Drominaclara
Drominaclara is a townland in the civil parish of Kilcornan, barony of Kenry, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Dromainn an Chláraigh.
- Area
- 43.1 ha
- 106 acres
- Land parcels
- 24
- registered freehold, median 1,851 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drominaclara, from 21 m² to 142,555 m² (14.26 ha, 35.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Education & Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 1 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
5 Mar 2026Refused
construction of a dwelling, garage and all associated site works. Original Planning Ref. No. 21/222
Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 267024
21 Dec 2025Conditional
construction of a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage to include classic car storage, entrance, installation of a proprietary treatment system and sand polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2561376
22 Dec 2022Refused
amending planning permission granted under 17/1238, including amendments to the site layout plan and specifically the boundary treatment required in accordance with condition no. 11a & b. The proposed works seek implementation of a comprehensive landscaping scheme to include hedge rehabilitation and planting in lieu of the provision of 2m high boundary walls
Permission · Limerick County Council, 221393
8 Dec 2022Conditional
extension of permission for planning ref. 17/1238: construction of a single storey dwelling house, entrance and connection to existing public sewer
Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 227024
3 Aug 2022Refused
the construction of a dwelling house, entrance, install of a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22845
26 Feb 2021Conditional
construction of a dwelling, garage and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21222
7 Aug 2020N/a
the construction of a new dwelling and domestic garage, the installation of a waste water treatment system, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Outline permission · Limerick County Council, 20767
12 Feb 2018Conditional
existing entrance to rear of property, stone built wall to the front and garage as constructed. Permission sought to provide planting along the front wall and within the original site boundary
Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18110
29 Dec 2017Conditional
construction of a single storey dwelling house, entrance and connection to existing public sewer
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 171238
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 Drominaclara.
Recorded monuments
- LI011-131 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on E-facing slope. Monument, depicted on 1841 OS 6-inch map as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m), has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drominaclara.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Drominaclara, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drominaclara.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Drominaclara with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Drominaclara · Dromainn an Chláraigh
- Area
- 430,699 m² (43.07 ha, 106.43 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcornan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kenry
- Electoral division
- Pallaskenry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,104 people lived in 392 households in the Pallaskenry electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycahane, Ballyshonickbane, Pallas, Summerville, Tobermurry
- Placenames
- Drominaclara 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.