Mantua
Townland in the civil parish of Swords, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Mantua
- Area
- 9 ha
- 22 acres
- Land parcels
- 18
- registered freehold, median 2,120 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres)
- Zoning
- M1
- MRE - Metro and Rail Economic Corridor
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mantua, from 13 m² to 34,730 m² (3.47 ha, 8.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M1MRE - Metro and Rail Economic Corridor (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 27 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
8 Jul 2026Request additional information
Permission is sought for a mixed-use development with a gross floor ar
Lrd application · Fingal County Council, LRD0066/S3E
29 Nov 2022Grant permission
The development of grid connection infrastructure to connect the appro
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0365
5 May 2022Grant permission & grant retention
The retention permission of illuminated fascia signage to the front (s
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F22A/0230
9 Nov 2011Grant permission
2.4 metre high pallisade fence to the north and east boundary of the e
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0398
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 Mantua.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Mantua.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mantua.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Mantua with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Mantua · Mantua
- Area
- 89,678 m² (8.97 ha, 22.16 acres)
- Civil parish
- Swords, and its townlands
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Electoral division
- Swords-Seatown, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Greenfields, Seatown West, Swords Demesne
- Placenames
- Mantua on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.