Fieldstown

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fieldstown, from 3,162 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres) to 1,081,576 m² (108.16 ha, 267.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 34 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2RV - Rural Village (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 14 May 2026Additional information consultees

  a) Retention of existing livestock shed b) Construction of an undergr

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0390E

• 12 May 2025Refuse permission

  We, Energia Renewables Development Limited, intend to apply for a ten-

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0416E

• 2 Oct 2024Refuse permission

  1) A Battery Energy Storage System facility within an overall site of

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0882E

• 9 Aug 2021Grant permission

  The development relates to previously approved development works (Plan

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0640

• 14 Jul 2021Grant permission

  Permission for a Solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0042

• 12 Nov 2018Grant permission

  Permission for infilling of lands with material consisting of clean, u

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0640

• 7 Mar 2012Grant permission for retention

  Retention of alteration to approved development (Ref: F07A/0673). The

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F11A/0414

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 the townland of Fieldstown.

Recorded monuments

• DU007-055 Enclosure
  Description

  A circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located within slightly sloping south facing arable landscape. No visible remains at ground level. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 3 December 2014

• DU011-002001 Church
  Description

  Situated on the grounds of Fieldstown House north of the Broadmeadow River. Medieval chapel site dedicated to St Catherine described in 1887 as; 'so called from the Norman family of De la Field, who were granted the lands early in the 13th century. The chapel was dedicated to St Catherine, Virgin and Martyr. It is just possible to trace the outlines of the foundations of the ancient chapel in the middle of a burying-ground, situated in what was once the demesne of the original Norman proprietors. The burying ground seems to have been unused for a long time; it is crowded with great forest trees. The last mention of the chapel is by Archbishop Jones ( A.D. 1615 ), who states it was then a ruin. When Mr. Austin Cooper visited the place in 1784, walls of the church were standing' (Walsh 1888, 246-7). In 1474 'Nicholas Dovedale, Prebendary of Clonmethan [DU007-006001-], in a petition preferred by him to Parliament, 14th Edw. IV. stated, that divers persons, aliens, strangers and denizens, did frequent in considerable numbers, by way of pilgrimage, the chapel of St. Catherine the Virgin and Martyr of F[i]eldstown, which was appropriated and annexed to the Prebend of Clonmethan, being for the health and safety of their souls and accomplishment of their petitions and prayers, he complained, had been, at divers times, vexed and molested on divers pretences, by reason of which they were obliged to lay aside said devotions and pilgrimages; this was a case, that peculiarly interested the feeling of such an assembly at that time; the Parliament accordingly ordained, that the persons and properties of all such pilgrims should, during their pilgrimage, be under the protection of the King, nor should the person of any such be arrested on any writ or authority whatever for debt, treason, felony or trespass, until said pilgrimage should be accomplished provided, that during their going thither, dwelling there and returning they did behave peaceably to the King's liege subjects; they ordained likewise, that any officer who should vex or arrest the persons, or molest the houses of such pilgrims, contrary to this statute, should forfeit, for every such offence, the sum of twenty pounds' (Mason 1820, 53-4). In 1546/7 an Inquisition held at Swords recorded the following details about Fieldstown Chapel; 'The tithes of this chapel are payable out of the town-land of Feldston, and are of the yearly value of ivl. ivd. beside alterages and iiil. vis. viiid. annually arising out of the chapel, which are assigned to the Curate there for his stipend' (ibid.). In 1615, the Royal Visitation of Dublin recorded that in the Deanery of Garristown, there was the church of Fieldstown served by the curate Thomas Richmond, minister and preacher and the building was described as church and chancel' (Ronan 1941, 24). The remains comprise a raised oval area (45m E-W) defined by a bank and external fosse best defined to the north. The foundations of a church, dedicated to St Catherine, was visible as a grassed over mound (ext. dims. L 18.8m E-W x 6m N-S; Wall H 0.6m) in the 1992 report but there has since been intense tree planting and overgrowth. Remains of an earlier field system (DU011-002003-) defined by scarps and ditches lie to the north, east and west. The chapel of St Catherine was a place of pilgrimage until 1555 when devotions were laid aside due to 'persons have been at divers times vexed and molested'. The church was ruinous by 1615 (Donnelly 1917, 153). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 26 March 2023

• DU011-002002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on the grounds of Fieldstown House N of the Broadmeadow River. The remains comprise a raised oval area (45m E-W) defined by a bank and external fosse within which are the foundations of a church (DU011-002001-). Just two stone gravemarkers visible and an iron cross recovered by landwoner and chained to a tree. The graveyard has been used for unbaptised children. This graveyard is no longer in use for burials. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 02 January 2015

• DU011-002003 Field system
  Description

  Situated on the grounds of Fieldstown House north of the Broadmeadow River. Notable as a hollow way running NNW/SSE between church and well, almost parallel to existing road. Defined by drop to the east from level ground c.3m width, possible drainage either side. Lots of undulations imply deserted settlement. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 29 November 2014

• DU011-002004 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  St Catherine's Well is located in the W face of a field bank in a hollow under trees, in the grounds of Fieldstown House. St Bride's church (DU011-002001-) and graveyard (DU011-002002-) lies 75m to W. It is enclosed by a brick and stone arched structure with an iron lattice door. Known locally as a former holy well where an annual pattern was held. No longer venerated (Ó Danachair 1958, 74, Healy 1975, 22). Folklore collected from Killossery School recorded the following tradition about this holy well; 'St. Catherine's Well is situated in the lawn of fieldstown House, Kilsallaghan. It is surrounded by a low stone wall and a small iron gate. It is covered by a stone roof. A pattern was formerly held at Fieldstown. Near St. Catherine's Well in Fieldstown is an ancient church yard now overgrown with trees. It contains many old rough head stones most of which are lying flat on the ground' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0789, Page 259; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4498542/4384984). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 April 2023

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Fieldstown.

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

At the centre of the townland of Fieldstown, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Fieldstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Fieldstown · Baile an Bhíltigh

Area

3,187,472 m² (318.75 ha, 787.64 acres)

Civil parish

Clonmethan, and its townlands

Barony

Balrothery West

Electoral division

Clonmethan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

933 people lived in 282 households in the Clonmethan electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cabragh, Greenoge (Co. Meath), Killeen, Moortown, Newbarn, Rowlestown West, Whitestown

Placenames

Fieldstown 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.