Townparks

More than 2,000 parcels touch this townland: too many to draw here.

• R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan
• G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan
• M2TC - Town and District Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan
• G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan
• R1RA - Residential Area (New/proposed residential)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan
• P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan
• M3LC - Local Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 25 Aug 2026Referral

  Retention Permission for a second-floor/attic dormer and terrace to th

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0767E

• 19 Aug 2026Referral

  Proposed demolition of existing single storey dwelling (94m2), constru

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0754E

• 17 Aug 2026Ai not significant

  Planning Permission for the demolition of an existing chimney to the f

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0436E

• 5 Aug 202635 day assessment

  Demolition of chimney stack at rear extension and first floor sunroom

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0701E

• 31 Jul 2026Referral

  Planning permission is sought for: Conversion of existing attic to sto

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0682E

• 27 Jul 202635 day assessment

  Single-storey flat roof extension to rear, new front boundary walls an

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0669E

• 27 Jul 202635 day assessment

  Fingal County Council – I, Hilda Comerford intend to apply for planni

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0667E

• 17 Jul 202635 day assessment

  I, Garry McMahon, intend to apply for Retention Planning Permission an

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0646E

• 15 Jul 2026Refuse permission & grant retention

  A) new vehicular entrance, gates, piers and dished footpath, new exter

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0629E

• 13 Jul 2026Grant permission

  The demolition of: an existing front porch; side bay window; chimney;

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0615E

• 13 Jul 2026Invalid application

  The development consists of: Retention Planning Permission for the dem

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0614E

• 9 Jul 2026Invalid application

  Planning Permission is sought for: A) new vehicular entrance, gates, p

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0604E

• 30 Jun 2026Refuse permission

  Permission for the demolition of an existing front porch; the construc

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0568E

• 19 Jun 2026Grant permission

  Planning Permission is sought for demolition of existing one and two s

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0533E

• 17 Jun 2026Request additional information

  A retractable canopy enclosure of the front terrace of the existing pu

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0518E

• 17 Jun 2026Grant permission

  Planning Permission is sought for a one-storey extension to the side,

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0511E

• 10 Jun 2026Invalid application

  A one-storey extension to the side, additional roof windows to the fro

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0489E

• 7 Jun 2026Invalid application

  A one-storey extension to the side, additional roof windows to the fro

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0477E

• 4 Jun 2026Refuse permission & refuse retention

  Retention Permission for: a) Removal of existing chimneys. b) First

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0468E

• 2 Jun 2026Grant permission

  The development will consist of the construction of an 1 no. bedroom t

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0460E

• 26 May 2026Request additional information

  A) demolition of garden office and shed to side. B) relocation of ve

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0440E

• 21 May 2026Invalid application

  Planning Permission is sought for:

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0422E

• 17 May 2026Grant permission

  The development will consist of a change of roof type from hipped to p

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0398E

• 7 May 2026Request additional information

  The Development consists of the following; - The construction of a te

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0356E

• 6 May 2026Grant permission

  Permission is sought for (a) Change of Use of (former) Retail Bank to

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0355E

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

• DU005-018 Martello tower
  Description

  Skerries Martello Tower No. 11 on Red Island (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'. Situated on an elevated position in a park on the S side of Red Island overlooking another martello tower on Shenick Island. It was built in the centre of the island, to protect the approaches and the landing place at Skerries. This is a well preserved, squat, cylindrical tower, built of coursed ashlar masonry. Interior is lit by rectangular openings (blocked) on all sides. S doorway above ground level is defended by machicolation. A second doorway was inserted into the N. An offset marks the upper portion. The tower remained in use by the gunners of the Royal Artillery until it was disarmed in 1874. Archibald Reid, Master Gunner, was in charge of the tower between 1848 and 1874. Disarmed in 1874, Skerries Martello was subsequently used as a home, coal depot, tearooms and eventually became the focal point of Red island holiday camp from the 1950s until the early 1970s.(Bolton et al. 2012 178-9). See attached plans of Skerries Martello Tower No. 11 courtesy of the Irish Military Archives - Archival Reference Code: IE/MA/MPD/AD119458-004 & IE/MA/MPD/AD119458-003 Photo © sarah gallagher (cc-by-sa/2.0) Photo © Phoenixesrose https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:County_Dublin_-_Skerries_Martello_Tower_-_20180325152224.jpg Photo © Piers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Martello_Tower_on_Red_Island_in_Skerries,_from_The_Strand_at_low_tide.jpg Photo © Leslie Noelle Sullivan https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Island_Martello_Tower,_Skerries.jpg Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 January 2023

