Dromore

218 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromore, from 2 m² to 338,599 m² (33.86 ha, 83.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 58 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 69 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Green Infrastructure (Open space, park)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 18 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation

  Permission for retention of the following: 1) existing extensions to the side and rear of existing dwelling, 2) existing domestic garage ancillary to existing dwelling and all associated site works and services

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/2165

• 9 May 2026Invalid - case closed

  Planning permission for: (a) the retention of an existing construction entrance and hardstanding area, (b) the construction of 2 no. detached dwelling houses, (c) alterations to the existing construction entrance to provide a new dual vehicular entrance, and (d) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1223

• 28 Jul 2025Conditional permission

  To retain existing 4 domestic sheds/outhouses and associated site works.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5509

• 25 Jun 2025Incompleted application

  Permission for Retention of existing 4 domestic sheds/outhouses and associated site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 25/5235

• 15 May 2025Conditional permission

  Permission to construct a cattle shed with slats over an existing open slurry tank, effluent tank and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4912

• 12 Apr 2024Refused

  Permission for the construction of 2 No. dormer type dwellings and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4624

• 21 Mar 2024Application withdrawn

  Permission for retention for the as built playing pitch and goal posts, walkway and public lighting layout, boundary position, playground, covered seat and storage shed and for permission to increase the size of the playing pitch and reposition the goal posts, a multi purpose games area and all associated sire works.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 24/4420

• 9 Aug 2023Withdrawn

  Outline permission for 2 fully serviced, detached, two-storey dwelling houses and all associated site works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 23/5618

• 19 Jun 2023Incompleted application

  2 fully serviced, detached, two-storey dwelling houses and all associated site works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 23/5248

• 26 Jan 2023Conditional

  An extension to an existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4095

• 27 Apr 2022Conditional

  Permission for the demolition of a disused dwelling house with attached shop and domestic garage and permission to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4965

• 31 Mar 2022Conditional

  Permission for a new dwelling house, entrance from existing private laneway, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4705

• 2 Dec 2021Withdrawn

  New dwelling house, entrance, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7243

• 3 Nov 2021Conditional

  Permission for retention for removal of existing domestic garage to side, removal and replacement of existing non-original gables to main roof and porch roof to front elevation with new lean-to roof profiles to main roof and porch roof and installation of 3 no. rooflights to rear elevation, all to existing end-of terrace dwelling, along with all ancillary site development works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/6981

• 29 Oct 2021Conditional

  Construct a single-storey extension to the front, side and rear of the existing two-storey dwellinghouse, carry out internal and external alterations to the existing two-storey dwellinghouse, demolish 2 no. disused single-storey outhouses and carryout all associated siteworks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6950

• 10 Aug 2021Withdrawn

  The demolition of a disused dwellinghouse with attached shop and domestic garage and to construct a dwellinghouse, domestic garage and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6206

• 13 Jul 2021Incompleted application

  The demolition of a disused dwelling house with attached shop and domestic garage and to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5946

• 1 Jul 2021Conditional

  To demolish existing garage and construct new single storey extension to dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5825

• 15 Jun 2021Incompleted application

  The demolition of a disused dwelling house with attached shop and domestic garage and to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5652

• 21 Sept 2020Withdrawn

  To construct a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6056

• 31 Mar 2020Conditional

  Extension to the front, side and rear elevations, and for alterations, of the existing dwelling house and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4661

• 27 Sept 2017Conditional

  Construction of a part single-storey, part two-storey single family dwelling with garage, waste water treatment unit with polishing filter, widening of existing entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6499

• 15 May 2017Conditional

  Retention and completion of widening and alterations to existing vehicular and pedestrian entrance to dwelling

  Retention · Cork County Council, 17/5179

• 10 Apr 2017Incompleted application

  Retention and completion of widening and alterations to existing vehicular and pedestrian entrance to dwelling

  Retention · Cork County Council, 17/4844

• 21 Oct 2015Conditional

  Construction of extension to existing milking parlour

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6363

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170

Recorded monuments

• CO032-114001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In gently rolling pasture, with housing estate on S side and single dwelling on N side. Circular area (30m E-W) enclosed by heavily overgrown earthen bank (int. H 0.85m; ext. H 1.1m); external fosse (D 0.2m) to E. Gap (Wth c. 2m) in bank to NNW. Two possible souterrains (CO032-11402-; CO032-11403-) in partially overgrown interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO032-114002 Souterrain
  Description

  In ringfort (CO032-11401-). Depression (L 1.6m; Wth 1m; D 0.4m) between centre of interior and gap to NNW. Bowman (1934, 599) recorded two souterrains in this fort (see CO032-11403-) which 'could easily be opened'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO032-114003 Souterrain
  Description

