Dunsoghly

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunsoghly, from 18 m² to 327,365 m² (32.74 ha, 80.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 57 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C4WD - Warehousing and Distribution (Warehouse (excluding retail warehouse))
  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.

• 11 Apr 2026Request additional information

  for the construction of a storage, packaging and distribution of agric

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0149E

• 19 Feb 2026Grant permission & grant retention

  Permission is sought for the construction of a part 2-storey/part sing

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0063E

• 28 Mar 2024Grant permission

  The proposed development will consist of the following:

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0120

• 9 Mar 2023Grant permission & grant retention

  The development part amends a permitted warehouse development (as gran

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0052

• 27 May 2022Grant permission

  The development amends a permitted warehouse development (as granted u

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0108

• 11 Jun 2021Grant permission

  Detached dormer dwelling, on-site wastewater treatment unit and percol

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0104

• 9 Feb 2021Grant permission

  The development will comprise the provision of 4 No. warehouses with m

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0126

• 8 Feb 2019Grant permission

  A storage and distribution centre for new imported vehicles with a tot

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0146

• 12 Oct 2016Grant permission

  Replacement bungalow.

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0109

• 1 Apr 2016Grant permission

  Permission for the construction of a single storey portal frame type s

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0130

• 19 Jun 2014Grant permission & grant retention

  New front porch at the existing house, retention of a replacement bay

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F14B/0148

• 26 Aug 2011Withdraw application

  The construction of a storey and a half dwelling, single storey two ca

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0317

• 29 Apr 2011Grant permission for retention

  Retention planning permission sought for the construction of a detache

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F11B/0091

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 Dunsoghly.

Recorded monuments

• DU014-005001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Located with a farmyard, this late 15th-century tower house is a National Monument. Associated with the Plunkett family it rises to four storeys with four large corner towers. Built of coursed limestone blocks with dressed stone quoins and a base batter. Entrance on the ground floor is through a three-centred arched doorway in the N wall. The main chamber is barrel vaulted on a N-S alignment, with wicker-work centring evident (int. dims. L 10.5m; Wth 8.1m). There are chambers in all the corner turrets except the NE turret which contains the stairs. The ground floor is lit by slit opes in the S, W and N. NW chamber is entered through a pointed arched doorway. It is vaulted (dims. L 3.4m; Wth 2.8m). A curving passage, which is only partially roofed, leads into the SW tower. The SE tower is also vaulted (dims. L 3.2m; Wth 2.8m). The first floor chamber is lit by tall rectangular windows. Off this, the NW angle tower contains a brick fireplace, which incorporates some chamfered jambs. It is lit by a tall rectangular window in the W and a pointed arched window in the NW. There is a garderobe and wall press in SW tower with musket hole in the N wall. The SE tower on first floor contains a hollowed basin with a drain hole and a musket hole in a wall recess. Corbels for the main second floor chamber are still in place. A substantial percentage of the original roof timbers are present over third floor. A fireplace in the W wall has a flat arch with chamfered jambs. There are stepped window embrasures on the E, W and S walls. The corner chambers have corbelled roofs. Tudor style chimneys are still present. The battlements are entered through a pointed arched doorway in the NE tower (Healy 1975, 26; Crawford 1922, 85-87; Anon 1897, 448-50). Remains of a dwelling (DU014-005006-) attached by wall to NW end of tower house. Possible house-sites are visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, AID 57) E of the tower house (Harbison 1998, 164-5; Sweetman 1999, 138-9). The surrounding lands were subject to a geophysical survey (Licence no. 10R033) as part of a Conservation Plan that explored the development potential of the castle and its surroundings, in the context of its archaeological, historical, landscape and wildlife significance. The survey did not provide any clear evidence for features although agricultural activity was prevalent with numerous ploughing trends and linear responses suggestive of former field divisions. It is possible that some of these responses reflect former field systems and ridge and furrow cultivation and may be contemporary with Dunsoghly Castle (Leigh 2010, 11). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015

• DU014-005002 Chapel
  Description

  Connected to the southwest corner of Dunsoghly castle (DU014-005001-) by a wall with entrance. The chapel is an oblong, single storey building. It is built of randomly coursed masonry with roughly dressed limestone quoins. Entrance is in the west end of north wall through round arched doorway which contains punch dressed jambs with double roll moulding and a hood moulding that terminates in a rosette and fleur-de-lis (int. dims. L 6.60m, W 4.40m). Sizeable crack from door to roof resulting in some water damage around door and arch and between wall and chapel. Above the door is an inscribed limestone tablet (DU014-005005-). Interior is lit by a double light window with semi-elliptical arches in the W gable, and blocked up rectangular window in the S wall alongside a pointed arch single light window with cusps and punch-dressed jambs. The southeast corner is slightly battered with remains of (blocked) round arched opening. Within the interior are wall presses in E and W end of N the wall (Tutty 1979, 32, 156). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015

• DU014-005003 Castle - motte and bailey
  Description

  Situated on a natural rise southwest of Dunsoghly Castle (DU014-005001-). Marked on the 1837 OS map as Connaberry Moat. The site comprises a raised area, roughly oval in plan (80m NE-SW; 65m SE-NW; H 3m). Its flat top is occupied by a farm and tree cover. Traces of an outer bank are visible on an aerial photograph taken by Leo Swan. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015

• DU014-005004 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  East of Dunsoghly castle (DU014-005001-) two square trenched areas are visible on an aerial photograph (CUCAP AID57). The site has been partially built on since the photographs were taken. The general area is disturbed. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• DU014-005005 Crucifixion plaque
  Description

  Above the door of the chapel (DU014-005002-) is an inscribed limestone tablet with symbols of the passion, a date of 1573 A. D. and initials J. P. M. D. D. S. i. e. John Plunkett, Miles de Dunsoghley, and wife's surname 'Sarsefield'. Verigated. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015

• DU014-005006 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Attached to bawn wall that extends from the northwest of Dunsoghly Castle (DU014-005001-). The west wall and north gable with Tudor style chimney is all that survives and these have been incorporated into farm outbuildings. This is probably the building mentioned in the Civil survey (1654-6) as a 'dwelling house' with the castle at Dunsoghly (Simington 1945, 210). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015

• DU014-096 Standing stone
  Description

  A standing stone was identified on the Fás Finglas Heritage Project in 1988/89(pers.comm. Marcus Nolan). Supposedly located in a field on a turn of bend across from Dunsoghley Castle ((DU014-005001-), a neglected field adjacent to an old farmyard which is being currently used as a garage. The site is completely overgrown with evidence of dumped material. No local knowledge of a stone. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 23 January 2015

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dunsoghly.

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

Susceptibility 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 Dunsoghly.

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.

No address of the register names Dunsoghly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Dunsoghly · Dún Sochlaigh

Area

1,076,646 m² (107.66 ha, 266.05 acres)

Civil parish

St. Margarets, and its townlands

Barony

Coolock

Electoral division

Dubber, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dubber electoral division: 8,931 people in 2,882 households; 47% of households own their home; 89% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Broghan, Kilmacree, Kilreesk, Kilshane, Newtown, St. Margaret's

Placenames

Dunsoghly 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.