• DU005-027001 Windmill
  Description

  Located on a prominent rise above the village of Skerries. Comprises a straight-sided cylindrical structure (int. diam.3.80m, c.12.2m h.) with diametrically opposed entrances at east and west. Lit by plain rectangular windows above doorways and on south side. A 'tower' windmill (cap alone turns), 4-sail (would have been canvas). Approximately 3 stone courses were added to the original structure and a concrete capping. The replica thatch and wooden beamed cap then added. There is a plinth at base (H 0.30m, W 0.20m) (Ní Ghabhláin, 1987). Shown in a circular enclosure marked 'Fort' on 1837 OS 6-inch map. A raised rounded bank surrounds the base. Forms part of the Skerries Mills Complex. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 14 November 2014

• DU005-027002 Enclosure
  Description

  The windmill is shown in a circular enclosure marked 'Fort' on 1837 OS 6-inch map. There has been landscaping around the base of the windmill. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 14 November 2014

• DU005-028 Windmill
  Description

  On a prominent rise overlooking Skerries. It is a five-storey, tapering tower (int. diam.4.5m) with diametrically opposed entrances at north and south and three pairs of windows in the east and in the southwest. The 'Great' Windmill' measures c.15m in height; diam. sail c.20m. It was originally built as a four-sail windmill but following a fire c.1844 was transformed into a 5 sail shuttered (Ní Ghabhláin 1987). Contains two pairs of grinding stones and hoist. There is a pair of millstones on the spindle in the interior. Shown in a circular enclosure on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. No trace of this today except for a scarped ridge. Probably constructed as a track for the tail pole (Ní Ghabhláin 1987, 30). Possibly occupies the site of a windmill mentioned in lease of monastic lands of Holmpatrick to Sir Thomas of Baggotrath in 1578 (D'Alton 1976 (2nd edition) 225). Restored by Fingal County Council. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 14 November 2014

• DU005-029 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  Situated towards the base of a prominent ridge overlooking Skerries. A 19th-century mill complex occupies the site of a watermill mentioned in the 16th-century extents of monastic possessions for the parish of Holmpatrick (White, 1943, 49). Described in the Civil Survey 1654-56 as a 'decayed watermill' (Simington 1945, 54). Field walking (May 2014) of the south-facing sloping field to the rear of the present complex recovered diagnostic late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flints. The mill complex has undergone restoration by Fingal County Council (Ni Ghabhlain 1987, 116). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 14 November 2014

• DU005-030 Well
  Description

  Situated at the entrance of the Skerries Mill complex. Site formerly a hockey pitch that was always subject to flooding-allowed to return to a pond and is currently a bird sanctuary. The well is located to the north west corner of the pond but is completely inaccessible. Marked by a dead tree. This is an enclosed spring well. Access down steps. The name 'kibe', according to the Placenames Commission, means 'chillblain' in Middle English, suggesting that this well may have had curative powers and be of medieval origin (Pers comm. Donal Mc Giolla Easpaig). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• DU005-031 Religious house - Augustinian canons
  Description

  The 18th-century bell-tower of a church in the centre of Holmpatrick (Inis Pádraig/Patrick's Island) graveyard stands on the site of the medieval parish church which was built in 1220 as an Augustinian priory and was dissolved in 1537 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 154). The church (DU005-031001-) and graveyard (DU005-031002-) of Holmpatrick stands 720m to the S of Skerries and 200m W of the Dublin coast with St. Patrick's Island (DU005-019----) 2.1km to the NE. According to Gwynn and Hadcock (ibid., 178) the 'convent of St. Patrick's Island [DU005-019----] was moved to a more commodious place, Holm Patric (on the mainland, Co. Dublin), in 1220 by Henry of London, abp. [archbishop] of Dublin. The old name was retained, at any rate for a time. Philip was pr[ior]. of the Island of St. Patrick in 1229. Pr[ior]. Peter Manne d[ied]. 1537. His successor, Philip Corre, on 13 Dec. 1537 was granted a pension of £8 from the previous Easter, and in 1540 the jurors reported that the priory church had been parochial from time immemorial, other buildings on the 3-acre site being necessary for the farmer and not valued; the possessions included c. 1,000 acres with many messuages, cottages and unmeasured plots, a water-mill, and the rectory, val[ued]. £69 8s. 6d; in 1548 the farmers, the executors of Robert Cowley, deceased, and John Parker, were over £119 in arrears. The property was granted to Thomas Fitz Wiliams in 1578'. Medieval floor tiles were recovered from a grave 37m ENE of the extant 18th century bell-tower come from the site of the levelled Augustinian Priory (Baker 2002, 143). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Dublin recorded that the in the 'parish of Holme-Patricke' on the lands of the 'Lord of Thomond of Bunratty' there stood 'The walles of the parish church' (Simington 1945, 54). In 1720, the Hamilton family acquired the estate of Holmpatrick. Cross-reference with DU005-019---- Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 March 2023

