# Dromtarriff, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Dromtarriff, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Drom Tairbh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 618,130 m² (61.81 ha, 152.74 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 28,001 m² (2.8 ha, 6.92 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Dromtarriff, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/dromtarriff.md - Barony: Duhallow - Electoral division: Rosnalee, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 380 people lived in 146 households in the Rosnalee electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/10812 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 42473 - Centre: latitude 52.125052, longitude -8.958591 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromtarriff, from 764 m² to 193,821 m² (19.38 ha, 47.89 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2147549: 193,821 m² (19.38 ha, 47.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147549.md - Parcel 3417305: 131,660 m² (13.17 ha, 32.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3417305.md - Parcel 2335610: 112,523 m² (11.25 ha, 27.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335610.md - Parcel 2147551: 55,516 m² (5.55 ha, 13.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147551.md - Parcel 3463628: 55,092 m² (5.51 ha, 13.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3463628.md - Parcel 5564445: 51,998 m² (5.2 ha, 12.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5564445.md - Parcel 2335611: 4,004 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335611.md - Parcel 2147548: 2,594 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147548.md - Parcel 3385031: 2,395 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3385031.md - Parcel 3376163: 2,186 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3376163.md - Parcel 4852793: 2,096 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4852793.md - Parcel 2147550: 764 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147550.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Dromtarriff in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 7 applications, newest first. - 10 Oct 2007, Cork County Council 07/11555: Conditional. Permission. Dwelling and septic tank. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/11555 - 25 Jul 2007, Cork County Council 07/9858: Refused. Outline permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/9858 - 14 Jun 2007, Cork County Council 07/8701: Incompleted application. Outline permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/8701 - 15 Mar 2007, Cork County Council 07/6062: Conditional. Permission. Construction of shed to include easey feed, slatted housing, loose housing and underground effluent tank. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/6062 - 23 Nov 2006, Cork County Council 06/12622: Withdrawn. Permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/12622 - 8 Jun 2005, Cork County Council 05/3994: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/3994 - 31 Aug 2004, Cork County Council 04/6631: Withdrawn. Permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/6631 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dromtarriff. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO031-034: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO031-034----. Named 'holy well' on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, c. 200m to SE of Dromtarriff church and graveyard (14419,14576). Circular stone-covered and lined well (diam. 1.05m); opening on SE side with four steps down. Tree 3m to W has coins inserted in trunk and rags tied to branches; Bowman (1934, 349) noted three trees with large mound of stones at base of one. Rounds paid on May 6th (Ó Nunáin, 1975, 56). Large circular area around well recently enclosed by stone-built wall with gate to S; area inside wall partially paved. Known locally as 'St Iníon Buí's holy well'. According to Ó Ríordáin (1986, 33), Iníon Buí was sister of St Latiaran (see 14026) and St Lasair. According to Bowman (1934, 349), known locally as Dromtarriffe well; 'rounds also on 29th, 30th and 31st May and on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays throughout the year'. Said to have special cure for sore eyes (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 3, 87; photograph opp. 89). 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 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/ - CO031-035001: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO031-035001-. On E side of road; square graveyard (c. 70m N-S; c. 70m E-W) enclosed by stone wall; entered by gate from road to E. Ruin of parish church of Dromtarriff (14419) off-centre to S. In use; earliest headstone noted dated 1777. The 1842 OS 6-inch map depicts graveyard as smaller (c. 55m WSW-ENE; c. 35m NNW-SSE) and polygonal in shape. Holy well (13982) c. 200m to SW. 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 - CO031-035002: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO031-035002-. South-of-centre in graveyard (14576). Ruinous rectangular church (int. 25m E-W; int. 7.78m N-S), built of sandstone rubble; densely overgrown. East gable missing. South wall (H c. 3m) has wall press at E end; window with single ogee-headed light, in splayed embrasure under segmental arch, towards E end; ruinous doorway (Wth 1.45m) W of centre, embrasure covered by segmental arch. North wall (H c. 3m) featureless apart from narrow gap (Wth 0.5m) towards W end, possibly location of second window mentioned by Windele (Bowman 1934, 346), although he locates it on S wall. West gable (H c. 6m) appears featureless, though densely overgrown. Remains of parish church of Dromtarriff, said to have been burnt by Lord Broghill's troops in 1652 (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 509). A church here listed in Papal Taxation of 1291 (Hickson 1891, 46). 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 - CO031-094: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO031-094----. In pasture. Oval mound of burnt material (16m N-S; 14m E-W; H 0.3m). Recorded by Bowman (1934, 346) who noted that 'the surface stones have been removed'. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dromtarriff. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Dromtarriff, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dromtarriff. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/dromtarriff.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/dromtarriff.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/dromtarriff.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Dromtarriff with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Dromagh: https://everytownland.com/cork/dromagh.md - Dysert: https://everytownland.com/cork/dysert.md - Kippagh: https://everytownland.com/cork/kippagh-43615.md - Rossglass: https://everytownland.com/cork/rossglass.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/dromtarriff - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/dromtarriff