Graydon Place, Graydon

Area

49,557 m² (4.96 ha, 12.25 acres)

Buildings

72 buildings touch it, 6,986 m² on the ground

Zoning

R1 RES-N (South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
R2 RES (South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
G1 OS (South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective

Townland

Newcastle South

Planning applications on this parcel

• 23 Feb 2024Grant outline permission

  1) The construction of a two-storey, 16 no. classroom primary school building including a 4-no. classroom special educational needs facility with a combined floor area of 3,090sq.m as well as outdoor play facilities; 2) Provision of vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle access via Lyons Avenue North and pedestrian/cycle and emergency vehicular access from Graydon Avenue; 3) Associated on-site staff and visitor car parking spaces, student drop-off zone, bicycle storage areas and all associated site development, infrastructural and landscaping works.

  Outline permission · South Dublin County Council, SD24A/0032W

• 23 Jun 2023Grant permission

  Relocation and construction of 10 DMURS compliant car parking spaces, dropped kerb, and associated works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23A/0076

• 9 Jun 2023Grant permission

  Demolition of the existing dwelling (c. 235sq.m) and associated structures and the construction of a residential development of 39 dwellings comprising of (a) 15 two storey houses consisting of 14 three bedroom dwellings (House Types B1, B2, mid terraced B2s - end terrace) and 1 two storey four bedroom detached dwelling (House Type D4); (b) 24 duplex apartment/apartments in 2 three storey buildings - Block 1 located in the southern part of the site bounded by Burgage street to the east and Newcastle Boulevard to the south comprising 8 two bedroom apartments and 8 three bedroom 2 storey duplex apartments. Block 2 is located in the northern part of the site bounded by Burgage street to the east and the Main street to the north comprising 4 two bedroom apartments and 4 three bedroom 2 storey duplex apartments; (c) Open space, hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting & boundary treatment), communal open space for duplex apartments and apartments; along with single storey bicycle/bin stores and ESB substations; The proposal includes revisions to the permitted open space (under TA06S.305343 & ABP305343-19); (d) 3 Vehicular access points from Burgage Street (comprising car parking court to the south for Duplex building 1, car parking court to the north for Duplex building 2 and centrally access through the site which connects with the extension of Graydon Crescent) along with the provision of surface car parking (61 spaces), surface cycle spaces 74 spaces and 6 motorcycle spaces; (e) Provision of attenuation measures, connection to water supply, and provision of foul drainage infrastructure and all ancillary site development/construction/landscaping works; (f) 2 temporary (for 3 years) marketing signage structures, 1 located at the junction of Burgage Street and Main Street and 1 at the junction of Burgage street to the east and Newcastle Boulevard.

  Permission, 39 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD23A/0043

• 14 Dec 2022Grant permission

  Construction of a two storey creche / childcare facility of c. 778sq.m as well as single storey bin store and connections to existing services; Access will be from the existing constructed entrance onto Newcastle Boulevard and cycle and car parking are as permitted (under TA06S.305343 & ABP305343-19); This application will replace and supersede the permitted creche of c. 518sq.m (under ABP References, TA06S.305343 & ABP305343-19).

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22A/0459

• 16 Jun 2022Refuse permission

  construction of 280 no. dwellings, a creche, and open space as follows: A) 128 no. 2 storey houses (8 no. 2 bedroom houses, 94 no. 3 bedroom houses, 25 no. 4 bedroom houses and 1 no. 5 bedroom house; B) 116 no. apartments in 2 no. 5 storey buildings comprising (54 no. 1 bedroom apartments & 62 no. 2 bedroom apartments, all with terrace or balcony along with solar panels and green roofs at roof level as well as telecommunications infrastructure comprising 9 no. support poles on ballast mounts (to accommodate 1No. 2m 2G/3G/4G antenna & 1No. 5G antenna each) & 3 no. poles on lift overrun (to accommodate 2No. Ø0.3m Microwave links each at roof level of Apartment building B, together with associated equipment and cabinets/shrouds); C) 36 no. apartments/duplex apartments in 3 no. 3 storey buildings – (18 no. 2 bedroom apartments and 18 no. 3 bedroom duplex apartments) all with terrace; D) Amendment to permitted Creche (c. 518sqm) in ‘Graydon’ (ABP References: TA06S.305343 & ABP-305343-19) to now provide a Creche of c. 778 sq. m of 2 no. storeys; E) Open space, hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting & boundary treatment), communal open space for duplex apartments and apartments; along with single storey bicycle/bin stores and ESB substations; F) Vehicular access from the Athgoe Road from a new signalised junction along with upgrades to footpath and pedestrian crossing as well as provision of vehicular/pedestrian/cycle link to permitted ‘Graydon’ (TA06S.305343) ‘Newcastle Boulevard’ to the east, as well as 423 no. car parking spaces and 370 no. bicycle spaces and all internal roads, cycleways, green routes and paths; G) Provision of Surface water attenuation measures and underground attenuation systems, connection to water supply, and provision of foul drainage infrastructure as well as underground local pumping station to Irish Water specifications and all ancillary site development/construction/landscaping works. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the relevant Development Plan and Local Area Plan. The application contains a statement indicating why permission should be granted for the proposed development, having regard to a consideration specified in section 37(2)(b) of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended, notwithstanding that the proposed development materially contravenes a relevant development plan or local area plan other than in relation to the zoning of the land.

