Drombeg

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drombeg, from 68 m² to 181,328 m² (18.13 ha, 44.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Drombeg 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.

• 10 Apr 2025Conditional

  Permission for the erection of a single-storey modular building (GFA 99.79sqm.), comprising of 1 no. classroom with adjoining SET room, the widening and extension of existing footpath, the construction of new strepped access to existing school and all associated site development works, including all foul and surface water drainage works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/192

• 12 Oct 2022Conditional

  Permission for retenton of extensions to both sides of existing dwelling

  Retention · Cork County Council, 22/635

• 18 May 2021Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling house, a domestic garage and all associated site works (change of plan of permitted dwelling house under Pl. Reg No. 18/722)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/321

• 21 Feb 2020Conditional

  Change of use of existing domestic garage to stand alone habitable structure ancillary to existing dwelling and permission to upgrade existing septic tank on site to effluent treatment system and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/90

• 23 Nov 2018Unconditional

  Construction of dwelling house and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 18/722

• 16 Aug 2018Conditional

  The construction of a dwellinghouse, a garage and the installation of a waste water treatment system and all associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/490

• 5 Apr 2018Conditional

  Carry out improvement works to an existing residential vehicular entrance that abuts the minor public road L-8330-0, the works are to include: (i) the lowering of the existing ground levels on both sides of the aforesaid residential vehicular entrance, (ii) the lowering of sections of an existing stone boundary wall on both sides of the aforesaid residential vehicular entrance, (iii) the making good of aforesaid stone boundary wall and (iv) all associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/181

• 10 Feb 2017Conditional

  Permission to remove temporary classrooms, permission to construct school extension and to make minor alterations to existing school and associated site works, permission to replace existing septic tank with proprietary treatment unit and filtration area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/80

• 29 May 2015Withdrawn

  Construction of dwelling house and domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/289

• 25 May 2015Incompleted application

  Construction of dwellinghouse and domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/273

• 10 Jun 2014Withdrawn

  Construction of dwelling house & domestic garage & all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/351

• 8 Oct 2013Conditional

  Retention of extension to north side of dwelling house comprising study, entrance hall and utility room also site entrance alterations and extended site boundaries

  Retention · Cork County Council, 13/567

• 13 Jun 2013Conditional

  Construction of dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/335

• 5 Jun 2013Incompleted application

  Construction of dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/313

• 7 Sept 2012Conditional

  Alterations to dwelling house consisting of change of use of the existing 1-storey workshop and extension of roof of existing 2-storey house to form a separate dwelling unit adjoining the existing house. Construction of extension to west side of new dwelling unit, containing entrance hall and stairs

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/584

• 24 Aug 2012Incompleted application

  Alterations to dwelling house consisting of change of use of the existing one storey workshop and extension of roof of existing two storey house to form a separate dwelling unit adjoining the existing house. Construction of extension to west side of new dwelling unit, containing entrance hall and stairs

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/542

• 8 Aug 2006Refused

  Dwellinghouse, septic tank and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1546

• 11 Jun 2004Conditional

  Prefabricated classroom

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4231

• 11 May 2004Conditional

  Construction of toilet extension & ramp access to Church

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3233

• 10 May 2004Conditional

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3207

• 3 May 2002Conditional

  Alterations to school entrance area to include new vehicle. entrance,access road,modified pedestrian entrance,bus/car pull-in area & stone wall

  Permission · Cork County Council, 02/1715

• 8 Feb 2002Refused

  Change of use of dwelling to domestic store

  Permission · Cork County Council, 02/491

• 19 Oct 2001Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 01/5759

• 9 Jun 2000Conditional

  Demolition of dwelling & construction of dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/3503

• 24 Mar 2000Conditional

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/1677

The 25 most recent of 29 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 Drombeg.

Recorded monuments

• CO143-050 Souterrain
  Description

  In pasture. According to local information, a spontaneous collapse in 1984 revealed a single earth-cut chamber. 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

