Dromree
Townland in the civil parish of Clondrohid, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork; in Irish Drom Rí
- Area
- 141 ha
- 348 acres
- Land parcels
- 81
- registered freehold, median 2,756 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 45
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromree, from 39 m² to 220,004 m² (22 ha, 54.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 · 95 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
28 Jul 2025Conditional permission
Permission for widening of existing agricultural gateway/entrance from public road together with new agricultural access laneway (to access farmyard) and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5506
21 Mar 2025Conditional permission
Permission for a dwelling house, an effluent treatment system & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4493
10 Mar 2025Conditional
Permission for slatted cattle shed (with underground tank), new agricultural access laneway & widening of existing gateway/entrance from public road (to facilitate same) and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4414
5 Jul 2024Conditional
Permission to 1) construction of a firewood storage building, with an overall height of 8.92m and a floor area of 1807m2, 2) construction of a fire wood dispatch building with an overall height of 7.62m and a floor area of 455m2, 3) retention of soil berms, hard standing, concrete retaining wall and 4) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5273
11 Jun 2024Incompleted application
Permission for: 1) Construction of a firewood storage building, with an overall height of 8.92m and a floor area of 1,807m2. 2) Construction of a fire wood dispatch building, with an overall height of 7.62m and a floor area of 455m2, 3) Retention of the re-countered lands, soil berms, hardstands and concrete walls, 4) All associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5076
13 Feb 2023Conditional
Permission for 2-storey dwelling, domestic garage, sewerage system, alterations to existing site entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4238
15 Dec 2022Conditional
Retention of: a) alterations to dwelling (change of roof from hipped to gables, removal of arch in front façade and omission of left-hand chimney from that permitted under Ref. 76/3185, b) domestic garage and c) storage shed (for agricultural machinery).
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/6778
5 Jun 2020Conditional
To construct a dwelling with garage, entrance, waste water treatment plant & polishing filter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5138
11 May 2020Incompleted application
To construct a dwelling with garage, entrance, waste water treatment plant and polishing filter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4934
15 Oct 2019Withdrawn
Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance together with all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6487
19 Jun 2019Conditional
To demolish the ruin of an old dwelling house and permission for the construction of a new dwelling house, a domestic garage, effluent treatment system and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5601
28 May 2019Conditional
(1) To erect a new timber store and associated siteworks and drainage (2) Retention of the following: (a) Retention of existing timber store (b) retention of existing truck servicing building and septic tank (c) Retention of existing goods store (d) retention of existing prefabricated offices and septic tank (e) retention of existing bunded diesel storage tank (f) retention of existing truck wash facility including silt traps and interceptors (g) retention of existing hardstanding areas including drainage, silt traps, interceptors and soak pits (h) retention of existing water tank for the storage of water for fire fighting, all at their existing haulage facility.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5361
3 Apr 2019Conditional
The demolition of an existing dwelling house, demolition of outbuildings and concrete slab, removal of slatted tank, and the construction of a dwelling house, car port, garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4820
21 Dec 2016Conditional
To construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7234
11 Jun 2015Unconditional
Construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage and proprietary treatment unit, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 10/8202
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/5229
24 Apr 2015Conditional
Conversion of the existing attic space to habitable space to include 6 no. rooflights to the rear elevation, construction of a single storey open carport and covered walkway to include enclosed storage area to the side of the existing 2 storey dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4846
29 Nov 2012Conditional
Construction of a workshop for the fabrication of steel frames and the storage of steel with ancillary yard area
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6446
8 Nov 2012Incompleted application
Construction of a steel fabrication workshop with yard
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6300
7 Aug 2012Conditional
Demolition of existing dwelling, construct a replacement two storey dwelling, domestic garage and all services and widen existing entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5701
20 Apr 2012Conditional
Retention of pitched roof (incorporating attic storage) and retention of minor alterations to elevations to dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 12/4819
5 Nov 2010Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage and proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8391
14 Oct 2010Incompleted application
Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage and proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8216
13 Oct 2010Conditional
Construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage and proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8202
16 Jul 2010Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5801
16 Jul 2010Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5793
The 25 most recent of 45 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 Dromree.
Recorded monuments
- CO059-155001 Ringfort - cashel
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Roughly circular area (27m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by collapsed stone wall (H 0.9m); partially earthen on N side. Disused cultivation ridges cross interior on N-S axis; souterrain (8883) 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
- CO059-155002 Souterrain
Description
In SW quadrant of cashel (8813). Three areas of collapse noted; one has three lintels exposed and reveals stone-lined silted-up passage. Main axis of passage NW-SE. 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
- CO059-156 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (28m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.7m) NE->NW; stone field boundary NW->NE; external fosse (D 0.8m) SSE->WSW. Entrance (Wth 2m) to E. Loose stones scattered across site are concentrated mainly around base of bank. Remains of cultivation ridges cross interior on NW-SE axis. 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
- CO059-157 Anomalous stone group
Description
On level patch of ground at foot of gentle SSE-facing slope. Five stones widely spaced over an area c. 50m x 30m. Stones measure 0.57m to 1.4m in H, 0.5m to 1.03m in Wth and 0.27m to 0.7m T. Sixth stone, recorded by O Nualláin (1984a, 48) at SW side, no longer exists. 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
- CO060-104 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on crest of SSE-facing slope. Circular area (30m N-S; 29.7m E-W) defined by earthen bank (H 2.4m). Stones in external bank face to S. Bank incorporated into surrounding field fence system to N and E; stone-faced internally and externally to N. Break (Wth 8m) in bank to SE; blocked by stone-faced earthen fence, which at E end runs at right angles into field boundary, extending SE from enclosure. Interior slopes gently down to SE; heavily overgrown. 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 Dromree.
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 Dromree.
- 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 Dromree with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dromree · Drom Rí
- Area
- 1,409,656 m² (140.97 ha, 348.33 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clondrohid, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Rahalisk, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Rahalisk electoral division: 615 people in 214 households; 86% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyveerane, Coolaniddane, Kilboultragh, Kilnagurteen
- Placenames
- Dromree 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.