Glencullen

182 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glencullen, from 17 m² to 199,621 m² (19.96 ha, 49.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Objective G (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 205 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 2 Sept 2026Referral

  Permission is sought for a new shed for dog kennels with outdoor run areas and a

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0655/WEB

• 18 Jun 2026Grant permission & grant retention

  Permission for a roof light and Retention Permission for the change of use of f

  Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0353/WEB

• 20 Apr 2026Grant permission

  The Excavation of a Parking Area at the side of the house.

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0234/WEB

• 16 Apr 2026Declare application invalid

  The Excavation of a Parking Area at the side of the house.

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0224/WEB

• 4 Aug 2025Declare application withdrawn

  To close existing farm entrance at the public road and replace with a new farm

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0609/WEB

• 1 Aug 2025Grant permission

  The development will consist of: 1) The conversion of 2 no. attic rooms into 2 n

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0611

• 18 Jun 2025Declare invalid (site notice)

  To close existing farm entrance at the public road and replace with a new farm

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0484/WEB

• 21 Oct 2024Refuse permission

  Permission for development. The development will consist of: 1- The conversion

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24B/0448

• 16 Aug 2024Grant permission & grant retention

  retention permission for alterations to previously approved planning application

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24B/0369/WEB

• 8 Apr 2024Grant permission

  Permission for the construction of a repalacement waste water treatment

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/0229

• 13 Mar 2024Declare application invalid

  Construction of a replacement wastewater treatment system including all

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/0163

• 15 Dec 2023Grant permission

  Alterations to an existing single-storey dwelling to include the replacement of

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0793

• 13 Dec 2023Grant permission

  Permission to construct a shed for the housing of farmed deer and all

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0791

• 24 Nov 2023Grant permission

  For the retention of building (c. 94 m2) as constructed on site, abutting existi

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0748

• 13 Oct 2023Grant permission & grant retention

  Alterations to the main entrance gateway, Retention permission for a turning

  Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0651

• 22 Aug 2023Refuse permission

  Erect a 3-bedroom single storey farmhouse dwelling. This application also

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0553

• 2 Aug 2023Grant permission

  Construction of a two storey extension to the fore side, & rear of existing hous

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23B/0363

• 3 Mar 2023Withdraw the application

  Retention permission for a 3 bedroom 2 storey semi-detached house

  Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0146

• 3 Feb 2023Grant permission

  Modifications to existing vehicular entrance, front porch of existing cottage

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0295

• 5 Dec 2022Refuse permission for retention

  Retention permission for the demolition of a pre-existing structure and the cons

  Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D22A/0959

• 19 Jul 2022Refuse permission

  Planning permission for the retention of a single storey (1 bedroom) dwelling

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D22A/0523

• 21 Jun 2022Refuse permission

  Planning permission is sought for the construction of a one and a half storey

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D22A/0437

• 4 May 2022Refuse permission

  Permission for a detached single storey 3 bedroom farm house (circa 117 Sq/M)

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D22A/0304

• 18 Feb 2022Refuse permission

  Permission for the retention of a single storey

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D22A/0122

• 4 May 2021N/a

  new single storey dwelling , effluent disposal system to current EPA standards, bored well together with all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21507

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

• Special Area of Conservation: Knocksink Wood SAC 000725
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Knocksink Wood 000725

Recorded monuments

• DU025-047007 Well
  Description

  Situated on a S-facing, on a townland boundary above Glencullen village. The source of this record would appear to be the two named ‘Wells’ marked on the OS printed 1:5000 map (no. 3516, 09/03/1998) on either side of the townland boundary separating Glencullen from Newtown. The wells are not marked on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map but were indicated, unnamed, on the latest edition. Compiled by: Paul Walsh and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 23 June 2015

