Cabinteely
Townland in the civil parish of Kill, barony of Rathdown, Co. Dublin; in Irish Cábán tSíle
- Area
- 108.9 ha
- 269 acres
- Land parcels
- 424
- registered freehold, median 264 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Objective A
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
424 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cabinteely, from 4 m² to 344,772 m² (34.48 ha, 85.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 58 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
- R2Objective A (Existing residential)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 426 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3Objective NC (District, neighbourhood centre)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Objective F (Open space, park)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Objective SNI (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Objective E (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 0 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
31 Jul 2026Assessment period
Demolition of an existing 12 sq.m single-storey attached garage to the north-we
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0437/WEB
16 Jul 2026Grant permission
Attic conversion for habitable use with raised side gable and dormer window to t
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0407/WEB
16 Jul 2026Grant permission
Attic conversion for habitable use with raised side gable and dormer window to t
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0408/WEB
22 Jun 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of the amending the existing hipped roof to a gabl
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0359/WEB
15 Jun 2026Declare application invalid
The development will consist of the amending the existing hipped roof to a gabl
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0349/WEB
22 May 2026S5 dec exempt
Planning permission exists under Reg. Ref D16A/0449 for the widening of the entr
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF7326
23 Apr 2026Grant permission for retention
Retention Planning Permission for alterations for previously approved D25B/0454
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0246/WEB
30 Mar 2026Grant extension of duration of perm.
Permission is sought for the construction of a detached two storey house on a s
Extension of duration of permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D21A/0297/E
26 Mar 2026S5 dec exempt
The proposed installation of thermal insulation is as follows: - where bricks
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF4026
24 Feb 2026Grant permission for retention
Planning Permission is being sought for the retention of the addition of a new
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0110/WEB
23 Feb 2026Grant permission
Planning Permission is sought for the construction of a first floor pitched roo
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0107/WEB
8 Dec 2025Grant certificate of exemption
1 Unit
Certificate of exemption - part v · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, V/094/25
3 Dec 2025Grant permission
To modify previously approved development under ABP Ref. ABP-310646-21 (DLRCC Re
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0928/WEB
1 Dec 2025Grant permission
A new two-storey detached house to the side garden of the existing house, a new
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0926/WEB
25 Nov 2025Grant permission
Construction of a single-storey flat roof extension to the rear, first floor ext
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0662/WEB
13 Nov 2025Grant permission
Development consisting of a single storey garden/play room with wc/shower and sa
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0640/WEB
17 Oct 2025Grant permission
Permission is sought for development consisting of a first floor over garage and
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0587/WEB
15 Oct 2025Grant permission
The subdivision of the existing garden and the erection of a flat roofed, two-st
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0781/WEB
10 Oct 2025Grant certificate of exemption
1 dwelling
Certificate of exemption - part v · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, V/076/25
29 Sept 2025Grant permission
Planning Permission is sought for removal of rooflights to rear bedrooms 3 and 4
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0536/WEB
26 Sept 2025Grant permission
Permission is sought to relocate the existing vehicular entrance.
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0740/WEB
13 Aug 2025Grant permission
Planning Permission for single storey garage conversion to side, extension to al
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0454/WEB
31 Jul 2025Declare application invalid
Planning Permission for single storey garage conversion to side, extension to a
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0433/WEB
10 Jul 2025Grant permission
Proposed new single storey flat roof Hall extension to side (2.60sq.m) complete
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0393/WEB
2 Jul 2025Grant permission
An extension to the ground and first floor, new porch and changes to the windows
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0369/WEB
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.
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 Cabinteely.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cabinteely.
Architectural heritage
- Marlfield, country house, 1790–1795 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three- or five-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey over part raised basement country house, built 1794, on an T-shaped plan centred on (single-storey) prostyle distyle portico on a bowed plan. "Improved", pre-1908, producing present composition. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1949, to accommodate alternative use. Adapted to alternative use, 1966. Closed, 1980. Extended, 2001, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement pitched slate roof behind parapet with ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having cut-granite "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and concealed rainwater goods with cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Replacement rendered walls on rendered cut-granite chamfered cushion course on rendered base with cut-granite "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice on blind frieze below balustraded parapet having cut-granite coping. Round-headed central door opening behind (single-storey) prostyle distyle portico on a bowed plan approached by flight of nine cut-granite steps, cut-granite columns on plinths having responsive pilasters supporting iron-covered cornice on blind frieze below wrought iron railing-topped parapet, and concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Square-headed flanking window openings with concealed dressings framing fixed-pane fittings. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement two-over-two (basement) or one-over-one timber sash windows. Paired or grouped camber-headed window openings (east) centred on camber-headed window openings with cut-granite sill courses, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two (basement), one-over-one (ground floor) or two-over-two (first floor) timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and picture railing below decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "bas-relief" ceiling rose. Set in relandscaped grounds.
