Dromdeer West
Townland in the civil parish of Doneraile, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork; in Irish Drom Duibhir Thiar
- Area
- 56 ha
- 138 acres
- Land parcels
- 10
- registered freehold, median 4,533 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromdeer West, from 296 m² to 258,677 m² (25.87 ha, 63.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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 Dromdeer West 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
22 Sept 2009Conditional
Detached domestic garage & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7122
31 Aug 2009Incompleted application
Detached domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6856
5 Oct 2007Conditional
Retention of relocation of bored well
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11466
23 May 2007Conditional
Demolition of calf house and construction of extension to cubicle house, calf house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8041
21 Feb 2007Conditional
Two storey dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5306
11 Oct 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/11341
25 Apr 2006Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6626
31 Mar 2006Conditional
Retention of garage and outhouse to side of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6017
3 Mar 2006Incompleted application
Retention of garage and outhouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5247
25 Oct 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 05/7822
18 Oct 2005Refused
Two storey dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7610
18 Jul 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5118
30 Jun 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/4855
5 Apr 2004Conditional
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/2236
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 Dromdeer West.
Recorded monuments
- CO025-046001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage. Circular area (31m E-W; 28.3m N-S) enclosed by heavily overgrown earthen bank (H 0.9m) and external fosse (D 0.7m), most clearly visible on NW side. Field fence to S of site levelled and material dumped around S side of enclosure. Interior overgrown with deciduous trees. Ringfort (CO025-04602-) lies c. 20m to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO025-046002 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.2m). Bank best preserved to W. Interior raised above level of surrounding field. Second ringfort (CO025-04601-) lies c. 20m to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO025-118 Fulacht fia
Description
According to local information, mound of burnt material levelled in the past. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO025-119 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy pasture, immediately W of spring (now dry). Low horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (16.5m N-S; 14m E-W; H 0.3m); opening faces E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 Dromdeer West.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dromdeer West.
- 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 Dromdeer West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dromdeer West · Drom Duibhir Thiar
- Area
- 560,346 m² (56.03 ha, 138.46 acres)
- Civil parish
- Doneraile, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fermoy
- Electoral division
- Wallstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Wallstown electoral division: 270 people in 89 households; 90% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyandrew, Castlesaffron, Dromdeer, Dromdeer East
- Placenames
- Dromdeer West 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.