Dromroe Village is a student accommodation complex, arranged along each side of an open air plaza, or street. There are 11 blocks in all, varying in height from three to five-storeys. The building structures are mainly of steelframe construction, with pre-stressed hollow core floor slabs. The external wall construction mainly comprises of timber framed panels. Some areas are faced with brickwork or plastered blockwork, but the majority of the buildings are clad in untreated cedarwood.
 

There are 480 bedrooms, all with bathrooms en-suite. These are typically arranged in apartments of 6 bedrooms. The complex includes a recreation building, a shop, self service launderette and a commercial unit. Located on the campus of the University of Limerick, it was the first of three student residential projects carried out by Brian McCarthy Contractors on behalf of the University.