• DU005-031001 Church
  Description

  The church (DU005-031001-) and graveyard (DU005-031002-) of Holmpatrick (Inis Pádraig/Patrick's Island) stands 720m to the S of Skerries and 200m W of the Dublin coast with St. Patrick's Island (DU005-019----) 2.1km to the NE. 19th century C. of I. church of Holmpatrick stands to the N of the graveyard. The 18th-century bell-tower of the earlier parish church stands on the site of the 13th-century Augustinian priory (DU005-031----) of Holmpatrick which was also used as the medieval parish church (Healy 1975, 18, Campion 1969, 41). According to Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 178) 'in 1540 the jurors reported that the priory church had been parochial from time immemorial, other buildings on the 3-acre site being necessary for the farmer and not valued; the possessions included c. 1,000 acres with many messuages, cottages and unmeasured plots, a water-mill, and the rectory, val[ued]. £69 8s. 6d; in 1548 the farmers, the executors of Robert Cowley, deceased, and John Parker, were over £119 in arrears. The property was granted to Thomas Fitz Wiliams in 1578'. The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Dublin recorded that the in the 'parish of Holme-Patricke' on the lands of the 'Lord of Thomond of Bunratty' there stood 'The walles of the parish church' (Simington 1945, 54). The early 18th-century church of Holmpatrick was built by the Hamilton family of Hackettown two years after they acquired the Holmpatrick estate from the Earls of Thomond in 1720 (Campion 1969, 38). Possible remnants of the 18th-century church fabric have been incorporated into the upper graveyard wall. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 13 March 2023

• DU005-031002 Graveyard
  Description

  The church (DU005-031001-) and graveyard (DU005-031002-) of Holmpatrick (Inis Pádraig/Patrick's Island) stands 720m to the S of Skerries and 200m W of the Dublin coast with St. Patrick's Island (DU005-019----) 2.1km to the NE. Present remains consist of a large irregular-shaped area (Dims. c. 60m sq. ) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall on the SW end of a prominent ridge overlooking Skerries village and the E coast. The graveyard is on three levels, the oldest section is the highest where the 18th-century bell-tower stands on the site of the medieval church (DU005-031001-) and Augustinian Priory (DU005-031----). The graveyard contains three 16th century tombstones (DU005-031003/004/005-) and a single 17th century headstone (DU005-031006-), the majority of the grave markers date from the 18th-20th centuries. Medieval floor tiles were recovered from a grave 37m ENE of the extant 18th century tower (Baker 2002, 143). Possible remnants of the 18th-century church fabric have been incorporated into the upper graveyard wall. Graveyard is still in use. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 13 March 2023

• DU005-031003 Graveslab
  Description

  Set in concrete against the external face of the S wall of the 18th century bell-tower, built on the site of the Augustinian Priory (DU005-031----) in Holmpatrick graveyard (DU005-031002-), there is a 16th-century graveslab dedicated to Peter Manne (d. 1520), one of the last priors of the Augustinian Priory of Holmpatrick. The tall slab has a Latin-Cross with expanded terminals carved in relief with a Latin inscription running down the shaft of the cross. The Latin inscription has been translated to English and reads; 'Here lies Peter Mahon [Manne] formerly Prior of the House on whose soul God have mercy. He died in the year of Christ 1537' (Campion 1969, 39). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 13 March 2023

• DU005-031004 Graveslab
  Description

  Discovered in Holmpatrick graveyard (DU005-031002-) in 1856 and now set in concrete against the external face of the S wall of the 18th century bell-tower that was built on the site of the Augustinian Priory (DU005-031----) there is a 16th-century graveslab dedicated to Richard de La Hoyde (Delahide] of Loughshinny (d. 1587). The Latin inscription beneath the armorial plaques of Richard Delahide and his wide Maria reads; 'Hic Iacet Richardus Delahide Loghshinne Generosus Qui Obiit XXVIII Novembris Anno 1587 Et Maria Delahid Uxor Eius Qui Obiit' which translates into English as 'Here Lies Richard Delahide of Noble Birth of Loughshinny who died 28 November Year 1587 and Maria Delahide his wife who died' Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 13 March 2023

