# Tobersool, Co. Dublin: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Balscaddan, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin; in Irish Tobar Súl.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 899,817 m² (89.98 ha, 222.35 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,853 m² (0.29 ha, 0.7 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G3 GB - Green Belt, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Balscaddan, https://everytownland.com/dublin/parish/balscaddan.md
- Barony: Balrothery East
- Electoral division: Balscadden, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 743 people lived in 229 households in the Balscadden electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Dublin, https://everytownland.com/dublin.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16775
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 260885
- Centre: latitude 53.62469, longitude -6.238855 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tobersool, from 68 m² to 135,007 m² (13.5 ha, 33.36 acres); 31 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1817425: 135,007 m² (13.5 ha, 33.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817425.md
- Parcel 1817424: 131,077 m² (13.11 ha, 32.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817424.md
- Parcel 1784853: 87,570 m² (8.76 ha, 21.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784853.md
- Parcel 1784855: 72,153 m² (7.22 ha, 17.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784855.md
- Parcel 1817427: 57,666 m² (5.77 ha, 14.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817427.md
- Parcel 1817429: 50,366 m² (5.04 ha, 12.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817429.md
- Parcel 1817428: 49,695 m² (4.97 ha, 12.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817428.md
- Parcel 1784856: 39,898 m² (3.99 ha, 9.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784856.md
- Parcel 1784857: 37,838 m² (3.78 ha, 9.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784857.md
- Parcel 1784859: 36,097 m² (3.61 ha, 8.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784859.md
- Parcel 1817617: 29,585 m² (2.96 ha, 7.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817617.md
- Parcel 1817421: 24,098 m² (2.41 ha, 5.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817421.md
- Parcel 1817616: 14,170 m² (1.42 ha, 3.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817616.md
- Parcel 1784860: 12,620 m² (1.26 ha, 3.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784860.md
- Parcel 1784858: 12,334 m² (1.23 ha, 3.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784858.md
- Parcel 1784769: 11,147 m² (1.11 ha, 2.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784769.md
- Parcel 1784852: 9,088 m² (0.91 ha, 2.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784852.md
- Parcel 1817614: 9,006 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817614.md
- Parcel 1784757: 8,649 m² (0.86 ha, 2.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784757.md
- Parcel 1817419: 6,165 m² (0.62 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817419.md
- Parcel 1784854: 5,680 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784854.md
- Parcel 1817426: 5,536 m² (0.55 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817426.md
- Parcel 1784771: 4,647 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784771.md
- Parcel 1817615: 3,916 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817615.md
- Parcel 1817420: 3,888 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817420.md
- Parcel 3753360: 3,281 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3753360.md
- Parcel 5238486: 3,044 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5238486.md
- Parcel 1784759: 2,662 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784759.md
- Parcel 1784760: 2,482 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784760.md
- Parcel 5230646: 2,196 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5230646.md
- Parcel 1784758: 2,195 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784758.md
- Parcel 1784762: 2,165 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784762.md
- Parcel 1784767: 2,128 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784767.md
- Parcel 1784768: 2,051 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784768.md
- Parcel 1784766: 1,981 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784766.md
- Parcel 1917580: 1,868 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1917580.md
- Parcel 1784763: 1,823 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784763.md
- Parcel 1784764: 1,792 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784764.md
- Parcel 1817613: 1,666 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817613.md
- Parcel 1784761: 1,248 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784761.md
- Parcel 5238489: 1,134 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5238489.md
- Parcel 1817610: 1,109 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817610.md
- Parcel 3953643: 1,019 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3953643.md
- Parcel 1784770: 936 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784770.md
- Parcel 1868012: 813 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1868012.md
- Parcel 1817611: 717 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817611.md
- Parcel 1784773: 604 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784773.md
- Parcel 1817612: 535 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817612.md
- Parcel 5230585: 437 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5230585.md
- Parcel 1784765: 297 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784765.md
- Parcel 1817422: 250 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817422.md
- Parcel 2536501: 232 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2536501.md
- Parcel 1784772: 104 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1784772.md
- Parcel 1817430: 68 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1817430.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- G3 GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal; 73 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.fingal.ie/development-plan
- S5 G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2
- R3 RC - Rural Cluster (Residential, mixed residential and other uses): The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.fingal.ie/development-plan

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

9 applications, newest first.

