Skeagh
Townland in the civil parish of Newcastle, barony of Newcastle, Co. Dublin; in Irish An Sceach
- Area
- 76.3 ha
- 188 acres
- Land parcels
- 1
- registered freehold, median 123,672 m² (12.37 ha, 30.56 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in Skeagh, from 123,672 m² (12.37 ha, 30.56 acres) to 123,672 m² (12.37 ha, 30.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 5 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
- P1RU (Agriculture)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS (Open space, park)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South 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
29 Nov 2021Grant extension of duration of permission
Retention for six steel containers for the storage of canoes and welfare area, a temporary structure which houses a gym. Permission for a club house which will contain storage of canoes, gym and welfare area; this proposed development would replace the existing steel containers and temporary structure. Development is to be completed in Phase 3, therefore a ten year permission is sought; all associated site and civil works.
Extension of duration of permission · South Dublin County Council, SD14A/0172/EP
8 Feb 2018Conditional
The construction of two cattle underpasses located on an internal access road and on Lyons Road. The development will include access ramps, entry wing walls, safety barriers, drainage and all associated site services and reinstatement works. An application has also been submitted to South Dublin County Council in respect of the Lyons Road underpass
Permission · Kildare County Council, 18129
8 Feb 2018Grant permission
Construction of a cattle underpasses located on the Lyons Road. The development will include access ramps, entry wing walls, safety barriers, drainage and all associated site services and reinstatement works. An application has also been submitted to Kildare County Council in respect of this underpass.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD18A/0041
13 Nov 2017N/a
the construction of two cattle underpasses located on an internal access road and on the Lyons Road. The development will include access ramps, entry wing walls, safety barriers, drainage and all associated site services and reinstatement works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 171269
14 Aug 2014Grant permission & grant retention
Retention for six steel containers for the storage of canoes and welfare area, a temporary structure which houses a gym. Permission for a club house which will contain storage of canoes, gym and welfare area; this proposed development would replace the existing steel containers and temporary structure. Development is to be completed in Phase 3, therefore a ten year permission is sought; all associated site and civil works.
Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD14A/0172
13 Jan 2006Grant permission
New one and a half storey boathouse to include changing rooms, toilets and meeting hall together with new bio-cycle treatment system.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD05A/0408
4 Apr 2005Invalid - site notice
New one and a half storey boathouse to include changing rooms, toilets and meeting hall together with new bio-cycle treatment system.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD05A/0243
26 May 2004Declared withdrawn
New portal framed boathouse to include changing rooms, toilets and meeting hall together with new bio-cycle treatment system.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD04A/0380
28 May 2001Grant permission
Retention of four 40ft steel containers for canoe storage.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, S01A/0322
19 Jun 2000Grant permission
Proposed new bungalow, septic tank and temporary access through Stramorne.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, S00A/0179
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal 002104
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Skeagh.
Architectural heritage
- Lyons Lodge, gate lodge, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached single-storey former gate lodge, c.1830, with original temple front having modern house reconstructed behind. Pedimented distyle in antis granite portico with flanking rendered, ruled and lined screen walls having ashlar granite terminating piers. Single-storey house with high boundary wall behind screen walls. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Timber sash windows. Hipped artificial slate roof with central chimney stack. Set opposite entrance gate to Lyons Demesne.
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 low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2940 (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 Skeagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Skeagh · An Sceach
- Area
- 762,711 m² (76.27 ha, 188.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Newcastle, and its townlands
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Electoral division
- Newcastle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Newcastle electoral division: 5,552 people in 1,814 households; 75% of households own their home; 66% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Colganstown, Dangan (Co. Kildare), Kearneystown Lower (Co. Kildare), Kearneystown Upper (Co. Kildare), Lyons (Co. Kildare), Newcastle Farm, Ringwood
- Placenames
- Skeagh 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.