Peamount
Townland in the civil parish of Newcastle, barony of Newcastle, Co. Dublin; in Irish Mullach na Pise
- Area
- 28.6 ha
- 71 acres
- Land parcels
- 4
- registered freehold, median 91,304 m² (9.13 ha, 22.56 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Peamount, from 803 m² to 102,253 m² (10.23 ha, 25.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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
- P1RU (Agriculture)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1EE (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 Dec 2025Registered application
The proposed development will primarily consist of a proposed Raw Water Intake & Pumping Station at Garrynatineel, Ballina, Co. Tipperary; a proposed Water Treatment Plant at Incha Beg, Birdhill, Co. Tipperary; a proposed Break Pressure Tank at Knockanacree, Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary; a proposed Booster Pumping Station at Coagh Upper, Birr, Co. Offaly; a proposed Flow Control Valve at Commons Upper, Celbridge, Co. Kildare; a proposed Termination Point Reservoir at Loughtown Upper, Peamount, County Dublin; c. 172km of pipeline connecting the water infrastructure sites; uprating and associated works to the existing Ardnacrusha - Birdhill 38kV line and Ardnacrusha - Birdhill - Nenagh 38kV line, works at the existing Birdhill 38 kV electricity substation, power connections to infrastructure and all ancillary works above and below ground. The nature, extent and location of the proposed development is fully described in the application plans and particulars. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) and Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) have been prepared in respect of the Proposed Development. A copy of this application may also be viewed on the application website www.watersupplyproject.ie Public Consultation in respect of this application runs for the period commencing on the 6th January 2026. Any submission/observation must be received by An Coimisiún Pleanála no later than 5.30pm on the 25th February 2026. Submissions or observations may be made only to An Coimisiún Pleanála. Submissions can be made by hand or post to, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, or by email to laps@pleanala.ie.
Strategic infrastructure application · South Dublin County Council, ACP-323980-25
5 Oct 2021Withdraw the application
Demolition of single storey derelict hospital building known as St Annes & St Brendans unit and associated boiler room.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD21A/0273
20 Mar 2017Grant permission
The construction of a single storey accessible toilet extension to the existing southeast elevation of St. Brid's unit which is located within the curtilage of a Protected Structure and includes associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD17A/0086
13 Jul 2006Part 8 approved by council
Proposed link road between Aylmer Road and Peamount Road: 1. A link road of approximately 1.15km in length, with a cross-section of two 4.5metre wide lanes, two 1.5 metre verges and one 2.0 metre footpath; 2. A roundabout at the junction of the link road with the R120 Regional Road; 3. A roundabout at the junction of the link road with the Aylmer Road; 4. An access from the Greenogue Business Park onto the roundabout at the Aylmer Road; 5. Traffic signs, roadmarkings, public lighting, drainage and associated works; and 6. Tie-in works with the existing road network.
Application under part 8 · South Dublin County Council, SD068/0005
13 May 2004Grant permission
Single storey extension to existing Day Care Activation Centre consisting of 8 no. Activity Base Rooms, Conservatory, Oratory and associated ancillary facilities.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD04A/0335
27 Nov 2001Grant permission
Retention of temporary medical records building.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, S01A/0784
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 Peamount.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Peamount.
Architectural heritage
- St Finian's R.C. Church, church/chapel, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Detached gable-fronted church, c.1915, with two single-storey aisles and full-width porch, added c.1930. Corrugated-iron cladding on a timber frame to walls and roof. Timber casement windows. Plain timber doors. One gable half-timbered, the other having a tripartite window with central statue niche. Simple timber truss roof with iron tie bars to interior.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2972 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Peamount with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Peamount · Mullach na Pise
- Area
- 285,662 m² (28.57 ha, 70.59 acres)
- Civil parish
- Newcastle, and its townlands
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Electoral division
- Newcastle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Newcastle electoral division: 5,552 people in 1,814 households; 75% of households own their home; 66% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Brownstown, Hynestown, Keeloges, Loughtown Upper
- Placenames
- Peamount 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.