Tankardstown

615 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tankardstown, from 1 m² to 71,761 m² (7.18 ha, 17.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 575 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M4MC - Major Town Centre (Built up area)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 33 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1RA - Residential Area (New/proposed residential)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 5 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 · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C3HT - High Technology (Office, business/technology park and related)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 4 Jun 2026Request additional information

  We, Castdale Limited, intend to apply for planning permission for a La

  Lrd application · Fingal County Council, LRD0075/S3E

• 15 May 2026Request additional information

  To the ground floor (a) change of use from residential to Dental Surge

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0393E

• 23 Mar 2026Grant permission

  The replacement of 1 No. 6.4m x 3.35m advertising display with 1 No. d

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0219E

• 12 Mar 2026Invalid application

  The replacement of 1 No. 6.4m x 3.35m advertising display with 1 No. d

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0184E

• 11 Mar 2026Grant permission

  We, McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland Ltd., intend to apply for permis

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0178E

• 16 Jan 2026Grant permission

  The development will consist of the construction of a new veterinary

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0026E

• 4 Dec 2025Grant permission for retention

  A retention planning permission (temporary) is sought for a single-sto

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/1125E

• 1 Aug 2025Grant permission

  We, North & East Housing Association, intend to apply for: permission,

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0703E

• 29 Apr 2025Grant permission

  A proposed part single-storey, part two-storey extension to rear of e

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0371E

• 25 Feb 2025Grant permission for retention

  Retention is sought for dormer window to rear roof space of existing a

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0148E

• 28 Jan 2025Grant permission for retention

  Planning Permission is requested for retention of existing single-stor

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0062E

• 28 Jan 2025Grant permission

  The development will consist of: the construction of a sheltered canop

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0061

• 9 Nov 2024Refuse permission for retention

  As-constructed vehicular entrance, fence & gates

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0998E

• 30 Oct 2024Refuse permission for retention

  Planning Permission /retention sought for single storey domestic exte

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0954E

• 15 Oct 2024Grant retention & refuse retention

  Retention development will consist of a ground floor only

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0912

• 11 Oct 2024Invalid application

  Retention development will consist of a ground floor only detached bui

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0901

• 29 Aug 2024Grant permission

  A proposed new shopfront and signage to existing dental surgery and al

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0779E

• 27 Jun 2024Grant permission

  Planning application for planning permission for contemporary Dormer t

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0574E

• 24 Jun 2024Invalid application

  Planning application for planning permission for contemporary Dormer t

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0560E

• 5 May 2024Grant permission

  Planning Permission is requested for alterations to existing ground fl

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0407E

• 9 Apr 2024Grant permission

  Planning Permission sought for single storey

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0320

• 14 Nov 2023Grant permission

  Planning permission is requested for

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0688

• 6 Apr 2023Refuse permission & grant retention

  The development consists of the retention of partially complete works

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0148

• 23 Jan 2023Grant permission

  Alterations and extension of existing dental surgery at 6 Chapel Stree

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0524

• 10 Jan 2023Grant permission for retention

  Retention of an extension of 30 minutes to the hours of operation of t

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F22A/0391

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 Protection Area: North-West Irish Sea cSPA 004236

Recorded monuments

• DU002-004 Martello tower
  Description

  Balbriggan Martello Tower No. 12 (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'. Located on a slight promontory, just north of Balbriggan town. Area to west and south landscaped into park. It was built in 1805 'for the defence of the Pier and Cove at Balbriggan' (Bolton et al. 2012, 180). It was manned with a full complement of Royal Artillerymen until the end of the Napoleonic Wars , after which it was manned by a local invalid Gunner (ibid). This is a squat tower with a base batter. Doorway from first floor is inaccessible. There are corbels over entrance and musket hole pairs either side of doorway. Recess for canon is visible on west side. Central parapet is damaged. A photograph from the Valentine collection dated sometime between 1929 and 1950 shows the tower with parapet, render, door and window opening, flagstaff and chimney. The parapet was dismantled and the stone is alleged to have been used in the construction of Nos. 67-72 Drogheda Street, Balbriggan (ibid). Manuscript of 1804 refers to the Martello tower being built on 'part of an old Danish fort' (DU002-017----). See attached plans of Balbriggan Martello Tower No. 12 courtesy of the Irish Military Archives - Archival Reference Code: IE/MA/MPD/ad134124-007 & IE/MA/MPD/ad134124-010 Photo © Alan Reid (cc-by-sa/2.0) Photo © Declan Geraghty https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martello_Tower_at_Balbriggan.jpg Photo © Jonjobaker https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:County_Dublin_-_Tankardstown_Martello_Tower_-_20190706184003.jpg Photo © Offdaw https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Balbriggan_Martello_Tower_Sep2015.jpg Photo © Jonjobaker https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:County_Dublin_-_Tankardstown_Martello_Tower_-_20190706175045.jpg Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Update by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 January 2023

