Dromore

58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromore, from 46 m² to 119,935 m² (11.99 ha, 29.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Dromore 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.

• 25 Aug 2026N/a

  permission to erect a two-storey dwellinghouse, insert filter unit and percolation area and exit on to public road and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2684

• 19 Jan 2026Conditional

  planning permission to erect 2no. dwellinghouses, consisting of 1no. two storey dwellinghouse and 1no. dormer dwellinghouse along with 2no. single storey detached domestic garages, 2no. wastewater treatment systems and 2no. Site Entrances complete with all ancillary and associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Monaghan County Council, 2660008

• 22 Nov 2023Conditional

  permission to construct a single storey style extension to the front and a single storey style extension to the side and rear of an existing single storey dwelling house, elevational changes, upgrade existing septic tank to new sewerage wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site development works. Significant further information received relates to submitted revised plans and site layout plan

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360288

• 26 May 2021Conditional

  retention permission for continued alterations of previously approved (Ref. 16/283) . The development consists of retention and continued alterations to partially constructed entrance piers, walls and gates & all associated site works.

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 21292

• 9 Apr 2021Conditional

  permission for a development consisting of the demolition of existing two storey dwelling and outbuildings and the construction of 1. no. two storey replacement dwelling, modifications to existing access arrangements to include use of existing agricultural access and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21181

• 26 Aug 2020Conditional

  Permission to retain agricultural machinery shed and feed store adjacent to existing farm buildings and exit onto public road by way of existing entrance. Significant further information relates to details of sight vision for new entrance and confirmation of closing of entrance.

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 20339

• 13 Nov 2018Conditional

  consist of a two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, proprietary treatment system and soil polishing filter, new entrance and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 189019

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Muckno Lake 000563
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Drumakill Lough 001600

Recorded monuments

• MO020-021 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise towards the N end of a NNW-SSE drumlin ridge. This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 28.5m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by a slight but overgrown earthen bank NW-NNE and SSE-S that is largely reduced to an overgrown scarp (at W: H 1.9m), with an external stone facing NW-N and traces of an external fosse. The original entrance is not identified. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 22 June 2018

• MO020-022 Crannog
  Description

  Located towards the bulbous N end of St Peter’s Lough, a subrectangular lake (dims c. 475m NNW-SSE; c. 100-170m ENE-WSW), the E half of which is in Co. Armagh. It is depicted as a large island on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is a large overgrown subcircular cairn (dims 22m N-S; 18m E-W) composed largely of stone with no earth but kerbstones can be distinguished at the E edge. No wooden features were visible but where erosion had broken the surface animal bones and charcoal was visible. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michel Moore Date of revision: 22 June 2018

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dromore.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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 Dromore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.

Name

Dromore · An Droim Mór

Area

1,467,338 m² (146.73 ha, 362.59 acres)

Civil parish

Muckno, and its townlands

Barony

Cremorne

Electoral division

Church Hill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Church Hill electoral division: 748 people in 262 households; 73% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Drumacon, Drumakill, Longfield, Tullyrahan

Placenames

Dromore 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.