Dromduff
Dromduff is a townland in the civil parish of Macroom, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Drom Dubh.
- Area
- 159.1 ha
- 393 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 2,831 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 29
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromduff, from 39 m² to 479,650 m² (47.96 ha, 118.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 29 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
7 Oct 2022Conditional
Permission for retention for as built dwelling house with changes to design and layout to design permitted under Planning Reference No. 09/6757, permission for retention for 2 no. out buildings and also permission for new domestic garage with overhead office / store together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6268
25 Apr 2022Conditional
Construction of dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, new entrance, together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4939
18 Nov 2020Conditional
Permission for retention of 2 no. domestic garages also permission for the construction of first floor extension over existing garage attached to dwelling and conversion of garage to office/storage on ground floor and gym on first floor along with alterations to elevations of existing garage together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6562
16 Oct 2020Incompleted application
Permission for retention of 2 no. domestic garage also permission for the construction of new two storey extension to side elevation of existing dwellinghouse together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6266
16 Apr 2014Conditional
Construction of rear single storey extension to existing dwellinghouse, alterations to elevations of existing dwellinghouse, together with upgrade to existing septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4768
28 Mar 2014Incompleted application
Construction of rear single storey extension to existing dwellinghouse together with upgrade to existing septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4623
1 Dec 2010Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse and garage (dwelling previously permitted under planning reg no. 09/5865)
Retention · Cork County Council, 10/8606
28 Jul 2010Conditional
Alterations & extensions to existing dwelling house including two-storey extension to rear, single storey extension to side, alterations to existing elevations, and relocation of existing septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5914
19 Aug 2009Conditional
Dwelling house & effluent treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6757
8 Jun 2009Conditional
Dwelling & septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5865
8 Jun 2009Conditional
Dwelling, garage & septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5864
8 Apr 2009Incompleted application
Dwelling, septic tank and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5112
8 Apr 2009Incompleted application
Dwelling, garage, septic tank & associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5113
28 Jan 2009Refused
Dwelling & wastewater treatment plant
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/4218
13 Aug 2008Conditional
Dwelling and effluent treatment system
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/8383
12 Mar 2008Conditional
One and half storey dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of proprietary effluent treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5381
29 Jun 2007Conditional
Construction of slatted house/straw bed house including covering of easy feed unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9219
19 Feb 2007Conditional
Construction of cubicle house with slatted concrete tanks under and construction of uncovered slatted concrete tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5170
12 Jan 2007Incompleted application
Construction of cubicle house with slatted concrete tanks under and construction of uncovered concrete slatted tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4147
22 Dec 2006Conditional
Construction of slatted cattle accommodation to include underground slurry storage tank, silage slab and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13887
24 Oct 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/11715
12 Oct 2006Withdrawn
Dormer dwelling and proprietary effluent treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11394
22 Mar 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5741
24 Aug 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/6123
17 Nov 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8498
The 25 most recent of 29 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 Dromduff.
Recorded monuments
- CO071-005 Field boundary
Description
In scrub, on N-facing slope. Low arc of earthen bank (L c. 18m) with stones protruding from it; highest upright stone measures 1.36m H. According to O Nualláin (1984a, 48) 'possibly the remains of an old field fence'. 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
- CO071-007 Fulacht fia
Description
In reclaimed pasture, on E side of drain. Overgrown spread of burnt material extends E for 3m. 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
- CO071-008 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Description
On W side of River Laney valley. Monument destroyed between 1963 and 1966. Comprised ruined gallery, aligned approximately E-W and partly incorporated in field fence. N side exposed beneath large roofstone. Single stone to NW may have been outer walling. (de Valera and O Nualláin 1982, 17, Co. 22) 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 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)
Architectural heritage
- House, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1780, now derelict. Half-hipped corrugated-iron roof. White washed rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings to front (south) elevation without fittings and broken through to form door openings. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to north-west. Pitched corrugated-iron roof having rubble stone chimneystack. Rubble stone walls with slit vents and square-headed window openings. Single-storey outbuilding to south-west of site with pitched corrugated-iron roof, whitewashed rubble stone walls.
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 Dromduff, 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 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 Dromduff.
- 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 Dromduff with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dromduff · An Drom Dubh
- Area
- 1,590,867 m² (159.09 ha, 393.11 acres)
- Civil parish
- Macroom, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Macloneigh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 905 people lived in 318 households in the Macloneigh electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyveerane, Coolaniddane, Coolyhane, Kill, Shanakill
- Placenames
- Dromduff 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.