Garristown

405 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garristown, from 5 m² to 239,310 m² (23.93 ha, 59.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 54 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M2RV - Rural Village (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 176 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 149 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 · 89 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.

• 12 Aug 2026Referral

  Works will consist of the provision of a new extension with an additio

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0724E

• 31 Jul 202635 day assessment

  The development will consist of the sub-division of the existing site

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0683E

• 7 Jul 2026Refuse permission for retention

  The development will consist of retention of internal and elevational

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0596

• 30 Jun 2026Invalid application

  The development consists of retention of internal and elevational alte

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0567

• 29 Jun 2026Ai not significant

  Permission is sought by Cabot Land Holdings Ltd for 1) completion

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0561E

• 20 May 2026Request additional information

  The development will consist of a detached two-storey dwelling to incl

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0412E

• 24 Apr 2026Refuse permission

  a new two-story extension to the North-West of an existing 2-bedroom c

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0331E

• 23 Dec 2025Grant permission

  The proposed development will consist of (i) the demolition of an exis

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1224E

• 13 Oct 2025Refuse permission

  The development will consist of the sub-division of the existing site

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0939E

• 2 Oct 2025Refuse permission

  Planning permission is sought for renovations, demolition of existing

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0895E

• 2 Oct 2025Refuse permission

  The development will consist of a detached two-storey dwelling to incl

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0897E

• 22 Sept 2025Refuse permission

  Planning permission is sought for (i) 2 no. semi-detached 3-bedroom dw

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0860E

• 17 Sept 2025Invalid application

  Planning permission is sought for (i) 2 no. semi-detached 3-bedroom dw

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0848E

• 11 Aug 2025Refuse permission

  Construction of a new re-located vehicular access to existing Site & D

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0724E

• 19 May 2025Grant permission for retention

  The development will consist of the retention of Oakstown BAF Wastewat

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0439

• 15 May 2025Grant permission

  Planning permission to replace and upgrade

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0429E

• 25 Apr 2025Refuse permission

  We, Cabot Land Holdings Ltd intend to apply for permission for develop

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0360E

• 12 Dec 2024Refuse permission

  (i) demolition of existing single storey side annex, demolition of par

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1124E

• 11 Dec 2024Refuse permission & refuse retention

  Retention Permission and Planning Permission is sought by KGLC Trust L

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/1113E

• 25 Nov 2024Refuse permission

  To construct a new storey and a half style dwelling house with detache

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1052E

• 28 Aug 2024Grant permission & grant retention

  The development consists of: Extension to existing house with all asso

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0773

• 23 Aug 2024Invalid application

  The development consists of :

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0763

• 18 Jul 2024Refuse permission & refuse retention

  Retention of development and permission for development to consist of

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0646E

• 20 Jun 2024Refuse permission

  Gerard & Lisa Quinn wish to apply for

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0556E

• 26 Feb 2024Grant permission & grant retention

  The development is proposed to retain and complete the construction of

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0156

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.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Garristown.

Recorded monuments

• DU003-004001 Hilltop enclosure
  Description

  The site encloses a hilltop (556ft. OD)south-west of Garristown village. There are extensive views westwards to Tara and east to the coast. Reputedly the site of Rath Esa which is mentioned in the Metrical Dindsenchus (Morris 1939, 179-89). The enclosure is oval in plan (int. dims 90m N-S; 82m E-W) and is defined by a counterscarp bank (Wth 2.5-3m; internal H 0.7m; external H 1.8m). There is an entrance in the S (Wth 2.5m). Ground drops steeply to east and north beyond the enclosure, more gently to south and west. Remains of a windmill (DU003-004002-), built in 1736 by Marie and Edward Walsh of Borranstown, cap the summit. It has been suggested that this enclosure is possibly contemporaneous with the windmill and was constructed to keep cattle away from the sails of the windmill as is the case at Skerries windmill (DU005-028----) (SMR File 05/10/1995). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 7 March 2023

