Dromin (Macturlogh)

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromin (Macturlogh), from 133 m² to 529,538 m² (52.95 ha, 130.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 (Macturlogh) 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.

• 8 Nov 2024Conditional

  a change of design to the dwelling house and garage from that previously granted under planning file 23/60943 and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2461106

• 15 Dec 2023Conditional

  the construction of a new single storey dwelling, entrance, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2360943

• 30 Jul 2021Conditional

  refurbishment of existing dwelling house and construction of an extension to the north side incorporating new bedroom/walk in wardrobe, replace existing front door with window at south side and fit new front door to west side, fit new windows and doors to existing dwelling generally, remove existing chimneys and fit new external insulation to existing dwelling and new extension. Retention permission for existing storage shed/garage and permission to remove western bay of shed and eastern lean-to and erect new extension to eastern side to match existing structure complete with 2 new roller shutter doors and complete with all ancillary site works associated with the development

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 211091

• 15 Oct 2020Conditional

  the construction of 6 cattle underpasses and 1 cattle overpass. The underpasses will consist of concrete culverts beneath the Greenway surface to allow cattle crossing and to maintain the safety of pedestrian and cyclist users of the Greenway

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 208006

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 (Macturlogh).

Recorded monuments

• LI036-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture, on centre top of broad E-W running ridge. Oval area (34.4m N-S; 39.5m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 1.1m; Wth 1.2m) with external fosse (D 1.1m; Wth 3.1m). Recently constructed entrance (Wth 4.7m) with causeway across fosse at ESE. Field boundary runs along outer line of fosse WSW->NW; field boundaries which abutted enclosure at NNW, SW and SE and crossed S end of interior have all been removed. Interior slopes gently down to E, is dry and in pasture except S end which is covered by overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – taken on 23/04/2006.

• LI036-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a scarped edge with inner lip (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.3m) with external fosse (D 0.95m; Wth 2.2m). Gap (Wth 1.7m) across scarped at N. Field boundary, which formerly abutted enclosure on E side has been removed. An E-W running farm track passes 2.5m to N of site. Interior level, dry and clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

Architectural heritage

• Water pump, 1890–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, installed c. 1910, comprising moulded pedestal, fluted shaft with banded neck, spout and recent stainless steel tap surmounted by fluted cap with acorn finial.

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_410 (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 (Macturlogh) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Dromin (Macturlogh) · An Dromainn (Macturlough)

Area

1,744,886 m² (174.49 ha, 431.17 acres)

Civil parish

Newcastle, and its townlands

Barony

Glenquin

Electoral division

Newcastle Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Newcastle Rural electoral division: 2,491 people in 875 households; 68% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballypierce, Cullenagh, Dooally, Dromin (Beesom), Killaghteen, Rooskagh East

Placenames

Dromin (Macturlogh) 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.