Gracedieu

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gracedieu, from 57 m² to 268,539 m² (26.85 ha, 66.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 45 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 3 Sept 2026Referral

  Construction of new detached bungalow, wastewater treatment plant and

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0801E

• 29 May 2026Refuse permission

  Planning Permission is sought for: Construction of new detached bunga

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0452E

• 27 May 2026Invalid application

  Construction of new detached bungalow, wastewater treatment plant and

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0444E

• 22 May 2026Invalid application

  Construction of new detached bungalow, wastewater treatment plant and

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0429E

• 14 Apr 2026Refuse permission

  The development consists of the construction of new dormer extensions

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0292E

• 9 Apr 2026Invalid application

  The development consists of the construction of new dormer extensions

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0280E

• 8 Mar 2023Grant permission

  Dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and a

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0550

• 29 Nov 2022Grant permission

  The development of grid connection infrastructure to connect the appro

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0365

• 22 Apr 2021Grant permission for retention

  Retention of a single storey conservatory to the rear of the existing

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F21B/0015

• 23 Jul 2020Grant permission

  A part two-storey, part bungalow style dwelling, new waste water treat

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0575

• 6 Mar 2019Grant permission

  An extension to the side of an existing dormer style dwelling and all

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F19B/0052

• 15 Nov 2018Grant permission

  New gateposts and recessed gate arrangement. Revised front garden leve

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0647

• 13 Nov 2018Refuse permission

  To relocate the existing farmstead and farm buildings from Ministers R

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0641

• 19 Jul 2018Refuse permission

  Permission to relocate existing farmstead and dwelling from Minister's

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0422

• 10 Feb 2017Grant extension of duration of perm.

  1) Construct a new 0.56HA glasshouse along with associated rainwater r

  Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F10A/0503/E1

• 29 Jun 2012Grant permission

  Construct a new agricultural site entrance onto the R129.

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0203

• 4 Apr 2012Refuse ext. of duration of permission

  To construct a revised house type to a two storey and revised site bou

  Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F06A/1178/E1

• 15 Nov 2011Grant permission

  The development will consist of the renovation and extension of an exi

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0219

• 17 Jun 2011Grant permission

  1) Construct a new 0.56HA glasshouse along with associated rainwater r

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F10A/0503

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 Gracedieu.

Recorded monuments

• DU007-015001 Religious house - Augustinian, of Arrouaise nuns
  Description

  Located in low-lying field of tillage. This site is associated with the Priory of St. Mary which was endowed for nuns by John Comyn, archbishop of Dublin, c. 1190 (Gwynn & Hadcock 1988, 311, 371). The convent of Arroasian nuns moved from Lusk to Gracedieu after 1195 AD. All that survives of the nunnery is the SE corner containing a segmental arched doorway and vaulted passage. It is built of roughly coursed masonry. There is a recess in S wall of entrance. The south wall extends intermittently (L c. 18-20m). Significant vegetation growth. St Bridget's well lies W of site (DU007-015003-) and Lady well in field to S (DU007-015004-). Excavations to the W of the nunnery exposed remains of three structures; a medieval building which had been demolished in the 17th century defined by two substantial, earth-bonded walls (int dims. L 17m, Wth 13m; Wth 1m) rising to two courses and built directly on a cobbled surface. Also exposed were the foundations of side walls of a possible post-medieval house/farm (L 7.3m, Wth 4m, T 0.7m) a cobbled surface, likely to represent a laneway (Wth 6m) bounded by a lintel drain and a ditch which fed a millrace to the S of the site (Gowen 1989, 16-17). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 29 November 2014

• DU007-015002 Graveslab
  Description

  There are two inscribed 16th-century graveslabs to the N (c.20m) and W (c.6m) of the remains of the nunnery (DU 007-015001-) contains a worn inscription around the margin (dims. L 1.6m, Wth 0.85m, T 0.45m). The western graveslab bears an incised cross with a stepped base and floriated arms. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 29 November 2014

• DU007-015003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Site of St Bridget's Well, located in a partially reclaimed paddock 50m N of a corn mill (DU007-015006-) and 150m E of Gracedieu Augustinian Nunnery (DU007-015001-). Lady Well (DU007-015004-) located 220m to SSW. A stream rises E of the well site. No surface remains visible. Site of St Bridget's Well described in 1958 as; 'No tradition about this well survives in the locality' (Ó Danachair 958, 73). Site of dried up well described in 1975 as 'nothing to be seen at all. In small wettish field beside a derelict farmstead and cornmill. Modern drainage ditches have probably lowered the water table, so that former wells have gone dry and disappeared' (Henry A. Wheeler 15/05/1975, SMR File). No longer venerated (Healy 1975, 19). Well backfilled for safety reasons (Skyvova 2005, 52). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 April 2023

