Lucan Demesne

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lucan Demesne, from 19 m² to 131,253 m² (13.13 ha, 32.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3HA-LV (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 24 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2VC (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 8 Jan 2025Part 8 approved by council

  Pursuant to the requirements of the above, notice is hereby given that South Dublin County Council proposes to carry out the following works at Lucan Demesne, in the townland of Lucan: The proposals are for the upgrade works for the entrance and route into Lucan Demesne: • The construction of a timber boardwalk from the plaza to the existing river side path of approximately 120m in length and 2.5m in width which is elevated approximately 0.15mm above ground, depending on topography. • All ancillary works.

  Application under part 8 · South Dublin County Council, PT8SD188

• 17 Aug 2023Grant permission

  Installation of a new external ATM and illuminated surround panel adjacent to existing ATM, replacement of existing ATM surround panel with new illuminated surround panel and all associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23A/0199

• 23 Mar 2021Declared not exempt

  Single storey timber buildings, with windows & doors were constructed contiguous to the eastern boundary of the site: and later abutting the northern face a pile of stored timber.

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED21/0002

• 4 Apr 2017Grant permission

  Single storey living room and kitchen extension to east elevation and modifications to existing double 'A' roof profile on west elevation joining both roofs to form a new single profile 'A' roof to accommodate new bedrooms and bathroom in converted attic space, together with internal alterations to house with the reopening of an existing front entrance door and internal remodelling, with all associated site and drainage works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD17B/0123

• 14 Sept 2015Grant permission

  Change of use from office to health centre, demolition of part two-storey, part single-storey return, construction of a two-storey extension, new shop front, signage and associated site works. .

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD15A/0275

• 11 Mar 2015Part 8 approved by council

  A new village plaza, footbridge link and pedestrian crossing improved entrances at Lucan Bridge and Watery Lane and new steps to weir promenade in Lucan, Co. Dublin as follows: (1) New village plaza, footbridge link over canalised section of river between Griffeen Bridge & Vesey Bridge and raised pedestrian crossing, comprising of removal of existing pergola, paths and sections of stone wall, alterations to paving, kerbing, car-parking, trees, public lighting and bollards in Village Green, Lucan, Co. Dublin. Works to include: - New village plaza with limestone paving - New footbridge with limestone paving and railings to match existing - Raised road crossing for pedestrians - Widened footpath outside O'Neills Public House with stone kerbing - New railing insert to stone wall at weir - New trees, public lights and bollards - Removal of existing pergola, paths and sections of stone wall - Removal of three on-street car parking spaces The site is within the Lucan Architectural Conservation Area as defined in the South Dublin County Council Development Plan 2010 - 2016. The proposed works are within the curtilage of the following Protected Structure on the Record of Protected Structures in the South Dublin County Development Plan 2010 - 2016: (1) Main Street, Lucan, described as a 'Canalised Section of River between Griffeen Bridge & Vesey Bridge', Map Reference Number 069. The proposed works to install a bridge crossing the canalised river, to make an opening in the wall and to re-make an opening in the wall further north, beside Vesey bridge will materially affect the external appearance or the character of this structure, however this intervention is reversible. (2) New widened entrance at Lucan Bridge, improved entrance at Watery Lane and St Andrews Lodge, Main Street and new steps with viewing platforms linking Lucan Bridge with Lucan Weir Promenade at Lucan Village, Co Dublin.Works to include: - Widening existing entrance from Lucan Bridge onto the steps - Removal of existing concrete stairs and construction of new steps complete with viewing platforms and balustrade - Upgraded entrance at Watery Lane to Lucan Weir by increasing area of footpath with improved paving and stone kerbing, removal of one on-street parking space at St. Andrews Lodge and No 8 Main Street, Lucan. The site is within the Lucan Architectural Conservation Area as defined in the South Dublin County Council Development Plan 2010 - 2016. The proposed works are beside the curtilage of the following Protected Structure on the Record of Protected Structures in the South Dublin County Development Plan 2010 - 2016: 2. Lucan Bridge, Lucan, described as 'Lucan Bridge & Bridge Site (RM)', Map Reference Number 031. Lucan Bridge & Bridge Site is also a Recorded Monument and is protected under the National Monuments Acts. The proposed works will not materially affect the external appearance or the character of this structure. Lucan is a zone of archaeological potential. Plans and particulars of the proposed schemes will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy from during the period from 11th March to 22nd April at: South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24 (between the hours of 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00am - 4.30pm on Friday) and Lucan Library, Supervalu Shopping Centre, Newcastle Road, Lucan, Co Dublin (between the hours of 9:45am - 8:00pm Monday to Thursday and 9.45am - 4.30pm on Friday and Saturday (closed Saturdays of Bank holiday weekends)). The plans and particulars can be viewed on South Dublin County Council's website - www.sdcc.ie Written submissions or observations with respect to the proposed development, dealing with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area in which the developments would be situated, may be made in writing to arrive no later than 5pm on 6th May 2015 to: The County Architect, Architectural Services Department, South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24. http://www.sdublincoco.ie/index.aspx?pageid=939&pid=32152

  Application under part 8 · South Dublin County Council, SD158/0004

• 11 Feb 2015Grant permission

  Replace existing fascia sign with new sign of 3.6sq.m and one new projecting banner sign of 0.35sq.m, both to front of existing bank premises.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD15A/0033

• 22 Jan 2013Refuse permission

  Permission for a development at the Sluice Weir, Lucan Demesne

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW12A/0051

• 11 Oct 2012Declared exempt

  Removal of external ATM & fascia signage. Works will involve re-instating glazing following ATM removal, specification to match.

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED12/0046

• 31 May 2012Grant permission

  Enhancement works immediately above and below the sluice weir to facilitate the existing use of the River Liffey at this location for canoe slalom training and competition. The works in the South Dublin County Council area consist of: (a) re-formation of an existing rock-armour river obstacle on the south bank of the river; (b) the re-formation and extension by c. 20m of the existing rock-armour leading downstream below the weir from the south side of the sluice gap; (c) the erection of 2 steel columns (4-5 metres in height and joined at the top by 5mm steel wire) on the island below the weir as part of a canoe slalom gate-hanging system. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the planning application. The Sluice Weir is a Protected Structure in the South Dublin County Development Plan (Ref. 054) and is listed (Ref. 11201017) in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. The overall development spans the administrative areas of South Dublin and Fingal County Councils and planning applications are being made concurrently to both Planning Authorities.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD12A/0104

• 25 Aug 2010Declared exempt

  2ft. x 2ft sign, please see the sample enclosed

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED10/0027

• 9 Sept 2009Withdraw the application

  Retention of existing bookmakers, existing signage and existing 3 no. satelite dishes to rear at 2B, permission for change of use of existing shop to bookmakers with new signage at 2A, the amalgamation 2a & 2b and all associated site developement works.

  Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD09A/0355

• 17 Aug 2007Grant permission

  Conversion of part of house to a pre-school together with an advertising sign mounted at the entrance gate.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD07A/0671

• 15 Jan 2007Refuse permission

  New railing and gates, to match the existing to enclose the car park serving both the St. Andrew's Lodge and St. Andrew's Hall; the public pedestrian right of way will be maintained; the overall car parking serving the development will be reduced from 18 to 16 car parking spaces; the modifications are to the car parking for St. Andrew's Lodge and St. Andrew's Hall already granted under Planning Permission Ref: S96A/0146. The work is within the curtilage of a Protected Structure, St. Andrews Lodge.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD07A/0034

• 2 Sept 2005Grant permission for retention

  Changed use from office use to doctor's surgery with ancillary spaces.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD05A/0732

• 23 Sept 2004Grant permission

  Installation of an automatic vehicle barrier, associated bollards and control equipment to the existing car park.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD04A/0367

• 3 Jul 2003Grant permission

  Proposed demolition of existing brick planters facing old Lucan road, and removal of associated hard landscaping and trees. Demolition of existing staff toilet block and construction of a 219 square metre single storey extension facing Old Lucan Road / Main Street and refurbishment of existing bank premises consisting of banking hall teller counter, manager office, two meeting rooms, relationship manager's area, consultation area, ATM room, off counter cash room, secure customer lobby, open plan office, BSN/switch room, archive, CIT lobby, strong room, staff canteen, shower, staff toilets including disabled toilet. The existing entrance to be replaced by new banking hall entrance from Old Lucan Road. Erection of signage to Old Lucan Road elevation. The proposed relocation of the existing car park entrance, and erection of railings, wall, and entrance piers to car park boundary. Reorganisation of existing car park to increase parking capacity to 29 spaces, and provision of car park lighting. Demolition of existing boiler house, and associated flue and oil tank, to be replaced by roof mounted plant equipment concealed from street level by roof screens.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD03A/0217

• 14 Feb 2003Grant permission for retention

  Retention of shop sign "creative flowers".

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD03A/0090

• 14 Feb 2003Grant permission for retention

  Retention of shop sign "Spice Inn"

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD03A/0089

• 14 Feb 2003Grant permission for retention

  Retention of shop sign "Lucan Village Pharmacy".

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD03A/0088

• 27 Sept 2002Grant permission

  Change of use of the first floor and part of the upper ground floor, from residential to office use, including removal of some internal partitions and other internal alterations, and construction of metal railings and gate at rear of building.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD02A/0569

• 10 Jun 2002Grant permission

  Revised shop front and sign.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, S01A/0436

• 14 May 2002Withdraw the application

  Outline permission for development of a single storey addition and alterations to the existing dwelling to provide a 48 bedroom nursing home and associated facilities.

  Outline permission · South Dublin County Council, SD02A/0257

• 22 Oct 2001Grant permission & refuse permission

  Replacement of existing fascia and projection signage with new signage to match.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, S01A/0704

• 16 Feb 2000Grant permission

  Change of use from restaurant to restaurant and takeaway.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, S99A/0862

The 25 most recent of 27 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Liffey Valley 000128

Recorded monuments

• DU017-019 Historic town
  Description

  Around the year 1185 the Ormond Deeds recorded that; 'Alard, son of William was the first feoffee of the manor of Leuekan [Lucan] and of all the other lands named in the charters in Ireland by the donation of King John, then Lord of Ireland : for King Richard his brother, and him then. Alard had a daughter who was his heir who was called Cecily de Langetot, and this daughter was married to Sir Baldwin de Coudrei, which Baldwin begat Fouke de Coudrei on this Cecily, and the said Fouke begat Sir Pires de Coudrei who now demands the land' (Curtis 1932, 4, No. 7). In the year 1203-04 'Werrick Pecchie [Peche] renders his account of 40 marks and a palfrey [war horse], for having the K.'s confirmation of his land of Liuican [Lucan] in Ireland' (Cal. doc. Ire., Vol. 1, 30, No. 192). In January of the same year the calendars recorded the 'Confirmation to Wyrrys Peche of Alard Fitz William's gift in fee of his land of Liuekan' (ibid. No. 197). The Urban Survey of Dublin (Bradley and King 1988, 251-3) recorded the following details about the medieval manorial borough of Lucan; 'Situated at the junction of the river Griffeen with the Liffey, Lucan is one of the few medieval boroughs in the county which does not have a history before the coming of the Normans and which was not founded by the archbishops of Dublin. It was initially granted to Alard FitzWilliam but by 1204 he had given it to Warrisius de Pech in whose family the manor and borough was to remain for much of the thirteenth century (Ball 1902-20, iv, 36).The first borough does not occur until the early fourteenth century but it is likely that the borough itself was established shortly after the Norman takeover. The Ormond deeds preserve document of 1316 in which David Styward granted to Robert de Notyngham: "one burgage in Lucan lying between the burgages formerly belonging to William Styward and Robert de Notton stretching in length from the high street (regia strata) of the town to the water of Avenlyffe" (Curtis 1932-43, 1, no. 518). This document is important because, despite some hints to the contrary (D'Alton 1838, 331), it indicates that the modern Main Street is on the site of its Predecessor. The settlement never seems to have been great economic importance and was essentially a manorial borough. During the later middle ages it was held by the FitzGerald earls of Kildare. Shortly after their fall from favour, in the aftermath of the Silken Thomas rebellion, it was bought by Sir William Sarsfield and it remained in the hands of his family until the middle of the seventeenth century. Dispossessed by Cromwell, however, the Sarsfields were not reinstated until the reign of Janes II, just in time, indeed, for Patrick Sarsfield to be created earl of Lucan. The village rose to prominence again in 1758 when a spa was discovered here and Lucan was much frequented as a health resort during the late eighteenth century. By the early nineteenth century, however, even this had declined and it was not until this century that Lucan began to expand as a dormitory town of Dublin. STREETS & STREET PATTERN The street plan of the borough was essentially linear and consisted simply of one Principal street, Main Street. The fourteenth century document quoted above makes it clear that the burgage plots stretched from the street back to the river and the 0.5. naps show a complementary pattern on the south side of the street. The parish church seems to have been located at the western end of the borough and to have been somewhat isolated from it. MARKET PLACE This would appear to have been linear and to have existed in the wide part of Main Street BRIDGE (DU017-016----) This is first mentioned, as far as we have been able to ascertain, in the seventeenth century (Ball 1902-20, iv, 43). The absence of flanking burgage plots along Bridge Street indicates that it is an insertion and was not part of the original pattern. MILL (DU017-019009-) A watermill is frequently mentioned in association with the manor of Lucan, for instance in the grant of the manor to Maurice, fourth earl of Kildare, in 1386 (D'Alton 1838 329). The manorial mill seems to have been located at Lutterelstown, however, rather than at Lucan (Curtis 1932-43, i, no 747). CASTLE As the centre of a manor Lucan would have had a castle which was probably located in the vicinity of the present Lucan House unless it is to be equated with the earthwork south of the town. The residential tower attached to the church has been mistaken by virtually all previous writers for the castle. Little is known of its history until the seventeenth century when, while it was in the possession of Sir Theophilus Jones, was described as one of the fairest houses in Co. Dublin, and it contained twelve hearths (Ball 1902-20, iv, 43)'. See attached Down Survey map of Newcastle Barony showing 'Lucan house' adjacent to the medieval road flanked on either side by a row of dwellings representing the medieval village of Lucan alongside the medieval parish church, courtesy of the Library of Trinity College. See attached Taylor's Map of Dublin showing the village of Lucan, the Old Mill, the Bridge (DU017-019007-) crossing the River Liffey. Taylor, J. 1816 Taylor's map of the environs of Dublin: extending 10 to 14 miles from the castle, by actual survey, on a scale of 2 inches to one mile. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 8 may 2023