• DU005-031005 Tomb - table tomb
  Description

  A table tomb in Holmpatrick graveyard (DU005-031002-) dedicated to Elizabeth Finglas, wife of Thomas Hussey of Holmpatrick (d. 1577). Inscription on the 16th-century tomb was recorded by E. R. McC. Dix in May, 1904 as follows; 'The following inscription is copied from a slab hearing the Hussey coat-of-arms, impaling that of the Finglas family. Over the former are the initials T. H., and over the latter E. F. ' The Hussey Arms resemble those of the Barons of Galtrim, viz.' : — "Barry of six, ermine and gules, on a canton of the last a cross or." 'The Finglas Arms are' : — "Per pale, sable and argent, a fleur-de-lys counterchanged." The inscription, Mr. Dix states, has been recut in recent years by a person (judging by the blunders) ignorant of Latin. For instance, the QVE OBIIT now appears as QVF OBMT, &c. 'In the original inscription several of the letters were conjoined. It apparently read ': HIC • IACET • ELIZABETH FINGLAS . QVONDAM VXOR • THOMAE • HVSSEI DE • HOLMPATRICK • GENEROSI QVE • OBIIT XXVII • DIE NOVEMBRIS • A° • 1577 QVIVS • AIE • PPICIETVR • DE' 'The last line means " On whose soul may God have mercy.' The first P has a prolongation of the curved portion slanting downwards, which is a contraction for PRO; and the large commalike object after the DE is also a contraction, and represents US' (McC. Dix 1906, 266). McC. Dix, E. R. 1906 Holmpatrick Old Churchyard. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, Vol. VI, 1904-06. Dublin Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Update by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 13 March 2023

• DU005-031006 Headstone
  Description

  Holmpatrick church site (DU005-031001-) and graveyard (DU005-031002-) lies at the SW end of a prominent ridge overlooking Skerries village and the E coast of Dublin. In the NW quadrant of the graveyard to the N of the 18th-century bell-tower there is a late 17th century headstone dedicated to Richard Farrel. Above the name there is an inscribed I H S Christogram with a cross rising from the cross-bar of the H cross with the date 1691 below the name (Fingal Historic Graveyards Project, 2008). Possible architectural fragment from the medieval church reused as a headstone. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 March 2023

• DU005-031007 Font
  Description

  Holmpatrick church site (DU005-031001-) and graveyard (DU005-031002-) lies at the SW end of a prominent ridge overlooking Skerries village and the E coast of Dublin. According to Campion (1969, 39) in 1893 T. U. Steel uncovered ; 'in the churchyard an Octagonal Font in bad condition half buried. He had two men dig it up and place it in a more suitable position. On one side there is a shield carved with a hand on it' Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 March 2023

• DU005-053001 Enclosure
  Description

  An aerial photograph taken 1992 (OS 8/9277) shows a cropmark of a curvilinear feature which appears to be a levelled section of fosse (L 90m; Wth.10m). This cuts off the headland at this point. Now under Skerries Rock housing estate. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 15 November 2014

• DU005-148 Burnt mound
  Description

  Geophysical survey (Licence no. 06R0135) identified an area of burnt archaeological material in advance of proposed development. Test-excavation (Licence no. 06E0996) confirmed the presence of charcoal rich material containing heat-shattered stone exposed for at least 8m (Turrell 2006, 13). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 2 February 2015

• DU005-149 Burnt mound
  Description

  Geophysical survey (Licence no. 06R0135) undertaken in advance of proposed residential development, identified an area of burnt archaeological material (Leigh 2006). Test-excavation (Licence no. 06E0996) confirmed the presence of charcoal rich material containing heat-shattered stone (10m+ diam.) (Turrell 2006, 13). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 2 February 2015

• DU005-150 Burnt mound
  Description

  Geophysical survey (Licence no. 06R0135) undertaken in advance of proposed residential development, identified an area of burnt archaeological material (Leigh 2006). Test-excavation (Licence no. 06E0996) confirmed the presence of charcoal rich material containing heat-shattered stone located west of a waterlogged area (Turrell 2006, 13). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 2 February 2015

• DU005-151 Enclosure
  Description

  Geophysical survey (Licence no. 06R0135) undertaken in advance of a proposed residential development, identified strong linear and curvilinear features which were interpreted as a network of ditches or structural remains. Test-excavation (Licence no. 06E0996) confirmed the presence of an enclosure ditch, evidence of in situ burning and extensive archaeological activity interpreted as probable multi-phase occupation (Turrell 2006, 28). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 2 February 2015

Architectural heritage

• Harbour/dock/port, 1820–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Harbour, c.1850, with limestone pier, sea wall and former Life Boat house. Various fish processing buildings, c.1970 to present.

