Main Street, Rathcoole

Area

992 m²

Buildings

1 building touches it, 1,669 m² on the ground

Zoning

M2 VC (South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective

Townland

Rathcoole

Planning applications on this parcel

• 18 Nov 2019Grant permission for retention

  Retention of change of use from retail use to use as a créche/childcare facility.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD19A/0361

• 24 May 2019Grant permission

  Extend childcare by converting adjoining vacant commercial unit to include a change of use from use as a gym to a créche/childcare facility, together with all associated works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD19A/0094

• 3 Sept 2015Grant permission

  Construction of 4 no. 2 bedroom apartments with study and terraces within the existing roof space, along with new roof windows to the west and south elevation, minor alterations to the east and north elevations and all other ancillary site development works on the third floor.

  Permission, 4 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD15A/0183

• 9 Feb 2007Grant permission

  Change of use of unit 5 Eaton Close (42m2) units 6 & 7 Eaton Close (140m2) & unit 8 Eaton Close (57.2m2) from 3 no medical units to 1 no gym (239.2m2)

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD07A/0089

• 23 Oct 2006Grant permission & grant retention

  New signage to 9 no. retail units Retention is sought for 2 no. new internal walls forming 2 no. new retail units (3a & 3b), change of use from a portion of the existing creche facility to 2 no. retail units & for 2 no. new entrance doors serving units 3A & 3B.

  Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD06A/0734

• 13 Jan 2006Refuse permission & refuse retention

  2. No. new 3 - bed units at third floor (dormer) level, & private roof gardens to rear serving 2 units. Retention Planning Permission is sought for alteration of 1 no 1- bed & 1 no 2- bed units at this third floor (dormer) level (original granted under planning permission Reg. Ref: SD04A/0575) to 2 no. 3 - beds and retention planning permission is also sought for new 3- bed apartment at third floor (dormer) level.

  Permission and retention, 2 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD06A/0017

• 29 Jul 2004Grant permission

  Alterations to previously approved permission ref: SD03A/0238 comprising of the demolition of the existing Bank of Ireland premises and the substitution of the permitted building design under the above reference number by one including a basement bicycle park, bin stores and car park for 36 cars with access from within the Eaton site, plus 18 off street parking spaces, a replacement bank totalling 428sq.m on the corner of Main Street and the Shopping Mall Road, one large or two smaller shop/showroom units on the ground floor fronting Main Street totalling 286sq.m, one shop/showroom unit fronting the Shopping Mall Road totalling 129sq.m, 10 apartments on the first floor (8 no. x 2 bed units and 2 no. x 1 bed units), 10 apartments on the second floor (8 no. x 2 bed units and 2 no. x 1 bed units), and 2 apartments (1 no. 2 x bed unit and 1 no. x 1 bed unit) in a third, dormer-style level and an additional 2 duplex apartments (2 no. x 2 bed units) forming a second floor and third, dormer-style level on the existing flat roof of the northern part of the existing Creche Block and ancillary works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD04A/0575

• 16 Jul 2001Refuse permission

  Proposed residential development of 40 no. two-bed and 20 no. one-bed apartments in 2 no. three-storey blocks.

  Permission, 60 homes · South Dublin County Council, S01A/0457

• 24 Jul 2000Grant permission

  Demolish 2 existing dwellings and construct 27 (2 storey with dormer) apartments in 3 courtyard blocks, landscaping, carparking and associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, S00A/0279

• 15 Mar 1999Refuse permission

  39 apartments in courtyard blocks.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, S99A/0157

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 8 recorded monuments.

• DU021-030001 Church
  Description

  The present Church of Ireland is located on the crest of the early burial ground with the S, long side, of the church excavated into and standing below the surrounding ground level. To the S and W there are extensive views of the foothills of the Dublin mountains with views to the N and E somewhat restricted by adjacent buildings. The church occupies the site of medieval parish church which was assigned in the 13th century to St. Patrick's Cathedral (Ball 1905, 125). In 1630 the church was described as in 'good repair' (Ronan 1941, 72). As well as a very fine vault, several table tombs and grave-markers dating to the 18th and 19th century within the graveyard there is a granite stone cross (DU021-030003-) and holed stone (DU021-030006-) embedded in the ground surface, SE of the church. Austin Cooper's diaries from the 18th century (Price 1942, 54) also describes a graveslab decorated with an incised cross (DU021-03005-). The precise location of this monument is unknown. Rathcoole Church site was described by Ní Mharcaigh (1997, 275) as follows; 'There is now no trace of the medieval church of Rathcoole, and no account of its size or appearance can be traced. The site is now occupied by a small churchyard surrounding an eighteenth-century church. In the churchyard is an equal-armed granite cross, bearing worn concentric arcs'. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Margaret Keane Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 10 May 2023

• DU021-030002 Graveyard
  Description

  This walled, roadside graveyard in Rathcoole village encloses the site of a medieval parish church (DU021-030001-). The ground surface within rises towards the N, with the current church set on and dug into the crest of the burial ground. As well as a fine vault, several table tombs, and gravemarkers dating to the 18th and 19th century within the graveyard there is a granite stone cross (DU021-030003) and holed stone (DU021-030) embedded in the ground surface both at the SE of the church. Austin Cooper's diaries from the 18th century (Price 1942, 54) also describes a stone with traces of a granite cross near a graveslab in the present C of I churchyard (DU021-03005-). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Margaret Keane Revised on: 20 March 2018

