Dromsallagh
Dromsallagh is a townland in the civil parish of Tuogh, barony of Owneybeg, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is An Drom Salach.
- Area
- 344.6 ha
- 852 acres
- Land parcels
- 174
- registered freehold, median 2,765 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 25
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
174 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromsallagh, from 56 m² to 442,509 m² (44.25 ha, 109.35 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 · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Education & Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 2 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
13 Aug 2026N/a
the demolition of existing single storey extension to side of the existing dwelling house, construction of a new replacement single storey extension to side of existing dwelling house, construction of a new first floor extension over existing single storey annex at rear of house, installation of a new improved domestic wastewater treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660926
6 Jul 2026N/a
a) construct a standalone single storey building for use within the existing campus, with the new building to be constructed in two phases b) to demolish an existing classroom block after the new building is fully constructed c) to demolish 2no. sheds and 2no. prefabricated units d) to construct a new site entrance and access road, connect to existing campus services along with associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660768
23 Oct 2025Conditional
the construction of a vehicular entrance, dwelling house, garage, domestic proprietary waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2561072
5 Sept 2024Conditional
the construction of a new two-storey dwelling, together with a new entrance, detached garage, sewage treatment system and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 24340
1 May 2024Refused
alterations to the existing site which include the provision of motorhome, construction of masonry boundary wall along the rear site boundary, and all ancillary site services
Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 24177
12 Jan 2024Conditional
the construction of a two storey extension to his dwelling, and ancillary works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460018
17 Oct 2022Conditional
the construction of a single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling to comprise of Dining / Living Area, Utility Room, Bedroom & En-suite, including alterations to existing dwelling. Permission is also sought for Retention Permission for construction of first floor extension including 3 no. bedrooms and bathroom, including raising of roof line of original dwelling and existing extension and installation of velux roof windows and first floor windows & Retention Permission for construction of porch to side of dwelling including all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 221112
7 Sept 2022Conditional
construction of a new single storey house complete with a domestic garage, effluent treatment system and a new site entrance
Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 22971
20 May 2022Conditional
the construction of a dwelling, garage, entrance, driveway, packaged wastewater treatment system with eco-flo filter and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22562
25 Mar 2022Conditional
the following: 1. construction of a storage shed and fuel store, 2. construction of a dog kennel, 3. modification to site boundaries and 4. modifications to the existing dwelling which includes increase in dwelling height, increase in dwelling width, addition of first floor gable windows, changes to roof design of dormer windows and changes to ground floor bay window design
Retention · Limerick County Council, 22330
21 Mar 2022Conditional
the construction of a detached two storey dwelling house, entrance, boundary walls, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter including all ancillary site services
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22311
12 Jul 2021Conditional
erection of a 27m monopole telecommunications support structure together with antennae, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment, all enclosed in security fencing and extend the access track
Permission · Limerick County Council, 21990
7 Dec 2020Conditional
construction of a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, driveway, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 201296
3 Dec 2020Conditional
changes to the previously approved opening hours as granted under planning permission reference no. 05/2523 from 9.30am to 12.30pm(present opening hours) to 8.30am to 18.15hrs(proposed opening hours), Monday to Friday inclusive. No other deviations from that grant of permission are sought
Permission · Limerick County Council, 201281
4 Aug 2020Conditional
the construction of a 15 metre high free standing communications structure with its associated antennae, communication dishes, ground equipment and all associated site development works. The development will form part of Eircom Ltd. existing telecommunications and broadband network
Permission · Limerick County Council, 20755
28 Aug 2019Conditional
the construction of a single storey extension to the buildings
Permission · Limerick County Council, 19851
29 Mar 2019Conditional
the construction of a dwellinghouse, detached garage and associate site works including roadside entrance and wastewater treatment system
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19299
3 Oct 2018Conditional
Extension of Permission for Planning Ref. No. 12/859: 5 serviced sites and all associated site development works including connection to wastewater, surface water, roads and public services granted under 03/2457
Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 187037
21 Feb 2018Conditional
the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, garage, connection to main services and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18152
21 Feb 2018Conditional
the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, garage, connection to main services and all associated site works
Outline permission · Limerick County Council, 18151
20 Feb 2018Conditional
a foul sewer across 3rd party private land with discharge to mains foul manhole and all associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 18142
29 Jan 2018Conditional
construction of a single storey dwelling house, garage, entrance, driveway, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 1870
19 Dec 2017Conditional
the change of use of an existing commercial premises from a former printing business to the manufacturing and retailing of patio slabs, garden figurines, garden furniture and retailing of general goods such as sand & gravel, solid-fuel supplies, pet/animal feeds and all associated ancillary works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 171204
4 May 2017Conditional
Ten year permission to develop a Solar farm. This development will consist of installation of Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Panel arrays consisting of up to 7.9 ha of Solar panels on ground mounted steel frames, 2 no. electrical substations, 2 no. inverter cabins, underground cable ducts, temporary site compound & ancillary facilities, boundary security fencing, CCTV, associated site road, site works and the creation of a new access
Permission · Limerick County Council, 17396
24 Feb 2017Conditional
retention permission for development consisting of the retention of subfloor & extension structural steelwork and permission for the completion of an additional storey extension over the large animal handling area to the rear of the veterinary clinic and all associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 17176
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Dromsallagh Bog 001850
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Dromsallagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dromsallagh.
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 Dromsallagh, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1193 (ZIP).
- 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 Dromsallagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Dromsallagh · An Drom Salach
- Area
- 3,446,187 m² (344.62 ha, 851.57 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tuogh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Owneybeg
- Electoral division
- Cappamore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,424 people lived in 517 households in the Cappamore electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyvorheen, Cappanouk, Dromcluher, Portnard, Tuogh, Turagh
- Placenames
- Dromsallagh 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.