Kilsallaghan

Area

41,996 m² (4.2 ha, 10.38 acres)

Buildings

2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 466 m².

Zoning

R3 RC - Rural Cluster (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
P1 RU - Rural (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective

Townland

Kilsallaghan

Planning applications on this parcel

• 25 Mar 2026Grant permission for retention

  The development consists of retention planning permission for ; change

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0241E

• 3 Feb 2015Grant perm. consequent to outline perm.

  Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission Ref. Ref. F10

  Perm.consequent on grant of outline perm · Fingal County Council, F14A/0338

• 20 Mar 2013App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months

  Permission consequent on the granting of outline planning permission

  Perm.consequent on grant of outline perm · Fingal County Council, F13A/0086

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

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 8 recorded monuments.

• DU011-010 Cross
  Description

  Named 'base of stone cross' on the OS 1840 edition map. This was located at the junction of three roads, at the S end of the Fair Green in Kilsallaghan Village. In his 18th-century diaries Austin Cooper describes this as the pedestal of a market cross (ed. Price, 1942, 42). No visible surface trace (Healy 1975, 23). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 02 January 2015

• DU011-011001 Church
  Description

  The present church is a Board of First Fruits structure (1812) which occupies the site of a medieval chapel (Lewis 1849, 169). In 1197 St. David's church was gifted to St Thomas's abbey in Dublin. It is also mentioned in the 'Ecclesiastical Taxation of Ireland 1302-6 (Sweetman & Handcock, 1886). In the late 18th-century the gable end of the earlier church was still standing (Price 1942, 42; Clinton, M.2005). Wall footing visible to the south of the church. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 02 January 2015

• DU011-011002 Graveyard
  Description

  The raised graveyard is sun-rectangular in plan (L 50m, Wth 40m) bounded to north, east and south by modern breeze block wall. It is bounded to the west by a limestone wall. St David's Church of Ireland stands in the centre. There are 18th and 19th century headstones which have been previously been surveyed (Fingal Historic Graveyards Project, 2008). The graveyard is still in use. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 02 January 2015

• DU011-011003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  There are traces of a flat wide embankment NW of the church outside the graveyard wall (Wth.7m, H 0.40m) which is probably the remains of an ecclesiastical enclosure, suggesting a pre-Norman date for this site. Swan (1971) identified further traces of it ; a double enclosure that extends from the SW to the NE near the curving roadway which runs adjacent to St David's church. An aerial study established the presence of a low curving bank enclosing the churchyard to the N and E (Clinton 2005, 36). Visible on Bird's Eye view on Bing Maps. Has been fenced off for horse enclosure-area completely poached. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Update by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 02 January 2015

• DU011-011004 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated in a low-lying paddock S of the church at Kilsallaghan (DU011-011001-). This castle was the scene of a major engagement between the Royalists led by Lieut. General Byrne and the Parliamentarians under Sir Charles Coote in 1642 (D'Alton 1838, 391-4; Joyce 1890, 40-41; Clinton 2005, 30). Only the W end of the tower house survives (L 3.66m), incorporating a SW turret and an ivy covered NW stair turret with a portion of the ground floor. It is built of squared blocks with roughly dressed quoins and a base- batter. The SW turret (int. dims. L 2.65m; Wth 2.3m; H 2.6m) is vaulted with wickerwork centering and is entered through a short passage. The S wall extends E (T. 0.97m). At the eastern extremity of the wall are what was described in 1897 as the remains of a 'small tower or very strong doorway'. Two windows were then in evidence, the large arched example is still extant. There is a large wall-press on the NW side. The interior is lit by a slit ope in the W wall. The main chamber was vaulted with a segmental arched opening in S wall and has a featureless opening in W wall. There are traces of springing for an arch on the W wall. The remains of the stairwell in the NW turret is lit by slit opes. The recessed west wall has been re-pointed on the exterior and the window opening is on the verge of collapse. . Ivy growth and wash out of mortar an issue. The owner believes the harsh winter of 2010 had resulted in some collapse. A 19th account of the towerhouse describes a three storey building with at least three windows in evidence in the W wall; the first floor had a circular chamber with wall presses in the N and S wall and two large windows in the N and E walls (Clinton, M.2005, 30). Today, the ground falls away sharply W (5m) of the tower indicating the possible line of a former bawn. There is an associated field system W of the tower house defined by drains and scarped banks. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 02 January 2015

• DU011-011005 Field system
  Description

  Located in a large level field east of the church (DU011-011001-) and castle (DU011-011004-) at Kilsallaghan, there was a field system defined by drains and scarped banks. It is particularly evident on the Bird's eye viewer of Bing Maps. Stables and roadway now occupy the western half of the field. Test-excavation and monitoring was undertaken (Licence no. 09E0357) within the field but nothing of archaeological significance was identified (Meenan 2009). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 03 January 2015

• DU011-011006 Earthwork
  Description

  Located south east of the Castle (DU011-011006-) is a flat-topped earthwork (Diam. c. 15m, H 3m). Marked as a moat on historical maps. It has been truncated in the S by a field boundary. Currently fenced off. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 03 January 2015

• DU011-100 Battlefield
  Description

  The Battle of Kilsallaghan was fought in 1642 between c. 2,000-3000 Insurgents led by Colonel Hugh Byrne and Government forces, approximately 2,800 strong under the command of the Earl of Ormond. Most of the fighting took place in the immediate vicinity of Kilsallaghan castle and the neighbouring churchyard of St. David's (Clinton 2005, 58-59). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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.

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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.