Dromore
Townland in the civil parish of Oughteragh, barony of Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim; in Irish An Droim Mór
- Area
- 67.7 ha
- 167 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 12,948 m² (1.29 ha, 3.2 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromore, from 343 m² to 100,394 m² (10.04 ha, 24.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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
No zone of a development plan covers Dromore 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 Jun 2025Refused
construct a dry agricultural fodder storage shed and all ancillary works.
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2560162
13 Jan 2023N/a
retain site earthworks and levelling of soil, upgrade of agricultural entrance with hardcore, gate posts, gate and stock proof fencing and planning permission to construct a building for tyre sales, puncture repairs, stores, sales office with staff facilities, install sewerage treatment plant and percolation system, underground water harvesting tank, concrete aprons, used tractor and machinery sales, used tyres and rims storage, hardcore areas, yard parking, with upgrading of entrance on to Swanlinbar road (R202) and all associated works
Retention · Leitrim County Council, 237
14 Nov 2022N/a
construct a building for tyre sales, puncture repairs, stores, sales office with staff facilities, install sewerage treatment and percolation system, underground water harvesting tank, concrete aprons, used tractor and machinery sales, used tyres and rims storage, hardcore areas, yard parking with entrance onto the Swanlinbar road (R202), and all associated works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 22233
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dromore.
Recorded monuments
- LE025-011 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located in a low-lying landscape between drumlins to the NW and SE and on a small knoll towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. 21m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3-4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2m). The bank is planted with trees and incorporated into a field bank SW-NE, but is reduced to a scarp elsewhere. The perimeter is partially quarried at S and occupied by a house. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE025-012 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a knoll on a W-facing slope but in a low-lying landscape between drumlins. This is an overgrown subcircular area (int. dims 26.7m NE-SW; 21m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.3-0.7m; ext. H 1.3m) SW-N-NE, and an external fosse (Wth of top 4m; Wth of base 2.5m; D 0.2m) which is visible N-E. The entrance (Wth 1.7m) is at N. There is a silage pit outside the bank at SW and the monument is slightly truncated by a NE-SW road bank at SE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dromore.
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 20 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; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1711 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Dromore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Dromore · An Droim Mór
- Area
- 676,917 m² (67.69 ha, 167.27 acres)
- Civil parish
- Oughteragh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carrigallen
- Electoral division
- Garadice, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Garadice electoral division: 586 people in 237 households; 67% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cleendargan, Cloverhill Or Corglass, Fohera, Knockanroe, Lissacarn, Oughteragh
- Placenames
- Dromore 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.