  Shd3-application to abp · South Dublin County Council, SHD3ABP-313814-22

• 30 May 2022Grant permission

  Single storey rear extension to an existing semi-detached dwelling; a new ground floor bedroom with ensuite; a new prayer area; a new internal courtyard; all associated ancillary site works to facilitate the development

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22B/0109

• 9 Jun 2021Grant permission

  Construction of 9 residential units distributed in 2 blocks, three storey in height reducing to 2 storey end of terrace; Block A consisting of 4 3-bed duplex apartments with private rear gardens at ground level, and 2 3-bed apartments at second floor level with private balconies; Block B: 2 3-bed duplex apartments with private rear gardens at ground level, and 1 3-bed apartment at second floor level with private balcony; new pedestrian access between Parson's Court and Burgage Green and all ancillary site development works. Total floor area of the proposal is 1025.6sq.m.

  Permission, 9 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0312

• 19 Feb 2021Refuse permission

  Revisions to the permitted 3-4 storey apartment and duplex apartment building (under planning Reg Ref ABP-305343-19) comprising: omission of the permitted commercial unit at upper ground floor level; reconfiguration of the internal floor plans of the apartment building and duplex units (all levels); associated changes to all elevations (including removal of setback at fourth floor level of the apartment block at the south, north and west elevations); minor repositioning of building footprint and minor decrease in parapet height; reconfiguration of layout to provide 2 additional 2-bedroom apartments and a reduction in 1 bedroom apartments (providing for 52 residential dwellings [50 dwellings permitted]) comprising 4 1-bedroom apartments, 36 2-bedroom apartments and 12 3-bedroom duplex units (6 1-bedroom apartments, 32 2-bedroom apartments and 12 3-bedroom duplex units permitted), (resulting in 382 dwellings on the overall wider site area); minor amendments to parking spaces, footpaths, associated road access and ancillary landscape treatment, all on a site on lands at Burgage Street and Newcastle Boulevard (and part of the wider site known as Newcastle South and Ballynakelly), Newcastle, Co. Dublin, relating to Reg Ref ABP-305343-19 - subject site comprises 0.64ha.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD21A/0038

• 24 Jul 2020Grant permission

  Option of the inclusion of an ancillary single storey garden room structure (c.12.5sq.m) in gardens of permitted dwellings under planning Reg. Ref. ABP-305343-19.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0186

• 4 Sept 2019Grant permission

  (1) The demolition of 5 structures on site, total area measuring 359sq.m, comprising 2 habitable dwellings and 3 associated outbuildings/sheds located to the northwest of the site; (2) development of 406 residential homes; (3) a childcare facility (518sq.m GFA); (4) 1 commercial unit (67.7sq.m GFA); (5) reservation of a school site (1.5ha); (6) new vehicular, cycle and pedestrain access from Main Street; (7) continuation of Newcastle Boulevard forming part of a new east-west link street; (8) a new Public Park (2ha); (9) pocket parks and greenway together with associated internal access roads, pedestrain and cycle paths and linkages; (10) 1 single storey marketing suite (81sqm) and signage (including hoarding) during the construction phase of development only and (11) all associated site and development works.The overall site comprises lands to the south of Main Street (c.15ha) together with 3 additional infill sites at the corner of Burgage Street and Newcastle Boulevard (c. 0.8ha); No. 32 Ballynakelly Edge (c.0.05ha); and Ballynakelly Rise (c.0.18ha)

