Buzzardstown

777 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Buzzardstown, from 2 m² to 312,700 m² (31.27 ha, 77.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 752 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C3HT - High Technology (Office, business/technology park and related)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M3LC - Local Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  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.

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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 Buzzardstown.

Recorded monuments

• DU013-010001 Church
  Description

  Located in a prominent position with land falling gently to W and steeply to S. Church 1st mentioned in early 15th century on the incorporation of a guild 'the guild of the fraternity of Our Lady St Mary of the Church of Mulhuddart (Ball 1920, 44-46). Civil Survey 'walls of a church' at Buzardstown (Simington 1945, 227). Church situated in a raised graveyard which curves alongside W side. Undivided nave and chancel (int. dims. 20.22m wt. 8.73m, h. 0.5m, th. 0.97m-1.2m with residential W tower that survives to the first floor level. Rough coursed shaley limestone with dressed quoins. Vault over ground floor shows traces of wickerwork centering, ext. dimes. 1.745 wt. 4.9m. Ist floor has projecting turret on S side, a window in W and 2 wall recesses in N. Nave is entered through segmental arched opening in N wall. The exterior of the western gable has two mouldings for plaques. The upper is empty, the lower contains an 18th century mural tablet inscribed to Denis Commins & Mary Warren 1675-1740s. Window in south facade of tower appears to have been reinstated. Arch of residential tower subject to burning and graffiti. Gravestones present in interior of church. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 19 January 2015

• DU013-010003 Graveyard
  Description

  Graveyard walled and curved along west at some height above the road. The oldest section of the graveyard is the raised area that surrounds the church (DU013-010001-). It contains 18th, 19th century and modern gravestones as well as a number of re-used architectural fragments. The graveyard has been extended to the north twice. The graveyard was previously surveyed by Egan in 1993 (Fingal Historic Graveyards project 2008). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of Upload: 7 February 2015

• DU013-023 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  The Down Survey (1655-6) map shows a dwelling at Buzzardstown near Buzzardstown House. In the second half of the 18th century the family of Flood owned Buzzardstown House-on a winter’s night in 1761 it is recorded that the gable-end of Mr Flood’s house at Mulhuddart suddenly gave way, whereby Mrs Flood and her daughter were killed. Test excavation (Licence no. 06E0184) was undertaken at the site of Buzzardstown House but archaeological remains were not located. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 20 January 2015

Architectural heritage

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1250–1350 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard with various cut-stone grave markers from c.1300 to present. Ruin of church [SMR DU013-01001-] to site.

• Mulhuddart Bridge, bridge, 1870–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch bridge over river, c.1885, with rough faced limestone walls and granite dressings.

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 Buzzardstown, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3082 (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.

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

Name

Buzzardstown · Baile an Bhosardaigh

Area

1,210,822 m² (121.08 ha, 299.2 acres)

Civil parish

Mulhuddart, and its townlands

Barony

Castleknock

Electoral division

Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,219 people lived in 1,277 households in the Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart electoral division. 46% of households owned their home. 54% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycoolen, Coolmine, Corduff, Cruiserath, Parslickstown, Tyrrelstown

Placenames

Buzzardstown 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.