• DU017-019001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  The residential tower attached to the N side of St Mary's church (DU017-019002-) at Lucan, was mistakenly identified as the medieval castle of Lucan. In 1702/03 a gentleman called John Green submitted a claim No. 1984 at Chichester House, College Green, Dublin, for an interest in a lease of 31 years, dated 25th of March 1700 by a deed dated the 9th of January 1699 against the property described as the 'Castle, and great white house at Lucan, the Land called the wood and several other premises' which was the property of Patrick Sarsfield (Anon. 1701, 226, Claim No. 1984). This claim which was rejected suggests that the 17th-century Lucan House (DU017-019008-) was built beside or attached to the medieval castle of Lucan. The Urban Survey of Dublin (Bradley and King 1988, 254) recorded the following details about the medieval castle of Lucan; 'As the centre of a manor [DU017-019----] Lucan would have had a castle which was probably located in the vicinity of the present Lucan House unless it is to be equated with the earthwork [DU017-021001-] south of the town. The residential tower attached to the church has been mistaken by virtually all previous writers for the castle. Little is known of its history until the seventeenth century when, while it was in the possession of Sir Theophilus Jones, was described as one of the fairest houses in Co. Dublin, and it contained twelve hearths (Ball 1902-20, iv, 43)'. The house referred to as one of 'fairest houses in Co. Dublin' which contained 12 hearths refers to a 17th century gable fronted house (DU017-019008-) depicted on the 17th century Down Survey map which was probably replaced by the current Lucan House in the 18th-century. The precise location of the medieval castle of Lucan has not been identified. It has been suggested that the site of the medieval castle stood beside the present 18th-century Lucan House (Bradley and King 1988, 254; Salter 2004, 37). Salter also suggested that there was a second castle (DU017-019012-) situated in the main Street of Lucan village (ibid.). Salter (ibid.) recorded the following details about the medieval castle of Lucan; 'Agmondisham Vesey's mansion of 1772 lies beside the site of a castle probably built by Sir William Sarsfield, Mayor of Dublin after he acquired the estate upon the attainder of the 10th Earl of Kildare in 1534. During the 1650s and 60s it was held by the Cromwellian Sir Theophilus Jones but was restored to Patrick Sarsfield, who was created Viscount Tully and Earl of Lucan. A second castle site lies in Main Street at 032352'. In 1553-4 there is a reference to Lucan Castle when the Crown granted a 21 year lease to; 'Matthew King ; of the manor of Lucan, lands of Lucan and Waspayneston, county Dublin, parcel of the possessions of Gerald, earl of Kildare, attainted. (Recites that King having obtained a lease of the premises xxix. Hen. VIII., sold his interest to Osburn Itchingham, whose widow Mary conveyed (v. Ed. VI) to Richard Rede, knt., who again had conveyed to Matthew King). To hold for twenty-one years, at a rent of £30 13s. 4d. Lessee to inhabit the castle or cause it to be inhabited by liege men, who shall use the English tongue and dress, and keep no communication with the Irish' (Nicholls 1994, 298). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 23 May 2023