• House, 1850–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terrace of four two-bay two-storey houses, c.1875, with projecting entrance porches.ROOF: Concealed by parapet; nap rendered chimney stack to party walls with clay pots. WALLS: Nap rendered; plaster quoins; cornice to porches and parapets; plaster cill course to first floor. OPENINGS: Square headed openings; low relief plaster pedimented lugged and knee surrounds; replacement timber & uPVC windows; original tongue and groove timber doors.

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

  Martello tower, c.1805, on a circular plan with tapered profile, having projecting machicolation above raised entrance.ROOF: Corbelled stone roof. WALLS: Limestone ashlar. OPENINGS: Square headed opening; limestone ashlar reveals; steel door, c.1990; former openings now blocked up.

• House, 1700–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey thatched house, c.1750, retaining original fenestration.ROOF: Double pitched thatched roof with two nap rendered and one yellow brick chimney stack. WALLS: Nap rendered ruled and lined with quoins to the right of the second-bay from the left; right side elevation is pebble dashed with nap rendered plinth course. OPENINGS: Square headed window openings with nap rendered reveals; stone cills and timber 2/2 sash windows; small 2/2 timber sash to loft window opening; square headed door openings with rendered reveals; timber panelled door, c.1980.

• The Gladstone Inn, house, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited end-of-terrace six-bay two-storey house, c.1870, with original timber shopfront, c.1880. Now also in use as a public house.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, c.1880, with shopfront to ground floor. Two-bay two-storey extension to rear, c.1990. Now in use as post office.ROOF: Double pitched tiled roof with terracotta ridge tiles. WALLS: Nap rendered with plinth course. OPENINGS: Original timber shopfront with rendered fluted pilasters and console brackets supporting a timber fascia with flat panelled end; brackets and metal framed awning; fluted rendered pilasters and console brackets flank the centrally placed door, c.1980, and overlight; fixed paned display windows to each end resting on recessed panelled stallrisers; square headed windows with moulded rendered architraves; stone cills; uPVC casements.

• Hamilton Monument, monument, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding limestone monument, c.1870, erected in memory of James Hans Hamilton, Esq., MP on a rock faced base with an engraved marble inset tablet on each side. Set on a tiered plinth and bounded by cast-iron railings on a chamfered plinth.

• Skerries Methodist Church, church/chapel, 1875–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited semi-detached gable-fronted Methodist church, built 1880, with three-bays to side elevation.ROOF: Double pitched; artificial slate; concrete ridge tiles; cast-iron cross to apex of front gable; cast-iron rainwater goods; stone coping. WALLS: Snecked rockfaced limestone; buttresses to corners; brick corbels to eaves. OPENINGS: Gothic arched door opening; limestone hood moulding; tongue and groove double doors; rose window to gable with hood moulding; pointed arched bi-partite windows to side elevation with quoined limestone surrounds; red brick to rear elevation windows; small trefoil opening to front gate

• Nealon's, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, c.1870, with timber shopfront and integral carriageway arch to ground floor. ROOF: Double pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles; three nap rendered chimney stacks with terracotta pots. WALLS: Nap rendered; ruled and lined with plinth course; timber shopfront with flat panelled pilasters; console brackets; remains of cornice; flat panelled door to left with overlight above, three fixed paned display window resting on nap rendered stallriser and plinth to right.OPENINGS: Square headed window openings with rolled moulded rendered reveals; stone cills; aluminium casements; round headed door with rendered moulded reveals; cornice and flat panelled double doors; square headed vehicle access inserted, c.1960.

• Ivetta, house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, c.1880, with full-height canted bay to right-hand side.ROOF: Double pitched concrete asbestos roof with terracotta ridge tiles; red brick chimney stacks with string courses and terracotta pots at gable ends; cast-iron rainwater goods supported on corbels. WALLS: Nap rendered; ruled and lined with a moulded cornice to canted bay. OPENINGS: Square headed window openings with moulded render architraves; stone cills and cill course in canted bay; uPVC casements; roundheaded door opening with ornate plaster surround having fluted pilasters, keystone, cornice and a plaster panel with a trellis pattern; timber panelled door with overlight, c.1990.

• House, 1860–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of terraced two-storey houses, c.1875. Three-bay two-storey house to left-hand side and two-bay two-storey house with shopfront to right-hand side.ROOF: Double pitched; slate; red brick corniced stacks; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Nap rendered; plaster quoins; nap rendered plinth; red brick corbels to eaves. OPENINGS: Segmental headed windows; rendered reveals; limestone cills; uPVC casements; roundheaded doors; moulded rendered archivolt; plate glass fanlights; reproduction doors; shopfront consists of two pilasters with console brackets supporting facia board, timber stallriser with display window to left, timber and glazed double doors to right with overlight, c.1990.