• DU003-004002 Windmill
  Description

  Squat tower of windmill (NIAH Reg. No. 11313005) built of randomly coursed masonry, situated on the summit of a hill measuring 556 ft. OD. with commanding views of the surrounding countryside. On the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map the Windmill is depicted standing in the centre of an earthwork (DU003-004001-) which is not depicted as an antiquity with a 'Drying Kiln' and 'Quarry' depicted immediately to N of the earthwork and a pathway traversing the E quadrant on a N-S axis. The earthwork enclosing the windmill was described by Morris (1939, 186) as follows; 'Around the windmill is a circular rampart 275 yards in circumference, which is older than the windmill, as the quarrying of stones for the erection of the latter cut into this rampart. This rampart is 2 feet [0.6m] high on the inside and 5 [1.5m] to 8 feet 2.4m] on the outside'. It has been suggested that this enclosure is possibly contemporaneous with the windmill and was constructed to keep cattle away from the sails of the windmill as is the case at Skerries windmill (DU005-028----) (SMR File 05/10/1995). Upper stages missing. An external plaque reads 'This Mill was built by Edward & Mary Walsh of Boranstown anno 1736'. There is an internal plaque to east but the names were removed by pocking of the stone. Above it is another stone marked 1827. The two entrances were infilled from the base to prevent cattle lodging within the structure. The 'Windmill of Garristown' is depicted on Rocque's 1760 Map of County Dublin. See attached section of Rocque's Map of County Dublin showing the Windmill and photographs courtesy of Kieran Campbell Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 7 March 2023

• DU003-005 Mound
  Description

  In fairly level ground which falls away to the N. In 1992 this was a kidney-shaped mound (dims. 21m NNE-SSW X 6m E-W; H 1.5m) which is truncated by a field boundary to the E. Located along eastern field boundary of what is now a large open field under cereal. Presents as an overgrown area forming a kink in the field boundary. Fantastic views towards the Naul ridge. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 27 October 2014

• DU003-006 Mound
  Description

  On a slight terrace in well drained pasture. Ground falls away to the N, E and S. Marked as a circular mound on the OS 1837 ed. (diam. c. 15m). Built over. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 27 October 2014

• DU003-007 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  Site of a 'Mill' in the townland of Garristown that was described in the 1654-56 Civil Survey of Dublin as standing on the lands of Elizabeth Talbott of Malahide, an English Papist, which in 1641 was 'valued (as afores[ai]d) at three poundes p[er] annum' (Simington 1945, 17). The location of this watermill appears to be the same as the watermill annotated 'Bawther Mill' on Roque's 1760 map County Dublin where it is shown 1.2km to the ENE of Garristown church. A watercourse runs through the village of Garristown heading NE onto Baldwinstown Road and this form part of the watercourse associated with this 17th century mill. The location of the present road crossing the watercourse and the bend in the tail race of the watermill are clearly visible on OSi 25-inch map and on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. In June 1994 the Vernacular Buildings Survey of County Dublin recorded that the 'site is overgrown and no structures are visible as a result, although millrace (dry) is visible. Millwheel said locally to have been visible to about 30 years ago' (SMR File). According to folklore collected from Garristown School 'Bawther Mill' was a flax mill and that the site of this mill was 'pointed out at a place called "Bother Lane" ' (https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428184/4384624;The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0787, Page 76). See attached section of Rocque's 1760 Map of County Dublin showing the watercourse and the location of Bawther Mill Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 7 March 2023

• DU003-009 Architectural fragment
  Description

  In S gable of a two-storey house in Garristown village, 65m E of Garristown Church (DU003-011001-) and Graveyard (DU003-011001-). Consists of an incomplete limestone hood moulding which bears an inscription (L 0.75m, Wth 0.15m) with possible sheela-na-gig figure as a decorative hood moulding terminal. It is possible that the hood-moulding may be in-situ as the 1654-56 Civil Survey recorded that there was 'one stone house thatcht commonly called the Colledge of Garestowne' (Simington 1945, 17). According to local tradition the stone came from 'Moortown Castle' (Vernacular Buildings Survey County Dublin:3/0310010). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 February 2023