• DU017-019002 Church
  Description

  Located on the NE side of a semi-circular, walled graveyard on the demesne lands of Lucan (Leamhcán/marshy place) House which stands 80m to W. St. Mary's nave and chancel church ruins (ext. dims. 15.9m E-W x 6.5m N-S; int. dims. 15.1m E-W x 4.9m N-S) with residential tower on northeast angle of church forms the N boundary of the parish graveyard (DU017-019002-). The multi-period nave and chancel church with eastern residential tower accessed off the northern wall of the chancel has the remains of acoustic jars still visible in the north wall of the church which were identified by local archaeologist, Helen Farrell.  The pottery jars are still in situ, set into small circular-shaped holes visible in the northern wall of the church and this survival may be unique in Ireland.  The holes for acoustic jars have been identified in St. Mary's Collegiate Church (CO067-029003-) in Youghal, Co. Cork, but the pottery jars no longer survive in the Youghal church.  According to Wikipedia; ‘An acoustic jar, also known by the Greek name echea (ηχεία, literally echoers), or sounding vases, are ceramic vessels found set into the walls, ceilings, and sometimes floors, of medieval churches. They are believed to have been intended to improve the sound of singing. In the Middle Ages the idea of the acoustic vessel re-emerged. Examples have been found in around 200 churches, about half of them in France’ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_jar).  According to Valière (2013, 70); 'From the 10th to 16th centuries and even later, the practice of using acoustical pots as a common feature in church architecture spread throughout Europe'.    The 1302-07 Ecclesiastical Taxation of the Deanery of Taney [Tanehey] valued Lucan Church at £20 per annum with the tithe valued at 40s. (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 239). The vicarage of Lucan belonged to the Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary's (DU018-020048-) while the rectory of Lucan belonged to the Augustinian Abbey of St. Thomas (DU018-020051-). In 1268 the 'confirmation of a charter of grant by Wyrreys Peche to the church of St. Catherine near the Salmon Leap, to Brother William, called of Kil its prior his successors, and its canons regular, of the following lands and liberties' included the; 'the church of St. Mary of Liuekan [Lucan], so far as belongs to tlhe patron, for their maintenance and the reception of guests and poor, of the tithe of Wyreys's, bread, beer, meat, and fish; and of the liberties enjoyed by his free tenants in his common of pasture and wood without his preserves, in the manor of Lucan' (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 2, 135, No. 842). This grant was witnessed by 'Henry Archbishop of Dublin, P[eter] Bishop of Ossory, R[alph] Bishop of Kildare, the Abbot of St. Thomas, Dublin, Wiliam Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Stephen and Godfrey of Hereford, John de Powic, Milo le Bret, Roger parson of Lucan, Hugh de Braunton, constable of Lucan' (ibid.). In 1279, Henry Serle was appointed to the, 'vacant church of Liuekan Lucan] belonging to the K[ing]'s gift by reason of the lands and heirs of Wiliam Pecche, deceased being in the K[ing].s hand. Letters thereupon to the bailiffs of the Archbishop of Dublin' (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 2, 327, no. 1623). In 1539 the Crown granted Patrick Clyncher, Clerk of the Organ of the abbey of St. Thomas, 'of a pension of £5, issuing from lands in the parish of Donaghmore by Grenoke, and from the rectory of Lucan; confirming a grant of the said pension with certain easements, made by the abbot and convent of St. Thomas the Martyr [DU018-020051-]' (Nicholls 1994, 15).   In 1540-1 at the Dissolution of the Monasteries the possessions of the Rectory of Lucan were granted to the earl of Kildare and after the Kildare Rebellion these possessions were taken from the earl of Kildare and granted to Thomas Luttrell and Patrick Barnewall. The monastic possession were described as follows; 'a moiety of the tithes gra[i]n, of this r[ectory]. with the r. of Rathmore near Lennagh, Ballaghmone [Kildare], Moynnehennok [Kildare], Strabo [Laois], Moycon [Carlow] and Koulkcoure [Coolkerry, Laois], and a moiety of the tithes of Monehenocke, were leased to Gerald earl of Kildare for 8. li. On his attainder for high treason, these tithes came into the king's hands, and were granted by him to Sir Thomas Lutterell and Patrick Barnewell for rent of 8. li. to the monastery and 20.s. to the king, total, 9. li. The other moiety of the tithes of Lucan is leased by the monastery per ind. p.t.a. [by induenture for a term of years] to Patrick Clyncher for 106.s. 8.d. The advowson of the r[ectory]. of Lucan is the king's' (White 1943, 29-30). In 1543 the Crown granted a 21 year lease to 'Thomas Lutrell, of Lutrelliston, knight; of the site of the hospital of St. John the Baptist [DU018-020062-], without the New gate of Dublin, lands in Dublin and suburbs' (Nicholls 1994, 42) which included lands in Lucan. A condition of the lease stated that '£9 is allowed for the repair of the chancels' (ibid. 43). In 1553-4 the Crown granted a 21 year lease to; 'John Goldsmyth, of Dublin, gent.; of a moiety of the tithe corn of the parish of Lucan and Wespaylston, estimated at ninety pecks a year, parcel of the possessions of the abbey of Thomas-court [DU018-020051-]' (Nicholls 1994, 298). In 1569 the Council of Ireland certified to Queen Elizabeth the granting of the 'manor of Lucan to sir William Sarsfield from the earl of Kildare' (Cunningham 2010, 128). In 1578 Queen Elizabeth granted English liberty to; 'John Ower, vicar of Esker and Lucan' (Nicholls 1994, 464).    The 1615 Royal Visitation of the Diocese of Dublin recorded the following details about the vicarage of Lucan which was then standing in the medieval deanery of Newcastlelyons; 'Thomas Keatinge Vicarius. Thomas Keating a reading minister resident. Ecclesia et cancella bene cum libris [church and chancel good with books]' (Ronan 1941, 27). In 1630, Archbishop Bulkeley's Visitation of Dublin recorded the following details about Lucan Church; 'The rectory is impropriate, worth besides the kings rent, x libri per annum. The church is in good repairacon, the chauncell is ruinous. There are not above five in that parish that comes to church. Thomas Keatinge, clarke, is vicar there, whose meanes there, as he certified, is not above iiii libri per annum, and whose wife is a recusant' (Ronan 1941, 72). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Dublin recorded that at; 'Lucan there is a verry faire house a Chappell some thatch houses and Cabbins and a good Stone bridge [DU017-016----] crossing the river Liffey' (Simington 1945, 290).    The Urban Survey of Dublin (Bradley and King 1988, 254-) recorded the following details about St. Mary's medieval parish church in Lucan; 'This church was in existence by c. 1219 when it granted to the Augustinian priory of St. Catherine founded by Warisius de Pech, to the west of Lucan (Ball 1902-20, iv, 55; Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 192). In 1337, after St. Catherine's was united with St Thomas Dublin (DU018-020051-), the advowson passed to this abbey and after the Dissolution it was bought up by Sir William Sarsfield. The church was kept in good repair until the end of the sixteenth century but by 1630 the chancel was ruinous (Ball 1902-20, iv, 56). The church is a simple nave and chancel structure of uncoursed rubble limestone and is missing the north wall of the nave. The west gable is almost complete and had a bellcote above a steeply pitched roof. The west window is ogee-headed twin-light with concave chamfered limestone jambs and segmental headed rear arch. There is a blocked round arched door in the west end of the south wall with a lintelled rear arch. The residential tower is on the north side of the church and is built of roughly coursed limestone. It is rectangular with three floors. The ground floor is barrel vaulted and there is a barrel vaulted annex on the east. A stair turret projects on the north side above first floor level'.  The church was entered originally through a two-centred arched doorway (blocked) at W end of S wall of nave. The nave (L 14m x Wth 5m) is lit by a cusped ogee-headed, double light W window with concave chamfered jambs and remains of a similar window in the S wall. The E end of the church (L 10.8m x Wth 5m) is lit by two late brick-lined, round headed windows placed high in the S wall. The residential tower attached to the N side is roughly square in plan with a stair turret in the NW corner. Built of roughly coursed masonry, it rises to three storeys with a vaulted annexe to the E side (int. dims. Wth 4m x L 6.5m). The tower was originally entered through a two-centred arched doorway. There is an inserted lintelled entrance in the E wall with the decorated head of a double-light ogee headed window built into the wall above it. The ground floor is vaulted on an E-W axis with traces of wicker-work centring. There is a fireplace on the ground floor in the W wall with a round-headed recess in the wall to the S of it. A lintelled entrance opens on the first floor with a small garderobe in the N wall beside it. E of this is a recess for a fireplace. The first floor is lit by large rectangular windows in the W and E walls which are built of roughly dressed limestone. The second floor is also vaulted. The entrance to the corbelled chamber in the NE tower is round-headed. Fireplace in the E wall. The stairs continue to parapet level. A chimney stands in the centre of the N wall (Dix 1897, 36; Ball 1902-20, IV, 43). The castle or residential tower attached to the N side of the church was described in 1897 as follows; 'The castle consists of a square with two projections. The present entrance door is evidently modern, and the only old doorway in this castle is the one between it and the attached chapel, now built up, but the arch of which is apparent, both on the castle side and the chapel side. The stone steps leading to the top of the castle are situate in the small projecting tower, as shown in the diagram. The other projection contains small chambers, according to the different floors. On the ground floor, in the wall opposite the present entrance, are some recesses, rather suggestive of ecclesiastical uses than of anything else. In the small chamber off the ground floor, some of the old wattles still remain embedded in the mortar of the roof. The first floor is intact; it is lighted by several windows, and has also a fireplace. The floor of the second storey has disappeared, but it is covered by what at first sight, when one first steps out on it, appears a flat roof, but which is very probably the floor of another storey, as on one side the battlements rise much higher than is usually the case, and have two openings like windows, but so covered with ivy as not to be easily examined further. On this top floor there is also a small chamber, occurring in each of the other floors below. Nearly the whole of the tower is closely covered with ivy. The internal measurements of the first floor are, 12 ft. 8 in. in width by 19 ft. 2 in. in length. The stair turret rises several feet above the top of the castle, and the idea is rather suggested that it once rose still higher, being reached by some stone steps. The immediate proximity of the chapel or church, which is actually built against the castle on the south side, is remarkable, and the communication between the two by a doorway suggests that this chapel was a private one for the convenience of the owner of the castle. Mr. Reid, Col. Vesey's steward, takes great interest in the antiquities of the demesne and the family. He stated that, in his opinion, there were originally four towers connected by a wall, and added that, at one time during the digging of some ground between the castle and the river, a great many bones were turned up. There are three narrow windows in the west wall and two in the south wall. In 1609, Sir Wm. Sarsfield was seized of the manor, " two castles," &c. It would be of interest to know where the second castle is — perhaps where Mr. Hill's Woollen Mills now are [vide Ordnance Sheet.] In 1667, Sir Theophilus Jones obtained by patent the manor "castle," dec, of Lucan; and in 1700, one John Green claimed a subinterest in the "castle" and great white house at Lucan, but failed to prosecute his claim'.   Lucan Church ruins were described by Ní Mharcaigh (1997, 271-2) as follows; 'The west front resembles that of Esker in that a buttress on each side of a central window continues upward to form a segmental arch over the window, and higher still, to support a bellcote for two bells, although only half of the bellcote survives. A string course decorates the buttresses in two places and is repeated over the window arch. A putlog hole in this wall, to the south of the window, is not visible from inside. It is about 2m from the ground and continues a row of three putlog holes at the same level in the south wall. Three further putlog holes are visible in the gable, between the window and the bellcote. The west window is a two-light one under a round-arch hood on the outside and a segmental, almost flat-headed embrasure on the inside. Each light is trefoiled and ogee-headed, hollow-chamfered and cusped. The central mullion is hollow-chamfered and is grooved with holes for five glazing bars, matched by holes in the sides of the frame. The south wall, 15.9m long, has a vertical break at 7.6m from the west. Whether or not this marks a chancel arch is not certain in the absence of the opposing north wall. The row of three putlog holes already mentioned occurs in this westerly part of the wall, with a fourth below the central one. A gallery may be indicated. A blocked up doorway, 1.2m wide, narrowing slightly to the ground, has a pointed segmental arch on the outside and a lintelled head on the inside. East of the break in the wall is a blocked-up two-light window of which only the upper part remains, under a straight hood moulding. The mullion, sides and sill are missing. Each light had an ogee head with hollow-chamfered and roll mouldings and a pair of spandrels decorated with shallow-cut leaves. There is no trace of the window on the inside of the wall. Whether or not the window is now in its position is therefore conjectural. The north wall of the church is missing except for about 1m adjoining the west wall, within the Italian embassy grounds. Site of the east wall. The east wall of the church has been displaced by the west wall of a house that was built on to the south wall of a medieval tower house. The tower is three storeys high with a stair turret projecting on the north side and an annex projecting on the east. It is not connected to the church at any point and does not appear to have had any function as a belfry. The two-light ogee-headed west window indicates a fifteenth-century date for this church and the head of the north blocked window would fit in with this date'.  Compiled by:  Caimin O'Brien Date of Compilation: 01 December 2025