• DU002-011 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Large single storey, multi-period, L-shaped dwelling. W end appears earlier. It has clay walls and a steep gable (dims. L 11.1m, Wth.5m, wall T 0.6m). Single chamber and corridor in W, incorporated into later more formalised cottage built c. 1785. Probably the same dwelling that is marked on Down Survey map 1650 and mentioned as the only 'farm house' in 'Tankerstowne' in Civil survey (1654-6) (Simington 1945, 4). This building is recorded as having been sold to John Rottorn of Dublin in 1702 (NLI MS.11972; Vernacaular Buildings Survey of County Dublin 1/001001). Record of Protected Structure #16. Three large bays to right of round entrance hall; four chimneys and thatched. Three small windows to left of entrance with two chimneys and slate roof. Disparity in roofing because of vandalism-Conservation Office allowed reroofing with slate after thatch renovation set alight. Intersects with EW building-three middle size windows. Surrounded by trees, landscaped entranceway and wooden fence. Currently in use as Balbriggan Community Creche & Playschool. Thatch at junction of bay and round entrance hall is compromised with underlying plastic visible-several areas of patching in the thatch. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 27 October 2014

• DU002-016 Enclosure
  Description

  The Irish Marine Institute coastal photography (1997) shows a large circular, bivallate enclosure on the coast (pers. comm. Mr Colin Byrne, Briarleas, County Meath). Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 13/03/2012

• DU002-017 Mound
  Description

  The martello tower (DU002-004----) is built on the site of a pre-existing mound shown on an early 19th century map by Duncan. This map was drawn for a proposed post road between Dublin and Derry and is held in the National Archive (pers. comm. Mr Colin Byrne, Briarleas, County Meath). There is also a refernece to the Martello tower being built on 'part of an old Danish fort' in a 1804 manuscript (Bolton, 2008). Compiled by Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 27 October 2014

• DU002-024 Brickworks
  Description

  Brick Yard and Brick Field belonging to the Cumiskey family that operated out of a business premises in Drogheda Street in Balbriggan is depicted on the 1837 ed. OSi six-inch map in fields 100m to the SW of Tankardstown Martello Tower (DU002-004----). Rectangular-shaped buildings annotated ‘Brick Works’ and circular-shaped Kilns depicted in the ‘Brick Yard’ on the 1863 OSi 25-inch map, with Clay Pit depicted in the Brick Field bisected by the Dublin-Belfast railway line.  Not indicated on the last edition of the OS 6-inch map.  Rectangular-shaped field (approx. dims. 116m NE-SW x 70m N-S) annotated ‘Brick yard’ on the 1837 ed. OSi six-inch map with a similar sized ‘Brick Field’ containing a small building and clay pit in the adjoining field to the S.  According to the Archaeological Impact Assessment Report; ‘The smallest brick fields established during the period c. 1750–1830 would generally cover a few acres, with the clay normally dug out in the first four months of the year to allow it to weather before brick production took place around April to September (Rynne 2015). From the 17th to the early 20th century bricks were generally fired in a clamp kiln, a rectangular arrangement consisting of alternate courses of bricks, however, by the early 1850s, more permanent kiln structures were beginning to be built including intermittent, up-draught beehive kilns that are circular in plan, as well as Hoffman kilns, in which drying and firing was a continuous process; the early forms of the latter kiln were also circular in plan’ (ibid., 169–170). The site of the brickworks either side of the railway line now forms part of Bremore Regional Park.  In early 2020, a total of 29.4 hectares of high-resolution magnetic gradiometer survey (Licence no. 20R0032) was completed within the park boundary, examining ten locations suitable for geophysical investigation (Cleary et. al. 2021). Nearly all the 19th-century over-bridges on the Dublin and Belfast line had elliptical arches of either brick or cut limestone, many of which were later removed and replaced with concrete ones (Rynne 2015, 369–70). The site for the Balbriggan brick works was most likely chosen for its proximity to the harbour, as this would have facilitated transporting the bulky cargo, and it is possible that the brick field owner(s) also possessed a small fleet of lighters and mud boats (ibid., 172). With the opening of the railway in 1844 it is likely that transport moved to freight trains. The early 1900s photo from the Valentine Collection illustrates what looks like the chimney of a Hoffman kiln; one such example at Castle Espie, Co. Down, dated to 1866, comprised a chimney 172 ft [52.4m] high with 24 compartments, each capable of containing 100 tons of limestone and with the capacity to manufacture 600 tons of lime per week (O’Sullivan & Downey 2005, 22). Hoffman kilns were used for both lime-burning and brick production during this period but given the kilns location it may have related to the brick works in this area (Cleary et. al. 2021, 14-15). Griffith’s Valuation of 1847-65 recorded that the land around the Martello tower was leased to Chas. & Thos. Comiskey for use as a brick-yard (Cleary et. al. 2021, 21). Recent excavations of post-medieval brick-production sites in Counties Clare and Limerick date from no earlier than the 18th century and uncovered brick-making clamps represented by rows (benches) of unmortared brick with deposits of black, burnt peat between them, brick-holes (clay quarries) and brick yards (Hull 2005). These demonstrate the type of sub-surface remains that may be uncovered within the Bremore Regional Park (Cleary et. al. 2021, 35).  Thom's Irish Almanac for 1903 listed William Cumiskey as a brick and tile manufacturer operating out of a premises on Drogheda Street, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin (Anon. 1903, 1630).    Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Architectural heritage

