Dromnacaheragh

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromnacaheragh, from 6 m² to 84,977 m² (8.5 ha, 21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Dromnacaheragh 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.

• 12 May 2023Conditional

  Agricultural development consisting of loose cattle shed and all associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/254

• 8 Feb 2018Conditional

  Agricultural development consisting of slatted house extension and all associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/61

• 2 Jul 2015Conditional

  24 sqm single storey extension to side of main house

  Retention · Cork County Council, 15/386

• 24 Jun 2015Incompleted application

  Retention of 24sqm single storey extension to side of main house

  Retention · Cork County Council, 15/349

• 27 Feb 2009Withdrawn

  Construction of a dwelling, outbuildings, septic tank system and associated siteworks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/217

• 31 Jan 2008Conditional

  Extension to Lisheen National School comprising of G.R.P hall, 2 classrooms, store and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/175

• 7 Dec 2007Conditional

  Construct conservatory extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/3037

• 24 Aug 2007Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2266

• 8 Jan 2007Conditional

  Construct Animal/slatted house, extend existing slio and assiciated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/61

• 21 Jul 2005Conditional

  Retention of erection of temporary pre-fabricated classroom

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5236

• 29 Jun 2005Incompleted application

  Pre-fabricated temporary classroom

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4580

• 8 Nov 2000Conditional

  Extensions to National School

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/6738

• 3 Mar 2000Conditional

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/1169

• 12 Feb 1999Conditional

  Construction of two storey extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 99/605

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 Dromnacaheragh.

Recorded monuments

• CO141-097001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on level ground, above N-facing slope. Circular area (25.2m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by bank (H 0.9m). Field clearance stones dumped on bank; gap to SE (Wth 3.8m) and NNW (Wth 5.3m). Interior raised on N side to compensate for hillslope; low mound of dumped material and souterrain (CO141-097002-) in centre. 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

• CO141-097002 Souterrain
  Description

  Local tradition of underground chambers in ringfort (CO141-097001-). No visible surface trace. 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

• CO141-152 Souterrain
  Description

  In pasture, on an E-facing slope with views over rolling countryside. The N-facing opening (Wth 1.2m; H 0.8m) leading to the souterrain was discovered at the base of a bank (H 2.5m) in the course of widening the S side of a farm road. An earth-cut chamber (Wth 1.1m; H 0.8m) with a rounded roof extends in a SE direction for at least 3.5m. Collapsed earth, with stone inclusions, is strewn on the floor. On the NE side of the chamber is a creepway (Wth 0.6m; H 0.4m) with a stone lintel supported by two jambstones. This leads to another earth-cut chamber which for safety reasons could not be entered. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Architectural heritage

• Rheena Dhuna, country house, 1790–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1810, with later porch to front and various additions to rear. Hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having replacement uPVC windows with stone and concrete sills. Later porch comprising flat roof with granite cornice, rendered walls, square-headed openings with timber fixed pane windows, carved granite sills and surrounds, pseudo three centred arch door opening having double-leaf timber glazed doors with carved granite surround. Later extension comprising pitched and hipped slate roofs with half-dormers, rendered walls, square-headed openings having replacement uPVC windows with stone and concrete sills and square-headed door opening with replacement uPVC door. Outbuildings to side (east) and rear (north) and gardens to rear. Boathouse to front. Rubble limestone boundary walls with gate piers and wrought-iron gates.

• Rheena Dhuna, boathouse, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay single-storey boathouse, built c.1820. Barrel corrugated-iron roof. Randomly coursed rubble limestone walls. Square-headed opening to rear (north) with red brick block-and-start surrounds. Red brick segmental arch opening with wrought-iron gates. Limestone and concrete slipway to front and concrete flight of steps with wrought-iron gate to side (west).

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 Dromnacaheragh, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately low, low.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dromnacaheragh.

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

Name

Dromnacaheragh · Drom na Cathrach

Area

454,976 m² (45.5 ha, 112.43 acres)

Civil parish

Aghadown, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (East Division)

Electoral division

Aghadown South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

623 people lived in 252 households in the Aghadown South electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 23% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bawngare, Glebe, Glebemarsh, Kilsarlaght, Loughmarsh

Placenames

Dromnacaheragh 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.