Robswalls

506 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Robswalls, from 0 m² to 185,294 m² (18.53 ha, 45.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 489 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 · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 7 Sept 2026Registration

  Permission for the Installation of a new third floor window with frost

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0810E

• 1 Sept 2026Invalid application

  Installation of a new first floor window with frosted glass at the wes

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0793E

• 16 Feb 2026Grant permission

  The development will consist of: Attic conversion for storage includi

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0109E

• 16 Feb 2026Grant permission

  Permission for the conversion of the existing attic storage to a

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0110

• 5 Dec 2025Grant permission

  Planning permission is sought for: A.Single storey extension

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1130

• 4 Dec 2025Grant permission

  Permission is sought for the construction of a detached single storey

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1126E

• 28 Nov 2025Invalid application

  Permission for, A. Single storey extension to rear,

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1105

• 11 Nov 2025Refuse permission

  The development consists of the construction of a new pitched roof ext

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1045E

• 10 Oct 2025Grant permission

  Andrew Smith and Simon Smith are applying for Permission to demolish t

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0934E

• 7 Oct 2025Invalid application

  Permission to demolish the existing dormer bungalow and garage, constr

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0907E

• 19 Jun 2025Grant permission

  Planning Permission for the sub-division of the site at 155 Biscayne,

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0554E

• 23 May 2025Grant permission & grant retention

  The development seeking retention permission consists of the construct

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0460E

• 29 Apr 2025Grant permission

  Permission for the conversion of the existing attic storage

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0366

• 16 Apr 2025Grant permission

  Timber framed, flat roofed, Shomera garden Studio with Al-fresco area

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0324E

• 7 Apr 2025Grant permission

  Permission for the conversion of the existing attic storage to a TV Ro

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0288

• 27 Feb 2025Grant permission

  Permission for a new single storey extension to the rear of the existi

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0158E

• 20 Jan 2025Grant permission

  Permission for development at this site 27 The Mews, Robswall, Malahid

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0038E

• 13 Dec 2024Grant permission

  Single-storey flat-roof rear extension featuring the addition of a ro

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1134E

• 12 Dec 2024Grant permission for retention

  Permission to retain amended glazing to first-floor extension

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/1122

• 5 Dec 2024Grant permission

  Planning permission for an attic conversion with contemporary dormer t

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1089E

• 4 Oct 2024Refuse permission

  A new single storey extension to the rear of the existing house at gro

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0890E

• 27 Sept 2024Invalid application

  A new single storey extension to the rear of the existing house at gro

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0872E

• 26 Sept 2024Grant permission for retention

  Applying for planning permission for retention of garden shed /gym/pla

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0863

• 26 Aug 2024App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months

  Andrew Smith and Simon Smith are applying for Permission to demolish t

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0765E

• 6 Aug 2024Grant permission

  Demolish existing single storey rear (east) extension, Construct new p

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0711E

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.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Malahide Estuary SAC 000205
• Special Protection Area: Malahide Estuary SPA 004025
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Malahide Estuary 000205

Recorded monuments

• DU012-012 Midden
  Description

  Monitoring of topsoil removal in 2002 revealed a shell midden (L 6m, Wth 2m, D 0.90m). A number of sherds of local medieval pottery were recovered by the excavation (Ó Néill & Kerins 2004, 184). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• DU012-035 Martello tower
  Description

  Robswalls Martello Tower No. 5 (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 landward side of the Coast road SE of Malahide Village and overlooking the entrance to Malahide Harbour. It was built for the defence of Malahide Strand and the mouth of the river. The tower was originally in the charge of the Royal Artillery. By 1897 it was disarmed and was let by the War Department to Baron Talbot of Malahide. It was sold by the War Department in 1908 (Bolton et al. 2012, 160). Known locally as 'Hick's Tower' after Frederick George Hicks who bought it in 1908 converted to a residence in the Arts and Crafts style. It survives to its original height. A conical roof of Wollscroft tiles was added, walls were cased in brick and windows inserted (Flanagan 1984, 119 122; Kerrigan 1996, 175). It is topped by a weather vane of a full rigged sailing galleon of cast bronze by famous ironworks JJ Mcloughlin of Pearse St. Dublin. Martello Tower described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a; 'Former Martello tower, built c. 1805, remodelled c.1911 as Arts and Crafts style detached house. Designed by architect Frederick Hicks. Two storeys to main tower block with two storeys to attic accommodation. Return and stair block attached to rear' (NIAH Reg. No. 11344040; https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/11344040/hicks-tower-coast-road-robswalls-malahide) See attached plan of Robswalls Martello Tower No. 5 courtesy of the Irish Military Archives - Archival Reference Code: IE/MA/MPD/ad134125-010 Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2015 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 Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 January 2023