• House, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, c.1870, with timber shopfront to ground floor, c.1880.ROOF Double pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles; red brick corniced chimney stacks with terracotta pots at gable ends; cast-iron rainwater goods supported on brick corbels. WALLS: Nap rendered ruled and lined with quoins; timber shopfront with rendered recessed stallrisers beneath display windows; console brackets and timber cornice; probably original timber and glazed door. OPENINGS: Segmental headed window openings with rendered reveals; limestone cills and possibly original timber 1/1 sash windows; round head door opening with moulded rendered reveals; recessed door with flanking fluted pilasters and probably original timber panelled door.

• Skerries Carnegie Free Library, library/archive, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey limestone faced Carnegie Free library, built 1910, with full-height projecting central single-bay breakfront flanked by single-bay single-storey bays. Designed by Anthony Scott and his son William. ROOF: Double pitched; slate; terracotta crest tiles; cast-iron rainwater goods; red brick chimneys; limestone coping; cast-iron weather vane to breakfront apex. WALLS: Snecked; rockfaced limestone; nap rendered plinth; cornices and volutes; limestone name and date plaque; tooled limestone quoins; rough cast render to side and rear elevations. OPENINGS: Roundheaded door opening; rendered archivolt; timber fanlight; limestone quoins to jambs; original timber glazed double doors; square headed windows; limestone reveals and cills; original 6/6 timber sashes; circular windows with projecting keystones to advanced bay; hood moulding over first floor central bay; narrow square headed, limestone dressing and sill with fixed timber casement window flanking entrance door, a blind circular opening to breakfront. INTERIOR: Encaustic tiled to hall; original staircase.

• Saint Patrick's National School, school, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eleven-bay single-storey former national school, built 1913, on an L-shaped plan with projecting gable-fronted end bays. Veranda to central bays incorporating separate male and female entrances. ROOF: Double pitched slate roof with decorative terracotta ridge tiles and catslip to veranda; brick chimney stacks to coping. WALLS: Rough-cast rendered walls with nap rendered quoins to gables; nap rendered plinth course. OPENINGS: Square headed window openings and round headed central window to gable; rendered reveals; stone cills; probably original timber fixed and casement windows; rendered hood moulding to gable; square headed timber tongue and grooved doors.

• House, 1750–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached five-bay single-storey thatched house, c.1800.ROOF: Double pitched thatched with concrete brick chimney stacks at gable ends. WALLS: Nap rendered; ruled and lined. OPENINGS: Square headed with rendered reveals; stone cills, timber sash windows and timber and glazed door c.1980.

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1930–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted Catholic church, designed 1935; built 1936-9, flanked by lean-to side aisles, with entrance portico, chancel and single-storey sacristy. Freestanding bell tower to rear.ROOF: Double pitched; lean-to roofs to side aisles; slate; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Rock faced granite; snecked granite to bell tower; Portland stone statue of Saint Patrick to front elevation. OPENINGS: Square headed door openings; carved granite surrounds; panelled timber double doors; round headed windows; granite surrounds; canted granite cills; stained glass windows, c.1935. INTERIOR: Nave with clerestory windows separated from side aisle by stylised ionic arcades; Celtic plasterwork to archivolts; double pitched exposed timber truss ceiling lean-to to aisles; timber floorboards; terracotta tiles to centre aisle; rectangular apse with marble panelled walls; gallery to rear chapels to either side of vestibule.

• Post box, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron cylindrical post box, c.1905, with 'ER VII' monogram. McDowall Steven & Co. London & Glasgow.

• Cobbles/flags/paving/kerbing, 1800–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Limestone street kerbing, c.1850.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Four-bay single-storey thatched house, c.1800, with projecting entrance porch. Single-storey extension to rear, c.1970.ROOF: Double pitched thatched roof with nap rendered and brick chimney stack; flat roof to extension. WALLS: Rough-cast rendered; cement rendered extension. OPENINGS: Square-headed with rendered reveals; stone cills; timber casement windows, c.1980; timber tongue and grooved and glazed door, c.1980.

• Slieve Donard, house, 1905–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built 1906, on a rectangular plan. One of a terrace of four. Pitched slate roof with ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses below ogee-detailed cornice capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal or tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls bellcast over rendered plinth with pilasters to corners (ground floor) supporting "Cavetto" cornice on pulvinated frieze on entablature. Segmental-headed central door opening with columns on pedestals supporting "Cavetto" cornice on pulvinated frieze on entablature below balustraded parapet, and moulded surround with hood moulding centred on keystone framing timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight. Square-headed window openings with sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement casement windows replacing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set back from line of road with rendered panelled piers to perimeter having pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron gate.

