Donabate

167 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Donabate, from 0 m² to 35,797 m² (3.58 ha, 8.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 120 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1RA - Residential Area (New/proposed residential)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 17 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 · 13 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 · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
  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 · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 17 Jun 2026Withdraw application

  Planning Permission for attic conversion with two dormers and roof win

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0516E

• 12 Mar 2026Grant permission for retention

  Retention Planning permission for a detached single storey garage to s

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0181E

• 16 Jan 2026Invalid application due to site notice

  Retention Planning permission for a detached single storey garage to s

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0021E

• 3 Dec 2025Grant permission

  Planning permission is sought for works within the curtilage of a Prot

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1118E

• 26 Sept 2025Invalid application due to site notice

  The conversion of an existing loft space into an additional bedroom (C

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0878E

• 5 Aug 2025Grant permission for retention

  Planning Retention Permission for recently construted works to the

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0705

• 23 Jul 2025Invalid application

  Planning Retention Permission sought for

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0669

• 9 Jul 2025Refuse permission

  The site is generally bound to the south and east by an existing Resid

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0618E

• 21 Mar 2025Refuse permission

  Amendments to permission Fingal County Council Reg. Ref.: F21A/0708 (A

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0238E

• 11 Mar 2025Grant permission

  We, Aldi Stores (Ireland) Limited, intend to apply for permission for

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0196E

• 2 Oct 2024Grant permission

  Planning permission is sought by Aldi Stores Ireland Ltd for amendment

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0877E

• 18 Jul 2024Grant permission

  The development will principally comprise of the construction of 22 No

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0644E

• 13 Dec 2023Grant permission for retention

  Retention for a single storey extension to rear, first floor extention

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0773

• 3 Aug 2023Refuse permission

  The development will consist of agricultural land improvement by the i

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0465

• 22 Sept 2022Refuse permission

  The demolition of an existing garden wall and the construction of a ne

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F22B/0200

• 7 Jul 2022Invalid application due to site notice

  The development will consist of agricultural land improvement by the

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0343

• 4 Jul 2022Refuse permission

  Construct a bungalow in the side garden of existing cottage with an en

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0333

• 1 Jul 2022Grant permission

  Permission for development at a 3.22 Ha site. The lands are partially

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0165

• 28 Apr 2022Grant permission

  A single storey retail development consisting of 1 no. retail supermar

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0708

• 12 Nov 2021Refuse permission for retention

  Application for retention planning permission for a converted detached

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F21A/0608

• 11 Nov 2021Grant permission

  The development which will have a total gross floor area of 7,892 sq.m

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0113

• 28 Jun 2021Grant permission & grant retention

  The proposed development consists of amendments to the northern portio

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F21A/0056

• 1 Jun 2021Grant permission

  (1) The relocation of the existing Deli Area into the Barista Area and

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0306

• 15 Feb 2021Invalid planning application

  Lands bounded to the north and north-east by an existing residential d

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0075

• 6 Oct 2020Grant permission for retention

  Retention of use of existing creche and any ancillary works.

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F20A/0352

The 25 most recent of 48 applications.

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 the townland of Donabate.

Recorded monuments

• DU012-005001 Church
  Description

  St Patrick's Church of Ireland church (1758) occupies the site of the medieval parish Church of Donabate. A reference from 1275 says there was a monastery of Grey Friars there (Walsh 1888, 196). The Civil Survey (1654-6) mentions the walls of a parish church (Simington 1945, 49). In 1838 there were still some remains of the earlier church to be seen alongside the present building (D'Alton 1838, 324-7). The 18th century church porch incorporates a medieval doorway (c.15th century) with a pointed arch of chamfered limestone and a plain stop. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 16 January 2015

• DU012-005002 Castle - tower house
  Description

  There is a residential tower attached to the east end of St Patrick's C of I Church. It rises to three storeys with a stepped battlemented parapet level (ext dims. L 6.10, Wth 5.4). The cap house, which projects above the battlement level, contains the stairs. There is a carved head projecting from the exterior of the east wall at second floor level. The residental tower is entered through a pointed arched doorway with chamfered jambs which is located in the N. This shows signs of damage and repair. A wooden studded door is still in situ. The first floor chamber contains a wall press and a plain fireplace, the flue for which is carried on corbels in the N wall. Interior is lit by rectangular windows with chamfered granite jambs. Stairs to second floor are damaged. This chamber is lit by plain single slit opes (Healy 1975, 25). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 15 January 2015

• DU012-005003 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on high ground sloping down to north. The village green is to the south. This is a roughly square (Dim. c 40m) walled graveyard containing 18th-19th century memorials orientated E-W which are around all sides of the church (DU012-005001-) and residential tower (DU012-005002-). It is raised (1-1.5m) above the external ground level. part of the eastern graveyard wall has collapsed into back gardens of relatively new houses whose construction involved cut away of external ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 16 January 2015

• DU012-005004 Wall monument (present location)
  Description

  There are 18th-century and earlier graveslabs in the porch of St Patrick's church of Ireland including one dedicated to John Fitzsimon (d. 1709) and a monument to Patrick Barnewall of Staffordstown and his wife Begnot de La Hoyde who died in 1592. The later contains an inscription and two coats of arms (Healy 1975, 25). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 16 January 2015

