Land parcel 1735494

Area

7,537 m² (0.75 ha, 1.86 acres)

Buildings

4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,368 m².

Zoning

S5 Z15: Community and Social Infrastructure (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
R2 Z2: Residential Neighbourhoods (Conservation Areas) (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 27 Mar 2026Grant permission and retention permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE : RETENTION/PERMISSION :1. Retention planning permission for the removal of an existing concrete accessibility ramp and associated handrails on the east side of the church and 2. permission for the construction of a new granite accessibility ramp with stainless handrails and all associated site works on the east side .

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 5080/26

• 13 Mar 2026Application declared invalid

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: RETENTION/PERMISSION: 1. retention planning permission for the removal of an existing concrete accessibility ramp and associated handrails on the east side of the church, 2. permission for the construction of a new granite accessibility ramp with stainless steel handrails and all associated site works on the east side of St. Columba's Church, Iona Road, Glasnevin, Dublin D09 X578, which is a protected structure ref. RPS. 4001.

  Retention permission · Dublin City Council, 5059/26

• 10 Dec 2025Grant permission

  Planning permission is sought for partial demolition of rear extension and the construction of a single-story extension to the rear and all associated site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB5919/25

• 5 Dec 2025Application declared invalid

  Planning permission is sought for partial demolition of rear extension and the construction of a single-story extension to the rear and all associated site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB5888/25

• 27 Nov 2020Grant retention permissio

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: RETENTION: Permission to retain the existing prefabricated building located to the south of the existing school which was permitted for removal under planning reg ref 2657/19. This proposal is within the curtilage of protected structures St. Columba's Church, Iona Rd., Glasnevin Dublin 9 ref - RPS_4001 and St. Columba's National School, Crawford Avenue, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 ref - RPS_4002.

  Retention permission · Dublin City Council, 3826/20

• 2 Apr 2019Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission is sought for the removal of the existing prefabricated building to the south of the existing school, the construction of a single storey 80sqmts classroom extension to the north of the existing school, enlarged window to the south elevation of the school, internal alterations and associated site works. This proposal is within the curtilage of protected structures St. Columba's Church, Iona Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 ref - RPS_4001 and St. Columba's School, Crawford Avenue, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 ref - RPS_4002.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2657/19

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.

Architectural heritage

• St. Columba's Church, church/chapel, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted cruciform-plan neo-Romanesque Catholic church, built 1903-5, facing south and having clerestoried six-bay nave, side aisles, semi-circular apse, transepts and sacristy (of 1913) with engaged round tower at southeast and attached square-plan three-stage tower at southwest. Main entrance at south, with secondary entrances to porches, southwest tower, and transepts. Nave, transept and sacristy have pitched roof with scalloped bands; lean-to roofs to side-aisles, and shallow pyramidal roof to square tower; raised verges with granite copings and stone cross finials; Lombardic frieze to eaves and gables; ogee-profile cast-iron rainwater goods; round tower has stone roof with finial, over arcaded belfry with shafts. Rock-faced ashlar granite walling with stepped granite plinth, south elevation having stringcourses; granite clasping buttress to square tower; and lesene strips between bays to nave and aisles. Gable-front dominated by full-height round-headed recess in ashlar granite, with fluted impost mouldings, supporting moulded archivolt; two-tier blind arcade having shafts with cushion capitals, with vertical channels to lower tier. Generally round-headed window openings, grouped in pairs to nave, with ashlar granite reveals, impost mouldings and archivolts; and in threes to aisles within dressed granite surrounds with hood-mouldings, divided by shafts having cushioned capitals; chamfered sills over full-width sill course within each bay; stained-glass leaded lights, generally arranged in pairs to each nave bay and with triple lancets to aisles; transept having two round-headed window openings below sexfoil oculus with chevroned surround; wheel-window of twelve leaded cusped lights set above corbel table; towers have loop openings. Main entrance set in gabled portal with raking cornice comprising ordered round-headed recess with geometric mouldings, panelled tympanum with central illuminated panel; paired round-headed doorways divided by paired colonnettes, and twelve-panel timber double-leaf door with cast-iron hook-and-band cranked hinges. Secondary entrances have round-headed doorways with engaged columns and stepped granite surrounds, granite hood-mouldings and rock-faced voussoirs. Interior has narthex with timber and glazed screen having leaded lights, double-leaf doors ahead and to west, and single door to east. Lofty interior with nave arcades having clustered four-shaft piers; barrelled timber roof divided into panels supported on semi-circular ribs springing from moulded engaged shafts on corbels; timber-sheeted roofs to aisles with exposed rafters and timber braces. Rendered and painted walls and stained-glass windows to nave and apse. Timber confessionals with pedimented painted stucco surrounds, and timber pews. Timber boarded flooring, with tiled side-aisles, and Celtic mosaic to central aisle. Sanctuary raised on six polished marble steps, having marble altar furniture, Gothic reredos and altar rails. Set within extensive lawned grounds having mature planting and Marian grotto to west, carpark to south and west, bounded by hedging. Adjacent to and sharing boundary with St. Columba's National School.

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

At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3205 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.