Dromdough
Dromdough is a townland in the civil parish of Ringrone, barony of Courceys, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Drom Dumhach.
- Area
- 134.6 ha
- 333 acres
- Land parcels
- 48
- registered freehold, median 4,086 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 63
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromdough, from 128 m² to 201,837 m² (20.18 ha, 49.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 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 Dromdough 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
1 May 2024Conditional
Permission to construct of a detached garage for domestic use to side of existing dwelling house to include site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4775
4 Sept 2023Conditional
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5786
10 Feb 2023Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4225
12 Oct 2022Refused
(a) The construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works (b) Improvement works to existing site entrance, including realignment of roadside boundaries, of adjacent existing dwelling house in order to use same as shared site entrance between the existing dwelling house and the proposed new dwelling house. (c) All associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6294
7 Feb 2022Withdrawn
The construction of a detached garage to the side of the dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4231
29 Jan 2021Conditional
Permission for retention of 1) attached garage conversion to habitable rooms ancillary to the existing dwelling, including alterations and additions to window and door openings externally, 2) conversion of attic to habitable rooms, 3) 1 No. existing roof light, 4) alterations to existing window and door openings to existing dwelling, 5) new window and door to rear elevation, 6) porch infill extension to front elevation, 7) detached domestic garage and Permission for replacement of existing septic tank with new waste water treatment system with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4185
8 Dec 2020Incompleted application
Permission for retention to existing dwelling for 1) attached garage conversion to habitable rooms ancillary to the existing dwelling, including alterations and additions to window and door openings externally, 2) conversion of attic to habitable rooms, 3) 1 No. existing roof light, 4) alterations to existing window and door openings to existing dwelling, 5) new window and door to rear elevation, 6) porch infill extension to front elevation, 7) detached domestic garage, 8) replacement of existing septic tank with new waste water treatment system with associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 20/6761
27 Mar 2020Conditional
The construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4638
7 Jan 2019Conditional
Demolition of existing domestic garage and Construction of separate dwelling unit as ancillary family accommodation and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4015
10 Sept 2018Refused
Conversion of existing double garage into a 'Granny Flat' (which is to be an integral part of main dwelling) with alterations to the existing dormer window and elevation, as well as carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6398
3 May 2018Incompleted application
The conversion of existing detached double garage into an apartment with alterations to the existing dormer window and elevations, as well as carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5118
20 Feb 2018Unconditional
Partial demolition of existing kitchen and lounge at ground floor level and construction of new single storey extensions to side and rear with alterations and refurbishments to the existing dwelling and all associated site works. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Ref: 12/6517
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 18/4429
25 May 2017Withdrawn
The partial demolition of existing kitchen and lounge at ground floor level and construction of new single storey extensions to side and rear with alterations and refurbishments to the existing dwelling, proposed treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5300
24 Mar 2017Incompleted application
Partial demolition of existing kitchen and lounge at ground floor level and construction of new single storey extensions to side and rear with alterations and refurbishments to the existing dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4714
8 Sept 2016Conditional
Alterations and extensions to existing dwelling, (change of plan to that permitted under planning ref. no. 13/04444) to include construction of a single story bedroom extension to side elevation and increase in size of sunroom and utility extension to rear elevation and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6237
26 Aug 2016Incompleted application
Alterations and extensions to existing dwelling (change of plan to that permitted under Pl. Ref. No. 13/04444) to include construction of a single storey bedroom extension to side elevation and increase in size of sunroom and utility extension to rear elevation and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6141
10 Feb 2016Refused
Construction of dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4259
7 Jan 2016Incompleted application
Construction of dwelling house and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4007
13 Oct 2014Conditional
Retention of existing study/studio/storage area as constructed and associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/6194
8 Nov 2013Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse (change of plans permitted under pl. reg. no. 11/4507) and construction of a detached domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6132
28 Jun 2013Conditional
The demolition of an existing dwellinghouse (in ruinous condition) and the construction of a dwellinghouse and domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5239
15 Mar 2013Conditional
[a] Construction of a single storey apartment with link corridor for use as ancillary accommodation to existing dwelling, [b] construction of ground floor sunroom and utility extension to rear elevation of dwelling, and [c] decommission of existing septic tank and installation of wastewater treatment unit and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4444
10 Dec 2012Conditional
Partial demolition of existing kitchen and lounge at ground floor level and construction of new single storey extensions to side and rear with alterations and refurbishments to the existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6517
26 Apr 2011Conditional
Shed for storage of agricultural produce
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4878
15 Mar 2011Conditional
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4507
The 25 most recent of 63 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 Dromdough.
Recorded monuments
- CO124-015 Ringfort - rath
Description
Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) cut on N side by SW-NE field fence. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dromdough.
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 Dromdough, about 1 in 10 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 Dromdough.
- 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 Dromdough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dromdough · Drom Dumhach
- Area
- 1,345,985 m² (134.6 ha, 332.6 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ringrone, and its townlands
- Barony
- Courceys
- Electoral division
- Ballinspittle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 727 people lived in 257 households in the Ballinspittle electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinroe, Ballinroe East, Ballyhander, Carrigavulleen, Coolyrahilly, Currahoo, Kilkerran North, Kilkerran South, Knocknabinny
- Placenames
- Dromdough 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.