- Milestone/milepost, 1844–1908 · Regional interest
Description
Wall-mounted benchmark-inscribed cut-granite milestone, extant 1908. Set in roughcast coursed rubble stone boundary wall.
- Claremount, house, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay two-storey split-level house, built 1865; extant 1866, on an F-shaped plan; single-bay (south) or three-bay (north) two-storey side elevations. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Pitched double gable-fronted slate roof (north) abutting hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan (south), roll moulded clay ridge tiles, rendered buttressed chimney stacks (north) or rendered chimney stacks (south) having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta tapered pots, timber bargeboards to gables on "Cavetto" corbels, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on thumbnail beaded exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls on rendered "bas-relief" plinth. Segmental-headed off-central door opening with timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight. Square-headed window openings including paired square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds.
- The Castle, house, 1756–1816 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay two-storey house, extant 1816, on a T-shaped plan originally three-bay two-storey centred on single-bay full-height flush "tower" abutting two-bay two-storey advanced end bay; single-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey lower central return (south) abutting single-bay (three-bay deep) single-storey return (south-east). "Improved", pre-1909, producing present composition. Occupied, 1911. Renovated, 1969. Vacant, 2003. Restored, 2004-5. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered, ruled and lined piers to perimeter having pyramidal capping supporting crocketed cast-iron double gates.
- Cabinteely House, country house, 1765–1770 · National interest
Description
Detached nine-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey country house, built 1769, on a quadrangular plan originally nine-bay two-storey on a U-shaped plan; six-bay two-storey parallel block (west). Sold, 1883. "Improved" producing present composition. Leased, 1893-1911. In alternative use, 1914-8. Sold, 1921. Resold, 1933. Resold, 1984. Hipped slate roof behind parapet with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having thumbnail beaded stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and concealed rainwater goods retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls on cut-granite cushion course on granite ashlar plinth with urn-topped cut-granite coping to parapet. Square-headed central door opening approached by flight of five cut-granite steps, cut-granite columns on padstones having responsive pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice on blind frieze on entablature, and cut-granite monolithic surround framing timber panelled double doors. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite sills on fluted ogee consoles, and rendered surrounds with panelled pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed pediments on "Acanthus"-detailed fluted consoles framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and rendered surrounds centred on keystones framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance hall on a square plan retaining Classical-style surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, timber panelled wainscoting supporting carved timber dado rail centred on Classical-style surround to door opening framing timber panelled double doors, and dentilated timber cornice to inlaid ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed inlaid ceiling rose; breakfast room (south) retaining Classical-style surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, timber chimneypiece, and moulded cornice to "bas-relief" neo-Jacobean ceiling; small dining room (south) retaining Classical-style surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, cut-Sienna marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and cornice to ceiling; dining room (north) retaining Classical-style surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, cut-black marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and decorative cornice to "bas-relief" neo-Jacobean ceiling on "bas-relief" frieze; corridor (west) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to opposing window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, moulded plasterwork cornice to coved ceiling, staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in volute, carved timber Classical-style surround to window opening to half-landing framing timber panelled reveals on panelled risers, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to opposing window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and moulded plasterwork cornice to groin vaulted ceiling; (first floor): drawing room (north) retaining Classical-style surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, cut-Sienna marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and plasterwork cornice to coved ceiling on "bas-relief" frieze; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds.
