Dromin

156 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromin, from 30 m² to 242,949 m² (24.29 ha, 60.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Dromin 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.

• 25 Nov 2025Conditional

  Permision for the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, access to site via existing lane-way and all associated site works *Significant Further Information Received 22/07/2026*

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560753

• 14 Nov 2025Refused

  Retention of a tennis court, the retention of a replacement agricultural shed, and the retention of the refurbishment of the existing courtyard including the retention of six apartments for short term rental purposes and waste water treatment unit and percolation area within the curtilage of Protected Structure LHS018-003

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560728

• 8 Sept 2025N/a

  Retention permission for a tennis court. Dromin House is a protected structure - LHS018-003

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560563

• 8 Sept 2025N/a

  Retention of demolition of existing agricultural shed and the construction of a replacement agricultural shed. Dromin House is a protected structure - LHS018-003

  Retention · Louth County Council, 2560564

• 8 Sept 2025N/a

  Retention of alterations and refurbishment of six existing yard houses and associated buildings including retention of septic tank and percolation area. Dromin House is a protected structure - LHS018-003

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560565

• 28 Jun 2025N/a

  Retention of alterations and refurbishment of six existing yard houses and associated buildings including retention of septic tank and percolation area at Dromin House, Dunleer, Co Louth.

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560408

• 28 Jun 2025N/a

  Retention of demolition of existing agricultural shed and the construction of a replacement agricultural shed and the at Dromin House, Dunleer, Co Louth

  Retention · Louth County Council, 2560409

• 28 Jun 2025N/a

  Retention of tennis court at Dromin House, Dunleer, Co Louth

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560410

• 13 Jun 2025Conditional

  Dwelling house ., waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560366

• 10 Jun 2025Conditional

  Permission for change of use of an existing single storey store to a funeral parlour with a new pitched roof, elevational changes and single storey extension, a new vehicular / pedestrian entrance and all associated site development works. *Significant Further Information Received on 21/10/2025 - New wwts proposed, Retention of smoking area*

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2560354

• 17 Apr 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of a solar PV development and Battery Energy Storage System facility (‘BESS’) on a ca. 167ha site consisting of: Solar PV panels laid out in arrays across the Site on ground mounted frames, with string inverters attached to selected ground mounted frames; 12 No. transformer units; The battery energy storage compound consisting of 368 No. BESS modules; 1 No. transformer unit; 8 No. Power Electronic Compact Twin Skids; 1 No. Control Unit (ca. 12m2); 2m high landscaping berm and perimeter security fencing (2.4m high); Electrical and communications cabling within private lands and within the L2254, R170 and R211/R132 public roads; Pole-mounted security cameras; Perimeter security fencing (2m high) and security gates; Upgrade of 3 No. existing Site entrances; Development of 2 No. new Site entrances; 3 No. temporary construction compounds; 3 No. clear span bridges; Internal access tracks; and, All associated ancillary development, landscaping and reinstatement works. *Significant Further Information Received on 26/11/2025*

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2560223

• 20 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission for a new shed to be used for storage & drying of onions, concrete apron to front of shed & use existing entrance onto public road and all associated site works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460821

• 1 May 2024Conditional

  Permission for the refurbishment of existing derelict dwelling house and proposed extension to same for residential use, installation of a waste water treatment system/percolation area and vehicular road entrance to same

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2470

• 4 Sept 2023Refused

  Permission for the demolition of existing derelict dwelling house and replacement with proposed dwelling house, installation of a waste water treatment system and percolation area and vehicular road entrance from main road to the site

  Permission · Louth County Council, 23389

• 3 May 2023Conditional

  Permission for rear and front extension to dwelling house, detached garage, waste water treatment system and percolatioin area, revised site boundaries and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 23222

• 21 Mar 2023Conditional

  Permission for Retention for Development for the following: 1) Internal alterations to accommodate a new kitchen, utility & bathroom and associated services, 2) Replacement of external and internal timber doors, 3) New boundary treatments, 4) Provision of a new wastewater treatment unit, 5) Associated site works. This is a Protected Structure listed as RPS No. LHS018-004

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2360047

• 20 Sept 2021Conditional

  Permission for refurbishment of dwelling house including conversion of attached outbuildings to living accommodation and extension to same, waste water treatment system and percolation area, revised site boundaries, access to site via existing laneway and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 211164

• 23 Jun 2021Conditional

  Permission for development that will consist of front porch and side extension to existing dwelling including internal and external alterations to existing house and all associated.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21782

• 20 May 2021Conditional

  Permission for development that will consist of dwelling house, detached domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21617

