Dunsink

Area

257,738 m² (25.77 ha, 63.69 acres)

Buildings

7 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 4,666 m².

Zoning

R1 RA - Residential Area (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
G3 HA - High Amenity (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
G4 OS - Open Space (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
S6 NSC - National Sports Campus (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective

Townland

Dunsink

Planning applications on this parcel

• 25 Apr 2025Grant permission & grant retention

  Permission and Retention Permission for proposed development consistin

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0173E

• 12 Dec 2011Grant permission

  Planning permission for the following: 1. Change of use of existing gr

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW11A/0124

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 4 recorded monuments.

• DU013-020001 Church
  Description

  The medieval ruins of the church of St. Caoimhghin (Coemhin/Kevin) in the townland of Abbotstown (Kylmekynyn), parish of Castleknock is located on a high point in the N quadrant of an oval-shaped graveyard (DU013-020002-) with holy well (DU013-020003-) to SE. On the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map the church is shown standing in the centre of a smaller rectangular-shaped graveyard. On Rocque's 1760 map of Dublin the church is shown standing beside a road connecting Castleknock to Abbotstown, which is shown on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map. According to D'Alton (1838, 589); 'An inquisition of 1547 finds that the tithes of Abbotstown belonged to the prebendary of Mullaghiddart, and were, with those of Damestown, of the annual value of £ 11 10s.'. The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Dublin recorded that in 1641 that on the lands of Sir John Dungan an 'Irish Papist' there was 'The walls of an olde Chapple. The Tythes belonge to the Parsonage of Mallahidert' (Simington 1945, 245). Fragments of the N (L 7.6m x H 2.5m x wall T 0.97m) and W walls (L. 5.5m) are all that survive of the church. These are built of randomly coursed masonry. At the W end of the N wall is a door rebate with draw bar hole in the E jamb. There are two splayed opes and putlog holes also in this wall. The ground falls away steeply S of the church where there is an enclosing stone-faced fosse (Wth 4.7m x D 1.6m). This is replaced by a wall along the W and N side of the site, which appears to be built on an earlier earthwork of the earlier enclosing element of the small rectangular-shaped graveyard depicted on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 April 2023

• DU013-020002 Graveyard
  Description

  The medieval ruins of the church (DU013-020001-) of St. Caoimhghin (Coemhin/Kevin) in the townland of Abbotstown (Kylmekynyn), parish of Castleknock is located on a high point in the N quadrant of an oval-shaped graveyard (DU013-020002-) with holy well (DU013-020003-) to SE. On the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map the church is shown standing in the centre of a smaller rectangular-shaped graveyard. On Rocque's 1760 map of Dublin the church is shown standing beside a road connecting Castleknock to Abbotstown, which is shown on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map. The church (DU013-020001-) and graveyard at Abbotstown is situated on the grounds of the State Laboratory (Healy 1975, 21). The ground falls away steeply S of the church where there is an enclosing stone-faced fosse (Wth 4.7m x D 1.6m). This is replaced by a wall along the W and N side of the site, which appears to be built on an earlier earthwork of the earlier enclosing element of the small rectangular-shaped graveyard depicted on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map. The graveyard contains numerous 18th century memorials dedicated to merchants form the city of Dublin including Philip Reilly (1774), Maurice Ward (1773) and Daniel Darcy (1757). Associated with St Coemhin's well or Caveen well (DU013-020003-) which was closed up by the landlord (Ó Danachair 1958, 74). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 April 2023

• DU013-020003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Holy well dedicated to St. Coemhín, known locally as 'Caveen', in the parish of Castleknock, located at the end of a low ridge in the SE corner of Abbotstown graveyard (DU013-020002-) which is situated on the grounds of the State Laboratory (Healy 1975, 21). The NE boundary wall consists of a modern breeze block wall. In 1757 Dr. Rutty tested the water from the well of 'St. Commegan's near Lutterell's town' (Rutty 1757, Table 1 EE). Associated with St Coemhin's Well or Caveen Well which was closed up by the landlord (Ó Danachair 1958, 74). Well site was described by Branigan (2012, 63) as; 'located outside the eastern boundary wall of the Caveen (alternatively Coemhín) graveyard on a sharp bend in a now disused road within the former Abbotstown Estate. It was capped by the landlord, Lord Holmpatrick, in the 1700s, but its site has been leaking ever since and a pool can be observed in a hollow to the south of the graveyard which is fed by a continuous trickle from this well'. Folklore collected from Blanchardstown School recorded the following details about Caveen; 'Caveen was called after Saint Kevin. It is is now a graveyard. Long ago there was a holy well in Caveen graveyard and the people came from all parts to be cured in the well. But Lord Holm Patrick stopped the people and would not allow them to trespass on his grounds. The Lord covered the well with clay. The next morning the well had spread all around his ground. The Lord had to get his workmen to make a shore and to let the water out. There are lots of old peoples' graves there but it is closed up now for ever. It is one of the oldest graveyards in the country. Saint Kevin used to come there to pray' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0791, Pages 68-9; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4498682/4385592/4498685). Rutty, J. 1757 The Mineral Waters of Ireland. Dublin. Branigan, G. 2012 Ancient and Holy Wells of Ireland. The History Press Ireland. Dublin. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 April 2023

• DU014-034 Burial ground
  Description

  The 1938 OS map locates the burials ground next the River Road cottages. The finding of a skeleton and two skulls in a field near the river Tolka were first reported to the National Museum of Ireland by the Garda Sergeant at Blanchardstown in 1937. In 1938 the National Museum led an excavation there. About one third of the site was excavated and almost 400 skeletons of men, women and children were uncovered and removed for examination. Blue and white glass beads, a lignite ring, bronze pins, flint arrowheads and some iron objects were found with them. A silver coin of Eadgar of England dated AD 967 was also found indicating the site was in use in the 10th century (NMI Topographical Files). Currently a field of pasture. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 23 January 2015

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

At the centre of this parcel, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3118 (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.