Dromatoor

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromatoor, from 54 m² to 258,007 m² (25.8 ha, 63.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Dromatoor 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.

• 18 Mar 2026Refused

  Retention Permission to retain existing dwelling within revised boundaries

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660238

• 3 Dec 2025Conditional

  Retention Permission to retain existing garage and permission for the demolition of existing conservatory and construction of a new extension and all associated site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561127

• 27 Mar 2025Refused

  Retention Permission to retain existing dwelling on site and Full Planning permission to complete existing single storey dwelling on site and Permission to build a private single storey extension at side of dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560226

• 19 Mar 2025N/a

  Invalid:Retention Permission to retain and complete existing dwelling on site and also Full Planning permission to build a private single storey extension at side of dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560192

• 13 Sept 2023Conditional

  Full planning permission for 6no. glamping pods, a service building including a bin store, connection of the pods to the public foul water system, formation of a new entrance, provision of internal access roadway, parking spaces and all associated ancillary site works and services.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2360159

• 12 Apr 2023Conditional

  RETAIN EXISTING EXTENSION AT SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23395

• 9 Mar 2023Refused

  6 NO. GLAMPING PODS, A SERVICE BUILDING INCLUDING A BIN STORE, CONNECTION OF THE PODS TO THE PUBLIC FOUL WATER SYSTEM, FORMATION OF A NEW ENTRANCE, PROVISION OF INTERNAL ACCESS ROADWAY, PARKING SPACES AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission, 6 homes · Kerry County Council, 23252

• 31 May 2021Conditional

  BUILD A PRIVATE SINGLE STOREY DWELLING AND GARAGE SERVED WITH TREATMENT UNIT AND PERCOLATION ARE

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21590

• 20 May 2021Refused

  4 NO. GLAMPING PODS, CONNECTION OF PODS TO THE PUBLIC FOUL WATER SYSTEM, THE UPGRADING OF THE AGRICULTURAL ENTRANCE TO A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE PROVISION OF INTERNAL ACCESS ROADWAY AND 4 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 21528

• 24 Aug 2017Conditional

  (1) DEMOLISH ELEMENTAL OUTBUILDING AND HOUSE AREAS, (2) EXTEND AND RENOVATE THE EXISTING DWELLING, (3) PROVIDE FOR ELEVATION CHANGES TO THE EXISTING DWELLING, (4) DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND TO CONSTRUCT A MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT, INTERMITTENT FILTER AND POLISHING FILTER, (5) CONSTRUCT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17840

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dromatoor.

Recorded monuments

• KE014-055 Enclosure
  Description

  This sub-oval-shaped enclosure is situated on pastureland which is sloping S. The view is extensive in all directions. This enclosure is raised .8m above the surrounding land. A slight exterior fosse is noticeable, .6m wide and .3m deep. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land. In the S sector of the interior are the possible remains of a hut site. It is now horseshoe-shaped in plan with its in-curve facing E. At a distance of 4m to the N is another horseshoe-shaped structure with its opening facing N. Both structures are constructed of stone. The internal diameter of this enclosure is 24.4m N-S and 14.4m E-W. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1057. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE014-055001 Hut site
  Description

  According to Toal (1995, 298, no. 1057), there is a possible hut site 'horseshoe-shaped in plan with its in-curve facing E' in the S half of the interior of an enclosure (KE014-055----). Another possible hut site (KE014-055002-) is c. 4m to the N. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 09 July 2013

• KE014-055002 Hut site
  Description

  According to Toal (1995, 298, no. 1057), there is a possible hut site consisting of a 'horseshoe-shaped structure with its opening facing N' in the N half of the interior of an enclosure (KE014-055----). Another possible hut site (KE014-055001-) is c. 4m to the S. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 09 July 2013

• KE014-056 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on the 1842 and 1916 OS maps as a circular enclosure, the site has 'cave' (KE014-056001-) marked in the interior on the later edition. This site has been completely levelled and no surface trace remains. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 479. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE014-056001 Souterrain
  Description

  Marked on the 1842 and 1916 OS maps as a circular enclosure, KE014-056---- has 'cave' (KE014-056001-) marked in the interior on the later edition. This site has been completely levelled and no surface trace remains. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 479. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE014-057 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  This circular enclosure appears on the 1842 OS map and is situated ENE of KE014-056----. It does not appear on the 1916 edition and no trace remains today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 480. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dromatoor.

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).

No address of the register names Dromatoor with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Dromatoor · Drom an Tuair

Area

1,870,521 m² (187.05 ha, 462.22 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyheige, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Kerryhead, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyheige, Ballylongane, Doonamontane, Glandahalin East, Glandahalin West, Maulin

Placenames

Dromatoor on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.