Tobersool

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tobersool, from 68 m² to 135,007 m² (13.5 ha, 33.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 73 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R3RC - Rural Cluster (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  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.

• 31 Mar 2023Grant permission for retention

  Retention of the single-storey extension consrtucted to the side of th

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0008

• 4 Jul 2022Refuse permission

  Permission is sought for 1. Demolition of existing garage and outbuild

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0332

• 30 May 2016Grant permission

  Dwelling and waste water treatment system.

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0106

• 3 May 2016Grant permission

  A one and a half storey dormer dwelling and waste water treatment syst

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0576

• 11 Dec 2015Grant permission

  Dwelling and waste water treatment system.

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0577

• 3 Nov 2015Withdraw application

  Dwelling and waste water treatment system.

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0396

• 20 Mar 2012Grant permission

  Alterations and extensions to side and rear of dwelling to include one

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0383

• 13 Jun 2011App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months

  Dorner dwelling and waste water treatment system.

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0220

• 25 Mar 2011Grant permission

  A two storey extension to the rear, replacement of the conservatory ro

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F10B/0318

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 Tobersool.

Recorded monuments

• DU001-001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  A natural spring well from which the townland is named, in the parish of Balscaddan, barony of Balrothery East. The county boundary with Meath marked by the Delvin River lies 330m to the N and Gormanston Bridge (DU001-010/ME034-007----) crossing this river stands 500m to NNE. Annotated 'Tobersool' (Tobar Súl/well of the eyes) on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is shown standing in an orchard associated with Tobersool House which stands 100m to the S. The townland of Tobersool (Typersole) is mentioned in 1541 where there is a reference to the lands and tenements of 'Peter Goldyng of Typersole' as part of the vicarage of Hetheton (Heathtown) (White 1943, 105). Situated in the NE corner of a field and is overgrown with trees and hawthorn bushes. A 7m buffer zone had previously been created around the well which has been concreted and covered in corrugated iron. According to Lewis (1837, 171) this well was known locally as 'St. Brigid’s Well' or the 'eye well' because of the tradition that the water cures diseases of the eye. Folklore collected in 1934 from Balscadden National School recorded the following beliefs about Tobar na Súl/Tubbersool (Eye Well); 'In centre of an orchard. Drains itself into another well situated along roadside. White thorn bush. Local tradition - Cromwell, when visiting Gormonston Castle, came to well and profaned it by washing his feet in it. He also allowed his horse to pollute well. The well dried up and remained so for many years. A priest visited the place some time after and blessed this well. Immediately the water returned and today it is overflowing. As in Balscadden - people use this water for eye troubles (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0783, Page 129;https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428167/4383167/4504783?ChapterID=4428167)'. Described by Ó Danachair (1958, 72) as 'St. Brighid's Well. A stone lined well near the corner of a field with an outlet in the adjoining avenue' (Healy 1975, 15). Local folklore speaks of the desecration of the well by Cromwell who put his feet in the well to cool them (Skyvova 2005, 67). See attached photographs (01/02) taken 14/05/1974 by Henry A. Wheeler of the NMS. Photographs 03/04/05 taken by C. Ó Danachair courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00168 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16665; F024.06.00169 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/30805; F024.06.00170 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/30806. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 11 April 2023

• DU001-009 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in a low-lying area under tillage. An aerial photograph taken in 1992 shows a circular cropmark (diam. c. 30m) in an area marked as 'Leechtown Wood' and close by 'Rath wood' on the 1937 OS ed. (OS 8/1941). There is an opening in the ENE quadrant of the enclosure. The woods have since been cleared and the ground cultivated. Not visible at ground level. Wood clearance confirmed on aerial and subsequent construction of the M1 motorway. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 19 October 2014