• DU025-047009 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Roadway recorded by James Kyle in 2003 while carrying out an archaeological survey of the lands at Newtown and Glencullen, the pathwaty or laneway was described by James Kyle as follows; 'At the convergence of two of the small, old stone field boundaries in the northwestern quadrant of Area 2 were the remains of two low, parallel stone-built boundary lines, 2.1m apart which defined a central pathway/laneway. The feature could be discerned running westwards across the hill into and across the northern part of Area 5 and where intact it survives as little more than two parallel low, linear mounds of earth and granite stones/boulders which define a central path. Many of the older stone-built boundaries of the early field system would appear to be hung off the axis of the laneway, abutting either side of this feature. something which potentially serves to date the laneway, which must either pre-date or be contemporary with the field system (DU025-047005-) which the Ráthín is a major part of. Therefore, the laneway is suggested to be possibly early medieval in its construction date and it may be part of the evidence for a far earlier field system on the hillside. Additionally, the fact that the townland boundary between Glencullen and Ballybetagh would appear to have been built over this feature potentially underlines that the laneway was in existence prior to the townland boundary being imposed on the landscape, something which would imply the antiquity of the former' (Kyle 2023, 36-7).     Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by James Kyle

• DU025-047013 Building
  Description

  Building standing on the W side of the townland boundary with Newtown recorded by James Kyle  in 2003 while carrying out an archaeological survey of the lands at Newtown and Glencullen.  Vernacular structure described by James Kyle as follows; 'A ruined rectangular structure was located 70m northeast of the modern graveyard, 60m north of old St. Patrick’s Church, adjacent to the Glencullen/Newtown townland boundary, in the former townland, just on the western edge of the ZAP. The recent histories of the Glencullen Parish 4 are somewhat conflicted regarding this structure; there was a leaflet produced in 2009 for the centenary of the modern church, which lists the location of the 18th-century Mass House in Newtown townland, something which is reinforced by the parish website, however the centenary leaflet erroneously used a picture of the southern elevation of this small rectangular structure, which is located in Glencullen townland, as a picture of the Mass House. Indeed, that error was put to rights by Phillip Maguire, the current landowner; the Mass House is located close to his farmyard in Newtown townland, on the northern side of Newtown Hill. Mr. Maguire states that the tradition around the vernacular structure in Area 1 suggests that it may be monastic in its origin.  The remains of the building represent a structure built using large, squared granite blocks which are employed as alternating quoins at the four corners, with rough coursed walls of faced granite stones and blocks forming the elevations; the northern and eastern elevations are much collapsed and remain extant only to 0.8m in max height, whilst the southern and eastern  elevations survive to 2.1m in maximum height. Internally the structure measures 3.4m (north-south) by 3.7m (east-west), with a doorway and the remains of a window at first floor level in the south facing elevation.  Internally the structure is heavily obscured by collapse, thanks in no small part to the mature elder which is growing out of the northern wall and the Hawthorn adjacent to the eastern wall, however the internal wall surfaces continue to bear signs of a surviving plaster/render to first floor level, with the various structural details such as the dual level and internal render raising this structure above that of a simple byre. The site is not recorded as an RMP nor is it currently noted in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, it is however depicted on the 1837 1st-edition Ordnance Survey mapping and the subsequent 25-inch O.S. mapping of 1910' (Kyle 2023, 23-4).     Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by James Kyle

• DU025-049 Earthwork
  Description

  Situate in pasture at the base of Two Rock Mountain, W of Glencullen village. An elongated earthwork (Wth 15m, L 30m) is marked on the 1st edition OS 6 inch map (1843). It is indicated on the later (1937) edition. The field has been reclaimed and there is no visible trace of the earthwork. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Uploaded on: 28 July 2018

• DU025-050 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated at the edges of a golf course, on a gentle NW facing slope, just S of the crossroads at Glencullen with extensive views to the N, good views E and W but restricted upslope to the S. This is a rectangular block of quartz, narrowing a little towards its base (H 1.85m; L 1m; Wth 0.7m) orientated NE-SW. It is unusually blocky in its shape as most monuments of this class are much thinner than they are long and regularly have a pointed or angled top rather than the flat top of this regular block. There are no packing stones but the standing stone is well grounded. Known locally as 'Queen Mab' but described in the School’s Manuscript Collection as marking the grave of a chief who lived in the district (Healy 1975, 1-19; Turner, 1983, 14). This monument is a National Monument in State ownership (Nat. Mon. 276). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Margaret Keane Revised and updated on: 5 March 2018

