Dromreague
Townland in the civil parish of Kilnamartery, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork; in Irish An Drom Réidh
- Area
- 176 ha
- 435 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 2,596 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromreague, from 785 m² to 539,051 m² (53.91 ha, 133.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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
No zone of a development plan covers Dromreague 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
28 Apr 2021Conditional
The construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance, waste water treatment system together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5138
14 Aug 2020Conditional
The construction of new dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance, septic tank and percolation area together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5742
16 Jul 2020Incompleted application
The construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance, septic tank and percolation area together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5494
20 Mar 2020Conditional
To construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4574
2 Mar 2017Conditional
Construction of new slatted unit cubicle house with loose bedded area, open slatted cross over yard, silage pit and apron together with all other ancillary site works including alterations to existing entrance off the public roadway.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4488
24 Jul 2015Conditional
Construction of cubicle housing, slatted tanks, silage pit, together with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5639
13 Jul 2015Incompleted application
Permission to construct cubicle housing, slatted tanks, silage pit, together with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5535
29 Jun 2015Incompleted application
Permission to construct cubicle housing, slatted tanks, silage pit, together with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5411
2 Feb 2007Conditional
Construction of silage pit, apron and associated clean concrete yard
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4711
20 Dec 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13523
20 Jun 2006Conditional
Construction of milking complex, roofed holding yard area with slatted yank, milking parlour, dairy, chemical store, plant room and all associated ancillaries
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8225
7 Mar 2006Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5338
23 Dec 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9750
23 Feb 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1059
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 Dromreague.
Recorded monuments
- CO070-100 Standing stone
Description
Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Removed during field fence clearance. 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
- CO070-101001 Enclosure
Description
Shown as hachured oval enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; indicated on 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Oval area (70m N-S; 58m E-W) enclosed by stone-faced earthen bank (H 0.6m) NW->ENE; elsewhere earth and stone bank or stone bank. Breaks in bank to NE, SSE, SSW, WNW and NW provide access to five fields adjoining enclosure. Interior slopes gently downhill to SW; possible souterrain (CO070-101002-) in SW quadrant. 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
- CO070-101002 Souterrain
Description
In SW quadrant of enclosure (CO070-101001-). No visible surface trace. 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
- CO070-102 Fulacht fia
Description
In land undergoing reclamation. Mound levelled in 1986, according to local information. Spread of burnt material (11m E-W; 6m N-S). Stream to W now diverted. Three other fulachta fiadh close by: c. 100m to SW (CO070-103---); c. 50m to SE (CO070-10401-) and c. 100m to SE (CO070-10402-). 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
- CO070-103 Fulacht fia
Description
In boggy ground undergoing reclamation. Mound levelled in March 1986, according to local information. Spread of burnt material (L 60m; Wth c. 20m). Three other fulachta fiadh close by (CO070-102---; CO070-10401-; CO070-10402-). 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
- CO070-104001 Fulacht fia
Description
In boggy ground, immediately S of small coniferous plantation. Formerly large mound of burnt material; S end now levelled and covered by laneway; N end remains as mound (L 12m; Wth 6m; H 1m), overgrown and planted with trees. Three other fulachta fiadh close by (CO070-102---; CO070-103---; CO070-10402-). 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
- CO070-104002 Fulacht fia
Description
In boggy ground, undergoing reclamation. Mound levelled in 1986, according to local information. Spread of burnt material (L 10m; Wth 10m). Three other fulachta fiadh close by (CO070-102---; CO070-103---; CO070-10401-). 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
- CO070-105 Fulacht fia
Description
In boggy ground, stream to W. Overgrown, irregular mound of burnt material (L 10m; Wth 6m; H 1.6m). 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
- CO070-106 Fulacht fia
Description
In boggy ground, stream to S. Overgrown, horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (L 17m; Wth 12m; H 1.6m); opening (Wth c. 8-10m) faces NW. 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
- CO070-107001 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Shown as irregular area enclosed by hachured arc SE->SW with field fences to W, N and E on 1842 OS 6-inch map; subcircular field on 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Subcircular area (53m E-W; 46m N-S) enclosed by roughly coursed stone wall (H 2m) with rubble core; best preserved SE->SW. Standing stone (6701) and overgrown area of stones inside wall to E. Interior under cultivation; raised on S side to compensate for hillslope. 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
- CO070-107002 Standing stone
Description
Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In E half of possible cashel (CO070-107001-). Stone (H 1.8m; 0.65m x 0.25m) is subrectangular in plan, long axis NE-SW. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dromreague.
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 10 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dromreague.
- 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 Dromreague with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dromreague · An Drom Réidh
- Area
- 1,760,033 m² (176 ha, 434.91 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilnamartery, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Kilnamartery, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilnamartery electoral division: 731 people in 249 households; 86% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Brehaun, Caherkereen, Clonclud, Dundareirke, Knockroe, Kylefinchin, Parkanillane, Shanvallyshane
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Dromreague 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.