Dawros

35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dawros, from 564 m² to 359,131 m² (35.91 ha, 88.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Dawros 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.

• 28 Feb 2026Conditional

  the development of (a) retention planning permission to retain the house, shed 1, shed 2 and associated site works as constructed, (b) retention planning permission to retain the road side boundary fence and site entrance as constructed, (c) retention planning permission to retain the house, shed 1, shed 2, wastewater treatment system, parking area and site entrance within revised site boundaries and (d) permission to decommission the existing septic tank and permission for the installation of a new wastewater treatment tank and polishing filter to serve the existing dwelling house

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660168

• 23 Dec 2019Conditional

  (A) RETAIN AND COMPLETE THE DWELLING HOUSE (AS GRANTED PREVIOUSLY UNDER PLANNING REF 1232/09) (B) CARRY OUT ALL NECESSARY ANCILLARY LANDSCAPING AND SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 191330

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: Kenmare River SAC 002158

Recorded monuments

• KE101-127 Bridge
  Description

  A road bridge (Wth c. 4.5m; long axis NE-SW) spanning the Dromoghty River. The bridge is built of random rubble sandstone. The central section (L c. 7.4m) of the NW face of the bridge is recessed (D c. 1m) and contains a segmental arch (span c. 5.8m) with rusticated voussoirs. A semicircular dry arch (span c. 2.3m), with roughly shaped voussoirs, is built on an adjacent rock outcrop on the SW bank fo the river. The parapets have vertical stone coping. On the 1895-7 OS 6-inch map the name "Dawros Br." is transferred to a newer bridge, c. 200m to the N. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE101-130 Bridge
  Description

  Mid-19th-century road bridge (Wth c. 7.2m; long axis SW-NE) spanning the Dromoghty River. The body appears to be of semi-coursed sandstone rubble; E half of upstream side has been rebuilt or encased in concrete; downstream side is heavily overgrown. Single segmental arch (span c. 6m) with roughly shaped voussoirs visible where not masked in concrete or overgrown. Much of the W abuttment has been rebuilt due to the recent insertion of a large concrete overflow pipe. This bridge is not named on the 1846 OS 6-inch map, the name "Dawros Br." being applied instead to another bridge (KE101-127---) situated c. 200m upstream to the SE. It seems that the stretch of road carried by the bridge was under construction at the time of the 1846 OS survey and it is likely that the bridge was part of these works. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE101-131 School
  Description

  On the S side of a road overlooking Kenmare River to the N. One-storey structure built of random ashlar sandstone with ashlar limestone detail. NW elevation of six bays; rectangular window opes with recent windows. Hipped roof. Central chimney with stepped stone cornice. Side elevations of two bays. SE elevation has a central lean-to projection of six bays, not all of which are likely to be original, flanked on either side by a single bay in the main structure; door ope in each side wall of projection. Named "Dawros National School" on 1846 OS 6-inch map and this appellation is also inscribed on a plaque in the NW wall. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE101-136 Font (present location)
  Description

  Formerly in the chancel of the Catholic Church in Dawros and currently mounted on three stone slabs on the lawn, c. 20m E of the church. A plain, subrectangular, flat-bottomed, sandstone baptismal font (0.77m x 0.54m; H c. 0.25m) with rounded corners and a flat rim. The wall of the font is 0.1m in thickness and internally the basin measures 0.57m x 0.34m and is 0.13m deep. Its original location could not be established. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Architectural heritage

• Dawros Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1860–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height Gothic Revival style Roman Catholic church, built c. 1875, with six-bay nave and single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to south-east corner. Renovated, c. 1890, with two-bay single-storey sacristy projection added to north-west. Pitched purple slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, gable limestone copings, springers and bellcote, cast-iron gutters and having hipped roof to sacristy. Red sandstone rubble stone walls with limestone quoins, repointed with pink cement. Single lancets with limestone surrounds dressed adjacent to opening, tooled ashlar sills and leaded coloured glass panels. Triple lancet to chancel. Rose window to south gable with hood moulding. Pointed arch doorway. Single volume interior with open crooked scissor truss roof. Chancel re-ordered retaining stone altar table only. Timber boarded half-height quadrant confessional in south corner. Marble wall monument to Rev. J. P. Barton associated with the building. Freestanding cut-stone sculptural group, c. 1990, to site. Gateway, built c. 1890, to south comprising pair of rubble stone piers with wrought-iron gates. Gateway, built c. 1990, to south comprising pair of rubble stone piers.

• Dawros National School, school, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey schoolhouse, built c. 1860, originally with pair of single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting porches to south. Renovated, refenestrated and extended to south in late twentieth century with four-bay single-storey lean-to infill return. Now disused. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, artificial slate to south west and south, and having rendered central chimneystack with corbelling. Random red sandstone walls with grey limestone quoins and painted plaque reading "Dauros National School" in carved limestone. Limestone sills, lintels and reveals to replacement windows. Steel railings to road, original location of entrance visible in retaining wall, now entered from rear.

• House, 1860–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1875. Pitched slate roof with rendered gable chimneystacks. Painted rubble stone walls. Timber lintels and no sills to openings, retaining timber two-over-two pane sliding sash windows to first floor and having replacement windows to ground floor. Timber boarded door. Attached single-bay single-storey rubble stone-built outbuilding, built c. 1875, to west. Set back from road.

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

At the centre of the townland of Dawros, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dawros.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

• Dawros, Kenmare5 sales

Name

Dawros · Damhros

Area

1,684,647 m² (168.46 ha, 416.29 acres)

Civil parish

Tuosist, and its townlands

Barony

Glanarought

Electoral division

Dawros, the unit of the census

Census 2022

611 people lived in 226 households in the Dawros electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 23% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carks, Derreenacallaha, Derreengarrinshagh, Killaha West

Placenames

Dawros 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.