Carrickhill
Townland in the civil parish of Portmarnock, barony of Coolock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Cnoc na Carraige
Parcel 5450018
- Area
- 419 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 177 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 RS - Residential (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
- Townland
- Carrickhill
Planning applications on this parcel
6 Dec 2024Grant permission
The development consists of a single storey extension to the rear, the
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1098E
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 106 ha
- 262 acres
- Land parcels
- 1,097
- registered freehold, median 288 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
1,097 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrickhill, from 0 m² to 101,116 m² (10.11 ha, 24.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 63 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
- R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1,078 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 27 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 · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3LC - Local Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 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
16 Jul 2026Grant permission
Planning permission for attic conversion with hip to gable and dormer
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0638E
1 Jul 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of: (i) demolition of the existing rear g
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0571E
1 Jul 2026Grant permission
Conversion of his attic to storage including a dormer window to the re
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0575E
10 Jun 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of construction of a new two storey detac
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0490E
9 Jun 2026Invalid application
The development will consist of construction of a new two storey detac
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0484E
21 May 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of the following: (a) The conversion of t
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0419E
19 May 2026Grant permission
Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of exist
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0407E
19 May 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of the following: 1. The conversion
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0408E
2 May 2026Request additional information
Retention is sought for a detached sauna, plunge pool & changing room
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0349E
25 Apr 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of the following: (a) The construction of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0336E
4 Apr 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of the following: (a) Extending the exis
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0275E
31 Mar 2026Invalid application
The development will consist of the following: (a) Extending the exis
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0262E
10 Mar 2026Refuse permission
1.Demolition of the existing single-storey side & rear extensions. 2.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0171E
9 Feb 2026Grant permission for retention
Retention Planning Permission for 1 nr. rooflight to the front roof el
Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0084E
22 Dec 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of (i) the construction of a detached, si
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1208E
19 Dec 2025Grant permission for retention
Retention planning permission for the modifications to previously appr
Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/1186E
16 Dec 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of: 1. Removal of the chimney stack on t
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1164E
9 Dec 2025Grant permission
The development will include the following :
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1141
2 Dec 2025Invalid application
The development will include the following:
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1115
10 Nov 2025Grant permission
Permission is sought to construct new first floor bedroom and bathroom
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1038E
4 Nov 2025Refuse permission
The development will consist of: 1. Demolition of the existing singl
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1017E
22 Oct 2025Grant permission
Full Planning Permission to construct a new 2 storey house, 224.2 m2 i
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0975
16 Oct 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of the demolition of the existing side st
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0955E
10 Oct 2025Grant permission for retention
Retention permission sought for retain extension
Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0927
9 Oct 2025Invalid application
The development will consist of the demolition of the existing side st
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0928E
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Malahide Estuary SAC 000205
- Special Protection Area: North-West Irish Sea cSPA 004236
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Malahide Estuary 000205
Recorded monuments
- DU012-039 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Annotated 'Tobermaclaney' on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is shown standing within a small square-shaped field 12m SW of Carrick martello tower (DU012-040----). No surface remains visible, now underneath road-siding along the beach (Ó Danachair 1958, 79). Building of a pier associated with the martello tower disturbed the well. An 1830 Ordnance recorded the water of the well ran down the hill to form two small pools beside the tower and then ran into the sea beside the curved stone pier (Bolton et al. 2012, 157). See attached photos (01/02) taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00378 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/46726; F024.06.00379 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/46727 Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 13 April 2023
- DU012-040 Martello tower
Description
Carrick Hill Martello Tower No. 4 (Kerrigan 1995, 174). According to Kerrigan (1995, 168) construction of the Dublin area Martello Towers and their batteries commenced in 1804 under the supervision of Colonel Benjamin Fisher of the Royal Engineers and by December 1805 all towers were armed and complete. Kerrigan (ibid., 174) recorded that; 'Twelve towers were constructed north of Dublin: each tower mounted one 24-pounder, apart from the tower on Ireland's Eye with two 24-pounders. No batteries were constructed with these towers'. Situated to the north of the Velvet Strand, Portmarnock, the tower was mainly used by an Invalid Gunner of the Royal Artillery. Disarmed by 1874, it was sold in 1928 when it was turned into living accommodation. It has been considerably altered with an upper storey and a crenellated parapet addition, a bay window inserted into east side and a wing attached to the north. The machicolation is still present over the western doorway. It is now four apartments set between the road and sea (Bolton et. al. 2012, 157). Martello Tower described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a; 'Martello tower, c.1805, on a circular plan with tapered profile. Projecting entrance porch, crenellated extension to roof and two-bay single-storey extension to side, c.1970. Now in use as dwelling' (NIAH Reg. No. 11345002; https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/11345002/carrick-hill-martello-tower-strand-road-carrickhill-portmarnock) See attached plan of Carrick Hill Martello Tower No. 4 courtesy of the Irish Military Archives - Archival Reference Code: IE/MA/MPD/AD119458-007 Photo © Ian Paterson (cc-by-sa/2.0) DU012-040----_03 Patrick Healy Collection, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/3158, © South Dublin Libraries, Local Studies Collection, County Library, Town Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24 See attached Taylor's 1816 Map showing the location of the Martello Tower. Taylor, J. 1816 Taylor's map of the environs of Dublin: extending 10 to 14 miles from the castle, by actual survey, on a scale of 2 inches to one mile. See attached photos (05) taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00377 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16741 Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 January 2023
Architectural heritage
- Carrickhill Martello Tower, martello tower, 1800–1810 · National interest
Description
Martello tower, c.1805, on a circular plan with tapered profile. Projecting entrance porch, crenellated extension to roof and two-bay single-storey extension to side, c.1970. Now in use as dwelling.ROOF: Roof hidden behind crenellated parapet wall. Adjoining extension has a flat roof; Martello tower has an unusual rendered chimney stack. WALLS: Pebble dash; granite string course & granite cornice; original parapet wall; rendered string course & rendered coping to parapet. OPENINGS: Square and segmental headed; rendered reveals; variety of randomly placed uPVC windows; refurbished kead windows; oriel window opening; uPVC front door.
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 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.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Carrickhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Carrickhill · Cnoc na Carraige
- Area
- 1,059,534 m² (105.95 ha, 261.82 acres)
- Civil parish
- Portmarnock, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coolock
- Electoral division
- Portmarnock North, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Portmarnock North electoral division: 4,048 people in 1,423 households; 96% of households own their home; 5% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Beechwood, Burrow, Portmarnock, Robswalls, Sainthelens
- Placenames
- Carrickhill 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.