• DU017-019003 Graveyard
  Description

  St Mary's medieval parish church ruins (DU017-019002-) forms the N boundary of Lucan graveyard (dims. 29m N-S x 62m E-W), on the demesne lands of Lucan House (DU017-019008-) which stands 80m to the W. The graveyard stands on the W side of Lucan village on land that slopes down to the River Liffey located 110m to the NNW. The Griffeen River lies 50m to E running through the centre of Lucan village. Graveyard consists of a semi-circular shaped area with post-1700 memorial stones enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at E accessed off laneway from the village of Lucan. Medieval window mullion from St Mary's Church reused as a grave-marker to W of church close to boundary wall of graveyard. In 1881 the Report of The Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland, For the Period 1869-80 listed 'No. 25 - Lucan Burial Ground' in Appendix No. 8 which was a Schedule of Burial Grounds situate in Private Demesnes, vested by The Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland, by direction of the Lord Lieutenant in Council, in the Owners of such Demesnes, pursuant to the 26th section of “The Irish Church Act, 1869”. This report recorded that on the 6th of December 1875 the Irish Church Temporalities Commission vested 'Lucan Burial Ground' to; 'Charles W. Hamilton, and Jas. R. Gordon, and Heirs'. In 1889 the 17th Annual report of the Local Government Board recorded under order No. 31, that 'Orders have been made and gazetted prohibiting further interments in the burial grounds named hereunder, which included 'The Chapel burial ground at Lucan, in the Celbridge Union'. In 1922 the August 12th edition of the Irish Builder and Engineer listed an advertisement for tenders invited for 'The Celbridge No. 2 Rural District council invite tenders before the 26th for the repair of the boundary walls of the burial grounds at Esker, Lucan, Loughtown, Newcastle and Saggart'. Anon. 1881 Report of The Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland, For the Period 1869-80. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 23 May 2023

• DU017-019004 Cross
  Description

  According to Lewis (1837, 2, 322) a cross stood opposite the entrance to Lucan House. A map of Lucan (NLI MS 39/251/3) dating from 1699 shows the cross standing to the S of the 17th-century Lucan House (DU017-019008-) standing on a bend of the road leading to Cooldrinagh (the Long Acre) with the annotation 'Here is a Cross'. Today there are so surface remains visible of this cross. Local archaeologist Helen Farrell has identified a granite cross-base with small circular-shaped socket in the graveyard (DU017-019003-) to the W of St. Mary's Church (DU017-019002-) which may have belonged to the cross depicted on the 1699 map of Lucan. NLI MS 39,251/3 National Library of Ireland, Original and copy title deeds to the lands of Pettycannon, outside Lucan, so called because originally they belonged to the Petty Canons and Choristers of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Helen Farrell Date of revised upload: 23 May 2023

