Dromroe Commons
Townland in the civil parish of Caherduggan, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork; in Irish An Drom Rua
- Area
- 34.4 ha
- 85 acres
- Land parcels
- 19
- registered freehold, median 6,727 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 33
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromroe Commons, from 217 m² to 99,167 m² (9.92 ha, 24.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 9 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 · 2 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
18 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Permission to a) construct a new dwelling house, b) alter an existing agricultural entrance to serve proposed dwelling with access road and entrance to agricultural land, c) install a new bored well and d) install a new wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5947
20 Aug 2025Invalid - case closed
Permission to (a) Construct a new dwelling house, (b) Modify an existing entrance, (c) Install a new bored well and (d) Install a new wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and all associated site work.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5668
16 Dec 2024Refused
Permission to construct a single storey dwelling house and detached garage for domestic usage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6408
27 Nov 2024Incompleted application
Permission to construct a single storey dwelling house and detached garage for domestic usage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6245
26 Jul 2018Conditional
Retention for alterations to elevations, conversion of attic to habitable accommodation and a porch extension to front of dwelling house. Also permission for retention of domestic shed as constructed.
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/5968
23 May 2018Incompleted application
Retention for alterations to elevations, conversion of attic to habitable accommodation and a porch extension to front of dwelling house. Also retention of domestic shed as constructed.
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/5335
18 Apr 2018Incompleted application
Retention for alterations to elevations, conversion of attic to habitable accommodation and a porch extension to front of dwelling house. Also permission for Retention of domestic shed as constructed.
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/4950
17 Dec 2014Unconditional
Storey and a half style dwelling and effluent treatment unit, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 09/7958
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 14/6708
25 Jun 2013Conditional
Retention of installation of 3no. velux windows at rear of two-storey dwelling and an attic conversion
Retention · Cork County Council, 13/5206
18 Apr 2012Conditional
Extension to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4780
18 Dec 2009Conditional
Storey and a half style dwelling and effluent treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7958
23 May 2008Conditional
Alterations and extensions to dwellinghouse and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6879
5 Dec 2007Refused
Two storey dwellinghouse, garage and installation of effluent treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12858
17 Aug 2007Conditional
Partial demolition, alterations, first floor and two storey extensions to single storey dwelling and installation of new septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10345
4 Jul 2007Conditional
construction of domestic garage and carport
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9339
2 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Demolition of portion of existing dwellinghouse, construction of extension and alterations to existing dwellinghouse, replacement of septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9274
26 Mar 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6424
21 Feb 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5302
4 Dec 2006Refused
Construction of stables, new vehicular entrance to access stables and detached garage with carport and retention of 4 no. velux rooflights to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12925
17 Nov 2006Incompleted application
Construction of stables, vehicular entrance and detached domestic garage and retention of 4 no. velux rooflights to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12375
25 Nov 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8708
26 Sept 2005Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, car port, kennels, revised entrance and front boundary wall
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6971
10 Aug 2005Incompleted application
Retention of two storey dwellinghouse, conservatory, garage and kennels
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5740
20 Jul 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5199
7 Jun 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse, garage and stables
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3922
The 25 most recent of 33 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 Dromroe Commons.
Recorded monuments
- CO025-055 Ringfort - rath
Description
Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; no visible surface trace of site. Circular enclosure visible in aerial photograph (GSIAP, R525) as cropmark of bank and external fosse. 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
- CO025-056 Designed landscape - tree-ring
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dromroe Commons.
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 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 Dromroe Commons.
- 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 Dromroe Commons with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dromroe Commons · An Drom Rua
- Area
- 343,735 m² (34.37 ha, 84.94 acres)
- Civil parish
- Caherduggan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fermoy
- Electoral division
- Caherduggan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Caherduggan electoral division: 644 people in 229 households; 85% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyviniter Middle, Ballyviniter Upper, Caherduggan South, Cooldurragha
- Placenames
- Dromroe Commons 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.