# Ward Lower, Co. Dublin: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ward, barony of Castleknock, Co. Dublin; in Irish An Barda Íochtarach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,154,055 m² (115.41 ha, 285.17 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,251 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G3 GB - Green Belt, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 22 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ward, https://everytownland.com/dublin/parish/ward.md
- Barony: Castleknock
- Electoral division: The Ward, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 13,289 people lived in 3,674 households in the The Ward electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 88% of homes were built since 2001. 3% 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/17331
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 260910
- Centre: latitude 53.444775, longitude -6.350735 (WGS 84)

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

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ward Lower, from 44 m² to 285,251 m² (28.53 ha, 70.49 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1825334: 285,251 m² (28.53 ha, 70.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825334.md
- Parcel 5386481: 220,691 m² (22.07 ha, 54.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5386481.md
- Parcel 5190307: 156,473 m² (15.65 ha, 38.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5190307.md
- Parcel 3006127: 103,887 m² (10.39 ha, 25.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3006127.md
- Parcel 5673793: 93,291 m² (9.33 ha, 23.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5673793.md
- Parcel 3006154: 34,284 m² (3.43 ha, 8.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3006154.md
- Parcel 3006016: 26,190 m² (2.62 ha, 6.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3006016.md
- Parcel 1778277: 9,622 m² (0.96 ha, 2.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1778277.md
- Parcel 3006006: 9,589 m² (0.96 ha, 2.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3006006.md
- Parcel 5761026: 7,484 m² (0.75 ha, 1.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5761026.md
- Parcel 1825330: 4,484 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825330.md
- Parcel 5108705: 4,183 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5108705.md
- Parcel 4792732: 3,608 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4792732.md
- Parcel 5761007: 3,494 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5761007.md
- Parcel 1778274: 3,353 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1778274.md
- Parcel 4802055: 3,148 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4802055.md
- Parcel 5108727: 2,982 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5108727.md
- Parcel 1825333: 2,917 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825333.md
- Parcel 1825332: 2,829 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825332.md
- Parcel 1778275: 2,394 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1778275.md
- Parcel 5760964: 2,359 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5760964.md
- Parcel 1825331: 1,867 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825331.md
- Parcel 2862543: 1,629 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2862543.md
- Parcel 1825329: 1,159 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825329.md
- Parcel 1778278: 1,137 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1778278.md
- Parcel 3006132: 705 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3006132.md
- Parcel 2485477: 422 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2485477.md
- Parcel 1825328: 76 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825328.md
- Parcel 5063799: 47 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5063799.md
- Parcel 1778276: 44 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1778276.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; 29 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.fingal.ie/development-plan
- P5 RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2
- N/A UNZ - Unzoned (N/A): The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.fingal.ie/development-plan
- P1 RU - Rural (Agriculture): 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)

22 applications, newest first.

- 16 Aug 2023, Fingal County Council FW23A/0243: Invalid application due to site notice. Retention. Permission is sought for retentionof existing single storey, playroom/. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 6 Jun 2023, Fingal County Council FW23A/0168: Invalid application due to site notice. Retention. Permission is sought for Retention of existing single storey, playroom. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 6 Jun 2023, Fingal County Council FW22A/0201: Grant permission. Permission. Permission for development at a site of c. 61.1 hectares. The developm. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 29 Mar 2023, Fingal County Council FW23A/0077: Invalid application due to site notice. Retention. Permission is sought for Retention for existing single storey ,. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 20 Oct 2021, Fingal County Council FW21B/0161: Refuse permission & refuse retention. Permission and retention. Permission is sought for Retention of existing single storey, playroom. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 3 Sept 2021, Fingal County Council FW21B/0145: Invalid application due to site notice. Retention. Permission is sought for retention of existing single storey/playroom/. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 16 Jun 2021, Fingal County Council FW21B/0106: Invalid application due to site notice. Permission and retention. Retention of existing single storey, playroom / study / home office /. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 11 Nov 2020, Fingal County Council FW20B/0154: Refuse permission for retention. Retention. Retention of existing single storey playroom / study / home office / u. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 3 Mar 2020, Fingal County Council FW20B/0034: Refuse permission & refuse retention. Permission and retention. Retention of existing single storey, playroom/study/home office/utilit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 29 Aug 2019, Fingal County Council FW19B/0103: Refuse permission for retention. Retention. Retention of existing single storey, playroom / study / home office /. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 11 Jun 2019, Fingal County Council FW19B/0081: Refuse permission for retention. Retention. Retention of existing single storey, playroom/study/home office/utilit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 28 Nov 2018, Fingal County Council FW18B/0133: Refuse permission for retention. Retention. Retention of existing single storey, playroom/study/home office/utilit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 24 Aug 2018, Fingal County Council FW18A/0125: Refuse permission for retention. Retention. The development will consist of retention of existing single storey, p. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 11 Apr 2018, Fingal County Council FW18A/0048: Invalid application due to site notice. Retention. The development will consist of retention of existing single storey, p. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 6 Dec 2017, Fingal County Council FW17A/0223: Refuse permission for retention. Retention. Permission is sought for retention of exisiting single storey, playroo. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 20 Sept 2017, Fingal County Council FW17A/0158: Invalid planning application. Retention. Retention of existing single storey playroom/ study/ home office/ util. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 6 Feb 2017, Fingal County Council FW17B/0007: Refuse permission for retention. Retention. Permission is sought for retention of exisiting single storey, playroo. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 21 Sept 2016, Fingal County Council FW16B/0103: Invalid planning application. Retention. Retention of existing single storey, playroom / study / home office /. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 17 May 2016, Fingal County Council FW15A/0147: Grant permission. Permission. Permission for the construction of a ground floor level granny flat un. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 20 Aug 2015, Fingal County Council FW15A/0119: Grant permission for retention. Retention. Permission for continuance of use of the existing authorised antenna s. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 30 Mar 2015, Fingal County Council F15B/0080: Grant permission. Permission. Proposed refurbishment works to existing detached dormer bungalow. To. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 21 Mar 2013, Fingal County Council FW12A/0099: Grant permission. Permission. Construction of a single storey dwelling, installation of a waste wate. 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 Ward Lower.