• CO143-051001 Hut site
  Description

  In pasture on a natural rock terrace on the S slope of a low hill, some 45m to the ESE of Drombeg stone circle (CO143-051002-). This multi-period site was excavated by Fahy (1960, 1-17). The site consists in a C-shaped shelter (Phase I) followed by a stone hut (Phase II), later demolished and replaced by a figure-of-eight-shaped stone hut, incorporating the doorway of an earlier hut (Phase IV), and contemporary with a roasting oven and the use of a fulacht fiadh (CO143-051003-); finally a causeway was built (Phase VIII), extending from Hut II to the fulacht fiadh. While the hut site and fulacht fiadh were in use later than the stone circle was erected, the burial excavated at the circle was first dated to BC 13 + or - 140 years, and the sample from beneath the fulacht fiadh was dated to AD 229 + or - 120 years, so that the upper-most date of the burial, 127 AD, and the earliest date of the cooking place, 109 AD, were thought to be close; considering that the fulacht fiadh may not be the earliest structure on the site, the excavator suggested that 'there is a possibility that the hut and cooking places at Drombeg were used, if not by those who initially erected the stone circle, at least by those who frequented the circle in later times' (Ibid., 15). However, a more recent analysis of the charcoal from the grave returned a radiocarbon date range of 1124-794 BC (Waddell 1998, 169), making it a lot older than believed by the excavators. 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. This is a National Monument in State Guardianship (no. 381). See attached photographs CO143-051001-_01: Aerial view directly above site, with hut site to the W of the modern rectangular enclosure. CO143-051001-_02: Hut site from NW. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Date of last revision: 27 June 2023

• CO143-051002 Stone circle - multiple-stone
  Description

  In pasture on a natural rock terrace on the S slope of a low hill. This stone circle was excavated in 1957 (Fahy 1959, 1-27), and the nearby fulacht fiadh (CO143-051002-) and hut site (CO143-051001-) in 1958 (Fahy 1960, 1-17). The circle consisted of seventeen stones; two are missing and one has fallen. The stones are 0.55m to 2.05m L, 0.2m to 0.65m T and 1.1m to 2.05m H. On the upper surface of the axial stone, which is the largest stone in the circle, are two shallow cup-marks, one surrounded by an oval carving. The internal measurement along the main axis, aligned NE-SW, is 9m. Five pits were found within the circle, sealed beneath compacted gravel floor; one pit contained the deposit of cremated human bone, fragments of shale and numerous sherds of coarse fabric pot. Initial radiocarbon dating of the charcoal from the burial returned as BC 13 ± 140 (Fahy 1960, 17), which was later amended to AD 600 ± 120 (D-62) which is 'clearly anomalous' (O Nualláin 1984a, 10). However, a more recent analysis of the charcoal from the grave returned a date range of 1124-794 BC (Waddell 1998, 169), making it a lot older than first thought. Other finds from the circle included seven pieces of flint, including a small convex scraper. (O Nualláin 1984a, 24. no. 37; Roberts 1988, Ch. 2, no. 5) This is a National Monument in State Guardianship (no. 381). 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. See attached photographs CO143-051002-_01: view of circle, looking S. CO143-051002-_02: view of circle, looking SW towards hut site and fulacht fiadh. CO143-051002-_03: One of the stones, looking NE. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Date of last revision: 27 June 2023

• CO143-051003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on a natural rock terrace on the S slope of a low hill, some 45m to the WSW of Drombeg stone circle (CO143-051002-) and associated with hut site directly to the N (CO143-051001-). Excavation of this fulacht fiadh (Fahy 1960, 3-17) revealed a horseshoe-shaped drystone enclosing bank, a central slab-lined cooking pit, U-shaped hearth, and a well with associated overflow drainage channel. Associated are a C-shaped posthole structure enclosing an oval-shaped unlined pit containing burnt broken stone and a roasting pit, wedge-shaped in plan, and filled with broken burnt stone. Two samples from the fulacht fiadh were dated by radiocarbon analysis. The first, from beneath the mound, returned a date range between 109 and 349 AD, while the second, from the cooking pit returned a range between 368 to 608 AD. This corresponds to a maximum variation of 500 years between the dates, but the excavators believe that 'while it is unlikely that the site was in use for 500 years, it is possible that it was in intermittent use for several decades' (ibid., 15) 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. This is a National Monument in State Guardianship (no. 381). See attached photographs: CO143-051003-: Aerial view directly above site, with fulacht fiadh to the SW of the modern rectangular enclosure. CO143-051003-: central slab-lined cooking pit. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Date of last revision: 27 June 2023

• CO143-052 Country house
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

• Drombeg House, house, 1640–1680 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached double-pile five-bay two-storey house, built c.1660. Pitched slate roofs with gable chimneys having diagonally placed ashlar limestone stacks. Recent porch addition to front door. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber panelled and glazed door. Oval-plan walled garden to 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 Drombeg, 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 Drombeg.

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.

• Drombeg, Glandore5 sales

Name

Drombeg · An Drom Beag

Area

734,294 m² (73.43 ha, 181.45 acres)

Civil parish

Kilfaughnabeg, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery East (West Division)

Electoral division

Kilfaughnabeg, the unit of the census

Census 2022

615 people lived in 236 households in the Kilfaughnabeg electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 30% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyvireen, Carriglusky, Cregg, Kilfinnan, Killacoosane, Killeenleagh, Knockarudane, Maulmareen, Tralong

Placenames

Drombeg 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.