• DU017-019008 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Lucan House now the residence of the Italian Ambassador was built in the 18th-century possibly on the site of the 'faire house' depicted on the 17th-century Down Survey map of Newcastle Barony (Hib. Reg.) and on the parish map of Lucan (NLI, Ms. 714). This 17th-century house may have been built on the or close to the site of the medieval castle (DU017-019002-) of the manor of Lucan. In 1702/03 a gentleman called John Green submitted a claim No. 1984 at Chichester House, College Green, Dublin, for an interest in a lease of 31 years, dated 25th of March 1700 by a deed dated the 9th of January 1699 against the property described as the 'Castle, and great white house at Lucan, the Land called the wood and several other premises' which was the property of Patrick Sarsfield (Anon. 1701, 226, Claim No. 1984). This claim which was rejected suggests that the 17th-century Lucan House was built beside or attached to the medieval castle (DU017-019001-) of Lucan. In 1569 the Council of Ireland certified to Queen Elizabeth the granting of the 'manor of Lucan to sir William Sarsfield from the earl of Kildare' (Cunningham 2010, 128). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Dublin recorded that at; 'Lucan there is a verry faire house a Chappell [DU017-019002-] some thatch houses and Cabbins and a good Stone bridge [DU017-016----] crossing the river Liffey' (Simington 1945, 290). In 1641 this house was the residence of William Sarsfield, an Irish papist and owner of 947 acres of land in Lucan (ibid., 302). In 1653 Theophilus Jones, a Colonel in the Parliamentarian Army submitted a petition to the Council of State relating to the lands of Lucan. In this petition he stated that he; 'shall have and enjoy the Town and Lands of Lucan, in the County of Dublyn, and Province of Leinster, in Ireland, with some other Parcels of Land lately belonging to one Sarsefield of Lucan, in which the said Colonel Theophilus Jones claims a Lease from the Commonwealth, at the Rent of One hundred and Ninety Pounds yearly, for and towards the Satisfaction of such Arrears as are due unto him for his Service for the Parliament; he paying for the same half so much more as other the Lands within that Province are to be sold at; viz. Nine hundred Pounds for a Thousand Acres, Allowance being made out of the same unto him for his present Estate in the Premises, or any Part thereof: And the Commissioners of Parliament in Ireland are hereby authorized and required to set out the same unto the said Colonel Theophilus Jones, his Heirs or Assigns, to be enjoyed by him, his Heirs and Assigns, accordingly' (Anon. 1802, 358). On the 28th of July in 1693 Sir Edward Ward, Attorney-General, to the Lords of the Treasury, reported on the; 'the petition of Charlotte Sarsfield, an infant, daughter and sole surviving heir of William Sarsfield, late of Lucan, in the co. of Dublin, Esq., by Mary his wife, sister to the late Duke of Monmouth, presented by William Fanshaw, Esq., her father-in-law and guardian, respecting “the manor of Lucan and other forfeited lands” in Ireland, which had belonged to the said William Sarsfield, and which the petitioner sought to obtain; recommending that she should be gratified' (Anon. 1868, 303). The following year in 1694 King William replied to 'William Fanshaw and his ward, Charlotte Sarsfeild, a minor, only daughter and heiress of William Sarsfeild of Lucan, esq., deceased, for confirmation of the said Charlotte's title to the manor of Lucan and other lands in Ireland, seized to the Crown as late in the possession of Col. Sarsfeild, or that her title may be tried by some expeditious action' (Anon. 1935). In 1695 an abstract about her petition sated that; 'Charlotte Sarsfield, an infant, by William Fanshaw, her father-in-law and guardian, was daughter and heir of William Sarsfield, of Lucan in Ireland, who on intermarrying with her mother had agreed (on the death Patrick Sarsfield, his father) to settle 800l. a year on her and her children. The petitioner charges the Earl of Lucan with entering on her property, by whom it was forfeited; praying for restoration of her estate' (Anon. 1868). In 1696 the Crown ruled once more on this petition and gave an; 'order for taking off the seizure of the estate of William Sarsfeild of Lucan in Ireland, deceased, and for putting Charlotte Sarsfeild his only daughter and heir into possession of said estate: it appearing from her petition that Patrick Sarsfeild, the elder, father of her said father, was tenant for life of the manor of Lucan and other his lands and estate in Ireland with remainder in tail to the said William and heirs male; that Charles II. granted the said reversion to the said William and his heirs for the intended benefit of Mary his then wife, sister to the late Duke of Monmouth, and her children by the said William, whose sole daughter and heir by the said Mary, also lately deceased, is the said Charlotte, petitioner herein; and the said Patrick dying during the late Rebellion, Col. Patrick Sarsfeild, younger brother of the said William, taking advantage of petitioner's infancy and of her being in England got into possession of the estate and wrongfully detained it till expelled by the King's arms; and the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland, finding the said Col. Patrick last possessed thereof did seize same into the King's hands on account of his forfeiture (except the manor of Lucan which has been in possession of petitioner and her mother for many years before the said Rebellion): on which petition the Solicitor-General reported that old Patrick Sarsfeild of Lucan was by the Court of Claims in 1663 declared innocent and his son William was declared innocent and was adjudged to be restored to the several lands declared in the decree to be held by him and his heirs made after the death of his said father: and that Charles II. afterwards granted the reversion as above, it being Charles II.'s intention that the estate should go to the heirs of the said William by the sister of the late Duke of Monmouth whose sole daughter is Charlotte, petitioner herein' (Shaw 1933). Two years later in 1698 the House of Commons received a petition from Agmondisham Vesey, and Charlotte his wife which stated; 'That upon the Marriage of William Sarsfeild, the Petitioner Charlott's Father, with Mary Sister of the late Duke of Monmouth, King Charles the IId, as a Marriage-Portion, granted to William Sarsfeild, and his Heirs, the Manor of Lucan, and other Lands, forfeited in 1641; which Grant was, in Trust, for the said Mary, and her Children: That Wm. Sarsfeild died in 1675, leaving Mary his Widow, and Three small Children, Two whereof died Infants, without Issue; and the Petitioner Charlott is Daughter, and Heir, to her said Father, and Brothers: That Colonel Patrick Sarsfeild; younger Brother of the said William, taking Advantage of the Petitioner Charlott's Infancy, by Violence, in the late Rebellion in Ireland, got Possession of the said Estate; and, upon Application to the King, her Title being made out, was pleased, by Letters of Privy-Seal, dated in April 1696, to restore her to her paternal Estate; which she has quietly enjoyed ever since: And praying, That the Bill for vacating all Grants of Estates, and other Interests; forfeited in Ireland, since the 13th Day of February 1688, may not prejudice the Petitioner's Title to the said Estate' (Anon. 1803). Lucan House is depicted on the 17th-century Down Survey map of Newcastle barony where it is shown standing to the S of Lucan Bridge (DU017-016---) and adjacent to the medieval road flanked on either side by a line of dwellings representing the 17th-century village of Lucan with medieval parish church. On the map the house is depicted as a gable fronted house with tall lateral chimneystacks rising above the roofline of the house in typical late 16th-early 17th-century style. The house is depicted as a tall gable ended building with central gable fronted tower with three tall chimneystacks ris

• DU017-020 Chapel
  Description

  Annotated 'Oratory' on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch and depicted as a rectangular structure aligned NE-SW on the demesne of Lucan House which stands 365m to the NE and 25m S of the River Liffey. Known as St. John's Oratory this is an 18th century bath house (Daly 1957,18). The well was described by Lewis (1837) as; 'within the grounds is a monument to one of the Sarsfield family, near which are an ancient oratory, dedicated to St. John, and thickly covered with ivy, and a holy well [DU017-020001-]'. In 1547 the Calendar of Patent and Close Rolls recorded the surrender, 'of the monastery or house of Saint Thomas the Martyr [DU018-020051-], near Dublin, commonly called "Saint Thomas is courte," of the Order of Saint Augustine, by Henry Duffe, Abbot' which included 'Chapell Midway Lucan [DU011-022001-], Saint Katherine's, near the Salmon Leap, and Tankardstown; and the advowsons of Kilsalghan and Lucan' (Cal. pat. rolls 38 Henry VIII, 134). This oratory may be the same building that was described as 'The old walls of a Chappell' listed in the 1680 survey of the lands of Lucan where it is recorded as standing on land parcel no. 52 (NLI MS 39/256/1). Described by Daly (1957, 18-19) as; 'we come to one of the of the 18th century sulphurous spas, that at Lucan. It was discovered in 1758 in the demesne of Agmondisham Vesey a mile from his residence, a little to the north of the chalybeate spring in the same neighbourhood, formerly of some repute but by then neglected. It is possible that this latter spring was that which supplied water to the bath house, which in Mrs. Delaney's was next to Mrs. Vesey's dairy; this bath house was thought to have been originally an oratory. There might also be here with the holy well, Tobernaclugg, which in time past had been dedicated to St. John. The Lucan well was almost 7 feet [2.1m] long, 2 feet [0.6m] broad and 15 inches deep, yielding a yielding a large supply of water. it was situated on the brink of the river Liffey, which in times of flood and winter months overflowed the well; this however Mr. Vesey, to a great extent, prevented by the erection of a wall. It was reported that the Lucan waters possessed virtues beneficial in cutaneous and other similar diseases; further, that the muddy substance applied in cases of chronic rheumatism and paralytic limbs, leprosy, herpes, impetigo, itch and ringworm proved successful. A story is told of a man who suffered from loose teeth and sore gums; he was told to wash out his mouth with the water and then drink some of it. He did all this and then declared that he was completely cured. It would appear that the water was introduced into Steeven's Hospital prior to 1766 for the cure. Rutty's opinion of the water was that "it tasted of a boiled egg and when strongest of a putrid one; it smelt like a solution of sulphur." This was only to be expected, seeing that it was a sulphur spa. The spa continued to be held in high esteem until about 1845, when that capricious jade, fashion, whose tastes can never be commanded, withdrew her favour and the attendance'. Rutty, J. 1757 The Mineral Waters of Ireland. Dublin. NLI MS 39/256/1 National Library of Ireland, An accompt of the survey of the lands of Lucan according to the meares and bounds showed Mr Abra[ham[ Carter. De Vesci Papers. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 9 May 2023