- 31 Mar 2023, Fingal County Council F23A/0008: Grant permission for retention. Retention. Retention of the single-storey extension consrtucted to the side of th. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 4 Jul 2022, Fingal County Council F22A/0332: Refuse permission. Permission. Permission is sought for 1. Demolition of existing garage and outbuild. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 30 May 2016, Fingal County Council F16A/0106: Grant permission. Permission. Dwelling and waste water treatment system.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 3 May 2016, Fingal County Council F15A/0576: Grant permission. Permission. A one and a half storey dormer dwelling and waste water treatment syst. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 11 Dec 2015, Fingal County Council F15A/0577: Grant permission. Permission. Dwelling and waste water treatment system.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 3 Nov 2015, Fingal County Council F15A/0396: Withdraw application. Permission. Dwelling and waste water treatment system.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 20 Mar 2012, Fingal County Council F11A/0383: Grant permission. Permission. Alterations and extensions to side and rear of dwelling to include one. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 13 Jun 2011, Fingal County Council F11A/0220: App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months. Permission. Dorner dwelling and waste water treatment system.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 25 Mar 2011, Fingal County Council F10B/0318: Grant permission. Permission. A two storey extension to the rear, replacement of the conservatory ro. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- DU001-001: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU001-001----. A natural spring well from which the townland is named, in the parish of Balscaddan, barony of Balrothery East. The county boundary with Meath marked by the Delvin River lies 330m to the N and Gormanston Bridge (DU001-010/ME034-007----) crossing this river stands 500m to NNE. Annotated 'Tobersool' (Tobar Súl/well of the eyes) on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is shown standing in an orchard associated with Tobersool House which stands 100m to the S. The townland of Tobersool (Typersole) is mentioned in 1541 where there is a reference to the lands and tenements of 'Peter Goldyng of Typersole' as part of the vicarage of Hetheton (Heathtown) (White 1943, 105). Situated in the NE corner of a field and is overgrown with trees and hawthorn bushes. A 7m buffer zone had previously been created around the well which has been concreted and covered in corrugated iron. According to Lewis (1837, 171) this well was known locally as 'St. Brigid’s Well' or the 'eye well' because of the tradition that the water cures diseases of the eye. Folklore collected in 1934 from Balscadden National School recorded the following beliefs about Tobar na Súl/Tubbersool (Eye Well); 'In centre of an orchard. Drains itself into another well situated along roadside. White thorn bush. Local tradition - Cromwell, when visiting Gormonston Castle, came to well and profaned it by washing his feet in it. He also allowed his horse to pollute well. The well dried up and remained so for many years. A priest visited the place some time after and blessed this well. Immediately the water returned and today it is overflowing. As in Balscadden - people use this water for eye troubles (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0783, Page 129;https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428167/4383167/4504783?ChapterID=4428167)'. Described by Ó Danachair (1958, 72) as 'St. Brighid's Well. A stone lined well near the corner of a field with an outlet in the adjoining avenue' (Healy 1975, 15). Local folklore speaks of the desecration of the well by Cromwell who put his feet in the well to cool them (Skyvova 2005, 67). See attached photographs (01/02) taken 14/05/1974 by Henry A. Wheeler of the NMS. Photographs 03/04/05 taken by C. Ó Danachair courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00168 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16665; F024.06.00169 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/30805; F024.06.00170 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/30806. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 11 April 2023
- DU001-009: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU001-009----. Situated in a low-lying area under tillage. An aerial photograph taken in 1992 shows a circular cropmark (diam. c. 30m) in an area marked as 'Leechtown Wood' and close by 'Rath wood' on the 1937 OS ed. (OS 8/1941). There is an opening in the ENE quadrant of the enclosure. The woods have since been cleared and the ground cultivated. Not visible at ground level. Wood clearance confirmed on aerial and subsequent construction of the M1 motorway. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 19 October 2014
