Burrow

382 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Burrow, from 2 m² to 38,439 m² (3.84 ha, 9.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 46 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 356 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2TC - Town and District Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 26 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 17 Jul 2026Invalid application

  The development will consist of the upgrade of the existing shopfront

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0644E

• 17 Jul 2026Recommendation review

  The development will consist of alterations and extension of the exist

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0645E

• 16 Jul 2026Request additional information

  The development will consist of the change of use of the permitted fir

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0632E

• 13 Jul 2026Invalid application

  The development will consist of the change of use of the permitted fir

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0620E

• 8 Jun 2026Grant permission

  Planning Permission for attic conversion for storage dormer window to

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0481

• 5 Jun 2026Refuse permission

  Planning Permission is sought for partial flat roof, partial pitched r

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0470E

• 28 May 2026Invalid application

  Plannin permission for attic conversion for storage and dormer window

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0448

• 4 Mar 2026Refuse permission

  The Development will consist of a proposed 2-bedroom single story home

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0155E

• 12 Feb 2026Grant permission

  Planning permission is sought for 1)

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0097

• 14 Jan 2026Grant permission

  The development will consist of the construction of a single-storey fl

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0013E

• 11 Nov 2025Grant permission

  The Development will consist of the construction of an outdoor freshwa

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1042E

• 7 Nov 2025Invalid application

  The Development will consist of the construction of an outdoor freshwa

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1030E

• 22 Oct 2025Grant permission

  Development will consist of demolishing existing storage & boiler room

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0973

• 8 Oct 2025Invalid application

  The Development will consist of the construction of an outdoor freshwa

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0917E

• 19 Sept 2025Grant permission

  Planning permission for attic conversion with dormers to side and roof

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0852E

• 26 Jun 2025Grant permission

  Permission for The construction of a proposed first floor extension

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0568

• 31 Mar 2025Grant permission

  The development will consist of the following: (: a) The removal of th

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0275E

• 16 Jan 2025Refuse permission

  The development will consist of the construction of a part single stor

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0029E

• 12 Dec 2024Grant permission

  To make alterations and extensions to existing house to include demoli

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1127E

• 23 Oct 2024Grant permission

  The proposed development will consist of:

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0935E

• 2 Oct 2024Grant permission & grant retention

  Retention permission for attic area converted to storage

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0878

• 17 Jul 2024Grant permission for retention

  The development consists of the demolition of existing garden sheds an

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0639E

• 12 Jul 2024Grant permission

  This Application is a revised proposal of a previously approved Planni

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0624

• 17 Jun 2024Refuse permission

  We, On Tower Ireland Limited are applying for Planning permission to i

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0539E

• 4 Jun 2024Refuse permission for retention

  Retention planning permission is sought

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0504

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Baldoyle Bay SAC 000199
• Special Protection Area: Baldoyle Bay SPA 004016
• Special Protection Area: North-West Irish Sea cSPA 004236
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Baldoyle Bay 000199

Recorded monuments

• DU015-006 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on Portmarknock Strand. A circular feature (diam. c. 15m) visible as a cropmark on an aerial photograph taken in 1971 (FSI 497/8). This has been built on. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• DU015-007001 Church
  Description

  Situated at Velvet strand off the main coast road. Dedicated to St Marnock. In 1172 it was granted to St. Mary's Abbey. It is marked on the Down Survey (1655-6) maps and described by the Civil survey (1654-6) as 'Chapell walls' (Simington 1945, 175). Comprises a long rectangular medieval building of roughly coursed limestone with dressed stone quoins on the west gable. It has an undivided nave and chancel. An iron gate has been placed across the chancel (int. dims L 17.2m, Wth 4m, T 0.7m). The nave is lit by a square-headed window under a segmental arch in the west gable that formerly encompassed a bellcote. There is a blocked up window in the south wall of the chancel and in the east gable. Within the chancel is a piscina with a damaged round-headed arch. The interior has been used for burial. In 2010 'improvements' were undertaken to the overgrown church ruin resulting in the removal of stonework loosened by ivy removal. At least four courses of the western gable and the upper stones of the northern wall were removed. Stone was piled within the church and includes some architectural fragments. Tree growth inside the church was dug up which in the exposure of skeletal material. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 24 January 2015

