5553.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 17/5667
19 Apr 2017Conditional
Dwellinghouse and proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4935
18 Apr 2016Conditional permission
Construct a dwelling house, garage and install a septic tank with percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4827
14 Mar 2016Incompleted application
Permission to construct a dwelling house, garage and to install septic tank with percolation area all in accordance with plans and particulars submitted.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4574
28 Jan 2015Conditional
Single-storey standalone extension to the North of the existing single storey post-primary school consisting of a science laboratory and associated spaces, lobby and sanitary facilities and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4144
17 Sept 2014Conditional
Athchóiriú a dheanamh ar aonad tionsclaíoch éadrom Aonad 1G (Material alterations to existing light industrial unit 1G)
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5982
The 25 most recent of 81 applications.
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dromanallig.
Recorded monuments
- CO081-008 Clapper bridge
Description
Crossing silted up old meander of River Lee, immediately SSW of Ballingeary. Approached from road to N by concrete steps. Bridge composed of 18 slabs (L c. 1.25m; Wth c. 0.9m; T c. 0.7m) resting on stone piers (H c. 0.4m) over a distance of 20.5m. Southern 9 slabs over channel, northern 9 slabs over silted marshy land. Footpath to S, paved at start with stone slabs, leads to second bridge (CO081-009----) to S over main channel of River Lee. 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
- CO081-009 Clapper bridge
Description
Crossing River Lee and connecting roadway to S with Ballingeary village to N via second clapper bridge (CO081-008----) c. 150m to N. Bridge composed of 32 slabs of various sizes affixed over a distance of 36m to piers; reconstructed prior to 1986. Partially destroyed subsequent to initial visit due to deepening of river upstream c. 1987-88. Eight slabs on S side and 6 on N side remain 'in situ'; remainder displaced. 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
- Bridge, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Four-arch road bridge over Abha Bhun Sílinn [Bunsheelin River], built c.1800, with recent repairs. Rubble limestone construction with limestone voussoirs to segmental arches, and having V-cutwaters to north elevation.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Dromanallig, about 1 in 5 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 high, 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 Dromanallig.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Dromanallig with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dromanallig · Drom an Ailigh
- Area
- 1,316,902 m² (131.69 ha, 325.41 acres)
- Civil parish
- Inchigeelagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Bealanageary, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 561 people lived in 216 households in the Bealanageary electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cappanaminna, Illauninagh West, Inchinossig, Keamcorravooly, Kilmore, Maulmore
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Dromanallig 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.