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

Townland in the civil parish of Westpalstown, barony of Balrothery West, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an Bhaspailigh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,510,947 m² (151.09 ha, 373.36 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,092 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P1 RU - Rural, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 16 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Westpalstown, https://everytownland.com/dublin/parish/westpalstown.md
- Barony: Balrothery West
- Electoral division: Ballyboghil, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,629 people lived in 473 households in the Ballyboghil electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 5% 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/16753
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 260918
- Centre: latitude 53.524886, longitude -6.299841 (WGS 84)

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

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Westpalstown, from 79 m² to 422,525 m² (42.25 ha, 104.41 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1849411: 422,525 m² (42.25 ha, 104.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849411.md
- Parcel 1757937: 192,647 m² (19.26 ha, 47.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1757937.md
- Parcel 1757929: 188,944 m² (18.89 ha, 46.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1757929.md
- Parcel 1757930: 144,085 m² (14.41 ha, 35.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1757930.md
- Parcel 1849329: 142,884 m² (14.29 ha, 35.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849329.md
- Parcel 1849412: 94,510 m² (9.45 ha, 23.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849412.md
- Parcel 1849420: 81,239 m² (8.12 ha, 20.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849420.md
- Parcel 1916801: 66,193 m² (6.62 ha, 16.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1916801.md
- Parcel 1849419: 48,604 m² (4.86 ha, 12.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849419.md
- Parcel 1849410: 23,764 m² (2.38 ha, 5.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849410.md
- Parcel 3404499: 13,271 m² (1.33 ha, 3.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3404499.md
- Parcel 1757936: 12,223 m² (1.22 ha, 3.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1757936.md
- Parcel 1757925: 10,245 m² (1.02 ha, 2.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1757925.md
- Parcel 2535333: 9,176 m² (0.92 ha, 2.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2535333.md
- Parcel 4969437: 5,704 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4969437.md
- Parcel 1849328: 4,672 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849328.md
- Parcel 1849327: 4,652 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849327.md
- Parcel 3497622: 4,276 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3497622.md
- Parcel 1757934: 4,065 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1757934.md
- Parcel 1849421: 4,020 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849421.md
- Parcel 4859252: 3,598 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4859252.md
- Parcel 4971301: 3,092 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4971301.md
- Parcel 1757931: 2,877 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1757931.md
- Parcel 1849423: 2,633 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849423.md
- Parcel 1849417: 2,438 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849417.md
- Parcel 1849418: 2,110 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849418.md
- Parcel 1757928: 2,098 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1757928.md
- Parcel 1849414: 2,073 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849414.md
- Parcel 5923182: 1,921 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5923182.md
- Parcel 1757935: 1,749 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1757935.md
- Parcel 1849326: 1,565 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849326.md
- Parcel 1757927: 1,541 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1757927.md
- Parcel 1849415: 1,081 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849415.md
- Parcel 1757926: 907 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1757926.md
- Parcel 1757933: 651 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1757933.md
- Parcel 1849424: 623 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849424.md
- Parcel 1849425: 614 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849425.md
- Parcel 1849416: 531 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849416.md
- Parcel 5923214: 428 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5923214.md
- Parcel 1757932: 308 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1757932.md
- Parcel 5923206: 175 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5923206.md
- Parcel 1849413: 162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849413.md
- Parcel 1849422: 79 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849422.md

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

- P1 RU - Rural (Agriculture): The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal; 57 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.fingal.ie/development-plan
- C7 RB - Rural Business (Other commerce/industrial/enterprise uses): The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal; 0 parcels. 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)

16 applications, newest first.

- 12 Aug 2026, Fingal County Council F26A/0725E: Referral. Permission. (i) the construction of an agribusiness production, processing, packag. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 27 Feb 2026, Fingal County Council F26A/0142E: Grant permission. Permission. Uisce Eireann intend to apply for planning permission for development. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 9 Jan 2026, Fingal County Council F26A/0005E: Invalid application due to site notice. Permission. Uisce Eireann intend to apply for planning permission for development. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 19 Dec 2025, Fingal County Council F25A/1198E: Invalid application. Permission. Uisce Eireann intend to apply for planning permission for development. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 30 Jan 2023, Fingal County Council F22A/0485: Grant permission. Permission. The development will consist of the renovation,. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 20 Sept 2022, Fingal County Council F22A/0501: Grant permission. Permission. Installation of solar panels in two phases, with phase 1 on the existi. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 20 Apr 2022, Fingal County Council F21A/0504: Grant permission. Permission. Permission for 1) Demolition of existing storage shed, 2) Construction. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 10 Jul 2019, Fingal County Council F18B/0286: Grant permission. Permission. The development will consist of renovations and a single storey extens. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 7 Mar 2019, Fingal County Council F19B/0057: Grant permission. Permission. A single storey domestic extension & alteration works (c.45.5m²) to th. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 20 Nov 2017, Fingal County Council F17A/0709: Grant permission. Permission. The construction of an extension to an agricultural building permitted. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 7 Apr 2017, Fingal County Council F16A/0552: Grant permission. Permission. The construction of an agricultural building, attenuation surface wate. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 16 Apr 2015, Fingal County Council F15A/0157: Refuse permission. Permission. Two storey detached dwelling, utilisation of and upgrades to existing. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 12 Nov 2013, Fingal County Council F09A/0395/E1: Refuse ext. of duration of permission. Extension of duration of permission. Amendments to previously approved dwelling (planning reg ref F08A/1398. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 7 Aug 2012, Fingal County Council F12B/0061: Grant permission. Permission. A single storey domestic extension and alteration works (c.23.8 sq.m.). File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 6 Jul 2011, Fingal County Council F11A/0143: Grant permission. Permission. The construction of a potato storage shed 4334 sq.m. ridge height 9.32. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli
- 26 Jan 2011, Fingal County Council F10A/0491: Grant permission for retention. Retention. 7.41m² boiler room to west side of garage at ground floor, elevational. 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 Westpalstown.

