Cloghran
Townland in the civil parish of Cloghran (Coolock By), barony of Coolock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Clochrán
- Area
- 244.3 ha
- 604 acres
- Land parcels
- 139
- registered freehold, median 3,409 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- GB - Green Belt
- Planning
- 75
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
139 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloghran, from 12 m² to 239,740 m² (23.97 ha, 59.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 65 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 · 86 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 38 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.3DA - Dublin Airport (Airport)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 32 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C3HT - High Technology (Office, business/technology park and related)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C1.2RW - Retail Warehousing (Retail warehouse)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 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
14 Aug 2026Referral
The proposed development will consist of the erection of 4no. high-lev
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0735E
30 Jun 2026Request additional information
The development will consist of a solar farm and battery storage syste
Rediii permisssion · Fingal County Council, F26A/0536E/R3
21 May 2026Request additional information
Planning Permission for development of a light industrial/warehouse de
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0418E
23 Dec 2025Grant permission
This Development Will Consist of Planning Permission to Extend to the
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1219E
22 Dec 2025Grant time ext (3 months) ai
Planning Permission for lands within and to the East of Dublin Airport
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1210E
26 Nov 2025Grant permission
The demolition of an existing unoccupied dwelling and stables, togethe
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1095E
21 Mar 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of :
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0229
13 Mar 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of partial demolition of the existing bui
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0209E
17 Feb 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of the demolition of an existing unoccupi
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0120E
14 Feb 2025Withdraw application
daa plc. intends to apply for planning permission for development at M
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0112E
10 Feb 2025Invalid application
The development will consist of the demolition of an existing unoccupi
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0100E
6 Feb 2025App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
: In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0094E
4 Feb 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of :
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0086
20 Dec 2024Invalid application
In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act, 20
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1178E
13 Nov 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of :
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1014
2 Oct 2024Invalid application
The development will consist of:
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0879
27 Jun 2024Grant permission
in the townlands of Pickardstown, Coultry, Huntsown, Forrest Green, Fo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0636
4 Apr 2024Grant permission
We, daa plc, intend to apply for a temporary 7-year permission for a p
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0309E
5 Mar 2024Grant permission
This proposed development will consist of the following: Alterations t
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0189
9 Jan 2024Refuse permission
For permission for development on this site located on lands at Kettle
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0007
22 Dec 2023Refuse permission
Permission for partial demolition of of the existing building at the C
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0815
15 Dec 2023Sai consultees
The proposed development relates to the entirety of the Airport
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0781
13 Oct 2023Grant permission
The development will consist of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0132
13 Oct 2023Grant permission
Ryanair DAC, intend to seek planning permission
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0245
28 Mar 2023Grant permission
The development is a modification to a previous permission for Airsid
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0121
The 25 most recent of 75 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 Cloghran.
Recorded monuments
- DU011-046 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Named 'fort' on the 1837 OS 6-inch map. It was partly demolished in 1822 and cleared away in 1873 (Healy 1975, 24). The area has been incorporated into an extension to the recently constructed runway at Dublin Airport. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU014-009001 Church
Description
There foundation remains of the early medieval church survive to the north east of the graveyard (DU014-009002-). An early 18th parish church was located in the centre of the graveyard and survives as a low grassed over platform. The medieval church was said to have been erected by Ryryd son of Owain, Prince of Wales and was in reasonable condition in 1630 (Fingal Historic Graveyards project 2008). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015
- DU014-009002 Graveyard
Description
A roughly rectangular graveyard built on a rock outcrop. This rock has been quarried along the exterior of the graveyard wall to create a steep precipice around the north and east side of the site. It encloses the remains of an 18th century church on the site of the medieval parish church (DU014-009001-). The graveyard contains 18th-20th century gravestones, undecorated markers and two vaults. Previously surveyed (Egan 1991). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015
- DU014-010 Ritual site - holy well
Description
In 1958 the well had dried up and showed only as a hollow in a field where it was marked by a whitethorn bush. The site is no longer venerated (Ó Danachair 1958, 77). Within a level field of pasture. See attached photos taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00383 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16743 and F024.06.00384 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/35496. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 April 2023
- DU015-001 Mound
Description
In field of pasture N of farm house. An aerial photograph (FSI 453/2) taken in 1971 shows evidence for an earthen mound (diam. c. 15m). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised upload on: 15 May 2017
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cloghran.
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 moderately low, 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 Cloghran.
- 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 Cloghran with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Cloghran · Clochrán
- Area
- 2,442,780 m² (244.28 ha, 603.62 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cloghran (Coolock By), and its townlands
- Barony
- Coolock
- Electoral division
- Kinsaley, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kinsaley electoral division: 11,470 people in 3,746 households; 68% of households own their home; 69% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Baskin, Commons, Corballis, Forrest Little, Fosterstown South, Glebe, Marshallstown, Nevinstown East, Nevinstown West, Rahulk, Stockhole, Toberbunny
- Placenames
- Cloghran 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.