Dromin

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromin, from 162 m² to 150,520 m² (15.05 ha, 37.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Dromin 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 Aug 2026N/a

  Retention Permission to retain existing blockwork shed at side of existing dwelling; and Planning Permission to (A) for the subdivision of the existing single dwelling to provide 2 no. independent apartment units and 1 no. ancillary staff room, (B) create new door opening at side elevation, carry out internal layout alterations to improve accessibility, and renovate existing dwelling elevations, (C) decommission existing and install new septic tank and percolation area, (D) create new splayed site entrance and install gates for maintenance access, (E) and for all associated site development works, including TGD Part-M compliance ramps and levelled accesses, services, and landscaping at Dromin, Co. Kerry, Ireland, V93 P7E5.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660770

• 2 Dec 2025Conditional

  To construct a single storey dwelling served with mechanical aeration unit and polishing filter, and ancillary site works associated with same on our site.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 25286

• 23 Sept 2019Conditional

  RETAIN EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19987

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 Dromin.

Recorded monuments

• KE057-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a SE-facing slope. A circular area (diam. c. 38m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 3.5m) NE-NW, truncated by a farmyard NW-N and levelled N-NE. The interior has been infilled recently with earth and stone, raising it to the same level as the farmyard. Field boundaries radiate externally from the S arc. A souterrain (KE057-030001-) is associated with the rath. This is probably the 'one ringed fort' recorded in the 1940s on John Moirarty's land (Schools Manuscript, Co. Kerry). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE057-030001 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (KE057-030----). In the 1940s a 'cave' was recorded in a rath on John Moriarty's farm (Schools Manuscript, Co. Kerry). There are no visible remains of this possible souterrain. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE057-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a rise. The remains of a circular area defined by an arc (C 26m) of bank N-SE. The bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 2.3m) is covered in overgrowth. There is a slight trace of a levelled bank, in the form of a low rise, SE-S. The rath is indicated on the 1846 and 1895 OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE057-054 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope. A circular area (c. 29m N-S; c. 28m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.1m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.7m) SE-NE. A farm building has been built on the line of the bank at E. Farm buildings externally abut the S arc of the bank. There is a shed built into the bank along the SSW arc. Mature trees grow around the bank. The interior is obscured by a cow shed and farm refuse. This is probably 'Fort David', which was recorded in the 1840s as lying on the W boundary of Dromin (OSNB, Killorglin, no. 1, 15). There is no visible surface trace of the external fosse indicated, S-NW, on the 1895 OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_95 (ZIP).

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.

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

Name

Dromin · An Dromainn

Area

1,029,557 m² (102.96 ha, 254.41 acres)

Civil parish

Killorglin, and its townlands

Barony

Magunihy

Electoral division

Dromin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dromin electoral division: 852 people in 302 households; 87% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Anglont, Banshagh, Corbally, Dromin East, Dromin West, Lismacfinnin

Placenames

Dromin 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.