  Shd3-application to abp, 371 homes · South Dublin County Council, SHD3ABP-305343-19

• 13 Jun 2019Part 8 approved by council

  Construct 2 play spaces: 1 play space at Burgage Green, Newcastle South and 1 play space at Newcastle Boulevard, Ballynakelly, all at Newcastle, Co. Dublin. The outline details of the proposal are: • 1 playspace at Burgage Green, Newcastle South to incorporate play equipment, surfacing, seating areas, planting, paving. • 1 play space at Newcastle Boulevard, Ballynakelly to incorporate play equipment, surfacing, seating areas, planting, paving. • All ancillary works. The proposal has undergone Appropriate Assessment Screening under the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and screening for Environmental Impact Assessment. Any person may, within 4 weeks from the date of publication of this notice, apply to An Bord Pleanála for a screening determination as to whether the development would be likely to have significant effects on the environment. Plans and particulars of the proposed scheme will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy from the 13th of June 2019 to the 12th of July 2019 at the following locations: • South Dublin County Council Offices, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24 between the hours of 9:00am – 5.00pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00am – 4.30pm on Friday (Inspection and purchase). • Civic Offices Clondalkin, 22 between the hours of 9:00am – 5.00pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00am – 4.30pm on Friday (4.30pm on Fridays) (Inspection only). • Clondalkin Library, Clondalkin Library, Monastery Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 between the hours of 9:45am – 8.00pm Monday to Thursday and 9.45am – 4.30pm on Friday & Saturday (Inspection only). The plans and particulars can be viewed on the Council’s Public Consultation Portal website: https://consult.sdublincoco.ie/en/consultation/newcastle-playspace-0. Submissions or observations with respect to the proposed development dealing with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area in which the proposed development will be situated may be made in writing up to 5pm on the 29th of July 2019 and may be submitted either via: Online Submissions: http://consult.sdublincoco.ie or Post to: Senior Executive Officer, Environment Water and Climate Change Department, South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24 YNN5. Note: Please make your submission by one medium only. All submissions should include your name and a contact address. It should be noted that the Freedom of Information Act, 1997-2006 (as amended) applies to all records held by South Dublin County Council.

  Application under part 8 · South Dublin County Council, SD198/0005

• 10 May 2016Grant permission

  The installation of a 3m high 'lamp post' style relief vent stack servicing the existing above ground natural gas pressure reduction unit with all ancillary services and associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD16A/0153

• 18 Jul 2014Grant extension of duration of permission

  A residential development of 743 no. dwellings including a neighbourhood centre of 1,859.2sq.m. and a creche of 846sq.m., at Ballynakelly and Newcastle South, Newcastle-Lyons, County Dublin. An eight year planning permission is sought. The development comprises of the following: 78 no. 2 bedroom houses; 209 no. 3 bedroom houses; 27 no. 4 bedroom houses; 10 no. 5 bedroom houses; 5 no. apartment blocks containing 7 no. 1 bed apartments, 20 no. 2 bed apartments, 12 no. 3 bed apartment, 4 no. 2 bed duplex units and 2 no. 3 bed duplex units; 57 no. duplex blocks containing 48 no. 2 bedroom duplex units, 151 no. 3 bed duplex units, 52 no. 1 bedroom apartments and 123 no. 2 bedroom apartments. The neighbourhood centre comprises of 5 no. retail units from 69sq.m., 84sq.m., 90.5sq.m., 101sq.m. and 134sq.m.; public house measuring 935.4sq.m., off licence measuring 189sq.m. and restaurant measuring 255sq.m.; the proposed development also provides for 4.155ha of public open space including the provision of a landscaped area adjoining the Tower House on the Athgoe Road; roads infrastructure including 3 no. junctions with Newcastle-Lyons Main Street (R120 Rathcoole Road) and 1 no. junction with Athgoe Road; on and off street car parking; and provision of lands for a traveller accommodation site measuring 0.5 ha; on an overall site of 22.789 hectares; planning permission is also sought for the demolition of 2 no. habitable dwellings. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