• Loreto Convent, convent/nunnery, 1905–1915 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey convent, built 1909, with advanced gable-fronted bay. Four-bay two-storey wing to south side with advanced gable-fronted central bays. Now also in use as school. ROOF: Double pitched; slate; moulded terracotta roof ridge tiles; limestone coping to gable ends with carved minatue limestone gable ends supported on brackets; gable pediment place above single-bay break front; limeston cross located at apex of gable to right, missing on left gable; red brick chimney stacks, clay pots, cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Rendered walls; moulded red brick cornice mouldings.OPENINGS:Ground floor; shallow pointed arched hood mouldings; rendered reveals, limestone cills, 2/2 timber sashes, 1/1 timber sashes with added mullions to rear elevation central window at first floor has hood moulding and point arched inset with limestone dressing.

• Chimney, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding chimney, c.1915, on a circular plan. Now disused. Red brick English Garden Wall bond walls with cut-red sandstone chamfered stringcourse below capped corbelled stepped crown. Set in unkempt grounds. NOTE: The chimney is the last surviving relic of the Sea Mills complex erected (1884) by Deedes Templer and Company but destroyed (21st September 1920) as a reprisal for the assassination of District Inspector Peter Burke (1887-1920) by Michael Rock (----) of the Fingal Brigade IRA [BMH.WS1398]. The burnt-out shell of the hosiery factory was visited by seven delegates of the American Committee for Relief in Ireland with the gathering photographed (14th February 1921) by William David Hogan (1885-1956) of Henry Street [NLI HOGW 51].

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

  Martello tower, c.1805, on a circular plan with tapered profile. ROOF: Parapet no longer exists, with only corbelled brackets remaining to platform. WALLS: Coursed limestone, some roughcast render survives; projcting limestone corbelled brackets. OPENINGS: Small square headed window openings with stone lintel above. Square headed door opening, blocked up opening.

• Lifeboat station, 1885–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey stone built former lifeboat station, built 1889. Three-bay single-storey boathouse to east. ROOF:Double pitched with only timber rafters surviving in places; double pitched corrugated iron roof on smaller building to east. WALLS:Coursed limestone walls; ashlar limestone plinth course; string courses; limestone buttresses to corners; front/sea façade is rendered; smaller building has rockfaced limestone with quoining.OPENINGS:Slightly segmental headed window openings with limestone dressings, chamfered cills, port of timber sase & frames survive, blocked up with concrete blocks placed inside windows. Smaller adjacent building, carriage arch opening with limestone dressings at gable end also blocked up.

• House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced five-bay two-storey house, c.1890, with integral carriageway arch and single-bay shopfront to ground floor. Now also in use as retail outlet. ROOF: Double pitched; asbestos tiles; rendered chimney stack; clay pots; cast-iron gutters. WALLS:Nap rendered and painted plinth; plinth course, nap rendered red walls.OPENINGS: Ground floor square painted moulded architrave; corniced with shallow rendered pediment; door has similar surround & contains timber panelled 1990's door and original fanlight. Square headed carriage arch to right with double leaf tongue and groove door. First floor windows are square headed with rendered soffits & reveals & sill; uPVC casement window. Ground floor shopfront, contains fixed plate glass window resting on rendered stallriser with 1950's timber and glazed door with top hung overlight flanked by pilasters with fluted brackets supporting moulded cornice, plain fascia below.

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 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 Tankardstown.

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 Tankardstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Tankardstown · Baile Thancaird

Area

820,567 m² (82.06 ha, 202.77 acres)

Civil parish

Balrothery, and its townlands

Barony

Balrothery East

Electoral division

Balbriggan Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Balbriggan Urban electoral division: 8,102 people in 2,966 households; 67% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balbriggan, Bremore, Clogheder, Clonard or Folkstown Great

Placenames

Tankardstown 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.