• DU021-030003 Cross-slab
  Description

  Cross-slab decorated with a ringed-cross which was later converted into a free-standing cross which resulted in the removal of the lower sections of the ringed-cross when the arms of the cross were created. Located in Rathcoole Church of Ireland graveyard (DU021-030002-) ESE of the medieval church site (DU021-030001) and lying just SSE of a holed stone. There are extensive views S and W to the foothills of the Dublin mountains with those to the N and E restricted with adjacent buildings. This granite cross measures 0.85m high and approximately 0.65m wide and 0.25m in depth with a broad shaft, wide top and shorter arms to both sides. First identified by Austin Cooper in 1780, according to Ó hÉailidhe (Swords 2009, 81) in antiquity an original graveslab (L. 1.61m x 0.67m x 0.25m) was cut down to form a free-standing cross. Ó hÉailidhe compares it with his group B graveslabs - distinguished by the use of crosses with double raised rings (Ó hÉailidhe 1973) and dating to the 9th century. Considering the depth of the cross at Rathcoole and the similarity of its form to other comparable examples such as the undecorated cross at Newcastle it has been classified here as a cross rather than a graveslab. It comprises a Latin cross, orientated NE to SW with decoration on a single face, the NE one. The decoration is in low relief and comprises indistinct reliefs at the top of the stone and part of the cross centre with paired grooved arcs extending from the centre of the cross downwards towards the base of the cross arms - similar to the upper half of a ringed cross in low relief. To see a 3D model of this stone visit https://skfb.ly/oIqrI See attached drawing of Cross taken from Swords 2009, 81. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Margaret Keane Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 10 May 2023

• DU021-030004 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  St. Bridget's Well in the parish of Rathcoole is located at the W end of Rathcoole village 590m W of church (DU021-030001-) and graveyard (DU021-030002-). Depicted as St. Bridget's Well on all editions of the OS 6-inch map. Described by Ó Danachair (1958, 82) as following; 'The water is piped from the well into a little basin on the roadside, below road level; a flight of steps leads down to the basin. A niche holds a small statue of the saint and a board has the painted inscription, "St. Brigid pray for us." Still visited. Prayers said and water drunk. Small religious objects left as offerings'. Holy well visited and photographed by Henry Wheeler in 1978 and described as following; 'Now in a cul-de-sac between N side of Rathcoole and Naas Road. Piped into a basin (nearly dry and rather neglected). Flight of stone steps leads down to the basin. Basin looks like a stone mortar. Notice board (St. Brigid pray for us) mentioned by Ó Danachair in 1958 has gone. Niche with statue of saint is obscured by plants. No sign of offerings now' (OPW field report 28/08/1978). According to a local information St. Brigid drank from the well on her way to Kildare. The holy well has been since filled in by the Local Authority and today there are no visible surface remains but the house opposite the well is named after St Brigid. See attached photographs of holy well taken by Henry Wheeler in 1978. See attached photos (05-08) taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00290 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/46717; F024.06.00288 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16709; F024.06.00214 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/30822 and F024.06.00212 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16680. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Ed O'Donovan. Date of revised upload: 19 April 2023

• DU021-030005 Graveslab
  Description

  Austin Cooper's mentions a second cross inscribed graveslab at Rathcoole church (DU021-030001-)(Price 1942, 54). The precise location of this monument is unknown. Compiled by Geraldine Stout

• DU021-030007 House - 17th century
  Description

  The Poitín Stíl, situated at the W end of Rathcoole village, close to the road to Naas, is reputedly dated to 1649. The bar is a two-storey, three bay building with an external chimney stack on the N gable. The roof is hipped and thatched with rye with first floor windows as dormers. In the mid-17th century Rathcoole is said to have contained many good houses (Ball 1902-20, 2, 123). The Down Survey (1655-6) map shows numerous dwellings at Rathcoole. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Margaret Keane Uploaded on: 8 December 2011 Revised on: 8 March 2018

• DU021-030008 Settlement cluster
  Description

  The borough of Rathcoole was established by the Archbishops of Dublin as early as 1242 (McNeill 1950, 67). An extent of 1326 states that there was 66 burgesses (ibid 183-4). The settlement form is linear and consists of a single main street. A triangular marketplace was located at the W end of this. Compiled by Geraldine Stout Uploaded on 17 January 2012

• DU021-030009 Holed stone
  Description

  A holed stone located 6m NE of the granite cross (DU021-030004-) within the graveyard (DU021-030002-) at Rathcoole. The stone is embedded in a sloping ground surface to the SE of the church (DU021-030001-), There are with extensive views to the S and W but views to the N and E restricted by adjacent houses. It comprises a thin slab just 0.1m in depth, roughly shaped along its long edges but somewhat rounded at the top, measuring 0.73m in height, and 0.62m wide with a central sub-circular perforation (Wth 0.24m x H 0.2m). To see a 3D model of this stone visit https://skfb.ly/oI6M6 Compiled by: Margaret Keane Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 9 June 2023

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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).

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