  Extension of duration of permission · South Dublin County Council, SD05A/0344/EP

• 30 Nov 2010Grant permission

  Amendments to previously approved planning application Reg. Ref. SD05A/0344 (PL06S.217096) for the construction of 34 residential units comprising 22 no. houses, 8 no. duplexes and 4 no. apartments (replacing 42 as-approved residential units comprising 5 no. houses, 16 no. duplexes and 21 no. apartments and 1 no. retail unit) as follows - 2 no. 3-bedroom 2-storey semi-detached houses (House Types A and B); 20 no. 3-bedroom 2-storey terraced houses (House Types A and B); 4 no. blocks (Block Type F) of 2 and 3 storeys each containing 1 no. 2-bedroom apartment and 2 no. 3-bedroom own-door duplex units; balconies/roof terraces provided to the front elevations at second floor level of the duplex/apartment block (Block Type F); the scheme provides for a total of 74 no. car parking spaces comprising 32 no. on-street spaces and 42 on-curtilage spaces; reconfiguration of landscaped open space in Newcastle Green; all associated drainage and site development works, landscaping and ancillary works on a site of 1.0329 hectares at Newcastle Boulevard, Lyons Avenue, Newcastle Green, Newcastle Green East, Newcastle Lyons, Co. Dublin.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD10A/0362

• 21 May 2010Refuse outline permission

  5 no. detached bungalows and all associated drainage and site development works, landscaping and ancillary works to include 3 new vehicular entrances from Burgage Street.

  Outline permission, 5 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD10A/0146

• 2 Sept 2008Grant permission

  48 residential units (comprising 19 no. houses, 7 no. duplexes and 22 no. apartments) and 1 retail unit as follows - 2 no blocks (Blocks A and B) of 3 storeys containing 6 no apartments each accommodation 1 no 1 bedroom apartment, 2 no 2 bedroom apartments, 3 no 3 bedroom duplex units per block on burgage Lane North; 2 no 3 bedroom 2 storey semi detached houses (Block C on Burgage Lane North ; A 2- Storey terrace (Block D) on Burgage Street comprising 2 no 3 bedroom and 1 no 2 bedroom houses ; A 2 storey terrace (Block E) on burgage street comprising 6 no 3 bedroom houses each with own vehicular access and garage 1 no block (block G) of 2 3 and 4 storeys containing 17 no units accommodating 16 no 2 bedroom apartments 1 no 3 bedroom duplex unit and a retail unit of approx. 90 sq.m., on burgage Street and Newcastle Boulevard; A 2 storey terrace (Block H) on Burgage Lane comprising 4 no 3 bedroom and 1 no 2 bedroom houses; Blocks A, C, and H in compliance with condition Nos 4(e) and 4(f) respectively of previously approved planning application Reg Ref SD05A/0344 (PL 06S.217096); Western end of Block G modifications to previously approved planning application Reg Ref SD05A/0344 (PL06S.217096); Balconies/terraces provided to the south and east facing elevations of Block A; north and east facing elevations of block b; south and east facing elevations of block g; also proposed is a total of 62 no on-street car parking spaces and all associated drainage and site works, landscaping and ancillary works on a site of 0.8855 hectares. Burgage Street, Newcastle Boulevard, East Burgage Plaza, Burgage Lane, Burgage Lane North and Burgage Terrace, Newcastle Lyons, Co. Dublin.

  Permission, 48 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD08A/0350

• 13 Sept 2007Grant permission

  Amendments to previously approved application (Reg. Ref. SD05A/0344, PL06S.217096) as follows- the redesign of nos. 25 & 27 Lyons Street (formally known as nos. 174 & 175 respectively Park Spine) from 2 number 3-bedroom terraced houses to 2 number 2-bedroom terrace houses; the redesign of nos. 17 & 19 Lyons Street (formally known as nos. 170 & 171 respectively Park Spine) in compliance with condition no. 4(d) of previously approved application SD05A/0344 PL06S.217096 ; the reconfiguration of the terrace of 9 number houses containing nos. 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 Lyons Street (formerly known as nos. 167-175 inclusive Park Spine); and all associated site development works, landscaping and ancillary works including the reconfiguration of the curvature of Lyons Street.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD07A/0743

• 31 Aug 2007Grant permission

  Compliance with Condition no. 4(d) of previously approved planning application, Reg. Ref. SD05A/0344 (PLO6S.217096) as follows: the construction of 3no. 3 storey, 4 bedroom houses at Nos. 10, 12 & 14 Lyons Street (on a site formerly known as units 640-642 Park Spine) with private roof terraces at second floor level to the rear of each house facing north and to the front of each dwelling unit facing south onto Lyons Avenue and all associated site development works, landscaping and ancillary works.