• DU003-011 Settlement cluster
  Description

  The late 19th century church (1888) of Garristown stands within a walled graveyard (DU003-011003-) on an elevated position in the village of Garristown. It occupies the site of the medieval parish church (DU003-011001-) (Lewis 1837 1, 650; Walsh 1888, 245). The parish church stood adjacent to the historic settlement or Manor of Garristown which was described in 1654-56 Civil Survey of Dublin as follows; 'There is upon ye premisses one ruined Castle [DU003-010----] one stone house Thatcht comonly called the Colledge of Garestowne one garden plott twenty three tenements valued by ye Jury at one hundred poundes one Mill [DU003-007----] valued (as afores[ai]d) at three poundes p[er] annum a few Ashtrees & ye Parish Church' [DU003-011001-] (Simington 1945, 17). In 1318, King Edward II granted to 'Humphrey Wace, the king's clerk, for good service for long time, of the keeping of the manor of Balliagary [Garristown] in Ireland, late of Drew de Merlet [Merlawe], tenant in chief, to hold until the full age of the heir' (Calendar of Fine Rolls, 348). The settlement known as the Manor of Garristown which 'kept Court leet & Court Baron The Moyety of ye great tyth[e] belonged to the Lord Barnewall of Turvy the other Moyety thereof wth ye small tythes belonged to ye Vicar thereof wth a little stone house comonly called the Bartasse & another Tenement worth fourty shillings wth six acres of Arable land valued to be then worth one pound foure shillings' (ibid., 17). The 17th-century Down Survey map of Garristown parish shows a cluster of properties around the parish church site which may represent the remains of a clustered settlement at Garristown (NLI Ms. 714). A clustered settlement is depicted at Garristown on Rocque's 1760 Map of County Dublin. NLI, Ms. 714 National Library of Ireland, The parish maps of the Down Survey for the County of Dublin by W. Petty (1657). Copied by Daniel O'Brien. A set of 42 maps with accompanying terriers, copied in 1786-7. See attached section of Rocque's 1760 Map of County Dublin showing the 'Old Church' of Garristown Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 March 2023

