Wolganstown
Townland in the civil parish of Clonmethan, barony of Balrothery West, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an Bhorgánaigh
- Area
- 96.9 ha
- 240 acres
- Land parcels
- 11
- registered freehold, median 70,198 m² (7.02 ha, 17.35 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU - Rural
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Wolganstown, from 1,858 m² to 242,111 m² (24.21 ha, 59.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R3RC - Rural Cluster (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1FP - Food Park (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 Feb 2026Seek clarification of additional info.
Planning Permission to construct 4 no. Poultry Houses together with 1
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0123E
24 Jul 2024Grant permission
A two storey dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0665E
14 Dec 2023Grant permission & grant retention
Plannning permission and retention permission for extension of existin
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0585
24 Nov 2023Grant permission
For permission for development at this site Wolganstown, Oldtown, Co.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0246
9 Nov 2023Grant permission
The development will consist of the following: 1. the construction of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0111
8 Jul 2022Refuse permission
A proposed one and a half storey extension to side of existing cottage
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0349
9 Jun 2022Refuse permission
The development will consist of the following : 1 The construction of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0295
23 Feb 2021Grant permission
Permission for construction of: (a) a new agricultural storage buildin
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0093
2 Oct 2020Refuse permission
Proposed two storey extension to side of existing cottage, new detache
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0486
6 Aug 2019Grant permission & refuse permission
The development will consist of (1) Relocation of the existing vehicul
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0345
3 May 2018Grant permission
Permission to construct 4 No. Poultry Houses together with roofed/encl
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0746
12 Jul 2013Refuse ext. of duration of permission
Development will consist of (A) the rehabilitation, alteration and ext
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F08A/0173/E1
28 Jun 2012Grant permission for retention
Retention and completion of two bay extension to the storage, packing
Retention · Fingal County Council, F12A/0201
14 Feb 2012Grant permission
Extension to storage, packing and dispatch building approved under Reg
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0408
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Wolganstown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Wolganstown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Wolganstown.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Wolganstown.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Wolganstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Wolganstown · Baile an Bhorgánaigh
- Area
- 969,269 m² (96.93 ha, 239.51 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonmethan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery West
- Electoral division
- Clonmethan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Clonmethan electoral division: 933 people in 282 households; 80% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Jordanstown, Moortown, Palmerstown, Whitestown
- Placenames
- Wolganstown 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.