Broghan
Broghan is a townland in the civil parish of Finglas, barony of Castleknock, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is An Bruachán.
Parcel 1815686
- Area
- 3,285 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 235 m².
- Zoning
- G3 GB - Green Belt (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
- Townland
- Broghan
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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
- 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 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
- 136.5 ha
- 337 acres
- Land parcels
- 77
- registered freehold, median 3,725 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- GB - Green Belt
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Broghan, from 50 m² to 184,403 m² (18.44 ha, 45.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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
- G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 75 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N/AUNZ - Unzoned (N/A)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 4 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
6 Aug 202649 day assessment
A 10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm and energy storage comp
Rediii permisssion · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0308E/R3
23 Jul 2026Invalid application
a 10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm and energy storage comp
Rediii permisssion · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0299E/R3
24 Jul 2025Grant permission
The developemnt will consist of the removal / decommissioning of exist
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0311
12 Dec 2024Grant permission
Proposed removal/decommissioning of existing septic tank and provision
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0526E
2 Sept 2024Refuse permission & refuse retention
Intends to apply for retention permission
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0359
13 Dec 2021Refuse outline permission
Permission for (i) demolition of existing dwelling and construction of
Outline permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0247
25 Nov 2020Grant permission
Construction of a garage amounting to 46 sq.m., the widening of the ex
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0195
25 Jan 2018Grant permission
New 71.2 square metre single storey lean-to storage building with asso
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0030
18 Jul 2017Grant extension of duration of perm.
The following amendments to buildings previously approved under Reg. R
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0193/E1
31 May 2016Grant permission
The construction of an agricultural building with canopy and associate
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0093
23 Nov 2015Refuse permission
The construction of an agricultural building with canopy and associate
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0542
17 Jul 2014Grant permission
New lean-to cold room storage building and additional doors to existin
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0287
25 Jun 2012Grant permission
The following amendments to buildings previously approved under Reg. R
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0193
7 Feb 2012Grant permission
Single storey side extension and a single storey rear extension.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12B/0016
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 Broghan.
Recorded monuments
- DU011-170 Enclosure
Description
Located c. 1.6km to the NW of St Margaret’s. Cropmarks forming a subcircular enclosure are visible on Google Earth imagery (24 June 2018 and 4 July 2008). The enclosure (dims c. 48.6m N–S and c. 56m E–W) is defined by a ditch (Wth c. 2.3m). Portion of a curvilinear ditch on exterior to SE perimeter may form an annexe. Compiled by Tom Condit. Uploaded on 20 April 2021
- DU011-187 Earthwork
Description
In tillage field. Cropmark of circular-shaped area defined by the cropmark of a ditch visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 26/04/2021. Cropmarks of internal dvisions visible on orthoimage. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 24 January 2023
- DU011-189 Earthwork
Description
Cropmark of irregular-shaped earthwork visible on Google Earth aerial imagery taken 04/04/2021. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Anne-Karoline Distel
- DU014-094 Habitation site
Description
Investigations in 1988 for the Phase 2, NE Gas Pipeline revealed an area of occupation debris, containing artifacts of multi-period date including three iron objects. Located on slight N-facing incline (Gowen 1989, 8). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Broghan.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Broghan, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Broghan.
- 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 Broghan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Broghan · An Bruachán
- Area
- 1,364,875 m² (136.49 ha, 337.27 acres)
- Civil parish
- Finglas, and its townlands
- Barony
- Castleknock
- Electoral division
- Dubber, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 8,931 people lived in 2,882 households in the Dubber electoral division. 47% of households owned their home. 89% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bishopswood, Cherryhound, Dunsoghly, Kilmacree, Kilshane, Shallon, Shallon, Ward Upper
- Placenames
- Broghan 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.