• DU007-015004 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Annotated 'Lady Well' on 1837 edition of the OSi 6-inch map. Located in low-lying field of tillage 70m S of Gracedieu Augustinian Nunnery (DU007-015001-). St. Bridget's Well (DU007-015003-) 220m to NNE. No surface remains visible. Site of Lady Well described in 1958 as; 'It is now a little dry hollow in a clump of briars but is still known by name in the district. No other tradition survives' (Ó Danachair 1958, 73). Site of well described in 1975 as 'has disappeared. Site of it was in middle of ploughed fields' (Henry A. Wheeler 15/05/1975, SMR File).No longer venerated (Healy 1975, 19). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 April 2023

• DU007-015005 Mound
  Description

  This is located to the south of a tillage field known as the 'Motte field' west and north of a lane that leads to a nunnery (DU007-015001-). Known as the nun's road it is now filled with agricultural detritus. In the 1992 report the 'motte' was a small, round-topped mound (diam. 11m; H 1.6m) within pasture, partially truncated by a field boundary, which extends east-west. Believed to have been ploughed out but some remains have been incorporated into the field boundary. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 29 November 2014

• DU007-015006 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  The Civil survey (1654-6) mentions a mill at Gracedieu (Simington 1945, 56). The present remains of a 19th-century mill in a yard E of the nunnery (DU007-015001-) probably occupies the site. There is a re-used dressed limestone corbel supporting a weighing scales, in the present building. This may have been part of the earlier mill (VBSCD: 2/124). A millrace runs eastwards past the nunnery to the south. In 1988 the associated millrace was investigated. It was found to have been faced with a strong mortar-bonded wall but there were the remains of a substantial wall to the north of the millrace which may have served some related structural purpose. Traces of further wall trenches were located. As most of the finds recovered from this area are medieval, the structures represented, albeit enigmatically, are likely to be medieval and thus related to the occupation of the nunnery (Gowen 1988, 16-17). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Update by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 29 November 2014

• DU007-015007 Bridge
  Description

  Bridge located at south-west corner of field immediately south of Motte field and south-west of nunnery (DU007-015001-). The single arch has a span of c.5m and consists of random rubble and well-squared limestone blocks. The underside of the arch has is wattle-marked mortar. Traditionally part of the 'nun's road' from the nunnery to Swords. Similar in make-up to the bridge further east which was dated on stylistic grounds to the 14th century (Simington & O'Keefe 1991, 171-172). Completely overgrown and fenced off. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 16 April 2015

• DU007-015008 Bridge
  Description

  In the 1992 report a single arch bridge crossed a stream that runs south of the nunnery (DU007-015001-) at Gracedieu. It had a semi-circular arch built of limestone blocks. Similar in make-up to the bridge further west which was dated on stylistic grounds to the 14th century (Simington & O'Keefe 1991, 171-172). Approximately 12m east of modern crossing are several courses of stone on north bank but nothing visible on opposing bank. Possibly only remains of bridge. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updating by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 29 November 2014

• DU007-015009 Graveslab
  Description

  There are two inscribed 16th-century graveslabs to the N (c.20m) and W (c.6m) of the remains of the nunnery (DU007-015001-). The western slab bears an incised cross with a stepped base and floriated arms. There is an inscription around the margin. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 29 November 2014

• DU007-015010 Burial ground
  Description

  Excavations in 1988 to the S of the Ballyboughal Road on a N facing slope close to Gracedieu Nunnery (DU007-015001-) revealed the poorly preserved remains of 65 individuals, 7 of which were placed in stone-lined and covered graves (Gowen 1989, 15-16). This cemetery lay in the ESE quadrant of an oval double-ditched enclosure (inner ditch dims. Wth 2.2m, D 1.4m; outer ditch dims Wth 5m, 2.15m). A sherd of E-ware indicates an Early Medieval date (Gowen 1989, 16-17). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 16 April 2015

• DU007-020 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  This is the site of a 19th century mill complex which was working until the 1920's. Marked as cornmill on the OS 6 inch map (1938). See entry for DU017-015006- Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 29 November 2014

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch rubble stone road bridge over river, c.1860, with rock faced limestone to parapet wall and rounded capping.

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 Gracedieu.

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

Name

Gracedieu · Gracedieu

Area

911,291 m² (91.13 ha, 225.18 acres)

Civil parish

Lusk, and its townlands

Barony

Balrothery East

Electoral division

Lusk, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Lusk electoral division: 10,774 people in 3,341 households; 78% of households own their home; 62% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brownstown, Deanestown, Deanestown, Richardstown, Roscall, Thomondtown, Turvey

Placenames

Gracedieu 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.