Dromeliagh

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromeliagh, from 79 m² to 630,568 m² (63.06 ha, 155.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 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 Dromeliagh 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.

• 10 Aug 2026N/a

  construction of a dwelling house, garage, entrance, proprietary wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 26185

• 22 Jan 2026N/a

  extension to dwelling, domestic garage, garden shed, and ancillary works, as constructed

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2660046

• 6 Nov 2025Conditional

  constructed storage shed including all ancillary site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2561136

• 6 Nov 2025Conditional

  partially constructed storage shed and for permission to complete the same storage shed including all ancillary site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2561137

• 30 Oct 2025Conditional

  extending existing dwelling house and the raising of the existing dwelling to create habitable rooms on the first-floor level and all associated works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2561113

• 6 Aug 2025Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, installation of a waste water treatment plant and tertiary treatment system and to upgrade and use the existing agricultural entrance to the site and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2560773

• 28 Jun 2024Conditional

  the conversion of existing farm sheds into 3 No. 2 bedroom farm labourer accommodation units, new wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460648

• 11 Jan 2024Conditional

  the construction of a vehicular entrance dwelling house, garage, domestic wastewater treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460016

• 8 Dec 2023Conditional

  a new domestic dwelling, new garage, wastewater treatment system & polishing filter, entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2360913

• 6 Oct 2023Conditional

  the construction of a vehicular entrance dwelling house, garage, domestic wastewater treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2360730

• 1 Aug 2023Conditional

  a change of dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area location from that previously granted under planning reference no. 23/60036 including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360555

• 30 Jan 2023Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2360036

• 31 Aug 2020Conditional

  construction of a new livestock house adjacent to existing cubicle house. Proposed livestock house to incorporate easy feed, calving pens, scraper and flow channel; amend design of livestock house granted under planning application 19/934. New design to incorporate easy feed, crush, cubicles, scrapers and underground slatted slurry tank with 3 external agitation points & ancillary concrete

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20851

• 18 Sept 2019Conditional

  a dairy cubicle house, walled silage base and a roofed collecting yard, slatted tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19934

• 28 Aug 2019Conditional

  a two storey dwelling house, detached garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19847

• 21 Dec 2017Conditional

  construction of a two storey detached dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary walls, septic tank and percolation area including all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 171210

• 7 Apr 2017Conditional

  extension of permission (the construction of an easyfeed slatted cubicle house and concrete yards, extension of milking parlour, raising and replacing roof of existing parlour roof, the roofing of assembly yard and the erection of a bulk meal bin)

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 177014

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: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165

Recorded monuments

• LI014-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in poorly-drained, flat pasture, immediately E of a field boundary. Indicated on the 1923 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure truncated to W by a field boundary. The monument consists of a roughly circular area (33m E-W; 29m N-S) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 4.9m; H 0.65m) with an external fosse (Wth 1.7m; ext. H 0.1m). There is a gentle dip in the scarp at E, covered in nettles, which may represent an entrance. The fosse appears to have been widened recently at SSE. The interior is uneven and dips slightly to the centre. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 14 June 2013

• LI014-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle SSW-facing slope in undulating pasture. The monument is masked by dense scrub vegetation. It is evident as a sub-oval area enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; Wth 2.3m; ext. H 0.8m), a fosse (Wth 2.7m) and an external bank (int. H 0.5m; Wth 2.7m; ext. H 0.2m). There is a gap in the enclosing element at E (Wth 1m). At SW drainage work has encroached on the fosse. The external bank is only faintly evident from SE to WSW, and more evident from SW to N. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 14 June 2013

• LI014-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in flat pasture, with good views to N and E. Indicated on the 1923 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) in the corner of a field. The monument is obscured by dense scrub vegetation. It is enclosed by an earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.4m; Wth 1.7m; ext. H 1.1m). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 14 June 2013

• LI014-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in low-lying, poorly-drained pasture. The monument is evident as a circular area (diam. 26m) enclosed by the remains of an earthen bank (int. H 0.15m; Wth 2m; ext H 0.25m) and a flat-bottomed external fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.15m). There are gaps in the enclosing element at N (Wth 1.4m) and W (Wth 1.5m). The interior is level. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 14 June 2013