• 18 Mar 2021N/a

  Permission for development that will consist of abandoning existing dwelling house, construct replacement dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and percolation area all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21290

• 4 Dec 2020N/a

  Permission sought for dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, access to site via existing laneway and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 201048

• 23 Nov 2020Conditional

  Permission for alterations and single storey extension to existing single storey dwelling, installation of proprietary waste water treatment system/percolation area, new vehicular access from public road together with associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20987

• 12 Nov 2020N/a

  Permission for new stables (for the enjoyment of the family only) with associated attached agricultural store and all site development works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 20955

• 2 Apr 2020Refused

  Permission for dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, access lane to site and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20246

• 12 Dec 2019N/a

  Permission for a new agricultural store, stables and all associated site development works *Significant Further Information received 01/10/20 Amended site location for Agricultural store & stables*

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 191043

The 25 most recent of 28 applications.

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.

Recorded monuments

• LH018-011 Enclosure
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Cropmark ring (max. dims. c. 42m N-S, c. 40m E-W) on aerial photograph (CUCAP, ASV 83).

• LH018-012 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Marked on the 1911 'OS 6-inch' map as 'St. Fintan's Well'. The OS Letters refer to a well called 'Tobar Fiondáin' (CLAJ 1923, 200). When inspected by ASI in 1966 it was described as a circular stone lined well, filled with stagnant water and covered with briars and bushes. Stations were held on St. Finnian's Festival - 8th October (Coyle 1956, 196-8). According to tradition emigrants bound for America drank the water to make sure they returned. A smaller well was built close-by for domestic purposes. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 4 July 2012

• LH018-013001 Castle - motte
  Description

  Situated on a high wide E-W ridge and consisting of a sub-circular flat-topped mound (H 5.5m, diam. at base 24-28m, at top c. 15m) with slight traces of a fosse (max. Wth at NW 8.3m, D 0.5m) hardly discernible except at W. From NW to SW the side of the mound has been scarped and disturbed through use as a cattle track which gives access to the summit. Dromin church (LH018-014001-) is situated just to the ESE. The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 July 2007

• LH018-013002 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Local tradition of a 'cave' having been found when a school yard was being built.

• LH018-014001 Church
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 On high ground in undulating countryside c. 150m ESE of motte (LH018-013001-), built of roughly coursed limestone and greywacke slabs covered with ivy. Divided nave and chancel with chancel arch which is now blocked. S wall of nave (int. dims. c. 10.05m by 5.38m) is buttressed, W wall totally destroyed, and N wall partially destroyed. Chancel has an E window and two in S wall with an original doorway in N wall. E window has the remains of moulded sandstone jambs in the upper portion and roughly cut sandstone jambs in its embrasure. Judging by its width it had at least two lights. Window at E end of S wall had its moulded stone removed and all that remains is a wide embrasure. Window at W end had a cusped ogee-headed arch constructed with two punch-dressed limestone blocks. The jambs, also of punch-dressed limestone, contain glazing bar holes and grooves. This type of cusped ogee-headed window is commonly found in buildings of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century date. The doorway, which is in N wall of church, is constructed with chamfered plain sandstone and has a pointed two-centred arch; it is also late medieval in date. There are the remains of two windows in S wall of nave. That at E end has the remains of moulded sandstone jambs and small two-centred arch, now collapsed and lying on the ground nearby. The jambs have glazing bar holes and grooves; the stones show clear evidence of diagonal tooling, pointing to a thirteenth-century date for this window. There is a corbel at each side of W face of chancel arch c. 2m above the present ground level. That at S side is a moulded and decorated piece of sandstone. The moulded sandstone jambs of some of the windows and the doorway would suggest a late twelfth- or early thirteenth-century date for the church but other features, such as the cusped ogee-headed window, the N doorway and form of chancel arch, indicate a late medieval date. The church contains the remains of a plain octagonal-shaped sandstone font with chamfered under-panels. Bowl has flat bottom with central drain hole. (CLAJ 1943, 204-5)

• LH018-014002 Font
  Description

  A plain octagonal-shaped sandstone font with chamfered under-panels. Bowl has flat bottom with central drain hole. Located in chancel of church (LH018-014001-). (Davies and Tempest 1943, 204-5) Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 4 July 2012

• LH018-014003 Graveyard
  Description

  Sub-rectangular shaped graveyard (map dims. c. 78m E-W; c. 41m N-S) bounded by the road on W side and fields on other three sides. Remains of medieval church (LH018-014001-) in E. An index to the inscriptions in this graveyard has been posted on the web at the following internet address (accessed 5 July 2012): http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/dromin_inscriptions_page_2.htm Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 5 July 2012