  Permission, 3 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD07A/0702

• 31 Aug 2007Grant permission

  Amendments to previously approved application (Reg. Ref. SD05A/0344, PL 06S.217096 as follows: amendments to 2 no. apartment blocks, Block 1 (formally known as nos. 632-638 inclusive Park Avenue and Park Spine) and Block 2 (formerly known as nos. 644-650 inclusive Village Boulevard and Park Spine) previously approved under (Reg. Ref. SD05A/0334, PL 06S.217096) as follows - the conversion of 2 no. one-bedroom apartments, No. 15 Lyons Avenue (Second Floor, Block 01) and No. 59 Newcastle Boulevard (Second Floor, Block 2) level to 2 no. two-bedroom apartments; adjustments to the external window and door layout on all elevations of blocks 01 and 02; the reconfiguration of staircase in Block 01 accessing nos. 20, 22 and 24 Lyons Street; the reconfiguration of staircase in Block 02 accessing nos. 2, 4 and 6 Lyons Street: the amendments do not entail the change in numbers of dwellings; all associated site development works, landscaping and ancillary works; at Nos. 11, 15, 17, 19 Lyons Avenue, Nos. 18, 20, 22, 24 Lyons Street (Block 1), Nos. 55, 57, 59, 61 Newcastle Boulevard and Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8 Lyons Street (Block 2).

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD07A/0704

• 20 Jul 2007Grant permission

  A mixed use Neighbourhood Centre development comprising 30no. residential units, 2no. retail units, 1no. public house, 1no. crèche and 1no. community meeting room contained in 2no. 3-storey blocks over basement level on a site of 0.62 hectares (1.55 acres) approx. This application is lodged in compliance with Condition nos. 4(g) & 5 of previously approved planning application, Reg. Ref. SD05A/0344 (PL 06S.217096). Block No. 1, of 3 storeys, comprises 1no. crèche (636sq.m. gross floor area) at ground level with 8no. 3-bedroom duplex apartments above; Block No. 2, of 3 storeys, comprising 2no. retail units (344sq.m. gross floor area), 1no. public house (385 sq.m. gross floor area) and 1no. community meeting room (131 sq.m. gross floor area) all at ground level with 22no. apartments over first and second floor level (comprising 6no. 1-bedroom apartments an 16no. 2-bedroom apartments): balconies/terraces are provided to the north and south elevations of Block No. 1 and north, south and west elevations of Block No. 2. In addition the proposed development includes a total of 96no. carparking spaces (comprising 56no. basement carparking spaces and 40no. surface carparking spaces); a Bring Centre located in the carpark at ground level; an external play area (350sq.m. approx.) serving the proposed crèche; cycle storage at ground level between Block Nos. 1 and 2; plant rooms and storage areas at basement level; all associated site development works, landscaping and ancillary works.

  Permission, 30 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD06A/0993

• 21 Dec 2006Grant permission

  Revised house type to include dormer window to front and minor alterations to dwellings (16 in total), at sites 31-46 inclusive and all associated site works from previous Reg. Ref. SD04A/0953.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD06A/1099

• 18 Jan 2006Grant permission

  A residential development of 743 no. dwellings including a neighbourhood centre of 1,859.2sq.m. and a creche of 846sq.m., at Ballynakelly and Newcastle South, Newcastle-Lyons, County Dublin. An eight year planning permission is sought. The development comprises of the following: 78 no. 2 bedroom houses; 209 no. 3 bedroom houses; 27 no. 4 bedroom houses; 10 no. 5 bedroom houses; 5 no. apartment blocks containing 7 no. 1 bed apartments, 20 no. 2 bed apartments, 12 no. 3 bed apartment, 4 no. 2 bed duplex units and 2 no. 3 bed duplex units; 57 no. duplex blocks containing 48 no. 2 bedroom duplex units, 151 no. 3 bed duplex units, 52 no. 1 bedroom apartments and 123 no. 2 bedroom apartments. The neighbourhood centre comprises of 5 no. retail units from 69sq.m., 84sq.m., 90.5sq.m., 101sq.m. and 134sq.m.; public house measuring 935.4sq.m., off licence measuring 189sq.m. and restaurant measuring 255sq.m.; the proposed development also provides for 4.155ha of public open space including the provision of a landscaped area adjoining the Tower House on the Athgoe Road; roads infrastructure including 3 no. junctions with Newcastle-Lyons Main Street (R120 Rathcoole Road) and 1 no. junction with Athgoe Road; on and off street car parking; and provision of lands for a traveller accommodation site measuring 0.5 ha; on an overall site of 22.789 hectares; planning permission is also sought for the demolition of 2 no. habitable dwellings. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

