Dromerk
Dromerk is a townland in the civil parish of Fanlobbus, barony of Carbery East (West Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Drom Eirc.
- Area
- 112.8 ha
- 279 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 4,644 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromerk, from 40 m² to 302,419 m² (30.24 ha, 74.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 · 18 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
4 Aug 2023Refused
Construction of a dwelling and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/439
29 Nov 2021Conditional
A dwelling house, an effluent treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/825
17 Nov 2020Conditional
Construct a milking parlour, dairy, plant room ,office, two no. roofed cattle holding yards, soiled water tank, feed storage bin and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/659
6 Dec 2019Conditional
Planning permission for the retention of extensions to existing dwelling and permission for the retention of a detached garage
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/778
27 Jun 2016Conditional
Construction of a dwelling and domestic garage with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/401
15 Aug 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse, installation of small treatment plant and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2198
6 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, installation of small treatment plant and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1842
1 Jun 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, installation of small treatment plant and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1454
16 Feb 2007Conditional
Livestock shed (cubicle house with adjacent straw bedded area)
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/466
8 Feb 2007Refused
Dwelling and garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/329
2 Oct 2006Refused
Dwelling and garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/1998
9 Sept 2005Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6534
24 Mar 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1798
20 Nov 2001Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/6308
3 Apr 2001Conditional
2 no. dwellinghouses
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 01/1767
9 Jul 1999Conditional
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 99/3768
4 Feb 1998Conditional
Tarmacadam/asphalt manufacturing plant, ancillary buildings & works, storage bays, weighbridge and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 98/294
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 Dromerk.
Recorded monuments
- CO108-001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, E of Clashnagallagh Wood. Hachured as circular enclosure on OS 6-inch map (1842). No visible surface trace; surrounding field fences removed. 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
- CO108-002001 Enclosure
Description
In pasture on break in NW-facing slope. Circular area enclosed by eroded, earthen bank topped by modern stone wall (H 0.3m) SW->SE; ivy-covered wall (H 2m) SE->NW; break (Wth 4m) to SW. Interior level; low square cairn (H 0.6m; 5m E-W; 4.5m N-S) in NE quadrant. Burial ground (CO108-00202-) in SE quadrant. 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
- CO108-002002 Burial ground
Description
In circular enclosure (CO108-002001-). Local tradition of burial ground in N half of interior. Raised oval area (H 1m; 10m N-S; 4m E-W) defined by overgrowth. Some grave markers noted. 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
- CO108-003 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on break in gentle NNE-facing slope. Circular slightly raised area (48m N-S; 48m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.4m); external fosse (D 0.8m). Break in bank to E (Wth 6m), with causeway. Two small grass-covered mounds in centre of interior may be field clearance cairns. 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 Dromerk.
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 Dromerk, 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 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 Dromerk.
- 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 Dromerk with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dromerk · Drom Eirc
- Area
- 1,128,454 m² (112.85 ha, 278.85 acres)
- Civil parish
- Fanlobbus, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Manch, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 598 people lived in 197 households in the Manch electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardcahan, Behagh, Gortnamucklagh, Gurteennasowna, Knockaghaduff, Knockduff
- Placenames
- Dromerk 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.