- DU001-010: Bridge, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU001-010----. Multiperiod stone bridge located on the medieval road from Balscaddan medieval parish church (DU001-003001-) to the medieval parish church of Gormanstown (ME028-019----), Co. Meath, where it crosses the river Delvin on the Dublin-Meath county boundary. The road connected the port and city of Dublin to the town of Drogheda, Co. Louth. 13th-century bridge depicted with two parallel lines crossing the Delvin River on the 17th-century Maps (1660-75) of County Dublin and County Meath published in Hibernia Delineatio, the original maps are now kept in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (https://downsurvey.tchpc.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#c=Meath). The bridge is also depicted on the 1655-59 Down Survey map of Stamullen parish, Co. Meath (NLI, MS 715/10). Annotated ‘GormansT[ow]n Bridge’ on Rocque's 1760 Map of County Dublin. According to O’Keeffe and Simington; 'this bridge is possibly the oldest such structure surviving on the original seaboard route of the Dublin to Dunleer turnpike which provided transport to the main linen export port of Dublin from the production centre in the north east of the country. The main road serving this route ceased to pass over Gormanstown Bridge in the last quarter of the eighteenth century when a bridge at Knocknagin on the present R132 was originally constructed' (O'Keeffe & Simington 1991, 145-147). Gormanston bridge was restored c. 1994 by Meath County Council. It is a double-arched bridge with pointed segmental arches. There is a central cutwater on the up-river side. The parapet on the up river side stands 2.1m high above the road level, probably for defensive purposes. The south arch (Dublin) has a span of 4m, the pier is 2.3m thick and the other arch (Meath) is 3.5m (O'Keeffe, Simington and Goodbody 2016, 164). Dated on the basis of style to the 13th century (O'Keeffe & Simington 1991, 145-147). The bridge was added to twice, the original upstream section is rather more than half the total width, the first enlargement is considerably narrower and the second narrower again. The joints are butt type. Vegetation on the cutwater to the west of the road has grown considerably obscuring cutwaters from view. Similar extensive growth to east. Gormanston Bridge described by Cronin (2008, 4) as; ‘One of the oldest structures on an early, principal route north from Dublin, Gormanstown Bridge may contain significant amounts of thirteenth century fabric with later extensions. Two-arched (Wth. 4.11m and 4.09m) stone road bridge over Delvin river on Fingal/Meath county border south of the Gormanstown Castle Estate. Semi-circular stone arches with coarse voussoirs, high rubble stone parapet with round concrete coping on original upstream west side and lower, stone-capped, rubble–built parapet with remains of lime render on later downstream side. Three distinct sections visible on arch soffit. Low pointed breakwater with masonry damaged by tree growth. Abutment to south west corner is cased in cast concrete. Two semi-circular stone arches to north bank just west of bridge. Stone north west approach wall has been recently re-built on gabian basket foundation’. According to Cronin (2008, 8) the ‘Grand Jury records for Meath escaped the burning of records in Dublin in 1922. These records detailed a programme of repair and rebuild to the bridge in 1809, and plans for rebuilding of half an arch on the bridge in 1775. The second extension with its dateable masonry and heavy parapet coping stones is the result of this 1775 work presentment. The unusual high parapet on the original downstream side of the structure was probably replicated on the opposite side before the two later extensions were built and its purpose was to protect those crossing the bridge on horse-back from attack with arrows. The two small arches in the northern upstream bank would have been equipped with sluices for the mill race historically located here on the demesne of Gormanstown Castle built by Sir Jenico Preston in 1786 on the site of a fourteenth century castle’. Cross-referenced with ME034-007----. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tobersool.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Tobersool, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tobersool.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/dublin/tobersool.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/dublin/tobersool.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/dublin/tobersool.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Tobersool with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin: https://everytownland.com/dublin.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Balscaddan: https://everytownland.com/dublin/balscaddan.md
- Drummans: https://everytownland.com/dublin/drummans.md
- Flemingtown: https://everytownland.com/dublin/flemingtown.md
- Gormanston (Co. Meath): https://everytownland.com/meath/gormanston.md
- Gormanston Demesne: https://everytownland.com/dublin/gormanston-demesne.md
- Rath: https://everytownland.com/dublin/rath-260752.md
- Tobertown: https://everytownland.com/dublin/tobertown.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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