# Quay, Co. Dublin: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Portraine, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish An Ché.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 261,517 m² (26.15 ha, 64.62 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,202 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G3 HA - High Amenity, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Portraine, https://everytownland.com/dublin/parish/portraine.md
- Barony: Nethercross
- Electoral division: Donabate, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 11,783 people lived in 3,900 households in the Donabate electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Dublin, https://everytownland.com/dublin.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16813
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 260742
- Centre: latitude 53.489991, longitude -6.100751 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Quay, from 31 m² to 131,042 m² (13.1 ha, 32.38 acres); 3 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1782777: 131,042 m² (13.1 ha, 32.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782777.md
- Parcel 1820058: 42,414 m² (4.24 ha, 10.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820058.md
- Parcel 5588790: 23,128 m² (2.31 ha, 5.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5588790.md
- Parcel 1820060: 11,452 m² (1.15 ha, 2.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820060.md
- Parcel 5402442: 3,232 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5402442.md
- Parcel 1820061: 2,966 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820061.md
- Parcel 1819979: 2,859 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1819979.md
- Parcel 1782776: 2,829 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782776.md
- Parcel 1819978: 2,759 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1819978.md
- Parcel 1820075: 2,695 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820075.md
- Parcel 1820056: 2,426 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820056.md
- Parcel 1820059: 2,337 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820059.md
- Parcel 1782780: 2,061 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782780.md
- Parcel 1820074: 2,002 m² (0.2 ha, 0.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820074.md
- Parcel 1819980: 1,903 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1819980.md
- Parcel 1782779: 1,788 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782779.md
- Parcel 1820076: 1,423 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820076.md
- Parcel 1782770: 1,347 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782770.md
- Parcel 1782772: 1,324 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782772.md
- Parcel 1820065: 1,276 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820065.md
- Parcel 1820070: 1,234 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820070.md
- Parcel 1782768: 1,234 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782768.md
- Parcel 1820062: 1,202 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820062.md
- Parcel 1782773: 1,180 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782773.md
- Parcel 1820064: 1,166 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820064.md
- Parcel 1782767: 1,166 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782767.md
- Parcel 1820063: 1,141 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820063.md
- Parcel 1782769: 1,128 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782769.md
- Parcel 1782778: 1,110 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782778.md
- Parcel 1820072: 1,096 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820072.md
- Parcel 1820069: 1,062 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820069.md
- Parcel 1782775: 1,058 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782775.md
- Parcel 1820073: 1,047 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820073.md
- Parcel 1820071: 1,027 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820071.md
- Parcel 1782774: 1,004 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782774.md
- Parcel 1820068: 992 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820068.md
- Parcel 1820066: 874 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820066.md
- Parcel 1782765: 860 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782765.md
- Parcel 5949489: 834 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5949489.md
- Parcel 1782771: 730 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782771.md
- Parcel 5625337: 442 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5625337.md
- Parcel 1820057: 402 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820057.md
- Parcel 1820067: 340 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1820067.md
- Parcel 1782764: 49 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782764.md
- Parcel 1782766: 31 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1782766.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- G3 HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal; 24 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.fingal.ie/development-plan
- R3 RC - Rural Cluster (Residential, mixed residential and other uses): The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal; 21 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.fingal.ie/development-plan
- G4 OS - Open Space (Active open space): The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.fingal.ie/development-plan

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

9 applications, newest first.

- 14 Feb 2026, Fingal County Council F26A/0112E: Grant permission & grant retention. Permission and retention. The development consist of: RETENTION permission for: (a) ‘commercial. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 28 Nov 2024, Fingal County Council F24A/1064E: Grant permission. Permission. (a) Revisions to front/ east elevation including revised fenestration,. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 30 May 2024, Fingal County Council F24A/0153: Grant permission. Permission. The proposed development consists of the following: The construction o. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 31 May 2021, Fingal County Council F21B/0212: Grant permission. Permission. Single-storey extension to the existing west elevation,. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 28 Jan 2020, Fingal County Council F20A/0033: Withdraw application. Permission. Permission for 1. Widened vehicular entrance to accommodate a two-way. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 16 Dec 2019, Fingal County Council F19A/0422: Grant permission. Permission. Permission for development that will consist of (a) a new two-storey d. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 22 Dec 2017, Fingal County Council F17A/0775: Grant permission. Permission. the amalgamation of 3 & 4 Coast Guard House into 1 no. two-storey, 5-b. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 18 Nov 2013, Fingal County Council F13B/0187: Grant permission. Permission. Alterations to the existing house: To East: Removal of three existing. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 18 Sept 2012, Fingal County Council F12A/0292: Grant permission. Permission. Alterations to previously approved F10A/0394, alterations to existing. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Rogerstown Estuary SAC, site code 000208, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000208
- Special Protection Area: Rogerstown Estuary SPA, site code 004015, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004015
- Special Protection Area: North-West Irish Sea cSPA, site code 004236, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004236
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Portraine Shore, site code 001215

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- DU008-032: Burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU008-032----. In 1942 burnt human bones in a beach deposit were discovered at Portraine. This deposit comprised charcoal and ash interpreted as the remains of a funeral pyre (Mitchell, G. F.1945, 112). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU012-010: Martello tower, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU012-010----. Portaine Martello Tower No. 7 (Kerrigan 1995, 174). According to Kerrigan (1995, 168) construction of the Dublin area Martello Towers and their batteries commenced in 1804 under the supervision of Colonel Benjamin Fisher of the Royal Engineers and by December 1805 all towers were armed and complete. Kerrigan (ibid.) recorded that; 'Twelve towers were constructed north of Dublin: each tower mounted one 24-pounder, apart from the tower on Ireland's Eye with two 24-pounders. No batteries were constructed with these towers'. Situated on the cliff edge E of Portraine above the slipway. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars , the tower was occupied by an invalid Gunner and in 1826 the tower was owned by the Coast Guard (Bolton et al. 2012, 167). It was retained by the War Department into the 20th century. It has been converted into a residence with a conservatory attached to the ground floor. Machicolation is in place above the entrance in the W. A chimney has been inserted (Kerrigan 1995, 175). See attached plan of Portraine Martello Tower No. 7 courtesy of the Irish Military Archives - Archival Reference Code: IE/MA/MPD/ad134121-006 Photo ©Maj Adev https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irl_Portrane_Martello_tower.jpg DU012-010----_03 Patrick Healy Collection, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/1381, © South Dublin Libraries, Local Studies Collection, County Library, Town Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24 See attached Taylor's 1816 Map showing the location of the Martello Tower. 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: 24 January 2023

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Quay.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Quay, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Quay.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/dublin/quay.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/dublin/quay.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/dublin/quay.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Quay with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin: https://everytownland.com/dublin.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Burrow: https://everytownland.com/dublin/burrow-260188.md
- Portraine Demesne: https://everytownland.com/dublin/portraine-demesne.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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