  In ringfort (CO032-11401-). Bowman (1934, 599) recorded two souterrains in this fort (see CO032-11402-), which 'could easily be opened'. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO032-115001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage, on gentle N-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Circular area (diam. c. 27.3m WSW-ENE) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.2m) N->SE; levelled bank visible to WSW as low rise and as soilmark. According to local information, low rise to W and NW, completing circle, visibel with living memory; flattened by ploughing. Arc of bank once planted with coniferous trees. Possible souterrain (CO032-11502-) outside bank to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO032-115002 Souterrain
  Description

  Within ringfort (CO032-11501-). According to local information, tradition of underground passage outside bank to SE where ground sounds hollow. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO032-116 Quarry
  Description

  Listed as a ‘quarry’ in the SMR (1988) and the RMP (1998). The evidence is not sufficient to warrant accepting this as the location of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 12 September 2014

• CO032-117 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  At base of steep-sided hill in grounds of Nazareth House, previously Dromore House. Pump house built over well; noted as supplying water to house by Grove White (1905-25 vol. 3, 340). According to Berry (1905, 36), OS Name Books list an 'Aunia's Well, formerly resorted to for cures'; he speculates this is probably 'Tobar-na-Faithnidhe (fauny), the well of the warts' (ibid.). Bowman (1934, 599) calls it 'Tobar Aine - St Anne's well...rounds have been discontinued for the past 50 years'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO032-120 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of levelled bank and fosse of straight W and slightly curved N sides of subrectangular enclosure, visible in aerial photograph (GSIAP, W386); S side truncated by or incorporated into field fence; E side indistinct, possibly an entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO033-110 Bridge
  Description

  Road bridge (Wth 7.4m; long axis E-W) over Clyda River. Random-rubble sandstone construction with limestone detail. Six semicircular arches (span c. 3m), dressed limestone voussoirs, some sandstone. Pier width c. 1m, low pointed cutwaters on upstream side. Vertical stone coping atop parapet wall. Bridge of late-18th/early-19th- century appearance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO041-076 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy ground. Heavily overgrown horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (diam. 20m; H 1.6m); opening faces SE. Mound enclosed by low bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.9m) and external waterlogged fosse (D 0.3m). Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure, planted with trees, on demesne of Dromore House. Unusual bank and fosse may result from this planting. Second fulacht fiadh (10761) c. 80m to W and third (10760) c. 110m to W. Possibly the fulacht fiadh on J. Long's land described as '20 yds in diam.' by Bowman (1934, 599). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO041-183 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In wet uncultivated ground. Low mound of burnt material (23m E-W; 10m N-S; H 0.28m); burnt material also noted in field fence to S. One of a group of three fulachta fiadh (10759, 10761); possibly one of the three fulachta fiadh (10759, 10761) recorded by Bowman (1934, 599) on J. Long's land. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO041-184 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In wet uncultivated ground, at junction of two field fences. Spread of burnt material (30m E-W; 16m N-S). One of a group of three fulachta fiadh (10759, 10760); possibly one of the three fulachta fiadh (10759, 10760) recorded by Bowman (1934, 599) on J. Long's land. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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

