Dromavally
Townland in the civil parish of Killorglin, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Drom an Bhaile
- Area
- 58.4 ha
- 144 acres
- Land parcels
- 146
- registered freehold, median 283 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
146 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromavally, from 9 m² to 278,760 m² (27.88 ha, 68.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Kenmare Minicipal District Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Kerry · 63 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M4Built up Area (Built up area)
Kenmare Minicipal District Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Kerry · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space, Park (Open space, park)
Kenmare Minicipal District Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New/Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
Kenmare Minicipal District Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism & Related (Tourism and related)
Kenmare Minicipal District Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Kerry · 0 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
17 Dec 2025Conditional
Permission to (a) demolish an existing annex to the northern side (rear) of dwelling, (b) alter and renovate the existing dwelling, including elevational changes, (c) convert an existing attached shed/utility area into a home office/study with utility & storage amenities, (d) construct an extension to southern side (front) of the dwelling, (e) close up the two existing site entrances and construct a new single site entrance, and (f) all ancillary site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561188
21 Oct 2025N/a
Planning Permission for change of use from a first floor bar and restaurant to 1 no. studio apartment and guest bedroom at The Fishery, The Bridge, Dromavally, Killorglin, Co. Kerry
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560958
3 Sept 2025N/a
for change of use from a former bar and restaurant to 1 no. studio apartment and guest bedrooms
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560777
3 Mar 2025Conditional
Retain the existing septic tank serving the dwelling house on site and Planning Permission to alter and extend the existing dwelling house and upgrade the wastewater treatment system on site and all associated site works
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560139
3 Mar 2025Conditional
Retention permission to retain the existing septic tank serving the dwelling house on site and Planning Permission to alter and extend the existing dwelling house and upgrade the wastewater treatment system on site and all associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560142
21 Oct 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCT 65 NUMBER DWELLINGS, CONSISTING OF NINETEEN 2 BEDROOM TWO-STOREY TERRACED HOUSES, EIGHTEEN 3 BEDROOM TWO-STOREY TERRACED HOUSES, TWENTY 3 BEDROOM TWO-STOREY SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES, EIGHT 1 BEDROOM MAISONETTES, AND A 40 CHILD CRECHE, DEMOLITION OF DERELICT DWELLING, AND INCORPORATING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 24399
4 Jun 2024Conditional
PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A BOAT STORAGE SHED AT THEIR CLUBHOUSE SITE AT CLOOCARRIG, KILLORGLIN, CO. KERRY. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WITH THIS APPLICATON.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460351
16 Feb 2023Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF THE EXISTING RETAIL SHOP TO FULL OFF LICENCE (12.50 SQ.M FLOOR AREA) IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS AND PARTICULARS SUBMITTED
Permission · Kerry County Council, 23160
20 Jan 2022Conditional
RETAIN EXISTING EXTENSION AS CONSTRUCTED TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2236
31 Aug 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION ONTO THE REAR OF THE LONDIS SHOP / FILLING STATION INCORPORATING A SEATING AREA, DECKING AREA AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND A STORAGE AREA AT BASEMENT LEVEL
Permission · Kerry County Council, 17868
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Castlemaine Harbour SAC 000343
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Castlemaine Harbour 000343
Recorded monuments
- KE056-026 Church
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.
- KE056-026001 Graveyard
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.
- KE056-028 Ringfort - rath
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.
- KE056-028001 Souterrain
Description
In the W side of a ringfort (KE056-028----). Indicated as 'Cave' on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. A depression on the W side of the interior is remembered locally to have led to an underground passage. Compiled by: Ursula Egan Date of upload: 21 March 2013
- KE056-050 Souterrain
Description
In pasture, within a slight hollow of a field, c. 90m NE of a church and graveyard (KE056-026----) and c. 350m N of a substantial ringfort (KE056-028----). According to local information, underground passages were uncovered in this field during land improvements c. 20 years ago. They were backfilled at the time for safety. Compiled by: Ursula Egan Date of upload: 21 March 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dromavally.
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.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Dromavally with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Dromavally · Drom an Bhaile
- Area
- 583,535 m² (58.35 ha, 144.19 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killorglin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Killorglin, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Banshagh, Clooncarrig, Dunmaniheen
- Placenames
- Dromavally 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.