Dromlara

47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromlara, from 85 m² to 223,295 m² (22.33 ha, 55.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  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.

• 10 Feb 2021Conditional

  the construction of a new dwelling, garage, waste water treatment system, entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21139

• 8 Feb 2019Conditional

  a new dwelling, wastewater treatment system, entrance & associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19109

• 21 Sept 2017Conditional

  the change of use of portion of dwelling previously granted permission for commercial use, (restaurant & guesthouse), under planning ref. 02/1868, back to residential use only, and permission to retain conservatory extension

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 17873

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165

Recorded monuments

• LI024-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In improved, gently undulating pasture, c. 315m N of a townland boundary with Kilduff. Enclosure (LI024-128----) lies c. 100m to SW. Depicted as a sub-triangular shaped enclosure on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Shows as a roughly D-shaped tree-planted earthwork on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map. Described by O’Dwyer (1959, 72) as a ‘ringfort’. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a raised roughly oval-shaped area (approx. 52m NW-SE; 48m NE-SW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank (Wth 5.7; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 1.6m) and fosse (overall Wth 4.8m; base Wth 2.0m; D 0.6m) with possible causewayed entrance (overall Wth 5.25m; basal Wth 2.7m) at NNW. The enclosing bank is a substantial earthen bank (Wth 5.7; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 1.6m) from NW-N-E-S-SW that is reduced to a smaller bank from SW-W-NW. The fosse has been re-cut (D c. 1.5m) from NW-N-NE to facilitate drainage. There is a modern gap(Wth 4m) in the bank at W. Possible quarrying (total Wth 5m; 1.8m) into base of inner face of bank at SE. Monument is visible as a tree-planted earthwork on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 18/11/2018 and a sketch plan which was measured and drawn by the ASI in 2008. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 26 September 2020

• LI024-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In improved, wet pasture, 115m W of a townland boundary with Brackyle. Enclosure (LI024-275----) lies 85m to SSW. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork. Possible bivallate ringfort surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as an oval-shaped area (25m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by the remains of a bank (Wth 1.25m; H 0.2m) mainly reduced to a scarp with fosse (overall Wth 3.75m; basal Wth 1.6m; D 0.15m) and a short portion of external bank (L 5m; Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.15m) only visible at SW. The interior is grass covered and has a raised oval-shaped area (5.5m NW-SE; 3.5m NE-SW) in the W quadrant, which may represent a hut site. According to local information, this monument is called the ‘round O’. Monument is visible as a faint cropmark on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and a sketch plan which was measured and drawn by the ASI in 2008. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 27 September 2020

• LI024-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In slightly undulating, improved pasture, 28m W of a townland boundary with Brackyle. Enclosure (LI024-275----) lies 115m to NW. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a raised circular-shaped area (19m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 2m; H 0.3m) which is best preserved from NNE-E-S-SW and traces of a levelled bank (Wth 1.2m; H 0.18m) from SW-W-N-NNE. The interior is generally level and is grass covered. According to local information, this monument is called the ‘round O’. Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and a sketch plan which was measured and drawn by the ASI in 2008. Field surveyors: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly, 15/01/2008 Date of upload: 27 September 2020

• LI024-119 Enclosure
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture, 200m to SE of Sun Ville house and 23m ESE of townland boundary with Sunville. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as an oval-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 134: AP 4/3723). Visible as an oval-shaped cropmark (approx. dims. 31m WNW-ESE x 29m NNE-SSW) on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 23 July 2020

• LI024-120 Moated site
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as an oval-shaped earthwork by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 137: AP 4/3723). Visible as a rectilinear-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 40m NE-SW x 36m NW-SE) with rounded corners on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13. Monument is visible as a subrectilinear-shaped earthwork on Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 23 July 2020

• LI024-128 Enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed, 20m NE of a railway line. Enclosure (LI024-129----) lies 165m to SW and ringfort (LI024-022---) lies 120m to NE. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as a circular-shaped earthwork by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 88: AP 4/3678). Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 88. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 24 July 2020

• LI024-129 Enclosure
  Description

  Identified from an aerial photograph (Bruff Survey: Map 23, Bruff 89: AP 4/3678) and described by Doody (2008, 134) as a 'subcircular enclosure, c. 22m x 18m, with possible bank'; the morphology of this enclosure indicates that it may be Bronze Age in date (ibid.). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 7 November 2013

• LI024-275 Enclosure
  Description

  In low-lying, improved wet pasture, 225m W of a stream and 145m W of a townland boundary with Brackyle. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Ringforts (LI024-024/025----) lie 90m to N and 100m to SE, respectively. Monument identified as a suboval-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 140: AP 4/3723). Monument is visible as an oval-shaped cropmark (39m N-S; 27m E-W) on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 140. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 12 October 2020

• LI024-347 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, ringfort (LI024-029----) 70m to NW. Second possible ditch-barrow (LI024-348----) 40m to E. Faint outline of ditch-barrow visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 29 September 2020

• LI024-348 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, ringfort (LI024-029----) 90m to NW. Second possible ditch-barrow (LI024-347----) 40m to W. Faint outline of ditch-barrow visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 29 September 2020

Architectural heritage

• Station House, railway station, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached H-plan railway station, built c. 1848, comprising single-bay two-storey projecting end bay with lean-to to east and three-bay single-storey block with projecting end bay. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls having render quoins, plinth course and platband to two-storey end bay. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows and painted stone sills. Square-headed opening having timber battened door. Two-bay single-storey goods shed to east with pitched slate roof, brick chimneystack, limestone copings and canopy to north elevation. Rubble limestone walls having dressed quoins. Square-headed window opening to east elevation with brick block-and-start surround and limestone sill. Camber-headed door openings with dressed limestone voussoirs. Railway platform and railway tracks to south. Pair of square-profile rendered piers to north having ball finials to caps, double-leaf cast-iron gates and cast-iron plaque to west pier. Cast-iron pedestrian entrance to west.

• Hotel, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached nine-bay two-storey L-plan hotel, built c. 1860, having shopfront to front (west) elevation and recent lean-to to rear (east) elevation. Hipped slate roof with brick chimneystacks, render eaves course, terracotta ridge tiles, ridge crestings and finials. Rendered walls having render quoins, plinth course and stringcourse. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, render label mouldings and limestone sills. Paired square-headed openings to south end bay having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, shared render label mouldings and limestone sills. Round-headed opening with render hoodmoulding having scrolled consoles, ornate keystone and spoked fanlight over timber panelled door. Round-headed opening with render hoodmoulding having scrolled consoles, ornate keystone and inset square-headed double-leaf timber battened door. Shopfront comprising square-headed display window with coloured glass. Square-headed opening having glazed replacement door. Square-headed opening to rear with timber canopy over timber battened door.

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

At the centre of the townland of Dromlara, about 1 in 5 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1217 (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.

No address of the register names Dromlara with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Dromlara · Drom Lára

Area

1,410,133 m² (141.01 ha, 348.45 acres)

Civil parish

Dromkeen, and its townlands

Barony

Coonagh

Electoral division

Grean, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,548 people lived in 533 households in the Grean electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyluddy, Brackyle, Garrane Beg, Garrane More, Kilduff, Pullagh, Sunville

Placenames

Dromlara 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.