• Nazareth House, country house, 1630–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eleven-bay two-storey over half-basement former country house, built 1635, added to c. 1700 and c. 1760, burned 1921 and rebuilt 1925, and new blocks added to south and west. Now in use as convent and nursing home complex. Convent building to south is U-plan, having nine-bay north and south side blocks to thirteen-bay three-storey main north-south block, three-bay ends of lateral blocks projecting forward of entrance elevation, latter having single-storey addition to full length. Three-bay breakfront to former country house and to front and side elevations of convent. Convent attached to former house by curved seven-bay two-storey link corridor, first floor being recent addition. Seven-bay two-storey chapel to rear of convent. Skirt artificial slate roof to former house, with roof lights and having flat-roofed recent additions to side and rear. Smooth rendered walls having render plat band between ground and first floors, render plinth course and quoins, and metal tie-plates above first floor. Diocletian window to pediment and square-headed elsewhere, having render sills and replacement uPVC windows, ground floor windows having render keystones. Square-headed entrance doorway having moulded render surround and cornice and replacement uPVC door, approached by flight of diminishing limestone steps over area having wrought-iron railings. Square-headed door opening to east having replacement uPVC door, approached by limestone steps having twisted wrought-iron railings with square-plan wrought-iron decorative latticed piers. Linking corridor having smooth rendered walls to first floor and channelled rendered walls to ground floor, with cornice of original building between floors. Recent square-headed window openings to first floor, and square-headed window openings to ground floor with dropped and enlarged render keystones and limestone sills with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, eastmost window having render voussoirs. Square-headed replacement uPVC door. Convent building has pitched and hipped artificial slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, and some decorative metal rainwater goods. Moulded render cornices to single-storey projection and to main elevations. Vermiculated channelled rendered walls to ground floor of projecting end bays, smooth rendered elsewhere, having channelled render pilasters between window openings of single-storey projection, projecting end bays and link corridor and render Ionic-style pilasters flanking top floor windows of entrance breakfront, and having render string courses between floors. Round-headed window openings to first floor of front and south elevations, with moulded impost course and hood-mouldings, latter having render keystones, all with replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed window openings elsewhere, second floor having moulded render surrounds with twelve-over-twelve pane timber sliding sash windows to breakfront and to northern bays, and replacement uPVC windows elsewhere. Windows to single-storey projection and to projecting end bays have dropped and enlarged render keystones, limestone sills and eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows and six-over-six pane windows respectively. Link corridor has six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door openings, doorway in single-storey projection having moulded render surround and flanked by vermiculated channelled render pilasters supporting frieze with triglyphs and having moulded render cornice, with replacement timber glazed door. Chapel has pitched artificial slate roof with render bellcote, with render cross finial to south, smooth rendered walls, round-headed window openings having render surrounds and replacement timber windows with some coloured glass. Flat-roofed projection to north having square-headed replacement uPVC windows and recent uPVC sliding door and porch. Cast-iron railings to driveway to north of structure, and paired render angel statues to north, flanking statue of Jesus Christ on plinth. Farmyard to north-west of Nazareth House, built c. 1890. Comprises three ranges of attached outbuildings set around cobbled yard area, with numerous recent outbuildings to yard and to south of yard. Nine-bay two-storey east range having pitched slate roof with some clay ridge tiles, with remains of render winch support to north gable, some cast-iron rainwater goods, coursed rubble stone walls to west and south elevations and painted roughcast rendered walls elsewhere, and some metal tie-plates to upper floors, square-headed window openings having brick voussoirs and some timber fittings and some two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and some timber battened doors. Pair of elliptical-arched vehicular entrances to east elevation and lean-to projection to south gable with corrugated-iron roof and metal lattice window. Multiple-bay single-storey west range having recent corrugated-iron lean-to roof, coursed rubble rear wall with no fenestration, open-sided to east. Multiple-bay single-storey north range having pitched slate roof, coursed rubble walls, no openings to north elevation. Single-bay single-storey detached building to north-west with hipped roof and having lean-to projection to west elevation, with hipped artificial slate roof, coursed rubble stone walls to north and east and red brick walls to south. Round-arched pedestrian gate in coursed rubble stone wall to east, having red brick surround and wrought-iron door. Pedestrian gate to east having wrought-iron gate to square-plan coursed rubble piers. Rendered fencing to east having pedestrian gateway with wrought-iron gate. Gateway to north-east of farmyard having render square-plan piers with double-leaf wrought-iron gate. Recent timber elongated octagonal-plan summer house to east of laundry and west of Nazareth House, having square-headed timber windows and half-glazed timber doors. Recent multiple-bay multiple-storey red-brick hospital building to south of Nazareth House. Four-bay single-storey gate lodge to south of Nazareth House, with two-bay extension to east elevation having hipped artificial slate roof and rendered chimneystack, rendered walls, and some timber battened doors. Recent angled entrance walls with square-plan piers and recent wrought-iron gates, in coursed rubble boundary walls to south and forming boundary to road.

• Nazareth House, laundry, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey laundry building to west of Nazareth House, built c. 1940, with flat-roofed single-bay blocks to each end. Pitched artificial slate roof with lantern having ribbon windows and some cast-iron rainwater goods and red-brick chimneystack to east elevation. Roughcast rendered walls having smooth plinth course and iron tie-plates. Square-headed window openings having render sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with some patterned glass. Square-headed door openings to middle of gable elevations of lateral blocks, having replacement timber panelled doors.

• Nazareth House, mortuary/morgue, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Two-bay single-storey gable-fronted mortuary to south-west of Nazareth House, built c. 1940. Pitched artificial slate roof having moulded eaves course. Painted rendered walls having render plinth, with rusticated quoined render pilasters to corners. Open-bed pediment to gable-front, with round window having louvers and cross motif. Square-headed window openings to side walls, having painted sills and margined timber windows with coloured glass. Square-headed doorway to gable-front with moulded render surround having hood-moulding and prominent keystone, and carved timber panelled double-leaf door.

• Clyda Bridge (Upper), bridge, 1770–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Six-arch road bridge over River Clyda, built c. 1780. Rubble sandstone and limestone masonry walls and parapets. Dressed limestone and sandstone voussoirs to segmental arches. Rendered dressed sandstone V-cutwaters to south elevation, with cut-stone copings.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_922 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Dromore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Dromore · An Drom Mór

Area

3,086,881 m² (308.69 ha, 762.78 acres)

Civil parish

Kilshannig, and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Dromore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dromore electoral division: 3,061 people in 953 households; 82% of households own their home; 55% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clydaville, Drommahane, Dromore North, Kilvealaton East, Kilvealaton West, Quartertown Lower, Quartertown Upper

Placenames

Dromore 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.