  Permission, 743 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD05A/0344

• 5 Aug 2005Grant permission

  Demolition of 4 no. existing single storey cottages and construction of 49 no. dwellings and one gym area consisting of 30 no. 2 bed apartments in one three storey block and 16 no. 2 storey (with converted attic space) 5 bed dwellings in 2 blocks of 4, one block of 5 and one block of 3. Also one block of 3 no. 3 bed apartments at first floor with roof gardens and gym at ground floor and all associated site works on site of 1.03 hectares.

  Permission, 49 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD04A/0953

• 8 Oct 2004Grant permission

  20 no. units consisting of 1 no. 3 bed dormer bungalow, 12 no. 2 storey 3 bed dwellings in 3 blocks of 4, 7 no. 2 storey (with converted attic space) 4 bed dwellings in two blocks and all asociated site works on site of 0.6891 ha.

  Permission, 20 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD04A/0212

• 23 Aug 2002Refuse permission

  2/3 storey development of 34 dwelling units (12 apartments and 22 townhouses) and all associated works at site.

  Permission, 34 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD02A/0496

The 25 most recent of 26 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 this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 13 recorded monuments.

• DU020-003001 Castle - motte
  Description

  Located in a level field of pasture W of the medieval church in the village of Newcastle (DU020-003005-). This is a broad flat-topped mound (diam. of base 26m; diam. of top 14m; H 5m). There is no evidence for a bailey. It was constructed c. 1200 AD (O'Keeffe 1986, 44-5). Austin Cooper writing in 1780 describes a very deep, wide fosse which is no longer apparent (Price (ed.) 1942, 27). DU020-003001-_01 Photograph courtesy of Tomás Maher, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/3707 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies DU020-003001-_02 Photograph courtesy of Patrick Healy, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/2069 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies DU020-003001-_02 Photograph courtesy of Rocshot.com/Rob O'Connor, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/10691, © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023

