Dromleena
Townland in the civil parish of Fanlobbus, barony of Carbery East (West Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Drom Líne
- Area
- 281.4 ha
- 695 acres
- Land parcels
- 36
- registered freehold, median 4,850 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 35
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromleena, from 116 m² to 595,890 m² (59.59 ha, 147.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 50 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Green Infrastructure (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 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
12 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
A) Installation of a pre-fab unit which contains a toilets for Sunday Children Park Runs, store for equipment with event and office for use during occasional race days for entries with associated site works and parking B) Permission for the installation of a new septic tank and percolation area C) Alterations to the front elevation of existing shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5891
3 Sept 2025Invalid - case closed
Planning Permission for A) installation of a pre-fab unit which contains toilets for Sunday Children Park Runs, store for equipment with event and office for use during occasional race days for entries with associated site works and parking B) Permission for the installation of a new septic tank and percolation area c) Alterations to the front elevation of existing shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/501
1 Aug 2025Incompleted application
Permission for A) installation of a pre-fab unit which contains toilets, store and office with associated site works and parking B) Permission for the installation of a new septic tank and percolation area C) Alterations to the front elevation of existing shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/439
30 May 2019Conditional
Construction of a proposed dwelling house, garage, car-port, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/364
13 Aug 2018Conditional
Construct a dwelling house and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/477
12 Mar 2018Refused
To comprise of 2 no. (two) electricity generating wind turbines with maximum tip height of 130 metres, an Electrical Compound, Sub-Station Building, 4 no. (four) car parking spaces and all associated site roads and site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/128
29 Jan 2018Incompleted application
To comprise of 2 no. electricity generating wind turbines with maximum tip height of 130 metres, an Electrical Compund, Sub-Station Building, 4 no. car parking spaces and all associated site roads and site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/43
20 Dec 2017Incompleted application
Development of a wind farm consisting of 2 electrical generating wind turbines max height of 130m with electrical compound and sub-station building with parking for four vehicles, associated site roads and hardstands, 75m high permanent meteorological mast, under ground cabling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/807
14 May 2015Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/256
14 Feb 2014Conditional
Expansion of pig herd to a 270 sow integrated pig unit comprising the construction of 1no. loose dry sow house, 1no. farrowing house, 1no. stage one weaner pig house, 1no. stage two weaner pig house and 1no. finisher pig house and associated works in order to comply with animal welfare and nitrates legislation
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/108
20 Jan 2014Incompleted application
The expansion of an existing integrated sow herd to 270 by construction of additional pig buildings
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/35
11 Jun 2013Conditional
Retention of rear extension to dwelling and proprietary treatment unit and filtration area
Retention · Cork County Council, 13/324
29 Mar 2012Conditional
Construct dwelling and detached garage and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/201
20 Mar 2012Incompleted application
Construct dwelling and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/171
13 Mar 2012Incompleted application
Construct dwelling and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/154
21 Aug 2009Conditional
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage, installation of waste water treatment plant unit and associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/945
28 Jan 2009Conditional
Ten year permission to erect 11no. Wind Turbines on single site, of which 5no. wind turbines with ancillary hardstand and assembley areas are in townland of Dromleena, 3no. wind turbines with ancillary hardstand and assembley areas and 1no. borrow pit are in townland of Inchanadreen, 3no. wind turbines with ancillary hardstand and assembley areas and 1no. electrical substation are in townland of Derrynasafagh; install underground fibre optic and electrical cables and ancillary works in townlands of Dromleena, Inchanadreen and Derrynasafagh, Dunmanway, Co. Cork; Install underground fibre optic and electrical cables and ancillary works along public road to 110kV Electrical Substation 1km east of Dunmanway town adjacent to the R586 and all ancillary associate site works including internal roadways and wheelwash facilites. This planning application will be accompanied by an EIS
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/63
23 Dec 2008Incompleted application
Ten year permission to erect 11no. Wind Turbines on single site, of which 5no. wind turbines with ancillary hardstand and assembley areas are in townland of Dromleena, 3no. wind turbines with ancillary hardstand and assembley area and 1no. borrow pit are in townland of Inchanadreen, 3no. wind turbines with ancillary hardstand and assembley area and 1no. electrical substation are in townland of Derrynasafagh; install underground fibre optic and electrical cables and ancillary works in townlands of Dromleena, Inchanadreen and Derrynasafagh, Dunmanway, Co. Cork; Install underground fibre optic and electrical cables and ancillary works along public road to 110kV Electrical Substation 1km east of Dunmanway town adjacent to R586 and all ancillary associate site works including internal roadways and wheelwash facilites
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/2255
9 Sept 2008Conditional
Erect 50m monopole wind speed and direction measuring mast
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1647
14 Aug 2008Incompleted application
Erect 50m monopole wind speed and direction measuring mast
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1507
14 Apr 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/668
14 Feb 2008Conditional
Construction of finishing pig accommoadation (480 places) with slatted slurry tankand overground feed storage bin and associated works in order to comply with nitrates and animal welfare legislation
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/263
21 Jan 2008Incompleted application
Construction of finisher pig accommodation (480 places) and assoociated site works in order to comply with nitrates and animal welfare regulations for existing pig herd
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/92
5 Dec 2007Incompleted application
Construction of 1no. finishing pig house (480 places) and associated works in order to comply with nitrates and animal welfare regulations for existing pig herd
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/3040
23 Feb 2007Conditional
Construct geo-membrane lined cattle out wintering pad with silage pit, geo-membrane lined slurry holding lagoon, concrete feeding passage, concrete apron and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/487
The 25 most recent of 35 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 Dromleena.
Recorded monuments
- CO107-031 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on SSE-facing slope. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 35m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.9m) NNW->SE; scarp (H 1.4m) to S and W. Low bank to N, topped by stone wall. Bank and scarp stone faced in parts. Interior raised on S side to compensate for hillslope; S half crossed by cultivation ridges on NW-SE axis. 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 Dromleena.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dromleena.
- 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 Dromleena with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dromleena · Drom Líne
- Area
- 2,813,695 m² (281.37 ha, 695.28 acres)
- Civil parish
- Fanlobbus, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Dunmanway North, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dunmanway North electoral division: 1,264 people in 496 households; 69% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrigskullihy, Cloontiquirk, Derrynasafagh, Dunmanway North, Dunmanway South, Inch East, Inchanadreen, Kilbarry
- Placenames
- Dromleena 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.