- Cabinteely House, stables, 1765–1837 · Regional interest
Description
Stable complex, extant 1837, including (south): Attached four-bay single-storey coach house with half-attic on a rectangular plan. Now in alternative use. Hipped and pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick header bond eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined coursed rubble stone walls with cut-granite quoined piers to corners. Pair of segmental-headed central carriageways with cut-granite step thresholds, and red brick block-and-start surrounds centred on cut-granite keystones framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Camber-headed (south) or square-headed (north) flanking door openings with cut-granite step thresholds, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Square-headed window openings (half-attic) with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing two-over-two timber sash windows; (north): Attached three-bay single-storey stable outbuilding with half-attic on a rectangular plan. Renovated, 2011, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement pitched slate roof on collared timber construction with clay ridge tiles, red brick Common bond chimney stack on red brick Common bond base having red brick header bond stringcourse below capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part repointed coursed rubble stone walls originally rendered, ruled and lined with hammered granite flush quoins to corners. Round-headed central door opening with hammered granite block-and-start surround supporting red brick voussoirs framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings with cut-granite sills, and red brick voussoirs framing timber casement windows. Roundels (half-attic) with red brick voussoir surrounds framing replacement fixed-pane timber fittings replacing timber boarded fittings behind wrought iron bars. Interior reconstructed, 2011. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Cabinteely House.
- Cabinteely House, gate lodge, 1844–1909 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, extant 1909, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed advanced porch abutting single-bay single-storey projecting end bay; two-bay (south) or single-bay (north) single-storey side elevations. Now disused. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan centred on flat roof behind parapet (porch), clay ridge tiles, rendered, ruled and lined chimney stack on rendered base having corbelled stepped stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging timber boarded eaves on thumbnail beaded cornice. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered monolithic pilasters to corners. Square-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, and concealed dressings having chamfered reveals framing timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and moulded rendered surrounds with fittings now boarded-up. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Cabinteely House.
- Cabinteely House, gates/railings/walls, 1765–1837 · Regional interest
Description
Gateway, extant 1837, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of granite ashlar piers on cut-granite chamfered plinths having cut-granite stepped capping supporting spear head-detailed cast-iron double gates with granite ashlar outer piers on cut-granite chamfered plinths having cut-granite stepped capping. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Cabinteely House.
- Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay double-height Catholic church, dated 1836; opened 1836, on a rectangular plan comprising three-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (west) with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (east) front. "Repaired", 1890. Renovated with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roofs; pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), trefoil-perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles, felt-covered coping to gables with "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed open bed pediment to gable to entrance (east) front, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron conical hoppers and downpipes. Roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth; roughcast surface finish to entrance (east) front bellcast over rendered plinth with rendered monolithic piers to corners. Round-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and rendered flush surrounds framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels (east) or leaded stained glass panels (west). Round-headed "Trinity Window" to chancel (west) with concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Round-headed blind openings to entrance (east) front centred on round-headed window opening with cut-granite sill, and rendered flush surround framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fitting having leaded stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panel. Elliptical-headed "lunette" window opening (porch) with cut-granite sill, and moulded rendered archivolt centred on rusticated keystone framing fanlight. Square-headed opposing door openings ("cheeks") with concealed dressings framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors. Interior including vestibule (east); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors; full-height interior open into roof with reclaimed baptismal font, encaustic tiled central aisle between quatrefoil-detailed timber pews, timber panelled choir gallery (east) on paper-covered pillars on cut-granite padstones, grouped timber stations between stained glass memorial windows (1954), exposed strutted King post timber roof construction with wind braced timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled ceiling in carved timber frame on carved timber cornice, and round-headed chancel arch framing carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (west) reordered with cut-veined white marble altar table below stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (1954). Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1844–1901 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey over basement presbytery, occupied 1901, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch; single-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey central return (west). Renovated, 2009-10, to accommodate alternative use. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan with pressed or rolled iron ridges, rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on box eaves on thumbnail beaded consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on rendered base. Square-headed central door opening in square-headed recess approached by flight of eight cut-granite steps with concealed dressings framing replacement timber panelled door. Round-headed window openings ("cheeks") with cut-granite sills, and moulded rendered surrounds framing fixed-pane timber fittings. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, timber mullions, and moulded rendered surrounds framing replacement one-over-one sash windows having one-over-one sidelights. Square-headed window openings (west) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement one-over-one sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): vestibule; door opening into hall; hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled reveals or shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Saint Brigid's Catholic Church.
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 10 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3313 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cabinteely with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Cabinteely · Cábán tSíle
- Area
- 1,088,662 m² (108.87 ha, 269.01 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kill, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Foxrock-Carrickmines, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Foxrock-Carrickmines electoral division: 6,324 people in 2,184 households; 88% of households own their home; 18% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Brenanstown, Cornelscourt, Johnstown, Kerrymount, Kilbogget, Kill of The Grange
- Placenames
- Cabinteely 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.