Thomondtown
Thomondtown is a townland in the civil parish of Lusk, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is Baile Thoimín.
Parcel 1787716
- Area
- 24,784 m² (2.48 ha, 6.12 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- P1 RU - Rural (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
- Townland
- Thomondtown
Planning applications on this parcel
22 Oct 2025Refuse permission for retention
We, Raymond and Caroline Coleman, intend to apply for retention permis
Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0976E
15 Jul 2015Grant permission
(1) A single storey extension to the front, side and rear of the exist
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0336
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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 20 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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.
- Area
- 78.7 ha
- 194 acres
- Land parcels
- 32
- registered freehold, median 7,241 m² (0.72 ha, 1.79 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU - Rural
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Thomondtown, from 32 m² to 184,197 m² (18.42 ha, 45.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 37 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C7RB - Rural Business (Other commerce/industrial/enterprise uses)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 0 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
22 Oct 2025Refuse permission for retention
We, Raymond and Caroline Coleman, intend to apply for retention permis
Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0976E
18 Jul 2024Grant permission
Planning permission is sought by Hannon Transport Ltd. for development
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0645E
11 Jul 2024Invalid application
Planning permission is sought by Hannon Transport Ltd. for development
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0622E
16 May 2024Grant permission for retention
Retention permission is sought for the construction of a ground floor
Retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0337
25 May 2023App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
The development will consist of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0281
30 Jun 2021Withdraw application
Retention permission for the construction of a ground floor extension
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F20A/0348
15 Jul 2015Grant permission
(1) A single storey extension to the front, side and rear of the exist
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0336
15 May 2014Withdraw application
Waste transfer facility to handle inert and non hazardous waste materi
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0191
28 Jan 2014Grant permission
Alterations to permitted development currently under construction (gra
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0032
24 Dec 2013Invalid application due to site notice
Alterations to permitted development currently under construction (gra
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0493
25 Nov 2013Grant permission
ESB sub-station to serve development granted under Reg. Ref. F11A/0421
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0436
24 Nov 2011Grant permission
Alterations to previously approved permission Reg. Ref. F10A/0148 to r
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0421
10 Mar 2011Grant permission
Development on lands zoned 'RB - Agribusiness'. The proposed developm
Permission · Fingal County Council, F10A/0148
21 Feb 2011Grant permission
Demolition of an existing bungalow dwelling and construction of a new
Permission · Fingal County Council, F10A/0439
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 Thomondtown.
Recorded monuments
- DU008-067 Fulacht fia
Description
A fulacht fiadh with associated burnt mound was identified during monitoring on the Airport-Balbriggan bypass in 2001. This had two troughs and a single hearth. All were filled with heat-shattered stones (Lynch 2004, 190). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU008-068 Fulacht fia
Description
A fulacht fiadh with a burnt mound was identified during monitoring of the Airport-Balbriggan Bypass. This consisted of a single trough filled with heat shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil (Lynch 2004, 190). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU008-116 Enclosure
Description
Located in a large arable field c. 813m SE of the complex of monuments at Gracedieu (DU007-015001- to DU007-015010-). An unnamed W-E running stream is located c. 159m to the S. The enclosure can be seen on Google Earth coverage (4 July 2008) where it is visible comprising negative cropmarks. The enclosure is circular in plan (ext. diam. c. 27m) defined by a low bank (Wth c. 2.5m). There is no clear evidence for an entrance gap through the bank. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 27 April 2021
- DU008-117 Enclosure
Description
Located in a large arable field c. 1.2km SE of the complex of ecclesiastical monuments at Gracedieu (DU007-015001- to DU007-015010-). An unnamed W-E running stream is located c. 69m to the S and SW. The enclosure can be seen on Google Earth coverage and where it is visible as a positive cropmark (12 July 2013) and as a negative cropmarks (2 June 2016). The Google Earth imagery appears to indicate an subcircular enclosure (ext. diams c. 35m NE–SW and c. 32m NW–SE) defined by bank (Wth c. 2m). There is no clear evidence for an entrance gap through the bank. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 27 April 2021
- DU008-118 Enclosure
Description
Located in a large arable field c. 1.25km SE of the complex of ecclesiastical monuments at Gracedieu (DU007-015001-) and c. 336m W of the M1 motorway. An unnamed W-E running stream is located c. 158m to the S. The enclosure and other cropmarks can be seen on Google Earth coverage (3 July 2019) where they are visible as a series of positive cropmarks. The enclosure is sub-circular in plan (ext. diams. c. 40m NE–SW and c. 35m NW-SE) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 2m). There is no clear evidence for an entrance gap through the bank. There are clear but fragmentary remains of both linear and curvilinear features (DU008-121----), a probable field system(s), adjacent to the E and SE. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 27 April 2021
- DU008-121 Field system
Description
Located in a large arable field c. 1.29km SE of the complex of ecclesiastical monuments at Gracedieu (DU007-015001-) and c. 320m W of the M1 motorway. An unnamed W-E running stream is located c. 144m to the S. An enclosure and other cropmarks can be seen on Google Earth coverage (3 July 2019) where they are visible as a series of positive cropmarks. There are clear but fragmentary remains of both linear and curvilinear features adjacent to the E and SE of an enclosure (DU008-118---). See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 3 July 2019 Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 27 April 2021
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Thomondtown.
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
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, low (inferred).
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Thomondtown.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Thomondtown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Thomondtown · Baile Thoimín
- Area
- 786,623 m² (78.66 ha, 194.38 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lusk, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Lusk, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 10,774 people lived in 3,341 households in the Lusk electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 62% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coldwinters, Corduffhall, Deanestown, Gracedieu, Richardstown, Turvey
- Placenames
- Thomondtown 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.