• DU001-010 Bridge
  Description

  Multiperiod stone bridge located on the medieval road from Balscaddan medieval parish church (DU001-003001-) to the medieval parish church of Gormanstown (ME028-019----), Co. Meath, where it crosses the river Delvin on the Dublin-Meath county boundary.  The road connected the port and city of Dublin to the town of Drogheda, Co. Louth.  13th-century bridge depicted with two parallel lines crossing the Delvin River on the 17th-century Maps (1660-75) of County Dublin and County Meath published in Hibernia Delineatio, the original maps are now kept in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (https://downsurvey.tchpc.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#c=Meath). The bridge is also depicted on the 1655-59 Down Survey map of Stamullen parish, Co. Meath (NLI, MS 715/10).   Annotated ‘GormansT[ow]n Bridge’ on Rocque's 1760 Map of County Dublin.   According to O’Keeffe and Simington; 'this bridge is possibly the oldest such structure surviving on the original seaboard route of the Dublin to Dunleer turnpike which provided transport to the main linen export port of Dublin from the production centre in the north east of the country. The main road serving this route ceased to pass over Gormanstown Bridge in the last quarter of the eighteenth century when a bridge at Knocknagin on the present R132 was originally constructed' (O'Keeffe & Simington 1991, 145-147). Gormanston bridge was restored c. 1994 by Meath County Council. It is a double-arched bridge with pointed segmental arches. There is a central cutwater on the up-river side. The parapet on the up river side stands 2.1m high above the road level, probably for defensive purposes. The south arch (Dublin) has a span of 4m, the pier is 2.3m thick and the other arch (Meath) is 3.5m (O'Keeffe, Simington and Goodbody 2016, 164). Dated on the basis of style to the 13th century (O'Keeffe & Simington 1991, 145-147).  The bridge was added to twice, the original upstream section is rather more than half the total width, the first enlargement is considerably narrower and the second narrower again. The joints are butt type. Vegetation on the cutwater to the west of the road has grown considerably obscuring cutwaters from view. Similar extensive growth to east.  Gormanston Bridge described by Cronin (2008, 4) as; ‘One of the oldest structures on an early, principal route north from Dublin, Gormanstown Bridge may contain significant amounts of thirteenth century fabric with later extensions. Two-arched (Wth. 4.11m and 4.09m) stone road bridge over Delvin river on Fingal/Meath county border south of the Gormanstown Castle Estate. Semi-circular stone arches with coarse voussoirs, high rubble stone parapet with round concrete coping on original upstream west side and lower, stone-capped, rubble–built parapet with remains of lime render on later downstream side. Three distinct sections visible on arch soffit. Low pointed breakwater with masonry damaged by tree growth. Abutment to south west corner is cased in cast concrete. Two semi-circular stone arches to north bank just west of bridge. Stone north west approach wall has been recently re-built on gabian basket foundation’. According to Cronin (2008, 8) the ‘Grand Jury records for Meath escaped the burning of records in Dublin in 1922. These records detailed a programme of repair and rebuild to the bridge in 1809, and plans for rebuilding of half an arch on the bridge in 1775. The second extension with its dateable masonry and heavy parapet coping stones is the result of this 1775 work presentment. The unusual high parapet on the original downstream side of the structure was probably replicated on the opposite side before the two later extensions were built and its purpose was to protect those crossing the bridge on horse-back from attack with arrows. The two small arches in the northern upstream bank would have been equipped with sluices for the mill race historically located here on the demesne of Gormanstown Castle built by Sir Jenico Preston in 1786 on the site of a fourteenth century castle’.   Cross-referenced with ME034-007----. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tobersool.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tobersool.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Tobersool with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Tobersool · Tobar Súl

Area

899,817 m² (89.98 ha, 222.35 acres)

Civil parish

Balscaddan, and its townlands

Barony

Balrothery East

Electoral division

Balscadden, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Balscadden electoral division: 743 people in 229 households; 90% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balscaddan, Drummans, Flemingtown, Gormanston (Co. Meath), Gormanston Demesne, Rath, Tobertown

Placenames

Tobersool 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.