• DU003-011001 Church
  Description

  This late 19th century church (1888) of Garristown (Baile Gháire/Ballyogary/Villa Ogari) stands within a walled graveyard (DU003-011003-) on an elevated position in the village of Garristown and was probably built on the site of or in close proximity to the the medieval parish church (Lewis 1837 1, 650; Walsh 1888, 245). Today the church stands in the parish of Garristown, in the barony of Balrothery West, in the Diocese of Dublin. D'Alton (1838, 495) recorded that 'The church here vas dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. It is a small, plain edifice, presenting at the left side of the communion table a mural monument, of black and white marble, to the memory of Robert Alexander, who died in 1827, aged eighty years. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners have recently granted £61 13s. 7d. for the repairs of this structure. Garristown gives its name to the deanery and parish in which it is situated. The latter, the rectory being impropriate, ranks as a single vicarage, and extends over 5,315a 1r 19p.'. According to Ronan (1941, 23) around the year 1200, the church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary was granted by Archbishop Comyn to the priory of Lanthony, Gloucestershire who surrendered it shortly after 1212, it was then appropriated to the Hospitallers of Kilmainham [DU018-020286-] who appointed the vicar. A year before this in 1211, the following churches in Ireland which were ‘formerly communally and jointly held in Ireland’ by the priory of Lanthony, Gloucestershire, were granted solely to Llanthony Prima, Augustinian Priory in Monmouthshire, Wales, ‘Llanthony in Wales should have the ‘church of Naul and chapel of the vill of Ralph de Nugent [Kilsharvan ME027-009----], and in Fingal the church of Garristown, and the church of Palmerstown, and all churches which they likewise had in Delvin’ (Hogan 2006, 103). The medieval church of Garristown or Villa Ogari stood in the Gaelic territory of the O’Cathasaigh or O’Casey’s which was co-extensive with the barony of Balrothery West. The extent of Ocathesi's country is ascertained from a composition between John Archbishop of Dublin, and Galfridus Prior of Lanthony (Registrum Alani , fol. 110 a), concerning the ecclesiastical rights of terra O'Kadesi [O’Casey’s territory], in which a partition is made, and the Archbishop grants to the Prior the churches of Villa Ogari [Garristown DU003-011001-] cum capella de Palmerstown [DU007-013001-]; de Sancto Nemore [Holywood DU004-023001-] in Fingall; capella terre Regredi alias Riredi, scilicet Grathelach [the Grallagh DU007-001001-]; Ecclesia Ville Stephani de Cruys or Nalle [the Naul]’ (O’Donovan 1862, V). The 1302-07 Ecclesiastical Taxation of Ireland recorded that in the Deanery of Swords the church 'De Balyogary' [Garristown] was valued at £20 per annum with the tithe valued at 40s. (Cal Doc Irel. Vol. 5, 239). In 1315 King Edward II agreed that 'Master William de Wodeford be presented to the church of Baliogari' (Cal. Chancery Warrants, 415). According to D'Alton (1838, 497-8) 'in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries the manor was the property of the D'Arcy family, from whom it passed to the Talbots. In 1410 Thomas Corre, Vicar of Garristown, had leave to absent himself for five years from his benefice, for the purpose of studying at Oxford. In 1536 the king presented Edward Doyne to this vicarage, which in 1539 was taxed to the First Fruits at £ 7 11s. 2d. Irish. In 1540 the Prior of Kilmainham granted to Patrick Barnewall of Fieldstown, the church and parsonage of Garristown, with the tithes of corn and hay thereunto belonging , for eighty-eight years, at the annual rent of £6 13s. 4d. Irish'. In this year after the Dissolution of the Monasteries in Ireland by Henry VIII, an extent into the monastic estate of the Hospitallers of Kilmainham (DU018-020286-) listed the 'R[ectory]. of Garyeston' along 'with the glebe, held by Bartholomew Blanchfeld of Dublin Merchant' (White 1943, 88). In 1542 the king presented Richard Duffe to the parish church of Garristown, vacant by the death of Simon Geoffry (D'Alton 1838, 498). In 1615 the Royal Visitation of the Dublin Diocese recorded that in the Deanery of Garristown, there was the; 'Vicaria Garestowne et Palmerstowne annexa' which was served by the curate Terentius Iwers, the vicarage was worth 20 marks, and had a reading minister with no books (Ronan 1941, 23). D'Alton (1838, 498) recorded that;'in 1616 Sir Patrick Barnewall passed patent for the rectory and rectorial tithes of corn of the parish church, together with the glebe lands thereto belonging, parcel of the possessions of the Priory of St. John of Jerusalem'. In 1630, the Visitation of Dublin Diocese by the Protestant Archbishop, Dr. Bulkeley recorded that the tithes in the Deanery of Garristown were worth £224 and the stipend to the vicar and curate was £26 (Ronan 1941, 57). In this visitation, Dr Bulkeley stated that; 'the church of Garestown is ruinous. There is in the towne of Garestowne a great voyde howse, of nine couples [rafters] longe covered with strawe whereunto the parishioners doe resort to heare Mass. John Mooney clarke is vicar' (Ronan 1941, 68; Walsh 1888, 215). The terrier of the 1654-56 Down Survey map of Garristown parish recorded there 'stands in Garrestowne an old Church' (NLI, MS. 714). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Dublin recorded that in Garristown; 'The Moyety of ye great tyth belonged to the Lord Barnewall of Turvy the other Moyety thereof wth ye small tythes belonged to ye Vicar thereof wth a little stone house comonly called the Bartasse & another Tenement worth fourty shillings wth six acres of Arable land valued to be then worth one pound foure shillings' (Simington 1945, 17). D'Alton (1838, 499) wrote that in '1697 the Rev. Robert Taylor was returned as the parish Priest of Garristown and Ballymadun [DU006-002001-]'. A small punch-dressed stone of 16th-century date now built into the tomb surround in the SE corner of the graveyard was probably taken from the medieval church and reused in the building of the graveyard wall and the family vault in the 19th-century. At least five rainwater drainage stones/chutes are visible as reused grave-markers in the graveyard and these may have come from the medieval parish church of Garristown. To see a 3D model of the rainwater chute from Garristown graveyard visit; https://skfb.ly/oDUWN Hogan, A. 2006 The lands of Llanthony Prima and Secunda in Ireland 1172-1541. Thesis, Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 7 March 2023

• DU003-011002 Architectural fragment
  Description

  A stone with deep roughly rectangular shaped slots forms the top step of the stile in the NE corner of the wall of Garristown graveyard (DU003-011003-). This is a flat square slab (T 0.3m x Wth 0.4m x L 0.4m) with deep slots on the upper surface. Railings have been inserted at the stile but have not damaged the stone. Unknown function or use for stone but may have belonged to the fabric of the medieval church of Garristown (DU003-011001-). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 February 2023