• DU025-053 Well
  Description

  Situated in pasture to the NE of the Glencullen River. Access from laneway off the road W of Glencullen crossroads. It is a natural spring well. The OS Letters note its cure for stomach and bowel infections (Herity 2001, 14). According to Daly (1957, 22) it was also reputed to have specific qualities against the loss of butter by witchcraft, hence the name 'Butter Well'. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 28 July 2018

• DU025-077 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Situated within the designed landscape of Glencullen House. A double-gable ended house said to date back to the late 17th century (Bence-Jones 1988, 137). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 28 July 2018

• DU026-056 Enclosure
  Description

  An aerial photograph (FSI 3.660/659) taken in 1971 shows an oval enclosure (ext. dims c. 56m NNW-SSE) with an internal fosse and outer bank. The enclosure site was situated in pasture on a S facing slope above the Glencullen river. The enclosure is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised upload on: 21 April 2018.

Architectural heritage

• Water pump, 1911–1937 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron "cow tail" waterpump, extant 1937. Now disused. Road fronted on grass verge with overgrown boundary wall to perimeter.

• Saint Patrick's National School, school, 1940–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey national school, dated 1945; opened 1947, on a U-shaped plan with pair of single-bay single-storey lower "pavilion" porches (north). Renovated, 2005. Hipped slate roof abutting hipped slate roofs (north) with clay ridge tiles, sprocketed eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed coursed rock faced rubble granite walls on granite ashlar chamfered plinth with cut-granite flush quoins to corners supporting cut-granite band to eaves. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement centred on cut-granite date stone ("1945") with cut-granite sills, and cut-granite block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows having four-over-four sidelights. Square-headed door openings (porches) with cut-granite thresholds, and cut-granite block-and-start surrounds framing rubble granite infill. Set back from line of road in relandscaped grounds with granite ashlar piers to perimeter having cut-granite capping.

• Water pump, 1844–1909 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron "cow tail" waterpump, extant 1909. Now disused. Road fronted with coursed rubble granite boundary wall to perimeter having rendered rounded coping.

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1905–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1908-9; dedicated 1909, on a rectangular plan comprising six-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (north). Renovated with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roofs with perforated crested clay ridge tiles, cut-granite coping to gables on cut-granite ogee corbel kneelers with wrought iron Cross finials to apexes, cut-granite coping to gable to entrance (south) front on cut-granite ogee corbel kneelers with granite ashlar buttressed gabled bellcote to apex framing embossed cast-bronze bell, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Tuck pointed coursed or snecked rock faced granite battered walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on coursed or snecked rock faced granite plinth with drag edged rock faced cut-granite buttresses to corners having cut-granite "slated" coping. Round-headed window openings with cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having square leaded glazing bars. Round-headed "Trinity Window" to chancel (north) with cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Round-headed door opening to entrance (south) front with two cut-granite steps, cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on monolithic label stops framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Quatrefoil "Rose Window" (gable) in round-headed recess, cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on monolithic label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Interior including vestibule (south) with herring bone-pattern terracotta tiled floor; full-height interior open into roof with stained glass "Rose Window" (south), herring bone-pattern terracotta tiled central aisle between timber pews, paired Gothic-style timber stations between frosted glass windows, trefoil-perforated exposed round arch braced collared timber roof construction on cut-granite "Cavetto" corbels with wind braced timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled ceiling in carved timber frame on carved timber cornice, and round-headed chancel arch framing terracotta tiled stepped dais to sanctuary (north) reordered with replacement cut-granite altar below stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (1925). Set in landscaped grounds on a slightly elevated site including terrace centred on flight of five cut-granite steps.

• Glencullen Carnegie Free Library, library/archive, 1905–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three- or five-bay single-storey library, designed 1907; dated 1907; opened 1907, on a T-shaped plan centred on three-bay single-storey lower breakfront; five-bay single-storey rear (north) elevation. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan extending into hipped slate roof (breakfront), terracotta ridge tiles, paired rendered "wallhead" central chimney stacks on axis with ridge having cut-granite capping supporting terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters on paired cut-granite dentil consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth with repointed margined rock faced cut-granite piers to corners. Square-headed central door opening with cut-granite block-and-start surround framing glazed timber panelled double doors. Square-headed flanking window openings in tripartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, cut-granite monolithic mullions, and replacement lintels framing four-over-four timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement to side elevations with cut-granite sills, and replacement lintels framing six-over-six timber sash windows having four-over-four sidelights. Square-headed window openings to rear (north) elevation with cut-granite sills, and replacement lintels framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set back from road in landscaped grounds with piers to perimeter having lichen-covered cut-granite chamfered capping supporting wrought iron double gates.

