Dromcarra North
Townland in the civil parish of Inchigeelagh, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork; in Irish Drom Cara Thuaidh
- Area
- 93.3 ha
- 230 acres
- Land parcels
- 31
- registered freehold, median 2,450 m² (0.24 ha, 0.61 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromcarra North, from 170 m² to 350,507 m² (35.05 ha, 86.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 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 Dromcarra North 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
28 Jan 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for Retention for extension to rear of existing two storey house and Permission to modify and extend previous extension to include ground floor extension and newly aligned first floor, internal & external alterations to existing dwelling and all associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0171
4 Sept 2024Conditional
Permission for the construction of a new storey-and-a-half extension to eastern elevation of existing dwellinghouse, increasing the size of the wastewater percolation area, together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5676
26 Jun 2024Incompleted application
Permission for the construction of new storey-and-a-half extension to the eastern elevation of existing dwelling house, upgrading of existing septic tank, together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5205
24 May 2024Conditional
Permission for construction of dwelling (change of plan from that permitted under Pl. Reg. No. 23/5434).
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4935
25 Apr 2024Incompleted application
Permission to relocate dwelling from that granted in 23/5434.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4719
11 Jul 2023Conditional
Storey and a half-detached dwelling along with new treatment unit, access road, site and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5434
15 May 2023Incompleted application
Construct storey and a half detached dwelling along with new treatment unit, access road, site and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4974
6 Apr 2011Conditional
Construction of new pitched roof over existing dwelling and garage and replacement of existing pitched and flat roofs and minor facade alterations
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4710
14 Jan 2011Conditional
Retention of vehicular entrance, access lane, hardstanding area and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/4040
29 May 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8195
30 Mar 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6735
6 Feb 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4788
23 Dec 2005Conditional
Dwelling and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9753
2 Sept 2005Conditional
construction of conservatory to dwelling and retention of extension
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6339
2 Aug 2005Incompleted application
Retention of extension to cottage and construction of conservatory to rear of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5507
20 Sept 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse and waste water treatment unit
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/7122
6 Sept 2004Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/6760
9 Aug 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6066
21 Apr 2004Refused
Dormer bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2688
16 Sept 2003Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4638
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
- Special Area of Conservation: The Gearagh SAC 000108
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: The Gearagh 000108
Recorded monuments
- CO082-015 Stone row
Description
On small platform, below rocky gorse-grown ridge, on NE slopes of Kilbarry Hill. Row of five stones, one of which is prostrate, aligned NE-SW, c. 9.5m in overall length. NE stone is tallest and 3m distant from others; it measures 1.15m L, 0.65m T and 1.3m H. Next stone is 1m L, 0.6m T and 1.15mH. Third stone, 0.7m to SW, is 0.9m L, 0.7m T and 1.15m H. Fourth stone,0.4m from last, is 0.9m L, 0.6m T and 1.15m H. Fifth stone is prostrate; it measures 2.9m by 1.2m and is 0.3m T. Overall length of erect stones is 7.9m. (O Nualláin 1988, 234, no. 28) 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 Dromcarra North.
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 Dromcarra North.
- 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 Dromcarra North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dromcarra North · Drom Cara Thuaidh
- Area
- 932,715 m² (93.27 ha, 230.48 acres)
- Civil parish
- Inchigeelagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Inchigeelagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Inchigeelagh electoral division: 586 people in 229 households; 79% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cooldaniel, Coolnacrannagh, Dromcarra South, Gortsmoorane, Inchineill, Inchisine, Kilbarry
- Placenames
- Dromcarra North 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.