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

- DU007-008001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU007-008001-. Located a field set back from the Ballyboughal road. Westpalstown church ruins stand in N quadrant of a rectangular graveyard enclosed by hedgerow. In 1615, the Royal Visitation of Dublin recorded that in the Deanery of Garristown that Westpalstown Church was served by the curate, Nicholas Bacon, the chancel was in ruin (Ronan 1941, 23). In 1630, Archbishop Bulkeley’s Visitation of Dublin, recorded that Westpalstown; ‘is an impropriation. John Weston of Dublin is farmer. The tythes are usually sett for a hundred barrels of corne per annum. William Tedder is curate, and hath but xxxtie or xl tie shillings a-yeare for servinge the cure. The church and chauncell is downe. The parishioners all are recusants saving one man called Thomas Millinton. They resort to Mass to the howse of the Lady Dowager of Howth. The Mass-preists name is Roger Begg' (Ronan 1941, 68-9). Church ruins described in 1887 as; 'It would very difficult to say from existing remains what were the original style and shape of this church. Great blocks of rugged masonry, covered heavily with ivy, suggest there was once a large building here' (Walsh 1888, 246). The remains of the late medieval parish church comprise the lower courses of a plain rectangular building (int. dims. 17.4m E-W x 6m N-S) built of randomly coursed masonry (H 0.85m) with dressed quoins used at the nave end. This is the church at Westpalstown described as 'the walls of ye parish church' in the 1654-56 Civil Survey of Dublin (Simington 1945, 42). A former division between nave and chancel is indicated by the presence of two openings on the N side of the church. The W doorway has a round arch and chamfered jambs. There is a door rebate in the E opening. In the E end of the S wall there is a plain headless recess which is probably the remains of a piscina (Anon 1892, 182). There is a single slit ope with widely splayed embrasure in the S wall. The top of the walls are uncapped and the facades are pointed with concrete which may create internal decay. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 26 March 2023
- DU007-008003: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU007-008003-. Westpalstown graveyard consists of a roughly rectangular-shaped area (dims. L 70m x Wth 60m) enclosed by a hedgerow, with ruins of the medieval church (DU007-008001-) of Westpalstown in NW corner. Situated on flat pasture with good views of the surrounding countryside. There are a considerable number of architectural fragments from the church, re-used as grave markers in the graveyard. S of the church the graves are defined by a ditched feature which runs N-S (L c. 45m), returns and then runs into a field boundary. This is probably an earlier graveyard boundary (Mc Dix 1892, 182). The graveyard was previously surveyed in 1992 (Egan). Still in use. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 4 April 2023
- DU007-028: Water mill - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU007-028----. The Civil survey (1654-6) describes a mill at Westpalstown (Simington 1945, 42). This may be the same mill which is marked on Duncan's map (1821) and as 'cornmill' on the 1837 OS 6-inch map. As described in 1994 the west end of a stone-built mill survived in a farmyard where it served as a store. It was a two-storey building with a loft. The entrance was in the S wall. The interior lit by plain windows with stone sills in the west end of the south wall and at ground-floor level in the west wall. A doorway in the upper east gable gave access to the loft at the west end. Corrugated iron roof (Vernacular Buildings Survey of County Dublin 1994 (3/153)). The buidlingds depicted on the 1837 6-inch map are no longer extant. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 29 November 2014
- DU007-029001: House - 16th/17th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU007-029001-. Westpalstown House, a 17th century dwelling has been completely removed leaving little surface trace on the ground. According to the 1994 report the ornamental gateway to the house survived as two stone piers which incorporated many carved stone fragments (DU007-029002-) that probably originated from the nearby medieval church (DU007-008001-). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 29 November 2014
- DU007-029002: Architectural fragment, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU007-029002-. In 1994 the ornamental gateway to Westpalstown house incorporated many carved stone fragments that probably originated from the nearby medieval church (DU007-008001-). They included chamfered window jambs, mullion fragments with glazing bars and stone rebates. No longer located. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 29 November 2014
- DU007-029003: Bridge, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU007-029003-. The vernacular Building Survey of County Dublin in 1994 describes a stone, single-arched bridge near the entrance to Westpalstown House (3/156). There were no obvious signs of wicker centering. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU007-058: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU007-058----. A circular ring-ditch visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located within gently undulating arable landscape. No visible remains at ground level. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 3 December 2014
- DU007-059: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU007-059----. A circular bivallate enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph. Situated in the same field as DU007-029 (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located in the north-east corner of a large open field that contained Westpalstown House (DU007-029001-) . The site presents as raised ground at highest point in the field with extensive views to the south and south-east. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 3 December 2014

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)

- Graveyard/cemetery, 1600–1700, Regional interest, registry number 11321010, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=FI&regno=11321010. Graveyard with various cut-stone markers from c.1650 to present. Ruin of church [SMR DU007-008001-] to site.

## 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 Westpalstown, about 1 in 20 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 Westpalstown.
- 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/westpalstown.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/dublin/westpalstown.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/dublin/westpalstown.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Westpalstown 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)

- Barnanstown: https://everytownland.com/dublin/barnanstown.md
- Leastown: https://everytownland.com/dublin/leastown.md
- Murragh: https://everytownland.com/dublin/murragh.md
- Newtown: https://everytownland.com/dublin/newtown-260687.md
- Oldtown: https://everytownland.com/dublin/oldtown-260708.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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