St. Margaret's

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in St. Margaret's, from 326 m² to 168,683 m² (16.87 ha, 41.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 23 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.3DA - Dublin Airport (Airport)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 19 Feb 2026Grant permission & grant retention

  Permission is sought for the construction of a part 2-storey/part sing

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0063E

• 6 Feb 2025App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months

  : In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act,

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0094E

• 20 Dec 2024Invalid application

  In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act, 20

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1178E

• 25 Apr 2024Grant permission

  The Proposed development will consist of a Petrol Filling Station to i

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0339

• 15 Dec 2023Sai consultees

  The proposed development relates to the entirety of the Airport

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0781

• 20 May 2022Grant permission & grant retention

  Retention permission for as constructed agricultural dairy milk

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0240

• 14 Jun 2021Refuse permission

  The proposed development will consist of a Petrol Fililng Station to i

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0120

• 16 Mar 2021Grant permission & grant retention

  Retention planning permission and planning permission is sought by St.

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0029

• 9 Aug 2019Withdraw application

  Planning permission is sought by St Margaret’s Recycling & Transfer Ce

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0135

• 25 Jun 2014Grant permission

  5 year permission for the continuation of use of a facility for the bu

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0409

• 25 Nov 2013Grant permission for retention

  Retention of existing 15m monopole carrying associated antennae, assoc

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F13A/0141

• 25 Mar 2013Refuse permission

  A two storey detached dwelling, shared entrance utilizing existing veh

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0101

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of St. Margaret's.

Recorded monuments

• DU014-002001 Church
  Description

  The remains of the medieval parish church lie in the W end of a graveyard N of St. Margaret's village. This site has been described as the 'old church' in the Civil survey (1654-6) see Anon 1897, 450-51; Simington 1945, 209; Tutty 1979, 155-157). The church was originally called Donaghmore and probably fell into ruin between 1630 and 1650 (Walsh 1888, 155). Only the western portion survives. It is built of rough masonry with some evidence for re-building. The N jamb of the W window is present. There are traces of a doorway in the N wall. The SW angle has been robbed of it's quoins (Dims. H of wall c. 1.80-3m, thickness of wall 0.82m). There is a possible buttress against the NW angle. It is extremely overgrown and has been subject to mortar wash-out. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 21 January 2015

• DU014-002002 Graveyard
  Description

  The remains of the medieval parish church (DU014-002001-) lies in the west end of a graveyard north of St. Margaret's village. The graveyard surrounded by a stone wall is sub-rectangular in plan. The ground slopes steeply down from south to north. An 18th century mausoleum which is dedicated to the Morgan family is located at the southern boundary of the graveyard (Anon 1835, 92; Healy 1975, 26; Tutty 1979, 155-157). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 21 January 2015

• DU014-002003 Chapel
  Description

  A chantry chapel, apparently built by the Plunkett family (Tutty 1979, 155-157) in the sixteenth century lies southeast of the St. Margaret's medieval parish church (DU014-002002-). It is rectangular in plan (L 9m, WNW-ESE, Wth 4.9m, wall T 0.9m) and is entered through an elaborately decorated, pointed arched doorway which incorporates roll and hood moulding that terminates in a carved head. All the windows are blocked. There is a widely splayed window with chamfered, limestone jambs, and a square-headed window in the south wall. There is an aumbry on the same side. An L-shaped section of wall extends from the northeast angle of the chapel. An early 19th-century mausoleum is attached to the southeast corner. There are burials and big tree internally and there has been some rebuilding of the wall. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 21 January 2015

• DU014-003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Annotated St. Margaret's Well on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map. On the revised 1863 edition of the OSi map the dedication has been changed to St. Brigid. Access is via laneway from rear of the Parochial Hall. St Margaret's church (DU014-002001-) and graveyard (DU014-002002-) lies 300m to NE. Fair Green and R.C. Chapel immediately to the E. Folklore collected from Killossery School recorded the following tradition about this well; 'There is a well in St. Margaret’s called St. Margaret’s Well. There is an old story attached to that well. It is said that St. Margaret was looking for water to wash her cap but when she could get no water she went and washed her cap in this well. It is said that ever since there was boiling water bubbling out of the well' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0789, Page 257; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4498542/4384982/4511555). This is an enclosed spring well. The well 'bath' area delineated by stone wall, iron railings and a gate. To south are steps down to a stone lined base. Lower course of bath red brick. According to a plaque attached to the west end of the tank, the well was enclosed by Sir. John Plunkett of Dunsoghly (d. 1582) although the present structure looks much later. The plaque was erected by Farrell & Son 1975. The well was frequented for its medicinal qualities. According to D'Alton (1838, 389) it contained lime, muriate of soda, nitrate of kali and sulphur which led to constantly tepid water bubbling up. The well started drying up about twenty years ago and the base is now grassed over. The well was described in 1897 as; 'Behind the Roman Catholic chapel is a tepid spring, dedicated to St. Brigid, which never freezes. Sir John Plunkett enclosed it with a wall, still remaining, to make a bath, and it was, in former days, much frequented for its medicinal qualities; and the local people still use it for that purpose. According to Dalton, it contains lime, muriate of soda, nitrate of kali, and sulphur. The water may be seen bubbling up from the bottom every minute' (Stubbs 1897, 448). See attached photos taken (01/02) in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00131 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16652 and F024.06.00132 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/30780. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 April 2023

• DU014-004 Building
  Description

  The southeast corner of the Parochial Hall at St. Margaret's contains a rectangular stone tablet with carvings in high relief of two rings side by side, one is plain interlace, the second is formed from interlocking animal heads. This may have been a date stone. Date is uncertain. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 21 January 2015

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1775–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch bridge over stream, c.1800. Creeper- or ivy-covered walls with rendered rounded coping to parapets. Sited spanning stream with unkempt banks to stream.

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1700–1740 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard with various cut-stone markers. Mausoleum with Serliana doorway having ornate marble frieze; date plaque, c.1746, and latin inscription above architrave.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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_3175 (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.

No address of the register names St. Margaret's with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

St. Margaret's · Teampall Mhaighréide

Area

607,998 m² (60.8 ha, 150.24 acres)

Civil parish

St. Margarets, and its townlands

Barony

Coolock

Electoral division

Dubber, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dubber electoral division: 8,931 people in 2,882 households; 47% of households own their home; 89% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dunsoghly, Kilreesk, Millhead, Newtown, Sandyhill, Shanganhill

Placenames

St. Margaret's 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.