Dundrum
Townland in the civil parish of Taney, barony of Rathdown, Co. Dublin; in Irish Dún Droma
- Area
- 128.5 ha
- 317 acres
- Land parcels
- 866
- registered freehold, median 293 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Objective A
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
866 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dundrum, from 2 m² to 86,730 m² (8.67 ha, 21.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 76 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 · 764 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Objective MTC (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 95 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Objective SNI (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Objective F (Open space, park)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3Objective NC (District, neighbourhood centre)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 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
27 Aug 2026Assessment period
The installation of an air source heat pump on the balcony/terrace of 4 of the 8
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0641/WEB
26 Aug 2026Assessment period
The development will consist of: [1] Removal of glass box element of Building 1
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0634/WEB
21 Aug 2026Assessment period
The proposed development will consist of: (i) the construction of a new entranc
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0464/WEB
17 Aug 2026Assessment period
The development will consist of (i) demolition of outbuilding to rear of existin
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0460/WEB
14 Aug 2026Declare application invalid
The development will consist of (i) demolition of outbuilding to rear of existin
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0456/WEB
29 Jul 2026Assessment period
Proposed single storey extension to side, front and rear of existing property. F
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0434/WEB
24 Jul 2026Assessment period
The development consists of the provision of a pedestrian gate in the rear gard
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0421/WEB
24 Jul 2026Withdraw the application
The proposed development will consist of: (i) the construction of a new entranc
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0427/WEB
30 Jun 2026Assessment period
The development will consist of: the demolition of the existing non-original ext
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0492/WEB
25 Jun 2026S5 dec exempt
See enclosed BMA Planning Report.
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF9526
25 Jun 2026Withdraw the application
The installation of an air source heat pump on the balcony/terrace of 76 of the
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0474/WEB
23 Jun 2026Grant permission
Installation of digital LED Screen (8m x 9m) on the northern elevation of Buildi
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0466/WEB
23 Jun 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of installation of digital LED screen (4.71m X 3.2
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0465/WEB
10 Jun 2026Grant permission
Refurbishment and extension to existing semi-detached house to include (a) singl
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0339/WEB
8 Jun 2026Grant permission
Attic conversion for storage with rear dormer, raised side gable with window, a
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0422/WEB
24 May 2026Grant permission
The construction of a 3-bedroom detached house, with new site entrance to exist
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0383/WEB
20 May 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of the demolition of the existing side garage and
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0297/WEB
12 May 2026Grant certificate of exemption
1 Dwelling.
Certificate of exemption - part v · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, V/036/26
6 May 2026Declare application invalid
The development will consist of a rear single storey extension at ground floor,
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0269/WEB
24 Apr 2026Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of the removal of the existing mono-pitch
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0247/WEB
23 Apr 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of change of use of part of the ground floor and t
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0312/WEB
2 Apr 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of a new shopfront including new internally illumi
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0260/WEB
13 Mar 2026Grant permission
The Demolition of some external walls to the rear of the property and part of
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0143
9 Mar 2026S5 dec exempt
Home is approximately 1960's vintage bungalow a suburban development. No extensi
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF3326
19 Feb 2026S5 dec not exempt
To replace existing balcony with a new one
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF1826
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 Dundrum.
Recorded monuments
- DU022-016001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
Description
The present St. Nahi's Church of Ireland (1760) at Taney occupies the site of an earlier church(DU022-016002-). A raised graveyard lies S of the present church(DU022-016003-). The ground falls away steeply to the NW and SW. Within the interior of the gravyard there is a distinct fall (D 3m), a berm with a further fall (5m) to the surounding ground level. The distinct curvature in the SW section of the graveyard boundary may indicate the line of an early ecclesiastical enclosure. An Early Christian grave slab was recently exposed in the graveyard, fragments of which are kept in the present church(DU022-016005-). Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 25th April 2012
- DU022-016002 Church
Description
The present St. Nahi's Church of Ireland church (1760) at Taney occupies the site of an earlier church. Ball notes the association of this early church with St. Ossian and St. Lucan (1900, 191-192). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 25 April 2012
- DU022-016003 Graveyard
Description
A raised graveyard lies S of the present church (DU022-016002-). The ground falls away steeply to the NW and SW. Within the interior of the gravyard there is a distinct fall (D 3m), a berm with a further fall (5m) to the surounding ground level. Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 25th April 2012
- DU022-016004 Graveslab
Description
An Early Christian grave slab was recently exposed in the graveyard, fragments of which are kept in the present St Nahi's church (L1.64m, Wth 0.46m, T 011-12m). The slab features an incised Saltire (?) cross formed by two sets of three lines radiating from a central cup mark. The central cup mark is quite faint (D 0.05m) (Corlett 220, 139-143). Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 25th April 2012
- DU022-016005 Graveslab
Description
Found in 2004 in the SW quadrant of the graveyard (DU022-016003-) (Swords, K. ed. 2009, 100). Comprises a portion of a Rathdown slab (L 0.70m, Wth 0.44m, T 0.15m). Decorated with a flat-bottomed cup-mark enclosed by three concentric circles. Three shallow lines radiate from the outer circleto the end of the slab. At the broken end there is part of an arc of a circle. The slab is located in St. Nahi's church. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 25th April 2012
- DU022-023001 Castle - tower house
Description
Dundrum castle is situated S-SW of the village on an E-facing ridge which overlooks the Slang River. This late 16th to early 17th century tower house built by Sir Thomas Fitzgerald incorporates part of a 13th/14th century castle (DU022-023002-). It rises to three storeys with parapet level marked by a string course. Built largely of randomly coursed granite blocks with dressed limestone used in window and door jambs. Entered at the S end of the E wall through a later doorway with rough hammer-dressed jambs under a segmental arch. The door is rebated and bolt holes are visible. Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 25 April 2012
- DU022-023002 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
Description
Situated on top of an E facing ridge overlooking the river Slang. Dundrum Castle is a late 16th-17th century tower house (DU022-023001-) which incorporates part of a 12th-14th-century castle exposed during excavations in 1988-91 (O'Brien 1987, 14; O' Brien 1989, 136-137). Built by Sir John de Clahull c. 1187, the earliest feature exposed is a section of fosse (Wth 7m, D 1.40m) that enclosed the top of the ridge. Finds included Leinster cooking ware, a buckle and a socketed arrowhead. Associated with this moat was a triple-slotted drawbridge with an entrance to a gatehouse extending from the drawbridge to part of the outer wall of the early castle (Wth 2m). Part of a stone-lined watercourse runs under the base of the wall and the shaft of a garderobe was revealed within the wall. (Newman Johnson 2014) Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Paul Walsh Revised date of upload: 16 April 2015
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dundrum.
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3237 (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
- Dundrum, Dublin 148 sales
The townland
- Name
- Dundrum · Dún Droma
- Area
- 1,284,835 m² (128.48 ha, 317.49 acres)
- Civil parish
- Taney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballinteer-Meadowbroads electoral division: 1,696 people in 609 households; 91% of households own their home; 3% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balally, Ballinteer, Churchtown Lower, Churchtown Upper, Drummartin, Roebuck
- Placenames
- Dundrum 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.