• DU020-003002 Church
  Description

  Situated at the W end of Newcastle village. This medieval parish church comprises a nave (int. dims. 13.6m E-W x 6.9m N-S; ext. dims. 15.5m E-W x 8.7m N-S) and chancel (int. dims. 12.8m E-W x 6.9m N-S; ext. dims. 13.5m E-W x 8.7m N-S) with residential W tower (dims. 6.5m x 5m). The chancel is ruinous while both nave and tower are in use. The tower is square in plan with a stair turret in the NW corner (int. dims. L 3.37m x Wth 2.94m). It rises to three storeys with a battlemented parapet and a double bellcote. Built of coursed limestone blocks, with dressed quoins. The W tower is entered through a later door on the S side. This opens onto a vaulted porch with access to the nave and a stair turret in the NW angle. There is a vaulted roof over the ground, first and second floors. Fireplaces are present in the NE angle on both upper floors. The first floor is lit by cusped ogee-headed windows with stones seats in the W and S. There is a loft at this level which provides access to a gallery in the nave of the church. The nave is still in use but the chancel is ruinous. The interior was lit by a double light window with round moulding and cusped ogee-heads in N wall. Close to it is another blocked opening with a round arch. This may have been an original entrance. There is another blocked doorway at the E end of the nave (int. dims L 13.4m x Wth 6.5m). There are buttresses along the N wall of the nave. The chancel is entered in the E gable through a round arched opening. Above this is a large pointed arched opening where until 1724 there was a fine tracery window until it was placed in the E end of nave (Leask 1960, 3, 18; O'Keeffe 1986, 47-53). Within the chancel are two deep embrasures, now blocked. On S side is a double light ogee-headed window with spandrels and chamfered jambs (int. dims. L 12.75 x Wth 6.9m). S of the medieval church is a Latin cross carved from granite and set into a granite base (DU020-003003-). Newcastle Church ruins were described by Ní Mharcaigh (1997, 272-4) as follows; 'Newcastle Church was originally a nave-and-chancel church with a west tower that was both a priest's residence and a belfry. The church at present in use consists of the former nave and the entrance is through a modern door in the south wall of the tower, the ground floor of which acts as a porch to the church while the top floor continues in use as a belfry. The intervening floors of the tower are not in use but are intact. The chancel. The chancel is the same width as the nave and almost the same length. The east window (now in the nave) has three cinque-foiled lights, chamfered and cusped, with round heads, all three within a single pointed arch. The tracery above has quatrefoil openings with daggers between, all with chamfers and cusps. In the east wall of the chancel, underneath the opening from which the window was removed, is an entrance with recessed jambs, under a segmental arch, opened to admit burials within the chancel when that part of the church fell into disuse. The south wall of the chancel has three windows, two of them blocked up. Each window has two lights, ogee-headed with a foil each side, cusped under a square hood with concave spandrels. Inside the chancel these windows have pointed arches. There is only one window in the north wall of the chancel. It is a two-light window, ogee-headed and foiled, similar to the windows in the south wall but the inside arch is a plain shallow-curved one. Also in the north wall of the chancel, at the eastern end and near the present ground level, are two aumbries, 2ft sq. and 1ft sq., respectively. St Finians head. On the outside of the south wall of the chancel, near the east end, is a small carved head of sandstone, known locally as St Finnian's head. The nave. There are three windows in the south wall of the nave and none now in the north wall. However, on the outside, the outline of a tall narrow window in the north wall of the nave, near the original chancel arch, is visible. It shows the remains of a plain architrave with a square lintel. There is also a blocked doorway at the east end in the south wall and, near it, the hood of a blocked window opposite the blocked one in the north wall. The existing windows in the south wall of the nave are round-headed with two lights, cinque-foiled with chamfers and cusps and a cruciform opening above, centred. The north wall of the nave is buttressed in three (evenly-spaced) places. The tower. Entrance to the church is through the vaulted ground-floor of the tower. In the north-west corner, a stone stairway leads to the priest's apartment. The first floor has a fireplace in the north wall and cusped trefoil-headed windows in the west and south walls with window seats. There is a cupboard in the south west angle. A loft over this floor has a narrow west light. The second floor has a rectangular window in the south wall, widely splayed, with window seats. The chimney continues up the north wall from the floor below. The stair turret, which projects from the north wall of the tower, is lit by small slits. An oversailing course near the top of the tower carries the double bellcote and a parapet with battlements. The east and south windows of the nave, essentially curvilinear in type, are coeval with the square-headed, fifteenth-century windows in the chancel. Leask suggests an early fifteenth-century date for both nave and chancel, with the tower an early addition to the building (Leask 1960b, 18-19). O'Keeffe considers the nave to be earlier than the chancel, which he dates to about 1420 (O'Keeffe 1986, 52-3). Bradley and King consider that the nave and tower were built together in the early fifteenth century and that the chancel is a mid-fifteenth century addition; they accept O'Keeffe's date of 1420 for the chancel (Bradley and King 1988, 277-9). The first quarter of the fifteenth century is suggested for the whole building, with the chancel slightly later than the rest'. To see a 3D model of the twin-light cusped ogee-headed window in the S wall of the chancel visit https://skfb.ly/oI6Oy To see a 3D model of the twin-light cinque-foiled traceried window in the S wall of the nave visit https://skfb.ly/oI6SF See attached plan of church taken from Ní Mharcaigh 1997, Fig. 12 Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 10 May 2023

• DU020-003003 Cross
  Description

  S of the medieval church (DU020-003002-) is a Latin cross carved from granite and set into a granite base. It narrows from the base to the top. There is a Latin Cross in relief on it's S face and a worn cross-in-circle on N face (dims. H 1.64m, Wth 0.62m, T 0.18m-0.30m; see Swan 1986, 80). Compiled by Geraldine Stout