• House, 1750–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey thatched house, c.1800. Single-bay single-storey extension having corrugated-iron roof to left side, c.1970.ROOF: Double pitched thatched and corrugated iron roof with rendered chimney stack to left gable of thatch. WALLS: Nap rendered ruled and lined; rough-cast rendered with nap rendered plinth course. OPENINGS: Square-headed openings with rendered reveals and stone cills; timber casements, c.1910 and c.1970; timber panelled and glazed door, c.1980.

• Skerries Garda Síochána Station, garda station/constabulary barracks, 1925–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached four-bay two-storey Garda Síochána station, built 1926. ROOF: Double pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles; rough cast rendered chimney stacks at gable ends with terracotta pots; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Rough-cast rendered with a nap rendered plinth course. OPENINGS: Square headed window openings with patent reveals; stone cills; rendered hoods and 6/6 timber sash windows; square headed door opening with corniced stone doorcase; timber panelled door, c.1990.

• House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey house, c.1880, with Ionic door surround and Corinthian window surrounds, c.1900.ROOF: Double pitched slate roof with decorative terracotta ridge tiles; nap rendered chimney stacks; terracotta pots at gable ends; plastic and cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Nap rendered; ruled and lined. OPENINGS: Round-headed door openings; nap rendered Ionic pilasters; keystone and floral design; uPVC door with overlight; square headed windows; nap rendered Corinthian pilasters on a plaster base; square profile plaster hood moulding; uPVC casements.

• House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terrace-of-four two-bay two-storey houses, c.1890, with ornate door surrounds and carved gate piers.ROOF: Double pitched; slate; terracotta ridge tiles; corniced stone chimney stacks; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Nap rendered wall simulating cut stone. OPENINGS: Square headed window openings; segmental headed door openings; decorative rendered surrounds; original timber and glazed door set in recess; plate glass overlight and sidelights; number 4 retains original timber sash windows; uPVC windows to remaining buildings.

• Skerries Mills, mill (wind), 1725–1775 · Regional interest
  Description

  Windmill, c.1750, on a circular plan, capped with a mansard roof having five spring sails. The tower 49 ft (c.15m ) Restored c.1995. ROOF: Slate mansard roof with five spring sails. WALLS: Nap rendered.OPENINGS: Square headed with rendered reveals; timber sash windows; tongue and grooved doors. INTERIOR: Restored, with cobbled floor and working machinery.

• Skerries Mills, mill (wind), 1500–1550 · National interest
  Description

  Windmill, c.1525, on a circular plan, capped with thatched conical roof having four canvas sails. The mill measures 41 ft. in height; diameter of sail equals 53 ft. 4 inches. Restored, c.1995.ROOF: Thatched wooden cap resting on hardwood bearings; lufted, ie, turned to the wind from inside the mill; sails mounted on a windshaft which rests on a stone. WALLS: Coursed rubble limestone. OPENINGS: Small square headed windows; rubble surrounds; timber shutters square headed door; reproduction timber door leaf. INTERIOR: Break wheel mounted on the windshaft engages with the lantern pinion, with the force of the wind, power is transmitted downwards via the central shaft to a single pair of grinding stones.

• Skerries Mills, mill (water), 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Water mill, c.1840, comprising of multiple-bay two-storey roughly dressed rubble stone buildings with mill pond, mill-race, sluice gates and waterwheel. Single-storey extension to right side, c.1995. 1931 watermill closed; 1846-1986 bakery operated. Butterly family from Dunleer, Co. Louth. donated machinery and wheel.ROOF: Hipped and double pitched slate roofs with terracotta ridge tiles; red brick chimney stacks. WALLS: Random rubble with limestone quoins. OPENINGS: Square headed window openings with rubble stone reveals; brick flat arches; stone cills and timber sash window; square headed door openings with timber tongue and grooved door; also round headed brick arch opening limestone reveals, timber and glazed door, fanlight sidelights, c.1999. INTERIOR: Rubble stone walls, exposed timber trusses and containing industrial machinery.

• Saint Patrick's Church (Holmpatrick), church/chapel, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted Church of Ireland church, c.1860, having three-storey tower with spire to left-hand side. Six-bay side elevation with entrance porch and vestry. Single-bay gable-fronted chancel to rear. ROOF: Double pitched; slate; terracotta cresting tiles; limestone coping to gables; cast-iron rainwater goods; cut limestone broached spire to tower. WALLS: Rockfaced; snecked limestone; string course to entrance porch; buttresses to tower. OPENINGS: Bi-partite and tri-partite lancet windows; quoined limestone surrounds; canted cills; original leaded diamond pane stained glass windows; Gothic arched door; limestone quoined surrounds; engaged columns to entrance porch; original tongue and groove timber doors; ornate hinges.

