Brownstown
Townland in the civil parish of Swords, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an Bhrúnaigh
- Area
- 99.7 ha
- 246 acres
- Land parcels
- 34
- registered freehold, median 3,906 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- GB - Green Belt
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brownstown, from 191 m² to 425,478 m² (42.55 ha, 105.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 45 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
24 Oct 2025Grant permission
Change of house type and detached garage in relation to permission gra
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0982E
21 Oct 2025Invalid application
Planning permission is sought for change of house type and detached g
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0968E
21 Aug 2024Grant permission
Intend to apply for Planning Permission for
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0752
8 Aug 2024Invalid application
Planning permission for dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wast
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0719
26 Jan 2024Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of the development of a 2 storey
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0048
19 Oct 2023Grant permission
For planning permission on lands at Deanstown, Balheary, Swords, Co. D
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0304
29 Nov 2022Grant permission
The development of grid connection infrastructure to connect the appro
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0365
10 Feb 2022Refuse permission
The development of a 2 storey, 4-bedroom detached dwelling with detach
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0060
23 Jul 2020Grant permission
A part two-storey, part bungalow style dwelling, new waste water treat
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0575
1 May 2020Refuse permission
Detached 4 bedroom , 262sqm , two storey, pitched roof dwelling house
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0200
18 Jul 2018Grant permission & grant retention
Retention of roof alterations to previously granted configuration of e
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F18B/0198
15 May 2018Grant permission
Modifications to previously permitted detached two-storey
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0774
1 Sept 2017Grant permission
A 4 bedroom, two storey detached dwelling, new vehicular entrance, was
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0015
4 Apr 2012Refuse ext. of duration of permission
To construct a revised house type to a two storey and revised site bou
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F06A/1178/E1
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 Brownstown.
Recorded monuments
- DU007-033 Fulacht fia
Description
In gentle undulating land on a N-facing slope. Investigations for the North-Eastern Gas Pipeline, Phase 2 in 1988 uncovered a disturbed spread of burnt mound material occurring in two areas (Gowen 1989, 13). This was fully excavated in 1999 (Conway 2000). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU007-051 Ring-ditch
Description
A circular ring-ditch visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located on relatively high ground with expansive view south to the Dublin Mountains. No visible remains. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 3 December 2014
- DU007-076 Enclosure
Description
Located within a large arable field known as the Stang, close to the townland boundary between Brownstown and Roscall with extensive views south to the Dublin/Wicklow mountains, cropmarks indicate the presence of subsurface remains of a trivallate enclosure. Aerial photographs supplied by Mrs Nessie Bergin show a circular middle enclosure (diam. c. 30m) with a distinct ditch (wth. c. 5m) with a possible entrance to the east. There is an outer enclosure (diam. c. 55m) defined by a ditch (wth. c. 2m) also with an entrance to the east. The circular inner enclosure is much less distinct. The wayleave of the Gas Pipeline appears to have partially truncated the north-west of the enclosure site. Other cropmarks to the east and west indicate a series of enclosures and possible field system. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/05/2020 and aerial photograph provided by Mrs Nessie Bergin Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 8 November 2021
- DU007-077 Enclosure
Description
Located approximately 118m west of enclosure (DU007-076----), within a large arable field known as the Stang, close to the townland boundary between Brownstown and Roscall with extensive views south to the Dublin/Wicklow mountains, cropmarks indicate the presence of subsurface remains of an enclosure. The irregular double ditched enclosure (diam. c. 28m) is visible on Google maps imagery (14/06/2018). Other cropmarks to the east and west indicate a series of enclosures and possible field system. Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 8 November 2021
- DU007-078 Enclosure
Description
Located west of enclosure (DU007-077----) within a large arable field known as the Stang, close to the townland boundary between Brownstown and Roscall with extensive views south to the Dublin/Wicklow mountains, cropmarks indicate the presence of subsurface remains of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m). Visible on Google maps imagery (June 2018), other cropmarks to the east indicate a series of enclosures and possible field system. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 24/06/2018 Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 8 November 2021
- DU007-087 Ring-ditch
Description
In tillage field. Cropmark of ring-ditch visible on Google Earth aerial imagery and on OSi 2013-18 aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillere
- DU007-088 Ring-ditch
Description
In tillage field. Cropmark of ring-ditch visible on Google Earth aerial imagery and on OSi 2013-18 aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillere
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Brownstown.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Brownstown.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Brownstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Brownstown · Baile an Bhrúnaigh
- Area
- 997,223 m² (99.72 ha, 246.42 acres)
- Civil parish
- Swords, and its townlands
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Electoral division
- Swords-Lissenhall, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Swords-Lissenhall electoral division: 12,065 people in 3,928 households; 66% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Baldurgan, Deanestown, Gracedieu, Magillstown, Roscall, Skidoo
- Placenames
- Brownstown 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.