• LH018-058 Earthwork
  Description

  Tradition of a 'moat' here, but it was apparently removed during the construction of the Ardee - Dromin junction railway line (IFC Schools' Mss 669, 46). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 6 July 2012

• LH018-059001 Church
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Site of St Finian's church (LH018-059001-) locally believed to be on hill known as 'Killerdrim'. Burials (LH018-059002-) and possible grave-slabs (LH018-059003-) unearthed here. (CLAJ 1909, 136; SAM 1956, 196-8)

• LH018-059002 Graveyard
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Site of St Finian's church (LH018-059001-) locally believed to be on hill known as 'Killerdrim'. Burials (LH018-059002-) and possible grave-slabs (LH018-059003-) unearthed here. (CLAJ 1909, 136; SAM 1956, 196-8)

• LH018-059003 Graveslab
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Site of St Finian's church (LH018-059001-) locally believed to be on hill known as 'Killerdrim'. Burials (LH018-059002-) and possible grave-slabs (LH018-059003-) unearthed here. (CLAJ 1909, 136; SAM 1956, 196-8)

Architectural heritage

• Saint Finian's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height Roman Catholic church, built 1826. T-plan, two-bays to nave, single-bay to transepts; four stage pinnacled stone entrance tower, added 1843, terminating in broach spire, added 1877. Pitched slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, stone verge coping to gables with stone crucifix finials, cast-iron gutters, circular cast-iron downpipes. Painted roughcast-rendered walling, painted smooth rendered plinth and block-and-start quoins, squared-and-snecked limestone walling to tower, tooled limestone block-and-start quoins, string courses to each stage, tooled limestone pinnacled clasping buttresses to east gable. Pointed arch window openings, painted smooth rendered block-and-start surround, smooth rendered panel to plinth, flush chamfered sills, painted timber tracery, leaded lights; triple lancet window to west, stained glass lights. Pointed arch door opening to tower, dressed limestone chamfered surround, painted timber vertically-sheeted double doors, surmounted by stone date plaque "Erected Anno Domini MDCCCXLIII in Honour and Glory to God"; pointed arch openings to east elevations of north and south transepts, painted smooth rendered block-and-start surrounds, painted timber vertically-sheeted double doors. Interior with timber sheeted ceiling, painted plaster walling, carved timber pews, timber floor, encaustic tiles to central aisle; balconies to north and south transepts, choir loft to east; decorative carved marble altar to west. Church set back from roadway on slightly elevated site, graveyard to east.

• Dromin House, country house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1850. Return to west, built c. 1870, further two-storey extension to west, porch to east elevation. Hipped slate roof hidden by parapet, clay ridge tiles, smooth rendered corbelled chimneystacks, gutters hidden by parapet, circular cast-iron downpipes. Painted smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walling to north, south and east elevations and extension, painted roughcast rendered walling to basement and west elevation; painted smooth rendered plinth, carved limestone parapet. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows, three-over-three to basement; four-over-four to basement of return, round-headed window openings to ground floor return, metal casement windows; round-headed openings to north and south of porch, painted timber fixed lights. Square-headed door openings, door to east set in painted smooth rendered porch, rendered channelled quoins, plain frieze, moulded cornice to parapet; painted timber door with four flat panels, flanked by pilasters with console brackets and fixed sidelights, simple frieze, dentil moulding to cornice and geometrically glazed overlight; accessed via stone steps flanked by painted smooth rendered walls; painted timber and glazed double doors, plain-glazed overlight with vertical glazing bars, to south. Segmental-headed brick arch opening to south-west flanked by random rubble walls, leading to ranges of single- and two-storey stone outbuildings forming courtyard, hipped slate roofs; random rubble walling; square-headed window openings, stone sills, brick surrounds, some painted timber two-over-two sliding sash windows; square-headed door and carriage openings, brick surrounds, painted timber vertically-sheeted doors, wrought-iron gate. Single-storey gate lodge to south-east c. 1880, hipped slate roof; painted roughcast rendered walling; square-headed window openings, painted timber casements; square-headed door opening set in painted timber porch, painted timber bargeboard, painted timber and glazed panelled door; lodge set to north of entrance flanked by cast-iron octagonal piers and gates.

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Dromin.

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

Name

Dromin · Droim Ing

Area

2,366,206 m² (236.62 ha, 584.7 acres)

Civil parish

Dromin, and its townlands

Barony

Ardee

Electoral division

Dromin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dromin electoral division: 679 people in 218 households; 93% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cangy, Cappoge, Charleville, Knockdinnin, Mooremount, Painestown, Richardstown, Toberdoney

Placenames

Dromin 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.