Dromnea
Dromnea is a townland in the civil parish of Kilcrohane, barony of Carbery West (West Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Drom an Fhéich.
- Area
- 154 ha
- 381 acres
- Land parcels
- 54
- registered freehold, median 3,526 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 36
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromnea, from 34 m² to 595,241 m² (59.52 ha, 147.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 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 Dromnea 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 May 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for the following works to existing dwelling house: (1) retention of detached domestic garage and permission for change to habitable use, (2) removal of chimney stack, (3) installation of 2 no. new chimney stacks, (4) installation of 5 no. rooflights, (5) removal of 2 no. external buttress walls, (6) construction of porch/canopy, (7) fenestration changes, (8) construction of interconnecting link/ extension between house and garage, (9) installation of 4 no. rooflights to garage, (10) fenestration changes to garage, (11) installation of solar panels, and (12) decommissioning of the existing septic tank system and installation of a replacement wastewater treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1358
28 Jul 2025Application withdrawn
Permission for the folllowing works to existing dwelling house. (1) retention of detached domestic garage and permission for change to habitable use, (2) removal of chimney stack, (3) installation of 2 no. new chimney stacks, (4) installation of 5 no. rooflights, (5) removal of 2 no. external buttress walls, (6) construction of porch/canopy, (7) fenestration changes, (8) construction of interconnecting link/extension between house and garage (9) installation of 4 no. rooflights to garage, (10) fenestration changes to garage, and (11) installation of solar panels
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/419
11 Apr 2025Conditional
Permission for the following works to existing dwelling house: (1) retention of window to south-west elevation, (2) retention of porch, (3) permission for demolition of existing stone outbuilding, (4) permission for construction of new extension to dwelling, and (5) associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/199
6 Mar 2017Conditional
Permission for construction of single storey extension to Northern elevation of dwelling, single storey garden room extension to the Western elevation and Permission for retention and completion of extension to Eastern elevation of dwelling and retention and completion of detached storage building and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/132
27 Jan 2017Incompleted application
Permission for retention for the following: i) Partly constructed extension to eastern elevation of existing dwelling and ii) retention of as constructed floor slab of detached store and Planning Permission for a) completion of single storey extension to eastern elevation of existing dwelling, b) single storey extension to the northern elevation of the dwelling c) single storey garden room extension to western elevation of existing dwelling and d) permission for construction of detached single storey building along with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/33
4 Feb 2014Conditional
Retention of the as constructed agricultural storage building and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/73
27 Jan 2014Incompleted application
Permission for retention of the as constructed agricultural storage building and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/51
9 May 2012Unconditional
Restoration of tower and change of use of same to dwelling and all associated site works
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/311
26 Apr 2012Incompleted application
Restoration of tower and provision of accommodation and all associated works
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/276
4 Apr 2011Unconditional
Dwelling house, installation of waste water treatment unit and all associated site works
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/202
27 Oct 2010Conditional
(a) Permission for retention of existing dwelling house & attached garage (b) Permission for change of use of existing attached garage & existing store to a new utility area & dining room (both to be incorporated as part of the dwelling house) (c) Permission for construction of a new garage & all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/728
9 May 2008Withdrawn
Dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/857
8 May 2008Refused
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/848
14 Jan 2008Conditional
Restoration of tower and change of use of same to dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/67
28 Nov 2007Incompleted application
Restoration of tower and change of use of same to dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2969
9 Nov 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2829
19 Oct 2007Incompleted application
Restoration of tower and change of use of same to dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2695
10 Apr 2007Withdrawn
Renovate and extend existing building for residential use
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/981
7 Mar 2007Incompleted application
Renovate and extend existing building for residential use
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/634
12 Feb 2007Incompleted application
Renovations and extensions to existing building for residential use
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/387
8 Feb 2007Withdrawn
Restoration of tower and change of use of same to dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/339
3 Nov 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse, installation of waste water treatment unit and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2306
2 Oct 2006Conditional
Demolish existing dwellinghouse, construct new dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2000
21 Apr 2006Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/685
10 Apr 2006Refused
Renovation and extension to existing building for residential use
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/627
The 25 most recent of 36 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Sheep's Head SAC 000102
- Special Area of Conservation: Farranamanagh Lough SAC 002189
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Sheep's Head 000102
Recorded monuments
- CO129-014 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Small amount of water under rock on rugged slope. Does not seem to be in holy use. According to O'Donoghue (1986, 62) well also called Tober na n-Duanairidhe - well of the poets. 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 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/
- CO129-015 School
Description
On hillside overlooking Dunmanus Bay to E. Depicted on OS 6-inch map (1842) as group of houses '(in ruins)'. Remains consist of wall (H 2.4m; L 5.1m; Wth 0.95m), against N gable of dwelling house; batter on NE corner, and one rectangular window. 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
- CO129-016001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In flat pasture, at foot of Rosskerrig Mountain. Circular area (29.4m N-S; 30.5m E-W) partially enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.5m) W->S; scarp elsewhere; shallow external fosse to N. Gap (Wth 1.4m) to NNE. 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
- CO129-016002 Stone row
Description
In pasture at S foot of Seefin mountain on Sheep's Head peninsula. Described in 1845 (OS Memoranda) as 'three very remarkable gallauns placed E and W, one of which is about 16 feet high and 6 feet broad, inclining a little to south'. One stone on 2nd ed. OS 6-inch map (1901). No visible surface trace. 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
- CO129-017 Designed landscape - belvedere
Description
Nineteenth century square tower (int: 4.6m N-S; 4.55m E-W; wall thickness 0.75m) on S side of Sheep's Head peninsula. Three storey, pointed ground floor door in N wall. Large central windows (ext. Wth c. 1.35m) flanked by narrow windows (Wth 0.2m) in N and W elev. Chimney flue and fireplaces in E wall. Embattled parapet walls. 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
- CO129-018 Fulacht fia
Description
Horseshoe-shaped mound (10m NW-SE ; 6m NE-SW) of burnt material levelled during land reclamation and partially excavated by Cleary (1986, 49-54) in May-June 1984. Excavation was confined to N portion of mound and revealed stone-lined trough (2.15m NE-SW; 1.25m NW-SE ), trapezoidal in shape; hearth (max. dims. 2.2m NE-SW ; 1.6m NW-SE ) enclosed by stone built revetment. Possible revetment of mound to N. Sample of charcoal from hearth was radiocarbon dated to the Later Bronze Age (3090+_35 BP). 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
- Signal tower, 1800–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding two-bay three-stage signal tower, built c.1805, now disused. Rubble limestone walls with crenulated parapet. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and lintels. Pointed arch and square-headed door openings.
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 Dromnea, 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. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dromnea.
- 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 Dromnea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dromnea · Drom an Fhéich
- Area
- 1,540,103 m² (154.01 ha, 380.57 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcrohane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Seefin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 351 people lived in 140 households in the Seefin electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 26% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Farranamanagh, Gorteanish, Rosskerrig, Rosskerrig-Mountain
- Placenames
- Dromnea 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.