• DU017-020001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Annotated 'Oratory' (DU017-020----) on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch and depicted as a rectangular structure aligned NE-SW on the demesne of Lucan House which stands 365m to the NE and 25m S of the River Liffey. Known as St. John's Oratory this is an 18th century bath house which appears to have enclosed a possible holy well dedicated to St. John (Daly 1957,18). The well was described by Lewis (1837) as; 'within the grounds is a monument to one of the Sarsfield family, near which are an ancient oratory, dedicated to St. John, and thickly covered with ivy, and a holy well'. Described by Daly (1957, 18-19) as; 'we come to one of the of the 18th century sulphurous spas, that at Lucan. It was discovered in 1758 in the demesne of Agmondisham Vesey a mile from his residence, a little to the north of the chalybeate spring in the same neighbourhood, formerly of some repute but by then neglected. It is possible that this latter spring was that which supplied water to the bath house, which in Mrs. Delaney's was next to Mrs. Vesey's dairy; this bath house was thought to have been originally an oratory. There might also be here with the holy well, Tobernaclugg, which in time past had been dedicated to St. John. The Lucan well was almost 7 feet [2.1m] long, 2 feet [0.6m] broad and 15 inches deep, yielding a yielding a large supply of water. it was situated on the brink of the river Liffey, which in times of flood and winter months overflowed the well; this however Mr. Vesey, to a great extent, prevented by the erection of a wall. It was reported that the Lucan waters possessed virtues beneficial in cutaneous and other similar diseases; further, that the muddy substance applied in cases of chronic rheumatism and paralytic limbs, leprosy, herpes, impetigo, itch and ringworm proved successful. A story is told of a man who suffered from loose teeth and sore gums; he was told to wash out his mouth with the water and then drink some of it. He did all this and then declared that he was completely cured. It would appear that the water was introduced into Steeven's Hospital prior to 1766 for the cure. Rutty's opinion of the water was that "it tasted of a boiled egg and when strongest of a putrid one; it smelt like a solution of sulphur." This was only to be expected, seeing that it was a sulphur spa. The spa continued to be held in high esteem until about 1845, when that capricious jade, fashion, whose tastes can never be commanded, withdrew her favour and the attendance'. Folklore collected in 1937 from Lucan School recorded the following tradition about this well; 'In Lucan Demesne the place known as the 'Bath House' and which covers a lovely spring is really an old Holy Well oratory, disguised skilfully by the early Protestant owners, by means of a false front of 'honeycombed' limestone block from the river bed, and a deep covering of ivy and overgrowth. Since the ivy was removed the oratory is seems to be an exact copy of the ruins of St. Mary's Church in the graveyard in the Demesne beside the ruins of Sarsfield Castle. A closed up doorway in the demesne wall nearby at Tandy's Lane, may have been for the former public right of way to it, but all tradition of "Stations" is lost; but the attached acknowledgement from the National Museum Authorities of ancient small token found there in Mr C O'Connors time 29-06-34 shows that it was a place of devotion' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 306; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428214/4386571/4456549?ChapterID=4428214) Rutty, J. 1757 The Mineral Waters of Ireland. Dublin. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 May 2023

• DU017-094 Ring-ditch
  Description

  A ring-ditch visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. Tom Condit, 11 March 2015). Cropmark of a possible pit-circle (DU017-104----) to SW with traces of a larger outer enclosing pit-circle (DU017-104----) visible on OSi Bluesky orthoimage taken 2018 (https://sdublincoco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=e0c5595b033341dea7661e248d2e9ee9). The ring-ditch appears to be located just inside the line of the large pit-circle. DU017-094----_01.jpg: Aerial view showing the crop mark of the ring-ditch (from Google Maps, accessed 12 March 2015). See attached OSi Bluesky orthoimage provided courtesy of Donal Lucey Compiled by: Paul Walsh Revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Donal Lucey Date of revised upload: 30 November 2022

• DU017-104 Pit circle
  Description

  Cropmark of a possible pit-circle (diam. c. 7m) c. 10m to WSW of ring-ditch (DU017-094-----) with traces of a larger outer enclosing pit-circle visible on OSi Bluesky orthoimage taken 2018 (https://sdublincoco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=e0c5595b033341dea7661e248d2e9ee9). The ring-ditch appears to be located just inside the line of the large pit-circle. See attached OSi | Bluesky orthoimage taken 2018 provided by Donal Lucey and Apple Maps orthoimage from Jean-Charles Caillère Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Donal Lucey and Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 30 November 2022

Architectural heritage

• Lucan House, gate lodge, 1850–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, c.1870, now in use as a private house and a commercial outlet. Roughcast rendered walls with brick eaves course. Square-headed openings with replacement windows and door. Pitched slate roof with serrated cresting and brick chimney stack. Abutted by modern extension to north and east.

• Lucan House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1770–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Ashlar limestone gate piers, c.1785, and length of rubble stone boundary wall, c.2 metres high. Replacement gates and railings to gateway.

• Weir, 1770–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single stage weir, c.1785, of coursed and uncoursed limestone rubble. Central spine of dressed limestone. Sluice on north side of river with groove for former sluice gates.

• Shop/retail outlet, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace four-bay two-storey shop, c.1815, on a triangular plan, now in use as two shops with dwelling to first floor. Roughcast rendered walls with uPVC casement windows having stone sills to first floor. Pair of traditional style timber shopfronts to ground floor. Pitched slate roof with two flanking chimney stacks and one other at rear.

• Shop/retail outlet, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced six-bay two-storey shop, c.1815, with beauty clinic to first floor. Painted rendered ruled and lined walls with raised brick surrounds to openings. Timber sash windows with stone sills to first floor. Plate glass windows and two timber doors to ground floor below plain fascia. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimney stack. Southern two bays possibly originally a separate building, or later infill. Probably originally included two southern bays of building to north.