• DU015-007002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  St. Marnock's Well situated in sand dunes, 60m SW of St. Marnock's Church (DU015-007001-) and graveyard (DU015-007001-). The Pattern day at the well was August 18th (Ó Danachair 1958, 78). A description in its heyday speaks of a large circular pool with 16 stone steps leading down to it. A horde of penny groats (four-penny pieces) dating from the reign of Henry V, VI and Edward IV were found at the site. The well was destroyed by the local landowner in 1854, an ogham stone (DU015-007003-) that stood beside it was broken into pieces and thrown into the fill of the well (Skyvova 2005, 60). Now a concreted circular area within wasteland that has been dug down about 1m. Folklore collected from Baldoyle Convent recorded the following details about this holy well; 'There is a holy well in Portmarnock which is in the parish of Baldoyle. It is situated in Saint Marnock's graveyard. It was founded by Saint Marnock in the fourteenth century. People in olden days visited and said prayers at the well. Many people were cured of very serious diseases by drinking the water or by bathing in it. Rounds of the stations at one time were performed at the well. It is said that long ago every night a branch of a tree which grew beside the well would bend over it and that at sunrise every morning it would rise again. People were only cured if the water touched the affected part or if they drank it immediately after the branch of the tree arose. I often visited this well but it is not used for curing diseases now' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Pages 130-1; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4498789/4385662). See attached photos taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00064 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16629 and F024.06.00066 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31478. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 17 April 2023

• DU015-007003 Ogham stone
  Description

  It is alleged that an ogham stone was broken up at St Marnock's Well (DU015-007002-) beside St Marnock's church in 1854 (Ó Danachair 1958, 78). Supposedly thrown into the fill of the well at this time, or used as building material, it was roughly sketched in 1868 by Rev. J. Shearman (Skyvova 2005, 60; Macalister 1945, 20-21, no. 18). Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 28 June 2016

• DU015-007004 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated off Strand Road, Portmarnock the roughly square graveyard is surrounded by the golf course. It comprises a raised area enclosed by a low wall and encloses the remains of a medieval church (DU015-007001-). The graveyard had been extremely overgown but underwent clearance in 2010. As a consequence of greater access many families formalised their grave plots with kerbs and gravel. Contains gravemarkers and a number of memorials from the 18th to the 20th century including those of the Jameson family. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 25 January 2015

• DU015-007005 Wall monument
  Description

  There is a memorial stone that lies recumbent near the northern wall of the chancel of the chapel behind the railing. Extensively cracked. It reads 'This stone was erected by Oliver Barnewall of Dublin, Marchant. For himself and his wife Mary Galtrim and there children One who lies soules. Oure Lord God, Have Mercie Amen. Oliver Barnewall Mar Died the 3 of September 1690'. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 25 January 2015

• DU015-007006 Graveslab
  Description

  17th-century graveslab dedicated to Teresa Plunket, third daughter of William (d. 1662), whose father Luke (d. 1636) was granted the 'castle, town, lands and hereditaments' of Portmarnock the year before he died. There's most likely a funerary vault under the chancel, where the whole chancel area was reconfigured to the present arrangement c. 1862, when the table tomb was erected for John William Plunkett. Located in SE corner of the chancel of St. Marnock’s Church (DU015-007001-), in association with the Barnwall memorial (DU015-007005-). Now exposed after clearance of undergrowth. Set into the ground (probably on a bed of lime mortar visible at the sides), with some cracking. Otherwise intact. It would appear to have been placed there c. 1862 when the table tomb was erected for John William Plunkett. Recenlty exposed by archaeologist Franc Myles of Archaeology and Built Heritage under licence no. 22E0601, while monitoring conservation works funded by the Community Monuments Fund 2022. Presently protected by a plastic membrane and timber, where scaffolding has been erected above it to repoint the wall. Limestone memorial (ledger or ex situ wall monument?) stone (dims. L 1.4m; Wth 0.55m), orientated north-south. Illegible inscription (apart from the date), with an IHS over a Maltese cross with a long shaft running down the centre of the stone through the H, with parallel lines running down the side. Inscription reads: IHS Heere under lye th the bodie of Teresa Plvnket who decesed th e 20 of Avgust anno dmi 1672 See attached photographs courtesy of Franc Myles of Archaeology and Built Heritage. References: Egan, M. J.S. 1997 Dublin City and County Graveyards. Vol. 10, Dublin. Transcribed from the Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, Vol. 1, 343, where the transcription was extracted from Isaac Butler’s journal, 14 June 1744. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Franc Myles of Archaeology and Built Heritage Date of upload: 6 March 2023