• DU003-011003 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on an elevated position in the village of Garristown. Large, roughly rectangular-shaped (dims. c. 73m N-S x 65m E-W) graveyard enclosed by a post 1700 wall with entrance gate in centre of N wall and a second gate in SE corner. A stone stile is present at NE and SE corners. Modern graveyard extension to W. A late 19th century church (1888) stands in the SW quadrant, possibly on the site of the medieval parish church of Garristown (DU011-011001-) (Lewis 1837 1, 650; Walsh 1888, 245). The oldest graveslabs appear in the S of the graveyard. Those with inscriptions date from the 17th to the 21st century. A fragment of a possible 15th-century effigial tomb (DU003-011004-) was uncovered in 1990 and is now housed in Garristown library. At least four rainwater chutes (DU003-011005-) possibly from the medieval church are now visible in the graveyard where they appear to have been reused as grave-markers. The graveyard is still in use and has been extended to the west. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 February 2023

• DU003-011004 Tomb - effigial
  Description

  Three fragments of a possible 15th century effigial slab (Slab A, C and D) that was discovered in the graveyard (DU003-011003-) of Garristown church (DU003-011001-) in 1990 by Mary McMahon while carrying out a survey on behalf of the Dublin Archaeological Society of medieval churches in North Dublin (McMahon 1991, 26). Mary and Henry Wheeler discovered fragments of effigy tombs that had been reused as grave-markers. This fragment was described by Mary McMahon as; 'Slab A measures 1.18m long by 1m wide and consists of the lower half (below the waist) of a female figure. Her heavy woollen skirt falls in regular parallel folds to her feet. The front is raised to reveal a smock underneath. Her feet rest on a tasseled cushion. The skirt measures 0.39m wide at the top and 0.7m at the bottom. There is a raised band, c. 100 mm wide, along the right margin of the slab, but there is no sign of an inscription on it. The lower left corner of the slab is broken away' (ibid.). It portrays a heavy woolen skirt which is raised to reveal a smock underneath. Her feet rest on a tasseled cushion. Two smaller fragments were also discovered and a side slab of the tomb chest. This slab has been dated to the 15th century and represents a Pale school of figure sculpture (McMahon 1991, 26). The second fragment was described by Mary McMahon as Slab D which she described as; 'This is the top left corner of an effigy slab, probably slab A. It measures approximately 0.6m long by 0.3m wide. There is a raised band, approximately 100mm wide, around the edge of the slab. There is an angel, similar to the angel above the shield in slab B, beside a tasseled cushion. Slab C - corner fragment from effigy slab This small fragment has a raised band along the edge, similar to the effigy slab (slab A) and most likely formed part of that slab'. The three fragments are now mounted on the wall inside Garristown Library. There is a great similarity in the design of the skirt and underskirt on the Garristown effigy slab (slab A) to the effigy tomb of Maud Plunket at Malahide [DU012-031005-] of c. 1440, Margaret Jenico and Roland FitzEustace in St Audoen's [DU018-318----], 1482, and Anne Plunket and Christopher St Lawrence, in Howth [DU015-029003-] of c. 1462. Tasseled head-cushions are also present at St Audoen's, Howth and Malahide, although at the latter the lady's head rests on two cushions. The designs on the side panels of the Malahide tomb chest are also very similar to the Garristown side panel (slab B). These comparisons help to place the Garristown slabs in the 15th-century Pale School of figure sculpture'. Cross reference with DU003-014---- To see a 3D model of Slab D visit https://skfb.ly/oDU6P To see a 3D model of the Effigial Slab visit https://skfb.ly/oDUqD McMahon, M. 1991 Garristown Church, Garristown. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1990: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, No. 35, 26. Bray. Wordwell. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 February 2023

• DU003-011005 Architectural fragment
  Description

  SE of Garristown church (DU003-011001-) is a large rainwater church which probably came from the original medieval church, one of five rainwater chutes reused as grave-markers in the graveyard. To see a 3D model of the rainwater chute from Garristown graveyard visit; https://skfb.ly/oDUWN Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 7 March 2023

