Dromcorragh
Dromcorragh is a townland in the civil parish of Caheragh, barony of Carbery West (West Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Drom Cumhra.
- Area
- 235.8 ha
- 583 acres
- Land parcels
- 62
- registered freehold, median 5,405 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 31
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromcorragh, from 8 m² to 289,169 m² (28.92 ha, 71.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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
No zone of a development plan covers Dromcorragh 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
26 May 2021Conditional
Erection of single storey dwelling house and associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/343
10 Nov 2017Conditional
Construct an extension to the rear of dwelling house along with all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/712
24 Jan 2017Conditional
Construct a cattle house with slatted slurry tank and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/25
20 Dec 2012Conditional
Construction of dwelling house, detached domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/780
18 Sept 2012Refused
for construction of dwelling house, construction of detached domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/600
24 Aug 2012Conditional
Construct a domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/543
27 Sept 2011Conditional
Retention of a) a dormer window and b) change of finish and roof to a dormer window granted under planning permission ref no. 04/611
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/589
11 Aug 2011Incompleted application
Retention of a) a dormer window and b) change of finish and roof to a dormer window granted under planning permission ref no. 04/611
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/495
8 Dec 2009Conditional
new dwellinghouse, garage, domestic store and septic tank system
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/2159
6 Jun 2008Conditional
Erection of dwellinghouse, waste water treatment system & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1081
25 Apr 2008Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, waste water treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/757
23 Oct 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse, small sewerage treatment plant and irrigation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2714
1 Oct 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, small sewerage treatment plant and irrigation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2551
29 Jun 2007Conditional
Construction of extension to side of existing dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1718
12 Mar 2007Conditional
Extension to farm complex to include erection of slatted house, soiled water tank and entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/688
12 Feb 2007Conditional
Construct animal house with slatted tanks, milking parlour/dairy and slatted tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/381
2 Jan 2007Incompleted application
Construct animal house with slatted tanks, milking parlour/dairy and slatted tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/22
20 Nov 2006Incompleted application
Construction of animal house, milking parlour/dairy and slatted tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2435
27 Jun 2006Refused
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1222
15 Jun 2006Conditional
Correction of boundary, alterations/amendments to the site boundaries of planning ref 05/6810 for erection of dormer bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1143
9 Jun 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1094
13 Mar 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/414
19 Sept 2005Conditional
Dormer bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6810
31 Aug 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse (change of plan)
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6268
6 Aug 2004Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6015
The 25 most recent of 31 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 Dromcorragh.
Recorded monuments
- CO132-041 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope above Glanaphuca River. Circular enclosure on OS 6-inch map (1842); no visible surface trace; field fence to E kinks slightly and probably respects original arc of enclosure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO132-042 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop hill. Circular area, hachured as platform (diam. c. 40m) on OS 6-inch map (1842); now enclosed by earthen bank (H 1m) SE->NNE, incorporated into field fence system S->NNE. Burial ground (CO132-080----) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO132-080 Burial ground
Description
In ringfort (CO132-042---). According to local tradition, interior used as children's burial ground. No grave markers noted; heavily overgrown. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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 Dromcorragh.
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 Dromcorragh, about 1 in 20 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 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 Dromcorragh.
- 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 Dromcorragh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dromcorragh · Drom Cumhra
- Area
- 2,358,343 m² (235.83 ha, 582.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Caheragh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Cloghdonnell, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 388 people lived in 146 households in the Cloghdonnell electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyourane, Bawnishal, Clooncugger, Coarliss, Garrane, Lissangle, Milleennahorna
- Placenames
- Dromcorragh 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.