Dromkeal
Dromkeal is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge, barony of Bantry, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Drom Caol.
Parcel 2147327
- Area
- 8,590 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 128 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Dromkeal
Planning applications on this parcel
27 Apr 2023Conditional
Construction of a timber garden room and timber barrel sauna and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/228
28 Apr 2022Conditional
Decommissioning of existing septic tank and percolation area, and installation of a waste water treatment plant and polishing filter to serve dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/294
10 Mar 2022Incompleted application
Permission for decommissioning of existing septic tank and percolation area, and installation of a waste water treatment plant and polishing filter to serve dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/166
29 Jan 2021Conditional
Permission for the following: (a) construction of detached habitable unit / granny flat, ancillary in use to main house, (b) construction of replacement detached outbuilding / shed including general domestic storage on ground floor and home office on first floor and (c) associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/54
14 Feb 2018Conditional
Demolition of existing dwelling house, construction of replacement dwelling house, garage and wastewater treatment system (change of design from that granted under Planning Reg. No. 16/00735) including all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/74
5 Feb 2018Incompleted application
Demolition of existing dwelling house, construction of replacement dwelling house, garage and wastewater treatment system (change of design from that granted under Planniing Reg. No. 16/00735) including all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/52
30 Nov 2016Conditional
Demolition of an existing dwelling and the construction of a replacement dwelling and waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/735
20 Sept 2004Conditional
Construction of detached guest accommodation unit for private use, detached storage building, installation of biocycle waste treatment system and alterations to roadside boundary
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7131
22 Nov 2002Refused
Realignment of wall, new entrance and construction of garage/studio for domestic use
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/5155
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 66.7 ha
- 165 acres
- Land parcels
- 76
- registered freehold, median 1,049 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 25
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromkeal, from 5 m² to 161,266 m² (16.13 ha, 39.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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
No zone of a development plan covers Dromkeal 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
16 Mar 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for the following changes to dwelling house as approved under planning reference 22/00133: (i) retention of change of elevational finishes to part of dwelling house from render to natural timber cladding, (ii) retention of fenestration changes to house, and (iii) permission for change of site boundaries
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0654
27 Apr 2023Conditional
Construction of a timber garden room and timber barrel sauna and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/228
31 May 2022Conditional
Demolish an existing extension and permission to construct a new single storey extension, make alterations to the external of the existing house and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/367
28 Apr 2022Conditional
Decommissioning of existing septic tank and percolation area, and installation of a waste water treatment plant and polishing filter to serve dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/294
10 Mar 2022Incompleted application
Permission for decommissioning of existing septic tank and percolation area, and installation of a waste water treatment plant and polishing filter to serve dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/166
28 Feb 2022Conditional
Permission for the construction of a dwelling, including a domestic waste water treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/133
7 Feb 2022Incompleted application
Construction of a dwelling, including a domestic waste water treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/63
29 Jan 2021Conditional
Permission for the following: (a) construction of detached habitable unit / granny flat, ancillary in use to main house, (b) construction of replacement detached outbuilding / shed including general domestic storage on ground floor and home office on first floor and (c) associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/54
14 Feb 2018Conditional
Demolition of existing dwelling house, construction of replacement dwelling house, garage and wastewater treatment system (change of design from that granted under Planning Reg. No. 16/00735) including all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/74
5 Feb 2018Incompleted application
Demolition of existing dwelling house, construction of replacement dwelling house, garage and wastewater treatment system (change of design from that granted under Planniing Reg. No. 16/00735) including all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/52
30 Nov 2016Conditional
Demolition of an existing dwelling and the construction of a replacement dwelling and waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/735
9 Jun 2015Conditional
Permission sought for (A) Demolition of existing dwelling house and decommissioning of existing septic tank system, (B) Permission for construction of new dwelling house, detached domestic garage and installation of new waste water treatment system and for all associated site works, (C) Upgrading of existing entrance for vehicular use for new development. Permission previously existing on site under Pla Ref. No W/04/2083
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/310
29 May 2015Incompleted application
Permission sought for (A) Demolition of existing dwelling house and decommissioning of existing septic tank system, (B) Permission for construction of new dwelling house, detached domestic garage and installation of new waste water treatment system and for all associated site works, (C) Upgrading of existing entrance for vehicular use for new development. Permission previously existing on site under Pla Ref. No W/04/2083
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/292
28 Jan 2009Conditional
Dwellinghouse, detached garage, septic tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/62
23 Dec 2008Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, detached garage, septic tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/2254
18 Dec 2006Conditional
Construction of agricultural shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2764
22 May 2006Conditional
Demolition of timber chalet and construction of 1 no. dwellinghouse.
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/941
29 Jul 2005Refused
Demolition of timber chalet and construction of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5454
8 Oct 2004Conditional
Demolition of dwellinghouse and reconstruction of same to include 1 no. dwellinghouse for short term/holiday rental with residential accommodation/office/reception/rest room ancillary to holiday development
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7624
20 Sept 2004Conditional
Construction of detached guest accommodation unit for private use, detached storage building, installation of biocycle waste treatment system and alterations to roadside boundary
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7131
18 May 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3441
22 Nov 2002Refused
Realignment of wall, new entrance and construction of garage/studio for domestic use
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/5155
5 Jul 2002Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/2907
30 Mar 2001Refused
Construction of 3 no. dormer dwellinghouses
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/1693
14 Jul 2000Conditional
Partial demolition & renovations to rear of existing building & construction of 10 no. short term rental dwelling units
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/4335
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dromkeal.
Recorded monuments
- CO105-003 Stone circle - multiple-stone
Description
On slight NW-facing slope at inner end of Bantry Bay, c. 400m E of mouth of Coomhola river. Circle incomplete; appears to have consisted of thirteen stones. Five standing along N perimeter; remainder prostrate. Orthostats are 0.6m to 1.25m L, 0.12m to 0.3m T and 0.6m to 1.2m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is c. 9m. Immediately W of centre of circle is possible boulder-burial (CO105-053---). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO105-053 Boulder-burial
Description
On slight NW-facing slope at inner end of Bantry Bay, c. 400m E of mouth of Coomhola river. Immediately W of centre of multiple-stone circle (CO105-003---). Boulder (1.4m x 1m; T 0.6m) may be cover-stone of boulder-burial; no support stones visible. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dromkeal.
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 Dromkeal, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dromkeal.
- 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 Dromkeal with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dromkeal · An Drom Caol
- Area
- 667,402 m² (66.74 ha, 164.92 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmocomoge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bantry
- Electoral division
- Glengarriff, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,181 people lived in 445 households in the Glengarriff electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 18% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barnagearagh, Dromduff West
- Placenames
- Dromkeal 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.