• DU003-011006 Tomb - chest tomb
  Description

  The precise location of a fragment or side panel of a possible chest tomb in Garristown graveyard (DU003-011003-) has not been located. Side panel of a possible chest-tomb that was discovered in the graveyard of Garristown church (DU003-011001-) in 1990 by Mary McMahon while carrying out a survey on behalf of the Dublin Archaeological Society of medieval churches in North Dublin. Mary and Henry Wheeler discovered fragments of effigy tombs, reused as grave-markers. This fragment was described by Mary McMahon as Slab B which she recorded as follows; 'Slab B- side slab of a tomb chest - Slab B, which is broken at one end, measures 1.6m long by 0.64m wide. There is a circular reserve carved in the slab, within which a shield is upheld by two kneeling figures and an angel at the top. The shield is blank. The slab in its complete form would have been approximately 2m long' . McMahon, M. 1991 Garristown Church, Garristown. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1990: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, No. 35, 26. Bray. Wordwell. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 February 2023

• DU003-011007 Headstone
  Description

  The precise location of a 17th century headstone Garristown graveyard (DU003-011003-) has not been located. Headstone was recorded by the Fingal Historic Graveyards Project, which stated that 'The earliest visible stone dates to the early 17th century and was excavated during the digging of new plots in the graveyard. It is inscribed as follows "Here lieth the body of Catrine Russel who died the 12th of May 1637 aged 65 years' (Fingal Historic Graveyards Project, Vol. 2, Garristown Graveyard). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 February 2023

• DU003-014 Tomb - effigial (present location)
  Description

  Three fragments of an effigial slab (Slab A, C and D) of possible 15th-century date that was discovered in the graveyard (DU003-011003-) of Garristown church (DU003-011001-) in 1990 by Mary McMahon while carrying out a survey on behalf of the Dublin Archaeological Society of medieval churches in North Dublin (McMahon 1991, 26). Mary and Henry Wheeler discovered fragments of effigy tombs that had been reused as grave-markers. This fragment was described by Mary McMahon as; 'Slab A measures 1.18m long by 1m wide and consists of the lower half (below the waist) of a female figure. Her heavy woollen skirt falls in regular parallel folds to her feet. The front is raised to reveal a smock underneath. Her feet rest on a tasseled cushion. The skirt measures 0.39m wide at the top and 0.7m at the bottom. There is a raised band, c. 100 mm wide, along the right margin of the slab, but there is no sign of an inscription on it. The lower left corner of the slab is broken away' (ibid.). It portrays a heavy woolen skirt which is raised to reveal a smock underneath. Her feet rest on a tasseled cushion. Two smaller fragments were also discovered and a side slab of the tomb chest. This slab has been dated to the 15th century and represents a Pale school of figure sculpture (McMahon 1991, 26). The second fragment was described by Mary McMahon as Slab D which she described as; 'This is the top left corner of an effigy slab, probably slab A. It measures approximately 0.6m long by 0.3m wide. There is a raised band, approximately 100mm wide, around the edge of the slab. There is an angel, similar to the angel above the shield in slab B, beside a tasseled cushion. Slab C - corner fragment from effigy slab This small fragment has a raised band along the edge, similar to the effigy slab (slab A) and most likely formed part of that slab'. The three fragments are now mounted on the wall inside Garristown Library. There is a great similarity in the design of the skirt and underskirt on the Garristown effigy slab (slab A) to the effigy tomb of Maud Plunket at Malahide [DU012-031005-] of c. 1440, Margaret Jenico and Roland FitzEustace in St Audoen's [DU018-318----], 1482, and Anne Plunket and Christopher St Lawrence, in Howth [DU015-029003-] of c. 1462. Tasseled head-cushions are also present at St Audoen's, Howth and Malahide, although at the latter the lady's head rests on two cushions. The designs on the side panels of the Malahide tomb chest are also very similar to the Garristown side panel (slab B). These comparisons help to place the Garristown slabs in the 15th-century Pale School of figure sculpture'. Cross-reference with DU003-011004- To see a 3D model of Slab D visit https://skfb.ly/oDU6P To see a 3D model of the Effigial Slab visit https://skfb.ly/oDUqD McMahon, M. 1991 Garristown Church, Garristown. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1990: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, No. 35, 26. Bray. Wordwell. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 February 2023

