Kildonan
Townland in the civil parish of Finglas, barony of Castleknock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Cill Dónáin
- Area
- 59.3 ha
- 147 acres
- Land parcels
- 14
- registered freehold, median 1,486 m²
- Zoning
- C2.1
- GE - General Employment
- Planning
- 36
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kildonan, from 0 m² to 375,462 m² (37.55 ha, 92.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Z6: Employment/Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Development Plan 2022-2028, Dublin · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.2HI - Heavy Industry (General industry)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
10 Mar 2026Grant permission
Permission for construction of external signage at 12050 mm from groun
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0095E
26 Feb 2026Application declared invalid
Construction of external signage at 12050mm from ground level, displaying company name/logo on both façades of Unit 7.
Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1440/26
20 Feb 2026Application declared invalid
Construction of external signage at 12050mm from ground level, displaying company name/logo on both façades of Unit 7.
Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1378/26
16 Sept 2025Grant permission
Works to one of the two existing roller shutter doors to increase the
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0397E
19 Jun 2025Grant permission
The proposed development comprises; Erection of a 2.4m high welded mes
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0262E
9 Jun 2025Invalid application
The proposed development comprises; Erection of a 2.4m high welded mes
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0242E
28 Feb 2025Grant permission
Intend to apply for the change of use of an existing
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0076
23 Dec 2024Application declared inva
***OUTSIDE DCC JURISDICTION***The replacement of approx. 251 m of existing 2.4 m high chainlink perimeter fencing and associated access/emergency gates with new 2.4 m high security fencing, gates and all associated site works.
Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2824/24
19 Jun 2024Grant permission
works to the existing motor sales and service facility including the f
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0180E
26 Mar 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of the provision of a building comprising
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0393
18 Dec 2023Grant permission
We Rathdrinagh Land Unlimited Company (Trading as Irish Recycling LTD)
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0111
14 Mar 2023Grant permission
Permission for the proposed green energy initiative development
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0060
20 Feb 2023Grant permission
The development comprises the construction and operation of 3 no weigh
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0258
12 Jan 2023Grant permission
Permission for the installation of solar panels over the roof of an ex
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0233
6 Jan 2023App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
The proposed development consists of I) Change of use from general war
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0003
25 Nov 2022Grant permission
Install 50 KW of roof mounted solar panels on our Unit (area of solar
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0212
21 Nov 2022Grant permission
The development will consist of the construction of a new mezzanine fl
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0272
13 May 2022Grant permission & grant retention
Moongrove Properties Ltd are applying for planning permission for alte
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0089
4 Jan 2022Withdraw application
The development will consist of the following extensions internally an
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0001
31 Aug 2021Grant permission for retention
Retention of change of use of part of the existing building from wareh
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0154
11 Aug 2021Grant permission
The development will consist of the installation of electrical infrast
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0144
19 Apr 2021Refuse permission
The construction of a single storey 5,000m2 research and development b
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0063
12 Nov 2020Grant permission
The development will consist of change of use of existing 3,658 m2 t
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0148
5 Dec 2019Grant permission & grant retention
Rentention of change of use from general warehousing/light industrial
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0154
13 Mar 2018Grant permission
LCACF Ltd is applying for planning permission for the change of use of
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW17A/0151
The 25 most recent of 36 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Kildonan.
Recorded monuments
- DU014-122001 Enclosure
Description
This monument was subject to geophysical survey (Licence no. 09R195) and test excavation (Licence no. 10E0462) as part of the proposed Metro West development. A sub rectangular enclosure (35m x 25m.) was identified on the geophysical survey and confirmed through test excavation. Two postholes were located either side of the ditch (0.55m wide and 0.25m deep) suggesting the possibility of a palisade. Two corn-drying kilns (DU014-122002-; DU014-122003-) are situated at the S of the enclosure (O’Donovan 2010, 18). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 6 February 2015
- DU014-122002 Kiln - corn-drying
Description
This monument was subject to geophysical survey (Licence no. 09R195) and test excavation (Licence no. 10E0462) as part of the proposed Metro West development. A comma-shaped corn-drying kiln and the probable flue of a second corn-drying kiln were located to the S of an enclosure (DU014-122001-). The former (2.1m wide and 0.51m deep) contained three fills (O’Donovan 2010, 17). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 6 February 2015
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kildonan.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3146 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Kildonan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Kildonan · Cill Dónáin
- Area
- 593,355 m² (59.34 ha, 146.62 acres)
- Civil parish
- Finglas, and its townlands
- Barony
- Castleknock
- Electoral division
- The Ward, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- The Ward electoral division: 13,289 people in 3,674 households; 63% of households own their home; 88% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Kildonan 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.