Rowlestown West
Townland in the civil parish of Killossery, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an Rólaigh Thiar
- Area
- 88.9 ha
- 220 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 5,751 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres)
- Zoning
- M2
- RV - Rural Village
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rowlestown West, from 202 m² to 272,770 m² (27.28 ha, 67.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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
- M2RV - Rural Village (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 14 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
12 May 2025Refuse permission
We, Energia Renewables Development Limited, intend to apply for a ten-
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0416E
10 Jan 2025Grant permission
Construction of a single storey detached dwelling, new road access, on
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0015E
2 Oct 2024Refuse permission
1) A Battery Energy Storage System facility within an overall site of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0882E
27 Sept 2022Grant permission
The development will consist of the removal of the existing boundary c
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0516
2 Dec 2021Refuse permission
Apply for permission for development on a site of c. 3.5ha located on
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0658
17 Aug 2021Refuse permission
Permission for development on a site of c. 3.56ha located on lands at
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0439
20 Dec 2019Refuse permission
Residential development comprising 85 no. 3-4 bed houses (13 no. terra
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0626
4 Dec 2019Grant permission
A proposed single storey extension to side of existing house that will
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0582
15 Jan 2014Refuse ext. of duration of permission
Works consisting of the construction of 40 no. dwellings, comprising 2
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F08A/1011/E1
10 Sept 2013Grant permission
Single storey extension to the existing dwelling. The application pro
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13B/0136
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 Rowlestown West.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rowlestown West.
Architectural heritage
- Farm house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, c.1890, with projecting entrance porch to ground floor flanked by bow windows. Single-storey extension to rear, c.1970. Stable yard, c.1900 to site. Detached three-bay single-storey former thatched cottage and detached four-bay single-storey farm building, c.1800, to site.ROOF: Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and a rough cast rendered chimney stack with nap rendered cornice and terracotta pots. WALLS: Rough-cast rendered to ground floor; nap rendered, ruled and lined to first floor; nap rendered plinth course.OPENINGS: Square headed window openings with rendered reveals, concrete cills, timber sash window; square headed door with patent reveals; timber panelled and glazed door with sidelights.
- Rowlestown House, house, 1750–1770 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1760, retaining original fenestration. Single-bay three-storey return to rear and two-storey extension to left. Detached farm buildings to site.ROOF: Double pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and rough cast rendered chimney stacks with terracotta pots at gable ends. WALLS: Rough-cast rendered; nap rendered plinth course. OPENINGS: Square headed window openings with rendered reveals, stone sills and 6/6 timber sash windows; single pane timber sashes to rear; roundheaded door with stone block and start surround; radial timber fanlight and probably original raised and fielded timber door.
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 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 Rowlestown West.
- 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 Rowlestown West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Rowlestown West · Baile an Rólaigh Thiar
- Area
- 888,700 m² (88.87 ha, 219.6 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killossery, and its townlands
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Electoral division
- Kilsallaghan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilsallaghan electoral division: 2,406 people in 761 households; 79% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Fieldstown, Killeen, Killossery, Newbarn, Rowlestown East, Scatternagh
- Placenames
- Rowlestown West 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.