• DU012-082001 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  This monument was excavated (Licence no. 08E0155) in advance of road widening. Three phases of archaeological activity were identified, the earliest of which was a wide linear ditch (exposed for 99m E-W) that ran along the base of the hill where Donabate church (DU012-005001-) and tower house (DU012-005002-) are located. Radiocarbon analysis of a sample of animal bone from the ditch fill returned an early medieval date (661-778 cal. AD). The second phase consisted of structures (DU012-082002-), drainage ditches and pits dated to the 13th – 14th centuries. An E-W ditch cut into the early medieval ditch and returned a later medieval date from an animal bone sample (1429-1473 cal. AD). The final phase consisted of a post-medieval circular building with a substantial stone footing (interpreted as a possible dovecote), ditches and a metalled path (Kavanagh 2011, 32). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 5 February 2015

• DU012-082002 Structure
  Description

  This monument was excavated (Licence no. 08E0155) in advance of road widening. Uncovered at the base of a hill where Donabate church (DU012-005001-) and tower house (DU012-005002-) are located, this was one of two adjacent structures situated on the edge of an early medieval ditch (DU012-082001-). Defined by an L-shaped dry-stone wall (5m E-W) the structure was associated with N – S drainage ditches from which a significant quantity of 12th – 14th century pottery was recovered (Kavanagh 2011, 13). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 5 February 2015

• DU012-082003 Structure
  Description

  This monument was excavated (Licence no. 08E0155) in advance of road widening. Uncovered at the base of a hill where Donabate church (DU012-005001-) and tower house (DU012-005002-) are located, this was one of two adjacent structures situated on the edge of an early medieval ditch (DU012-082001-). Defined by a rubble-wall collapse, a flagstone floor and the remains of a dry-stone wall (3m E-W) the structure was located immediately E of the second structure (DU012-082002-). Associated with N – S drainage ditches from which a significant quantity of 12th-14th century pottery was recovered (Kavanagh 2011, 14). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 5 February 2015

• DU012-082004 Structure
  Description

  This monument was excavated (Licence no. 08E0155) in advance of road widening. Uncovered at the base of a hill where Donabate church (DU012-005001-) and tower house (DU012-005002-) are located, this structure overlay the backfilled early medieval ditch (DU012-082001-). Defined by an L-shaped dry-stone wall (4.7m E-W x 2.7m N-S) the structure was associated medieval activity including a large sub-rectangular rubbish pit (2m diam.) from which 12th – mid-14th century and a silver farthing from the reign of Edward III (AD 1335-43) were recovered. (Kavanagh 2011, 14) Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 5 February 2015

Architectural heritage

• Saint Jude's or The Old Vicarage, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former vicarage with gabled dormers, c.1850. Remodelled, c.1900, and now in use as house.ROOF: Multiple double pitched slate roofs; carved barge boards to gables; terracotta ridge tiles; corniced red brick stack; tall pebble dashed single-stack to side. WALLS: Rough cast render. OPENINGS: Square-headed; patent reveals; limestone sills; timber 2/2 sash windows to front and side of main block; uPVC windows to rear; canted bay window to side; segmental headed doorcase; console brackets; panelled timber pilasters and door.

• Water pump, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water pump, c.1890, on a limestone plinth.

• The Cottage, house, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, c.1840, with projecting entrance porch and having single-bay single-storey addition to east. Two-bay single-storey extension to north, c.1998.ROOF: Double-pitched; terracotta ridge tiles; brick stacks; clay pots. WALLS: Pebble-dashed; yellow brick; English garden wall bond exposed to right gable; single pebble-dashed extension, c.1998, to rear. OPENINGS: Square-headed; rendered reveals; granite cills, 2/2 timber sash windows; timber casements; timber tongue and grooved front door with glazed overlight.

• Saint Patrick's Church (Donabate), church/chapel, 1750–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached Church of Ireland church, c.1775, with two bays to side elevations adjoining two-bay apse to east. Single-bay gable-fronted projecting entrance porch to south elevation. Single-bay vestry with extension to north elevation. Pre-1700 rubble stone square profile tower to north elevation.ROOF: Double-pitched; slate; terracotta ridge tiles; limestone coping to gables; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Rough-cast render; random rubble walls to tower; timber sundial to entrance porch; Castellated parapet. OPENINGS: Round-headed openings; rendered reveals; granite cills; hubbed and gothic fanlights; fanlight window coloured glass c.1850; stained glass window to chancel; pointed arched entrance doors to church and tower. INTERIOR: timber tongue and groove panelling; panelled gallery to rear; lugged timber doorcase to porch.

• House, 1820–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Four-bay single-storey house, c.1850, with gable-fronted projecting porch. Single-storey outbuilding attached to east gable, which is attached to former forge to north. Rubble stone outbuildings on an L-shaped plan attached to south elevation.ROOF: Double pitched; slate and artificial tiles; terracotta ridge tiles; centrally placed rendered chimney; corrugated iron roof to sheds. WALLS: Nap rendered plinth course, roughcast render; rubble stone outbuildings. OPENINGS:Square headed; rendered reveals and soffits; concrete cills; uPVC frames; timber panelled tongue and groove entrance door, c.1920, tongue and groove doors to outbuildings; 6/3 timber sash window to forge building.

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

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, low (inferred).

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Donabate.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Donabate with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Donabate · Domhnach Bat

Area

319,791 m² (31.98 ha, 79.02 acres)

Civil parish

Donabate, and its townlands

Barony

Nethercross

Electoral division

Donabate, the unit of the census

Census 2022

11,783 people lived in 3,900 households in the Donabate electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Beaverstown, Corballis, Kilcrea, Newbridge Demesne

Placenames

Donabate 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.