Architectural heritage

• Farm house, 1750–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey thatched farmhouse, c.1800, with projecting entrance porch. Single-bay extension with corrugated-iron roof to left-hand side, c.1900. Farm buildings to rear, c.1970.ROOF: Thatched; hipped; nap rendered chimney stack; double pitched corrugated iron extension roof; pitched slate porch roof; double pitched slate with terracotta ridge tiles to rear outbuilding. WALLS: Nap rendered. OPENINGS: Small square headed window; rendered reveals granite cills; uPVC casements; tongue and groove timber door; square headed door opening to flat roofed outbuilding to left with timber lintel nap rendered reveals, timber sheeted double doors.

• Water pump, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water pump, c.1900, of square profile with a curved handle.

• Mill (wind), 1730–1740 · Regional interest
  Description

  Rubble stone windmill on a circular, built 1736, rebuilt 1827, now in ruins. Exterior plaque: "This Mill was built by Edward and Mary Walsh of Boranstown anno 1736".

• Water pump, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water pump, c.1900, of round profile with a curved handle.

• Garristown Carnegie Free Library, library/archive, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gable-fronted limestone Carnegie Free library, opened 1912.ROOF: Double pitchd slate roof with decorative terracotta ridge tiles, yellow brick chimney stack to rear gable. WALLS: Rock faced snecked limestone with nap rendered quoins, plinth and coping on gable with finials; nap rendered plinth course with ventilation grille and nap rendered wall to side and rear elevations; limestone tablet with inscription above main entrance. OPENINGS: Pointed tri-partite front elevation opening with moulded and block and start surround, roundel with rendered surrounds; pointed window openings with nap rendered block and start surrounds; limestone cills; timber sash windows; timber double door.

• Catholic Church of the Assumption, church/chapel, 1875–1925 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay gable-fronted Catholic church, c.1900, with seven-bay side elevation. Gable-fronted projecting entrance porch to north, three-bay single-storey sacristy to south, polygonal apse to east.ROOF: Double pitched slate; limestone coping capped with crosses at apex; cast-iron cresting; terracotta ridge tiles; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Snecked and rockfaced limestone; tooled limestone quoins; buttresses limestone brackets to side elevations support gutter. OPENINGS: Gothic arched openings with quoined limestone surrounds and hood mouldings; original tongue and groove doors with ornate hinges; rose window to front gable flanked by Romanesque columns Y-tracery to side elevation windows; quatrefoil openings in limestone; surround to side elevations of porch. INTERIOR: Exposed timber truss ceiling; stained glass windows, c.1900; timber floor boards and terracotta tiles to centre aisle; timber gallery above entrance vestibule accessed by a cast-iron spiral staircase; ornate marble altar and reredos.

• Garda station/constabulary barracks, 1700–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced five-bay two-storey roughly dressed rubble stone constabulary barrack, c.1750, now vacant.ROOF: Double pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and red brick chimney stacks at gable ends; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Coursed rubble stone walls. OPENINGS: Square headed window openings with cut stone voussoirs and quoins; granite cills; windows blocked up and remains of timber sash windows; round headed door opening with cut granite voussoirs and quoins; remains of original fanlight; tongue and groove timber panelled door

• Garristown Church, church/chapel, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding three-bay double-height single-cell Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, c.1800, on a rectangular plan; single-bay three-stage tower (west) on a square plan. Now in ruins. ROOF: Formerly double pitched. WALLS: Coursed rubble walls castellated parapet and obelisks to tower. OPENINGS: Pointed arched openings with limestone voussoirs; pointed arched door opening with hood moulding and limestone quoined surround, door no longer remains; blocked up pointed and rounded openings to tower.

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 moderately high, 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 Garristown.

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 Garristown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Garristown · Baile Gháire

Area

5,135,414 m² (513.54 ha, 1,268.99 acres)

Civil parish

Garristown, and its townlands

Barony

Balrothery West

Electoral division

Garristown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Garristown electoral division: 1,801 people in 529 households; 80% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Adamstown, Baldwinstown, Commons Lower, Commons Upper, Glebe West, Newtown, Pluckhimin, Tobergregan

Placenames

Garristown 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.