Architectural heritage

• Saint Marnock's Cottage, house, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey red brick house, c.1910, with gable-fronted projecting entrance porch. Nap rendered return to rear. Single-bay single-storey extension to south gable.ROOF:Double-pitched; slates; terracotta ridge tiles; two red brick chimney stacks with brick cornices, two yellow terracotta pots on each; PVC gutter. WALLS: Red brick English garden wall bond; angled brick cornice; nap rendered return at rear is lined and ruled. OPENINGS: Front elevation openings; square-headed; brick flat arches; granite cills; 2/2 timber sashes; rear openings; rendered reveals; stone cill; timberand metal casements; segmental headed door openings; brick reveals located in projecting porch with timber finial; original timber & glass door set.

• Saint Marnock's, country house, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey red brick gate lodge with dormer attic, c.1900.ROOF: Hipped and sprocketed; lead flashing to ridge tiles; red brick chimney with granite detailing; cast-iron gutters; hipped slate roof to dormer windows. WALLS: Red brick; English garden wall bond; granite cornice. OPENINGS: Square-headed granite dressed window and door openings; granite cills; timber casement windows; timber double doors.

• Saint Marnock's, country house, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey over basement country house, built 1847. Remodelled, c.1895, with projecting two-storey entrance hall and projecting single-bay single-storey bay to left-hand side.Country house built for Jameson family and was bought by Irish Tourist Board in 1945 and became hotel. Sold as hotel in 1949. ROOF: Slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles on an irregular plan with nap rendered chimney stacks. WALLS: Nap rendered with channelled ground floor right hand bays and ashlar granite left hand bays; moulded nap rendered and granite cornices; decorative granite date plaque above entrance. OPENINGS: Square headed window openings with moulded nap rendered and granite architraves; granite cills and 6/6 timber sash windows; round headed door opening with flanking rusticated granite pilasters, architraves and keystone; central window opening has segmental pedimented square headed opening with multiple bays with motif in tympanum. Granite architrave and granite sill resting on date plaque and consoles; 6/6 timber sash window; broken pediment opening to ground floor window to left. INTERIOR:Original interior fittings consisting of oak panelling ; coved ceiling with ornate plasterwork; marble fireplaces and timber panelled shutters.

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1500–1700 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard with markers from c.1600 to present. Ruin of church [SMR DU015-007001-] to site. Site now overgrown with vegetation.

• The Thatch Cottage, house, 1750–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached nine-bay single-storey thatched house, c.1800, formerly two detached four-bay houses, now linked by a single-storey entrance bay. Single-storey timber conservatory to right side, c.1980.

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

The EPA radon map gives no estimate at the centre of the townland of Burrow.

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3331 (ZIP).

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 Burrow with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Burrow · An Coinicéar

Area

2,462,830 m² (246.28 ha, 608.58 acres)

Civil parish

Portmarnock, and its townlands

Barony

Coolock

Electoral division

Portmarnock South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Portmarnock South electoral division: 4,729 people in 1,757 households; 78% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrickhill, Maynetown, Portmarnock

Placenames

Burrow 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.