Rathmines Great
Townland in the civil parish of Taney, barony of Rathdown, Co. Dublin; in Irish Ráth Maonais Mhór
- Area
- 35.8 ha
- 89 acres
- Land parcels
- 377
- registered freehold, median 197 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Objective A
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
377 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathmines Great, from 2 m² to 21,818 m² (2.18 ha, 5.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 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
- R2Objective A (Existing residential)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 396 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3Objective NC (District, neighbourhood centre)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Objective F (Open space, park)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Z11: Waterways Protection (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Development Plan 2022-2028, Dublin · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Development Plan 2022-2028, Dublin · 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
20 Aug 2026Assessment period
Proposed new single story garden room incorporating a small home office and all
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0462/WEB
16 Jul 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of the provision of a 3.5m wide vehicular entrance
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0541/WEB
14 Jul 2026Declare application invalid
The development will consist of the provision of a 3.5m wide vehicular entrance
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0532/WEB
29 Jun 2026Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of a) first floor extension with roofligh
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0375/WEB
28 May 2026Grant permission
1: Partial internal and external alterations of existing two storey end of terra
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0396/WEB
22 May 2026Registered application
73 mobility hub sites across the Council's administrative area
Part vlll (public consultation) · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, PC/IC/01/26
23 Apr 2026Grant permission
Provision of a new vehicular entrance & driveway and associated site works.
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0309
27 Feb 2026Refuse permission
The proposed development will consist of the subdivision of the existing site t
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0145/WEB
18 Feb 2026Grant certificate of exemption
1 unit
Certificate of exemption - part v · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, V/012/26
5 Feb 2026Refuse permission
Full planning permission for; 1) Partial demolition of existing two storey end o
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0065/WEB
5 Feb 2026Grant certificate of exemption
1
Certificate of exemption - part v · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, V/007/26
11 Dec 2025Grant permission
Proposed construction of new single storey flat roof extension to rear (18.41sq
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0962/WEB
9 Dec 2025Grant permission
Demolition of the existing rear/side single storey extension and for the provisi
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0690/WEB
2 Dec 2025Declare application invalid
Demolition of the existing rear/side single storey extension and for the provisi
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0673/WEB
14 Nov 2025Grant permission
New single storey glazed front porch with side window and single storey rear & s
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0642/WEB
19 Sept 2025Grant permission
The development consist of: (i) Construction of a pitched roof single storey ext
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0721/WEB
17 Sept 2025Withdraw the application
For the retention of the existing vehicular parking space, piers and gates to pr
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0716/WEB
12 Sept 2025Declare application invalid
The development consist of: (i) Construction of a pitched roof single storey e
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0709/WEB
29 Aug 2025Refuse permission for retention
For the retention of the existing vehicular parking space to provide off-street
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0671/WEB
25 Jul 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of the refurbishment, internal alterations and exte
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0590/WEB
1 Jul 2025S5 dec exempt
Rear ground floor extension
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF11925
4 Jun 2025Grant permission
Amendments to planning permission (Ref: D24A/0192); single-storey pitched-roof s
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0444/WEB
31 May 2025Grant permission & grant retention
The development consists of (1) Retention Permission of vehicular entrance onto
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0429/WEB
28 May 2025Declare application invalid
Provision of a new vehicular entrance & driveway and associated site works.
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0424
26 May 2025Grant permission
Detached single storey garden room (44m²) to rear garden of existing dwelling wi
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0293/WEB
The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.
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 Rathmines Great.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rathmines Great.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathmines Great.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, 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_3236 (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 Rathmines Great with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Rathmines Great · Ráth Maonais Mhór
- Area
- 358,153 m² (35.82 ha, 88.5 acres)
- Civil parish
- Taney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Clonskeagh-Farranboley, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Clonskeagh-Farranboley electoral division: 1,751 people in 728 households; 63% of households own their home; 8% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Churchtown Lower, Farranboley, Rathmines Little
- Placenames
- Rathmines Great 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.