• LI014-014009 Country house
  Description

  In 1681 the lands of Abbey Owney (LI014-014002-) were in the possession of Joseph Stepney, of the Middle Temple, London. He was one of the Cromwellian settlers, and was High Sheriff of Co. Limerick in 1686. Amongst the list of persons attainted in the reign of James II., there occurs the name of " Joseph Stepney, of Abbeyowney, in the County of Limerick, Esqr." He is credited with having pulled down the greater part of the abbey in order to build Abington House' (Seymour 1907, 179-80). The present ruins of Abington House standing 220m S of Abbey Owney (LI014-014002-) and 50m S of Abington Bridge (LI014-014008-) and the Mulkear River were described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as a 'Detached L-plan seven-bay two-storey house, built c. 1790. Hipped and pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and return to rear. Rendered walls having render quoins. Square-headed opening with limestone sills, some with remains of six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening having render surround. Single-bay single-storey outbuilding to east with hipped slate roof. Rubble limestone and sandstone walls' (www.buidingsofireland.ie). In 1907 Rev. Seymour recorded the presence of cut stone and other architectural fragments possibly taken from the nearby abbey (LI014-014002-) which were then present in the yard of Abington House beside Abington Bridge. He recorded the following details about these fragments, 'Mr. Fitz Gerald's yard close by, there are the bases of two pillars, and some other carved stones, which are said to have been taken out of the river, and which probably belonged to the abbey. In the same yard there is also a curious old stone mortar, about 6 inches [0.15m] high, and 1½ [0.03m] thick. It has four projecting lips on which are cut the initials C. B. and the date 1758. Over the entrance gate, which is thickly overgrown with ivy, Mr. FitzGerald informed the writer that the people say there is "something queer," and this may be the Stepney coat-of-arms. Some years ago a number of carved stones were taken from the ruins to Clonshavoy House, and there set up in a rockery opposite the hall-door' (Seymour 1907, 364). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien and Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 3 July 2017

• LI014-015 Concentric enclosure
  Description

  Situated in undulating, poorly drained pasture with good views to N and E. A field boundary bisects the site in the WSW. The monument is evident as a roughly circular area (27m E-W; 24m N-S) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 1.7-3.8m; H 0.4-0.8m) with an external fosse (Wth 2.8m). This is truncated at SW by a field boundary travelling NW-SE. Concentric with the fosse and c. 8m outside it is a low earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; Wth 2m; ext. H 0.1m). This bank is evident from S (where truncated by field boundary) clockwise to E. That area of the enclosure SW of the field boundary is partially covered by scrub overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 18 June 2013

• LI014-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle E-facing slope in poorly-drained, undulating pasture with good views to S, E and NE. The monument consists of a roughly circular area (30m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 2.7m; H 0.5m). There is a dip in the scarp at S (Wth 6.4m). The interior slopes down to the S. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of Upload: 18 June 2013

• LI014-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in poorly-drained, gently undulating pasture with good views to S and E. The monument consists of a roughly circular area (20m E-W; 17.4m N-S) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 3.35m; H 0.6m). There is a trace of a possible external fosse at N (Wth 1.6m; D 0.2m). There is a dip in the scarp to SSW (Wth 3m). Interior slopes down to SE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 18 June 2013

• LI014-159 Enclosure
  Description

  This monument is evident as the cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on Google Maps and on www.bing.com/maps/. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 21 June 2013

• LI015-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in poorly drained pasture on the W bank of the Mulkear River at the base of a gentle slope down to the E, with good views to N, S and E. Another ringfort (LI015-011----) is visible across the river to ESE. The monument is partially obscured by scrub vegetation. It is evident as a roughly circular area (30m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 1.5m; H 1.3m) with an external fosse (Wth 2.5m) and a counter-scarp bank (int. H 0.4m; Wth 4.4m; ext. h 0.2m). Outside the latter is another fosse (Wth 1.6m) and an external bank (int. H 0.4m; Wth 2.6m; ext. H 0.3m). A (Wth 9.7m) crosses the interior fosse at SW. The interior slopes down to SE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 2 July 2013

Architectural heritage

• Abington House, country house, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan seven-bay two-storey house, built c. 1790. Hipped and pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and return to rear. Rendered walls having render quoins. Square-headed opening with limestone sills, some with remains of six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening having render surround. Single-bay single-storey outbuilding to east with hipped slate roof. Rubble limestone and sandstone walls. Elliptical-headed carriage arch to west elevation. Multiple-bay two-storey L-plan range of outbuildings to south-east having pedimented elliptical-headed carriage arch to centre-bay. Hipped and pitched slate roof with brick chimneystack. Roughcast render over rubble limestone walls. Blind roundels to first floor having inset arrow slit windows. Oculus to pediment centre-bay. Camber-headed door openings. Camber-headed carriage arch. Elliptical-headed carriage arch to west leading to courtyard.

• Millbank Lodge, house, 1730–1740 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built in 1733, with two-storey and single-storey extentions to rear. Hipped roof with rendered chinmeystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with replacement timber casement to upper floor. Square-headed door opening with glazed light and fan light above. Steps up to entrance doorway.

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 moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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 Dromeliagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Dromeliagh · Drom Éileach

Area

2,725,548 m² (272.55 ha, 673.5 acres)

Civil parish

Abington, and its townlands

Barony

Owneybeg

Electoral division

Abington, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Abington electoral division: 1,367 people in 433 households; 82% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abington, Bohergar, Brittas, Eyon, Gorteennaskagh, Killinure, Rath, Rathwood

Placenames

Dromeliagh 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.