Knock
Townland in the civil parish of Balrothery, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin; in Irish An Cnoc
- Area
- 74.5 ha
- 184 acres
- Land parcels
- 24
- registered freehold, median 3,389 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- GB - Green Belt
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knock, from 206 m² to 223,681 m² (22.37 ha, 55.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 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
- G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 30 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
9 Sept 2025Refuse permission
Planning Permission is sought to (a) construct a single storey indepen
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0823E
8 Sept 2025Grant permission
Planning Permission is sought for the renovation of the existing derel
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0816E
5 Dec 2024Refuse permission
Renovation of existing derelict cottage including forming new window o
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1091E
19 May 2022Grant permission
The decommissioning of an existing wastewater treatment plant (888 sq.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0255
12 Aug 2016Grant permission
2 storey detached clubhouse, on-site waste water treatment unit and pe
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0075
11 May 2016Grant permission for retention
Retention of single storey sunroom constructed to side of two storey h
Retention · Fingal County Council, F16B/0119
14 Oct 2013Grant permission & grant retention
a) Retention of existing boatshed 32 sq.m. (temporary structure) and c
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F13A/0385
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Knock Lake 001203
Recorded monuments
- DU005-059 Windmill
Description
The OS 1st edition map (1837) shows 'Windmill stump' on an eminence in a field in Knock townland. This is not shown on Rocque's map (1760) and, in consequence probably dates to the later 18th century. Site of Windmill adjacent to the road which runs up a high ridge with the reservoir to the the south and undulating hills including Knockbrack to the north. High ground currently under gorse and long grass, drops steeply to pasture which has been fenced off. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 15 November 2014
- DU005-062 Fulacht fia
Description
A severly truncated fulacht fia was identified during topsoil stripping for a pipeline (Tobin 2004, 170). Located at the base of an east-west facing slope at the edge of a bog. A sub-circular trough (L2m, Wth 1.8m, D 0.2m) was excavated. It was lined with a thin brushwood mat. A second trough lay to the NW (L1.25m, Wth 1.18m, D 0.58m). Excavated. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU005-063 Fulacht fia
Description
Topsoil stripping for a section of pipeline in 2002 revealed the severely truncated remains of a fulacht fia. Located in low, marginal land with a water source to the east. Traces of a burnt mound (L10.2m, Wth 2m, D 0.2m). A possible trough was identifiable as a dense concentration of firing material (L1.2m, Wth 0.6m)which lay 5m N of the main spread. It had a flattened, U-shaped profile with steep sides and a gradually sloping concave base (Tobin 2004, 170). Excavated. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knock.
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 moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knock.
- 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 Knock with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Knock · An Cnoc
- Area
- 744,848 m² (74.48 ha, 184.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Balrothery, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Balbriggan Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Balbriggan Rural electoral division: 19,347 people in 6,127 households; 60% of households own their home; 74% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bowhill, Courtlough, Cullenhill, Gibbonsmoor, Hynespark, Inch, Ring, Ring Commons, Rowans Big
- Placenames
- Knock 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.