• Shop/retail outlet, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced five-bay two-storey shop, c.1815, now in retail and office use. Roughcast rendered walls with uPVC windows having stone sills to first floor. Three traditional style timber shopfronts to ground floor. Pitched slate roof in two sections, with rendered chimney stack at junction. Southern two bays probably originally part of building to south. Remainder, including possible former carriage arch, probably built as a pair with building to north.

• Shop/retail outlet, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey shop, c.1815, on an irregular site, now in use as a building society branch. Smooth rendered walls with timber sash windows having stone sills to first floor. Traditional style timber pilaster shopfront with plate glass windows to ground floor. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimney stack to northern gable. Probably built as a pair with northern section of building to south.

• Public house, 1890–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached irregular-bay two-storey with attic gable-fronted building, c.1905, now in use as a pub. Mock Tudor style brick and timber elevations with timber eaves and cornice to north east. Smooth rendered to south and west. Timber casement windows with leaded top lights and stone sills. Tiled panels below first floor and attic windows. Hipped tile roof with two decorative red brick chimney stacks.

• Vesey Arms, house, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of semi-detached three-bay two-storey former houses, c.1820, now amalgamated and in use as a public house. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with parallel quoins to right-hand house. Timber sash and casement windows to first floor. Plate glass windows and modern timber pub front to ground floor. Pitched slate roof with parapet to right-hand section. Two rendered chimney stacks. Large two-storey rere section with roughcast walls and pitched slate roof.

• Lucan House, stables, 1775–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay single-storey with attic former stable building, c.1790, now in use as house and storage building, and partly unoccupied. Built on a C-shaped half-octagonal plan. Roughcast rendered walls to convex side. Rendered, ruled and lined walls to concave side, with five three-bay sections alternately having superimposed arcade or ashlar pedimented breakfront. Pedimented breakfront to single-bay end bays. Granite platband at arch springing level. Timber sash windows with stone sills. uPVC casement windows to southern domestic section. Timber tongue and groove doors with overlights. Hipped slate roof with red brick dentil eaves course. Single-storey red brick lean-to shed to north.

• Lucan House, gate lodge, 1775–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Principal service entrance to demesne, c.1790. Pair of coursed and quarry-faced limestone gate piers with niches to rere, capstones and urns. Sheet metal gates. Pedestrian gateway to either side with ashlar and quarry-faced block and start pointed surrounds. Timber tongue and groove doors. Flanking rubble stone quadrant screen walls, each with a three-bay single-storey gate house to convex side having brick and rubble walls, pointed timber casement windows or blind openings, quarry-faced block and start surround to door, and curved pitched slate roof with single chimney stack.

• Lucan House, worker's house, 1775–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached seven-bay single-storey cottage, c.1790. Random limestone rubble walls. Pointed and segmental-headed window openings with timber casement windows. Glazed timber door. Pitched and hipped slate roof. Building slopes down from west to east, following the fall of the road.

• Lucan House, graveyard/cemetery, 1700–1740 · Regional interest
  Description

  Enclosed cemetery containing unroofed remains of church, rebuilt c.1730, ruins of medieval tower house, and collection of carved headstones dating from the early eighteenth century. Random limestone rubble boundary wall to south and east with pedestrian gateway.

• Lucan House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1770–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Principal entrance to demesne, c.1775, with pair of channelled granite ashlar gate piers having Coade stone roundels to cap stones. Replacement sliding gate. Set in random rubble boundary wall, stretching from Vesey Bridge to former Lucan Parish School, of three to six metres in height, with 'Famine hole' to southern extreme. Pedestrian cast-iron gate with granite lintel set in wall at eastern extreme.

• Lucan House, bridge, 1775–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road bridge over river, c.1790. Shallow segmental arch with limestone rubble voussoirs. Abutments and low parapet wall of uncoursed limestone rubble with some dressed stone elements. Bridge carries main avenue to house.

• Lucan House, gate lodge, 1775–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, c.1790, partly forming boundary of demesne. Diagonally projecting entrance porch to north west corner facing avenue. Single-storey lean-to projection to south. Roughcast rendered walls. Timber fixed and casement windows in pointed openings to main section. Diamond-paned timber casement window and timber panelled door to porch. Stone sills throughout. Hipped slate roof, curved to porch with wide timber bracketed eaves. Single rendered chimney stack. Building currently unoccupied.

• Lucan House, worker's house, 1890–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-storey house, c.1905, on an L-plan with a projecting bow-fronted porch. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth base. Timber casement windows. Hipped slate roof with timber bracketed, sprocketed eaves and rendered chimney stack.

• Lucan House, monument, 1772–1805 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triangular plan limestone monument, c.1790, set on an elevated earthen mound with narrow steps, c.1985. Stepped base, three carved tortoises to corners, Portland stone main section with carved relief roundel to two sides, surmounted by a limestone urn, all executed in a Greek classical idiom. Formerly located to the west within the demesne.

• Lucan House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1770–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Coursed and uncoursed limestone rubble boundary wall, c.1785. Wall contains many blocked former openings, including a low level segmental arch with quarry-faced keystone marking site of a tunnel to the former orchard on the south side of Leixlip Road.

• Lucan House, country house, 1770–1780 · National interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey over basement Palladian country house, c.1775, with three-bay pedimented breakfront and three-bay rere bow, each having attic storey. Five bays to south side. Roughcast rendered walls with granite platband, string courses, sill course and quoins. Ashlar granite walls to breakfront, with rusticated ground floor and four half-engaged giant Ionic columns above. Small pane sash windows with stone sills throughout. Timber panelled door with elaborate fanlight. Hipped slate roof behind parapet with stone cornice and rendered chimney stacks. Retains many fine interior features, including late eighteenth-century plasterwork. Single-storey service building to north, with roughcast rendered walls, round-headed windows, segmental-headed archway and single-pitched roof. Set within mature demesne parkland with various outbuildings (separately recorded).

• Lucan House, bathhouse, 1770–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gable-fronted former bath house, c.1785, now disused. Round-headed openings set in coursed limestone rubble walls. Gable front decorated with river-weathered limestone, with buttresses and emphasised dressing to door opening and pediment surround. Limestone coping to north wall. Brick dressing and stone finial above doorway in north wall. Pitched, ivy-covered roof with stone bellcote. Central fireplace with pointed arch stone surround and flanking niches to south interior wall. Pointed arch with flanking oval niches to east bay interior wall. Segmental-arched opening to west section with ornamental bath and shallow steps. Plastered barrel-vaulted ceiling. A small stream flows from an arched culvert over an ornamental waterfall cascade and beneath a simple stone footbridge to the east of the bath house.

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 moderately high, moderately low, 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_3003 (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 Lucan Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Lucan Demesne · Diméin Leamhcáin

Area

606,898 m² (60.69 ha, 149.97 acres)

Civil parish

Lucan, and its townlands

Barony

Newcastle

Electoral division

Lucan-St. Helens, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Lucan-St. Helens electoral division: 16,805 people in 5,363 households; 71% of households own their home; 59% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coldblow, Cooldrinagh, Doddsborough, Laraghcon, Leixlip (Co. Kildare), Lucan and Pettycanon, St. Catherine's Park, St. Catherine's Park (Co. Kildare)

Placenames

Lucan Demesne 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.