Rahillion
Rahillion is a townland in the civil parish of Portraine, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is Ráth Chuilinn.
- Area
- 51.9 ha
- 128 acres
- Land parcels
- 131
- registered freehold, median 225 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
131 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rahillion, from 0 m² to 345,549 m² (34.55 ha, 85.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 127 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 · 31 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 0 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
13 Dec 2024Grant permission
Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of exist
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1133E
5 Dec 2023Grant permission
Planning permission is being sought for:
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0747
9 Jul 2019Refuse permission
Permission for the conversion of an attic space with height added to t
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19B/0175
5 Sept 2018Grant permission
Revisions and alterations to the residential scheme granted under Reg.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0216
10 Apr 2018Grant permission
The building of a single storey entrance lobby 37.80 sq. metres and sm
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0179
16 Mar 2018Grant permission
Amend/omit condition 21 attached to the granted residential developmen
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0603
12 Mar 2018Grant permission
Permission for revisions and alterations to the residential scheme gra
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0116
1 Sept 2017Refuse permission
Revisions and alterations to the residential scheme granted under Reg.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0529
24 Jul 2017Grant permission
Revisions and alterations to the residential scheme granted under Reg.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0439
29 May 2017Grant permission
Permission for construction of a single storey extension to the east o
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0300
2 Feb 2017Grant permission
Revisions and alterations to the residential scheme granted under Reg.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0515
11 Jan 2017Grant permission
Revisions/alterations to the granted house types of 11 no. dwellings (
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0486
26 Feb 2015Grant permission
Construct a single storey extension to the east of existing school bui
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0484
13 Jun 2014Grant permission
Constructing a development on this site incorporating 1) The erection
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0033
17 Oct 2012Grant permission
To construct four new permanent classrooms in lieu of existing tempora
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0324
27 Jun 2012Grant permission
Extension to the east of the existing school building accommodating 3
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0198
30 Mar 2012Grant permission
The development will consist of constructing a development on this sit
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0173
6 Mar 2012Grant permission
The extension of the existing general purpose room, enlargement of exi
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0065
17 Feb 2012Grant permission
Partial change of use to residential property to accommodate 'Doctor i
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0228
6 Apr 2011Grant permission
The erection of a single storey 29 sq.m. (GEA) extension and for the r
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0115
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Rogerstown Estuary SAC 000208
- Special Protection Area: Rogerstown Estuary SPA 004015
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Rogerstown Estuary 000208
Recorded monuments
- DU008-027 Windmill
Description
Located on a slight rise just south of Rogerstown estuary. A plain stone tower mill (diam. c. 5.20m, H c. 8m), with opposite doorways in the E and W. Rises to three storeys with slit windows lighting the ascent. Post-1700 AD. Geophysical survey (07R0257) was undertaken on lands surrounding the windmill. No features of archaeological interest were identified (Leigh 2007). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 19 December 2014
- DU008-089 Enclosure
Description
A circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located towards the western limit of an east-west ridge overlooking Rogerstown estuary to the north and east of windmill (DU008-027---). Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 19 December 2014
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rahillion.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Rahillion, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rahillion.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Rahillion with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Rahillion · Ráth Chuilinn
- Area
- 519,005 m² (51.9 ha, 128.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Portraine, and its townlands
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Electoral division
- Donabate, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 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.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballalease North, Beaverstown, Portraine, Portraine Demesne
- Placenames
- Rahillion 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.