• DU012-036 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated on the coast road southeast of Malahide Village. This three-storey tower house is square in plan with stepped battlements and projecting angle tower in the northwest. It is built of coursed masonry with dressed quoins. The parapet level is marked by a string course. There is a slight base batter. The entrance on the W side is masked by a Victorian residence. The ground floor is vaulted with wicker-work centring (Anon, 1897, 456). A spiral stairs provides access to the upper floors in the angle tower. Garderobe off first floor. There are angle loops in the southeast and southwest on the second floor. Described in the Civil survey (1654-6) as a castle with a thatched house adjoining (Simington 1945, 176). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 17 January 2015

• DU012-037 Prehistoric site - lithic scatter
  Description

  A major assemblage of flint artifacts and a stone axe found during systematic field collecting and excavation on Paddy's Hill in the early 1980s. A total of 2, 809 artifacts were classified from the site (Keeley 1989-90, 65-80, Keeling and Keeley 1994, 1-24). These included cores, blades, arrowheads and scrapers. They range in date from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age, the most frequently occurring finds being Neolithic in date (Flanagan 1984, 12-18). The only structural evidence was two pits, the contents of which, produced dates of 4120+70 cal. BC and 4040+70 cal. BC. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• DU012-038 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Annotated 'Patrick's Well' on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Located at a kink in a field boundary at a relatively high point within Robswalls Park. This natural spring well, known as St Patrick's well, has been incorporated into a field ditch which is very overgrown. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 17 January 2015

• DU012-062 Midden
  Description

  During monitoring of topsoil removal at Robswalls in 2002 traces of a shell midden were revealed (L 6M, Wth 2m, D 0.90m). Sherds of local medieval pottery were recovered from the midden (O Neill 2004, 184). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• DU012-063 Prehistoric site - lithic scatter
  Description

  Monitoring of topsoil-stripping for a complex of playing pitches in 1999 revealed 24 pieces of struck flint derived from water-rolled pebbles which included cores and the discarded products of core production (Doyle 2000, 91). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• DU012-065 Burnt mound
  Description

  Monitoring of topsoil removal identified a burnt stone and charcoal spread (L 4m, Wth 3m, D 0.1m). Some tiny fragments of burnt bone were recovered during the excavation (O Neill 2004, 184). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Hicks Tower, martello tower, 1800–1810 · National interest
  Description

  Former Martello tower, built c. 1805, remodelled c.1911 as Arts and Crafts style detached house. Designed by architect Frederick Hicks. Two storeys to main tower block with two storeys to attic accommodation. Return and stair block attached to rear.ROOF: Conical roof to tower and hipped roof to right; red clay tiles; concrete ridge tiles; iron weathervane to tower; roughcast panelled chimney stacks; clay pots; flat-roof to dormer attic windows; cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roof to porch WALLS: Roughcast; base patter to tower; nap rendered dressings; unpainted; red clay tiles to central bays. OPENINGS: Square-headed openings; stone sills; timber casement windows; glazed projecting porch to centre with glazed timber door.

• Robswall Castle, house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, c.1820, with projecting garage extension to side, c.1990. Fifteenth-century rubble stone tower house adjoined to right.ROOF: Hipped; slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles; cast-iron gutter; two tall newly rendered chimney stacks with clay and terracotta pots; double pitched slate roof to porch. WALLS: Nap rendered wall with rendered quoining; channelled porch; tower house walls of limestone; random rubble with cut stone quoins. OPENINGS: Square headed; rendered reveals; granite cills; uPVC windows to front; single 19th century timber sash window to rear; Tower house has randomly placed and sized uPVC windows.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Robswalls.

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.

No address of the register names Robswalls with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Robswalls · Ballaí Robac

Area

795,701 m² (79.57 ha, 196.62 acres)

Civil parish

Portmarnock, and its townlands

Barony

Coolock

Electoral division

Malahide East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Malahide East electoral division: 8,406 people in 3,118 households; 74% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrickhill, Malahide, Sainthelens

Placenames

Robswalls 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.