Dromin

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromin, from 29 m² to 279,615 m² (27.96 ha, 69.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Newcastle West Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 24 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Newcastle West Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Newcastle West Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Newcastle West Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 14 Jun 2023Conditional

  as-constructed extension to existing machinery storage building and all associated ancillary site works. Planning Permission is also sought for the construction of a new agricultural machinery storage extension to existing machinery store and carry out all associated ancillary site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2360410

• 17 Sept 2019Conditional

  construction of a poultry house, soiled water storage tank, machinery store and carry out all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19928

• 8 Mar 2019Conditional

  a new dwelling house, detached garage, install a wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 19218

• 7 Mar 2019Conditional

  extension to existing poultry house and all associated ancillary site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 19209

• 18 Apr 2017N/a

  for extension to existing poultry house and all associated ancillary site works. Permission is also sought to construct a new poultry house and carry out all associated ancillary site works. The development requires an EPA Industrial Emissions License (formerly Integrated Pollution Prevention & Control License). An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been submitted as part of the planning application

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 17332

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

• LI036-081 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on a slight S-facing slope. Circular area (46.6m N-S) defined by scarped edge (H 0.75m; Wth 6m). However, scarp and part of interior have been removed NE->SE (interior now 35.2m E-W). A small N-S running drainage channel cuts across scarp at SE. An E-W running field boundary runs along base of scarp SSE-SSW. An ESB pole stands 1m back form top of scarp at WNW. Interior level, dry and clear of overgrowth. There is a dump of field-clearance material immediately outside site at SE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI036-084 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on moderate NW-facing slope. Monument, depicted on 1841 OS 6-inch map as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 110m), has been levelled. Only evident trace of site is arc of fosse (D 0.45m; Wth 1.25m; C 46m) S->SW, truncated at either end by N-S field boundary. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI036-085 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture, on crest SW-NE ridge. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1924 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. In area of site are some low undulations which make no apparent pattern. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI036-086 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on slight NW-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1924 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. Slight irregular undulations in area of site make no apparent pattern. Farmyard and sheds have been built immediately to S. 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 Dromin.

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 moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_465 (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 with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Dromin · An Dromainn

Area

1,691,219 m² (169.12 ha, 417.91 acres)

Civil parish

Grange, 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

Arddrine, Cloonyscrehane, Dungeeha, Gortboy, Gortroe, Killaready, Moveedy

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.