Toberbunny
Townland in the civil parish of Cloghran (Coolock By), barony of Coolock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Tobar Buinne
- Area
- 63.6 ha
- 157 acres
- Land parcels
- 15
- registered freehold, median 20,717 m² (2.07 ha, 5.12 acres)
- Zoning
- N1.3
- DA - Dublin Airport
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Toberbunny, from 175 m² to 176,468 m² (17.65 ha, 43.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 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
- N1.3DA - Dublin Airport (Airport)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
22 Dec 2025Grant time ext (3 months) ai
Planning Permission for lands within and to the East of Dublin Airport
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1210E
6 Feb 2025App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months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
19 Jul 2024Grant permission
The demolition of an existing unoccupied dwelling and outbuildings, to
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0650E
27 Jun 2024Grant permission
in the townlands of Pickardstown, Coultry, Huntsown, Forrest Green, Fo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0636
4 Apr 2024Grant permission
We, daa plc, intend to apply for a temporary 7-year permission for a p
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0309E
15 Dec 2023Sai consultees
The proposed development relates to the entirety of the Airport
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0781
27 Jul 2023Grant permission
Approved Dublin Port to Dublin Airport fuel pipeline approved under
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0682
8 Jun 2022Grant permission
The construction of two new 2.5m high draft lobbies at the entrance do
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0288
4 Feb 2022Grant permission
Planning permission for development which will consist of alterations
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0518
19 Jan 2021Refuse permission
Permission for alterations to sections of the existing internal road n
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0455
2 Oct 2020Grant permission
The temporary continuance of use of the existing 2,700 long-term car p
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0331
10 Feb 2020Grant permission
The removal of all existing portacabins and the construction of a vehi
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0058
29 Mar 2018Grant permission & grant retention
Permission for the installation of 1 no. ecolation unit, associated in
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F17A/0244
2 Oct 2015Grant permission
Erection of ancillary structures at Eastlands Car Park: 1. Removal of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0455
8 Apr 2015Grant permission
Aviation fuel pipeline from Dublin Port to Dublin Airport. The propos
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0141
17 Oct 2014Grant permission
The construction of a new crematorium consisting of a sub-divisible co
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0216
2 Nov 2012Grant permission
Convert two tarmac tennis courts with a Synthetic Surface for football
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0344
28 Oct 2011Refuse permission for retention
1) To retain the portacabin/sales office, 2) to retain the bunded over
Retention · Fingal County Council, F11A/0384
6 Jul 2011Grant permission
The erection of a shed with a floor area of 32.5 sq.m. and measuring 4
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0012
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 Toberbunny.
Recorded monuments
- DU014-023 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Toberbunny or Tobar Bainne is an unenclosed pool close to Cuckoo Stream, behind Toberbunny Lodge, E of Dublin Airport. It has been incorporated into a golf course. It is said to have been a station well in former times (Ó Danachair 1958, 79). No longer venerated. Folklore collected from St Pappan's School in Ballymun, recorded the following details about 'Tubberbunny Well'; 'There is a place called Tubberbunny between Collinstown and Cloghran. In it there is a beautiful well. There is a story told about the well. Years ago a poor widow with a lot of children lived near it in Tubberbunny lane. Her children were all sick with fever and nobody would give her milk. One day the priest came in and the woman told him that she couldn’t get any milk for her children. “Never mind my good woman, God will send you milk” were the priest’s words. Next morning the woman went out to get a bucket of water at her well but she found that the water had turned into milk. So she brought in a bucket of milk instead. The milk stayed in the well until the woman’s children got better. The correct name for this place is Tobar-Bainne' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Pages 304-05; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4498839/4385856/4511411). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 April 2023
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Toberbunny.
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_3229 (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 Toberbunny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Toberbunny · Tobar Buinne
- Area
- 635,773 m² (63.58 ha, 157.1 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cloghran (Coolock By), and its townlands
- Barony
- Coolock
- Electoral division
- Balgriffin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Balgriffin electoral division: 5,544 people in 1,238 households; 55% of households own their home; 86% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Toberbunny 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.