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

- DU011-038: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU011-038----. The site is located in a large level field under tillage S of a medieval church (DU011-039001-). Formerly an open pool, dedicated to St. Brigid. Now enclosed and used for domestic and farm purposes (Ó Danachair 1958, 76). See attached photos (02/03/04) taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00096 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16641; F024.06.00098 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/314593; F024.06.00099 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31460. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 April 2023
- DU011-039001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU011-039001-. Dedicated to St Brigid the church fell into ruin between 1630 and 1650 (Fingal Historic Graves Project 2008). This site was described as the walls of an old church in the Civil survey (1654-6) (Simington 1945, 235). The foundations of the medieval parish church can be traced within a raised, walled graveyard. In the 1992 report they appeared as a low rectangular mound, aligned WNW-ESE (dims. L 14m, Wth 8-9m, H.1m). The church has since undergone 'improvement'. It is defined by a rectilinear stone wall with a grass ramp built into south wall and return in north wall with a stone built concrete roofed alcove in east wall. the alcove contains a statute of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Wall stands to 0.75m-1m in height and is extensively ribbon pointed. Presumed enclosure of original mound remains. A fragment of a limestone window jamb of late medieval date has been re-used as a headstone east of the church. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 08 January 2015
- DU011-039002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU011-039002-. A raised, roughly oval, walled graveyard (L 70m, Wth 50m) which encloses the foundations of the medieval parish church (DU011-039001-). Fragment of a limestone window jamb of late medieval date is used as gravemarker in the graveyard E of church. The memorials are 19th/20th century in date. The site was formerly surveyed (Egan 1992). Still in use. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 08 January 2015
- DU011-068: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU011-068----. The Civil survey (1654-6) describes the walls of an old castle at the Ward, held by Sir James Ware (Simington 1945, 235). This may have been formerly located where Ward House is situated just NE of the medieval parish church (DU011-039----). Austin Cooper's in 1779 describes the remains of an 'old castle. It is nothing more than the lower storey....built of small flat stones and is in a ruinous condition. The door is at one end opposite a window and the left corner as you enter a Gothic door which leads to the Orchard where there are pieces of other stone walls'. There are remains of an orchard to the rear of the present Ward House but no visible remains of a castle. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
- DU011-092: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU011-092----. Excavations (Licence no. 03E1356 ext) prior to the construction of the N2 Finglas-Ashbourne Road scheme in 2004 revealed a fulacht fia near the Ward river. This comprised an irregularly shaped spread of burnt mound material immediately adjacent to the S tributary of the Ward River. Beneath the burnt spread two troughs were discovered. No archaeological finds were recovered. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
- DU011-173: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU011-173----. Located in a large arable field, close to the N boundary of field, and c. 60.1m S of the Ward River. The enclosure can be seen on Google Earth (24 June 2018) coverage where it is visible as a positive cropmark. The site is D-shaped in plan (ext. diam. c. 20.5m N–S and c. 20.7 E–W) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 1.3). There is no clear evidence for an entrance gap through the ditch. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 27 April 2021
- DU011-174: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU011-174----. Located in a large arable field c. 40m SE of the Ward River and c. 230m WSW of Coolarath Bridge. Site located close to the N boundary of field. The enclosure can be seen on Google Earth (24 June 2018) coverage where it is visible as a positive cropmark. The site is circular in plan (ext. diam. c. 56.1m E-W and c. 55.2m N-S) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 2m). An irregular feature to the centre and to the W half of site appears to be associated with a 'gravel pit' indicated on the OS First ed. 6-inch map sheet (c. 1840) and the OS 25-inch map sheet (c. 1910) where it is indicated with 'tree' symbols. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 27 April 2021

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 Ward Lower.

## 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 Ward Lower, about 1 in 5 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 Ward Lower.
- 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/ward-lower.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/dublin/ward-lower.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/dublin/ward-lower.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ward Lower 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)

- Ballymacarney (Co. Meath): https://everytownland.com/meath/ballymacarney.md
- Cherryhound: https://everytownland.com/dublin/cherryhound.md
- Coolatrath East: https://everytownland.com/dublin/coolatrath-east.md
- Irishtown (Co. Meath): https://everytownland.com/meath/irishtown-160884.md
- Irishtown: https://everytownland.com/dublin/irishtown-260493.md
- Newpark: https://everytownland.com/dublin/newpark-260681.md
- Spricklestown: https://everytownland.com/dublin/spricklestown.md
- Ward Upper: https://everytownland.com/dublin/ward-upper.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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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

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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