• Skerries Church (Holmpatrick), bell tower/stand, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay three-stage square profile bell tower, c.1790, set in graveyard, church now demolished.ROOF: No roof, castellated parapet wall with stone finials. WALLS: Rubble limestone; original rough cast lime render; limestone string courses; limestone quoins; blank limestone plaque. OPENINGS: Shored up door; Gothic arched; limestone surround; square headed window openings to first floor; Gothic arched openings to second floor; limestone surrounds.

• The White House, house, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay three-storey house, c.1940, on an irregular plan in two blocks with a roof terrace to lower block. Flat-roofed projecting entrance porch supported by a column. Garage to right-hand side.ROOF: Flat roof. WALLS: Nap rendered. OPENINGS: Irregular fenestration with squareheaded and rectangular window with rendered reveals and timber sash and casement windows; squareheaded door opening with timber and glazed door with narrow timber casement sidelight to left.

• Skerries Railway Station, station master's house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey railway station master's house, c.1850, with projecting entrance porch and gabled dormer above. Single-storey extension to left-hand side, c.1990.ROOF: Double pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, two red brick corniced chimney stacks with terracotta pots and decorative timber bargeboards; cast-iron rainwater goods; concrete asbestos roof to extension with red brick corniced chimney stack. WALLS: Nap rendered, ruled and lined. OPENINGS: Square; segmental and roundheaded openings with recessed panels; nap rendered reveals; stone cills and probably original timber sash windows; squareheaded door with rendered reveals and probably original timber panelled door; squareheaded timber openings in extension.

• Skerries Railway Station, railway station, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey railway station, c.1850, with a gabled central breakfront and a cast-iron platform canopy. Single-bay curved extension, c.1880, and single-bay extension, c.1970, to rear. Detached two-storey gable-fronted signal box, c.1850, now disused.ROOF: T-plan; double pitched; slate terracotta ridge tiles; timber barge boards; cast-iron rainwater goods; rendered chimneys; plastic roof to platform canopy; Ornate cast-iron columns and trusses to canopy; double pitched slate signal box roof with decorative timber barge boards and finial. WALLS: Nap rendered; plaster quoins; moulded cornice to curved extension; red & vitrified brick to platform building. OPENINGS: Original windows to platform side; square headed to either side of roundheaded windows to central bay; canted rendered surrounds; stone cills; timber lattice windows and sash windows; replacement timber doors; timber casements to extension to right, c.1970. INTERIOR: Remodelled; some original doors.

• Bridge, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch limestone railway bridge over road, c.1850.

• Bank/financial institution, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited end-of-terrace three-bay two-storey former bank with dormer attic, c.1880. Central advanced doorcase with flat panels supporting entablature. Recessed single-storey entrance extension to right-hand side.ROOF: Double pitched slate roof with decorative terracotta ridge tiles and two large red brick cornice chimney stacks with terracotta pots at gable ends; double pitched slate dormer roofs with decorative ridge tiles and timber bargeboards. WALLS: Nap rendered with string course; cornice and quoins; limestone string course machine made red brick with brick dressings and a corbel cornice supporting a gutter. OPENINGS: Central advanced nap rendered doorcase with flat panels supporting an entablature; recessed roundheaded opening with probably original timber panelled door and fanlight; side porch with stone Doric doorcase leading to recessed porch with rendered lugged surround and timber panelled door, c.1990, flat panelled timber door with moulded architrave, c.1880, on left side; corridor to right to timber panelled door, c.1990; squareheaded window openings with stone lintel rendered reveals; limestone cills and cill course; metal casement windows, c.1950 and uPVC casements; "The Munster and Leinster Bank Ltd.," on ground floor windows.

• Skerries Church (Holmpatrick), graveyard/cemetery, 1680–1720 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard with various cut-stone markers from c.1700 to present. Sited on three levels with each level bounded by a rubble stone wall.

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

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Townparks.

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.

• Townparks, Skerries24 sales

Name

Townparks · Páirceanna an Bhaile

Area

2,294,849 m² (229.48 ha, 567.07 acres)

Civil parish

Holmpatrick, and its townlands

Barony

Balrothery East

Electoral division

Skerries, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Skerries electoral division: 8,880 people in 3,096 households; 78% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardla, Baltrasna, Barnageeragh, Holmpatrick, Milverton

Placenames

Townparks 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.