# Island Dromagh, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Knocklong, barony of Coshlea, Co. Limerick; in Irish An tOileán Dromach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 442,032 m² (44.2 ha, 109.23 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 0 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Knocklong, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/knocklong.md - Barony: Coshlea - Electoral division: Knocklong, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 918 people lived in 348 households in the Knocklong electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31059 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121235 - Centre: latitude 52.413396, longitude -8.419128 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 0 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Island Dromagh; 8 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Island Dromagh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) No planning application touches the townland of Island Dromagh in the national file, which goes back to 2010. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Island Dromagh. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI040-132: Barrow - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI040-132----. In a conifer plantation, 70m E of watercourse that forms townland boundary with Ballynahinch. A possible barrow (LI048-021----) and an enclosure (LI040-134----) lie 90m to the SW and 110m to the NE respectively. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular feature on aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2571) taken 03/11/1984 on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage and on Google Earth orthoimages. Faint outline of possible ditch barrow visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached BGE aerial photograph (marked 040241) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 14 June 2021 - LI040-133: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI040-133----. In a conifer plantation, 50m S of watercourse that forms townland boundary with Hammondston, an enclosure (LI040-135----) lies to the immediate NE. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a rectangular earthwork to S of enclosure on aerial photograph (BGE 1/5000 2571, Strip map 4, site 4/35) taken 03/11/1984 on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage and Google Earth orthoimages. See attached BGE aerial photographs (marked 040100) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 14 June 2021 - LI040-134: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI040-134----. In wet pasture, 130m E of watercourse that forms townland boundary with Ballynahinch. A possible barrow (LI040-132----) lies 110m to the SW. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a rectangular feature on aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2571, Strip map 4, Site 4/33) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Faint trace of earthwork visible as a sub-rectangular cropmark (dims. c. 10m N-S; 20m E-W) on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 14 June 2021 - LI040-135: Barrow - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI040-135----. In wet pasture, immediately S of watercourse that forms townland boundary with Hammondstown. Rectangular-shaped earthwork (LI040-133----) now in forestry to S. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular shaped platform defined by a scarp with fosse transected at NNW by stream. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised circular shaped area (diam. c. 27m) defined by a scarp, with fosse truncated at NW by a watercourse running NE-SW. Monument visible on aerial photograph (BGE 1/5000 2571) taken 03/11/1984 on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Poorly preserved monument visible as depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map on the Digital Globe orthoimage. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage. See attached gas pipeline aerial image and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 14 June 2021 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 343/17 on 05/01/2003. - LI048-021: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI048-021----. In wet poorly drained land in the centre of a modern conifer plantation, 15m SE of a stream that marks the townland boundary with Ballynahinch. Two barrows (LI040-120----; LI048-070----) lie 66m to the NE and 40m to SW, respectively. Not marked on historic OSi maps. Identified as a rectangular shaped feature on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photograph (BGE 1:5000 No. 2571) taken 03/11/1984. Faint outline of earthwork visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached aerial photograph (BGE) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 12 August 2021 - LI048-022: Barrow - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI048-022----. In pasture, 100m W of townland boundary with Mitchelstowndown North. An enclosure (LI048-023----) lies 120m to the NE. Not marked on historic OSi maps. Identified as a ring-barrow from examination of Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photograph (BGE 1:5000 No. 2572) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached aerial photograph (BGE No. 2572) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 12 August 2021 - LI048-023: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI048-023----. In pasture, immediately W of townland boundary with Mitchelstowndown North. A barrow (LI048-022----) lies 120m to the SW. Not marked on historic OSi maps. Identified as a rectangular enclosure from examination of Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photograph (BGE 1:5000 No. 2572) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached aerial photograph (BGE No. 2572) and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 12 August 2021 - LI048-070: Barrow - ditch barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI048-070----. In wet poorly drained land in the centre of a modern conifer plantation, 20m E of a stream that marks the townland boundary with Ballynahinch. Moated site (LI048-021----) lies c. 100m to the NE. Not marked on historic OSi maps. Identified as a possible ring-barrow on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photograph (BGE 1:5000 No. 73) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached aerial photograph (BGE) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 2 September 2021 - LI048-071: Designed landscape - ornamental lake, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI048-071----. In wet pasture, in the SE corner of a coniferous plantation, 28m W of townland boundary with Mitchelstowndown North. An enclosure (LI048-023----) lies 100m to the S. Depicted as a pond on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and not as an antiquity. Indicated as a non-antiquity where it is shown as a D-shaped area (dims. c. 39m N-S; 33m E-W) indicated with a solid line in the same fashion as the surrounding field boundaries. Visible as a rush covered dried up pond on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. Pond feature possibly a natural water feature or a designed landscape pond associated with nearby country houses. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 27 May 2021 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Island Dromagh. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Island Dromagh, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Island Dromagh. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/limerick/island-dromagh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/island-dromagh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/island-dromagh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Island Dromagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballinvreena: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballinvreena-120142.md - Ballynahinch: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballynahinch.md - Glenlary: https://everytownland.com/limerick/glenlary.md - Hammondstown: https://everytownland.com/limerick/hammondstown.md - Mitchelstowndown North: https://everytownland.com/limerick/mitchelstowndown-north.md - Mitchelstowndown West: https://everytownland.com/limerick/mitchelstowndown-west.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/limerick/island-dromagh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/island-dromagh