• DU020-003004 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated in level ground SE of church yard (DU020-003008-). It is a square tower, which rises to two storeys and is built of coursed limestone blocks with dressed quoins. Formerly entered from the S, now blocked, the present entrance is on E side. There is a vault over the ground floor (int. dims. L 4.7m; Wth 4.55m). The interior has been partitioned in more recent times. The stairwell in the SW corner is entered through a plain pointed doorway and is lit by slit opes. There is a stepped embrasure on the S side before entering the stairs which is an original feature. First floor is totally overgrown. There are remains of chamfered jambs on the E side of the entrance. This is probably the remains of the castle held by the Canons of St. Patrick's in 1547 (Ball 1905, III, 138). According to O'Meara (1903, 63) there is mention made of this castle in a list of ecclesiastical buildings presented to Henry VIII on the dis-establishment of the monasteries. A building attached to the N end of the tower house contains a limestone tablet on which is the inscription T. M. S. Anno 1727. According to Austin Cooper writing around 1780, this building served as a stable attached to the parsonage (Mc Dix 1898, 40, 85; Price 1942, 47). DU020-003004-_01 Photograph courtesy of Tomás Maher, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/3772 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies DU020-003004-_02 Photograph courtesy of Tomás Maher, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/4103 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies Compiled by Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023

• DU020-003005 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  St. Finian's Well in the parish of Newcastle is an enclosed natural spring in a lintelled granite recess within a concrete structure. It is dedicated to St Finian (Ó Danachair 1958, 82; Swan 1986, 8-9). Folklore collected in 1937 from Saggart School recorded the follow details about this well; 'This is an old story going around the village of Newcastle about St. Finian's Well. The well which is about three feet in diameter and two feet in height and guarded by a concrete coping was by St. Finian himself. It is said that in the year 1798 English soldiers, stationed in the village of Newcastle, desecrated the well, by one of them washing his feet in it. The story goes on to say that well flooded the whole village of Newcastle, and the big body of soldiers were drowned. The Catholic curate of Newcastle had to bless the waters. When the waters were blessed by him, they slowly but surely receded back into the well. This is but one of the stories associated with St. Finian's Well. It is said that there are cures connected with it also. There is one story told of a lame man who came to the well and took a bucket of water home with him. He immediately bathed his foot in the water and kept doing so for some time, and at the end of three weeks his foot was completely better. This practice has been going on up to the present day for all kinds of diseases' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 371; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428215/4386644/4456676). See attached photos (01/02/03) taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00036 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16620; F024.06.00037 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/46709 and F024.06.00038 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/46710. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 19 April 2023

• DU020-003006 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In level ground immediately E of bend in Athgoe Road between two other tower houses is the possible site of another marked in 1980s by the foundations of mortared walls (O'Keeffe 1986, 55, Fig.4.1:3). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by Geraldine Stout

• DU020-003007 Castle - tower house
  Description

  This is a square, urban tower house with a stair turret at the NW angle. It is two storeys high and is built of coursed regular limestone blocks with dressed quoins. It is entered through a pointed doorway in the W wall which contains a door rebate and bar-bolt holes. There is a vault over ground floor with traces of wicker-work centring. The interior is lit by slit opes on the W and S walls and a large rectangular opening in S wall. Wall presses are present in the S wall and NE corner of interior (dims. L 4.5m; Wth 1.03m; see Anon 1914, 275-6; Mc Dix 1898, 85). DU020-003007_01/02 Photographs courtesy of Rocshot.com/Rob O'Connor, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/10690, © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies DU020-003007_03 Photograph courtesy of Tomás Maher, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/4229 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies Compiled by Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023

• DU020-003008 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  Newcastle was first mentioned as a royal manor in 1215 and had borough status by the late fifteenth century. The settlement was a linear one based on a single street, running east-west. The marketplace was located in the roughly sub-triangular space in front of the church. Compiled by Geraldine Stout

• DU020-003010 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated at the W end of Newcastle village. It encloses a medieval parish church (DU020-003002-). In the graveyard is a granite cross (DU020-003003-) and there are 18th and 19th century memorials in the graveyard. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 24 November 2011

• DU021-017001 Well
  Description

  Situated in the NW corner of a long narrow holding opposite the medieval parish church at Newcastle Lyons. It is bounded on the E by a patch of spade cultivation. Traces of mortared wall protruding from beneath the sod were interpreted as a possible site of a tower house (O'Keefe 1986, 55, No. 5). Recent clearance has revealed that the mortared wall was actually a covering for a well. Compiled by Geraldine Stout

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