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Chapel, church/chapel, 1820–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay double-height Catholic chapel, dated 1824, on a rectangular plan comprising four-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (south). Closed, 1909. Now in ruins. Roof now missing, lichen-covered cut-granite coping to gables including lichen-covered cut-granite coping to gable to chancel (south) with cut-granite Cross finial to apex, and no rainwater goods surviving on lichen-covered cut-granite eaves retaining cast-iron "Tulip" hoppers and downpipes. Part ivy-covered fine roughcast coursed rubble stone walls with concealed cut-granite flush quoins to corners; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (south) with cut-limestone date stone ("1824") in cut-granite surround. Lancet window openings with cut-granite sills, and cut-granite surrounds framing fixed-pane fittings having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Tudor-headed window opening to chancel (south) with cut-granite sill, and cut-granite block-and-start surround with no fittings surviving. Square-headed opposing door openings (north) with overgrown thresholds, and cut-granite surrounds with paired engaged colonettes on plinths supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornices. Interior in ruins. Set in own grounds on a slightly elevated site with cut-granite piers to perimeter having lichen-covered cut-granite capping supporting cast-iron double gates.

• Glencullen House, country house, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey double-pile over part raised basement country house, rebuilt 1817-8, on a cruciform plan centred on (single-storey) prostyle tetrastyle pedimented Doric portico; single-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey double-pile central return (north). Vacant, 1911. Sold, 1953. Vacated, 1985. Derelict, 2005. For sale, 2007. Sold, 2008. Restored, 2010. Hipped double-pile (M-profile) slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof; pitched double-pile (M-profile) slate roof (north), clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks on rendered chamfered cushion courses on rendered bases having corbelled stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on overhanging eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on rendered, ruled and lined base on rendered chamfered plinth with rusticated cut-granite quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening in tripartite arrangement behind (single-storey) prostyle tetrastyle pedimented Doric portico approached by flight of eight cut-granite steps with cut-granite columns having responsive pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed pediment on blind frieze, and concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-three (basement) or six-over-six (ground floor) timber sash windows without horns. Square-headed window openings (north) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows without horns. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and egg-and-dart-detailed decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling; square-headed door opening into inner or staircase hall with carved timber surround framing timber panelled double doors; top-lit inner or staircase hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in volute, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors, and plasterwork cornice to vaulted ceiling centred on lantern; reception room (south-west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters, Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed ceiling rose; reception room (north-west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters, Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed ceiling rose; reception room (south-east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters, Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; reception room (north-east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters, Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in landscaped grounds with cut-granite panelled piers to perimeter.

• Post box, 1881–1901 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1881-1901; extant 1909, with "VR [Victoria Regina]" royal cipher. Set in boundary wall.

• Water pump, 1898–1909 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron "cow tail" waterpump, extant 1909. Now disused. Road fronted on mass-concrete stepped base.

• Glencullen Bridge, bridge, 1700–1837 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-arch road bridge over river, extant 1837. Part creeper- or ivy-covered walls centred on triangular cutwaters to piers to upriver (west) elevation with lichen-spotted rough hewn granite coping to parapets. Series of three round arches with lichen-spotted voussoirs. Sited spanning Glencullen River with grass banks to river.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3262 (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.

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

Name

Glencullen · Gleann Cuilinn

Area

2,130,275 m² (213.03 ha, 526.4 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltiernan, and its townlands

Barony

Rathdown

Electoral division

Glencullen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Glencullen electoral division: 23,596 people in 7,893 households; 66% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybetagh, Ballybrack, Ballybrew (Co. Wicklow), Ballyedmonduff, Brockey, Glencullen Mountain, Killegar (Co. Wicklow), Newtown

Placenames

Glencullen 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.