Rush
Rush is a townland in the civil parish of Lusk, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is An Ros.
Parcel 1826580
- Area
- 13,910 m² (1.39 ha, 3.44 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- G3 HA - High Amenity (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
- Townland
- Rush
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
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 12 recorded monuments.
- DU008-006001 Promontory fort - coastal
Description
The neck of the headland c. 46 acres is defended by a straight series of earthworks (L. 350m) except where they curve inwards near the S cliff. The elevated, relatively flat promontory at Drumanagh is delimited on its landward (western) side by three closely-spaced earthen banks, each fronted by a ditch, with traces of a fourth, counterscarp, bank beyond the outer ditch. The inner bank is the best preserved rampart (Wth 30m; H 2m) The remaining banks have been greatly denuded (Wth 17m; H 0.5m). Fosses are silted up. (Wth 4-6m, D 0.1m). A small stream emanates from a pond outside the ramparts to flow along the inner ditch and over the cliff edge at the south-west corner of the promontory. A number of gaps occur along the length of the ramparts, one or more of which may represent an original entrance. There is a Martello tower (DU008-006003-) at the eastern end of the promontory, which was built c. 1804. The original approach to the tower survives as a sunken trackway extending from the south-east corner of the fort. A system of 18th/19th century relict field boundaries defined by low earthen banks and ditches, extend across the northern and southern sides of the promontory. The LIARI project has examined the available LiDar data in conjunction with previous geophysical survey, carried out on behalf of the NMI, and undertaken geophysical survey (Cahill-Wilson et al 2014). Within the promontory a D-shaped enclosure and several structures suggestive of buildings and/or small enclosures, the presence of burnt material and pits (Dowling 2014, 13). The results reflect ploughing on the fort in the 1970s that revealed hut sites suggesting extensive settlement. Gallo-Roman pottery, second century AD Roman coins, Romano-British fibulae (brooches), copper ingots and an iron horsebit have been found at the site. The most significant feature identified by geophysical survey was located south-west external to the ramparts. It is a large, roughly oval enclosure (c. 42m E-W x 30m N-S). Two well defined breaks, each measuring c. 5m in width, occur on the north-east and south-east sides of the enclosure and may reflect original entrances (Dowling 2014, 16). Ploughing took place external to the outer rampart in the summer of 2014 impinging on the counterscarp fourth bank in the northern half of the site and the newly discovered oval enclosure. Digging Drumanagh, https://www.fingal.ie/digging-drumanagh, a Fingal County Council community-based research project has undertaken three seasons of excavation at the site. The focus of the Season I excavation in 2018 was the Martello road in the vicinity of the early 19th century Martello tower (DU008-006003-), towards the eastern limit of the headland. Two trenches were excavated and showed that the building of the Martello road disturbed Iron Age deposits. A number of fragments of human bone were also recovered including the cranial fragment of a female aged between 18 and 45 years at the time of death, which was dated to BC 170 – cal. AD 52. A long bone identified as an adult femur was recovered from the area south of the Martello road which returned a date of cal. BC 49 – cal. AD 118 indicating at least two burials in this area. There were also extensive remains associated with the occupants of the Martello Tower (Baker 2018). The 2019 Season II excavation took place at the other end of the Martello Road, near to the ramparts. Here a prehistoric structure was identified by the post and stakeholes left behind when the wood rotted. Nearby was a structure associated with a weaving comb along with numerous bone points, possible bone tools and a bone needle indicating processing and/or craftworking and textile production was being carried out here. The presence of almost 80 sherds Dressel 20 pottery from the Roman province of Baetica in Southern Spain and other Romano-British material confirms there was significant contact between Drumanagh and the Roman world in the 1st-3rd centuries AD (Baker 2019) The focus of the 2022 Season III excavation was to determine if a lane or roadway identified on aerial photographs and geophysical survey was of ancient or more modern origin. The lane left little evidence indicating it was of modern date. Instead the collapsed wall of a structure was identified. A deposit rich with animal bone was excavated from within the structure. Sherds of at least four different types of pottery from the Roman world were recovered as were fragments of glass vessels and a number of glass beads (Baker 2022). To see a 3D model of the fort visit; https://skfb.ly/oEQ7n This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 13/1977). See attached photograph of bank of fort (DU008-006001-_02) from the Patrick Healy Collection, © South Dublin County Council - https://hdl.handle.net/10599/3225 Baker, C. 2018 Digging Drumanagh Season I, Preliminary Report (Licence C786/E4805). https://www.fingal.ie/digging-drumanagh Baker, C. 2019 Digging Drumanagh Season II, Preliminary Report (Licence C786/E4805). https://www.fingal.ie/digging-drumanagh Baker, C. 2022 Digging Drumanagh Season III, Preliminary Report (Licence C786/E4805). https://www.fingal.ie/digging-drumanagh Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated and revised by: Christine Baker Date of revised upload: 6 March 2023
- DU008-006002 Well
Description
This is a natural spring which lies within the defences of the promontory fort at Drumanagh. Marked on the 1837 OS map its site is completely overgrown. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 07 December 2014 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 13/1977).
- DU008-006003 Martello tower
Description
Drumanagh Point Martello Tower No. 9 (Kerrigan 1995, 174) stands in the E quadrant of a coastal promontory fort (DU008-006001-). It was a standard size martello tower with one 24-pounder gun (McEnery 2006, 83). According to Kerrigan (1995, 168) construction of the Dublin area Martello Towers and their batteries commenced in 1804 under the supervision of Colonel Benjamin Fisher of the Royal Engineers and by December 1805 all towers were armed and complete. Kerrigan (ibid.) recorded that; 'Twelve towers were constructed north of Dublin: each tower mounted one 24-pounder, apart from the tower on Ireland's Eye with two 24-pounders. No batteries were constructed with these towers'. Located in a field of pasture at the E end of a promontory fort (DU008-006001-). This is a squat cylindrical tower built of masonry, which has been rendered. Traces of a sunken roadway lead from the S end of the defences of the promontory fort to the entrance of the martello tower. The entrance is on the west side and is positioned above ground level. It is defended by machicolation carried on corbels. The interior is lit by small square opes. A latrine stands east of the tower (Kerrigan 1996, 175). In 1821 Drumanagh tower was in use by the Preventive Water Guard to combat smuggling. It was transferred to the War Department in 1855 when it had 12 rank and file troops occupying the tower in 1857. It was disarmed by 1874. In 1908, the War Department sold the tower to General Palmer of Kenure Park, Rush for £50 (Bolton et al. 2012, 152). Drumanagh Martello Tower (NIAH Reg. No. 11318004) described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a; 'Martello tower, built 1804-6, on a circular plan with tapered profile, having machicolation supported by brackets over former entrance door. ROOF: Corbelled stone with stone coping to parapet. WALLS: Lime render over limestone rubble. OPENINGS: Square headed former entrance door opening with limestone rubble reveals and soffit; door no longer remains' (https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/11318004/drumanagh-martello-tower-drumanagh-rush-dublin). 3D model of Drumanagh Martello Tower accessible at https://skfb.ly/6Cnvw This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 13/1977). See attached plans of Drumanagh Martello Tower No. 9 dated 1/1/1862 courtesy of the Irish Military Archives - Archival Reference Code: IE/MA/MPD/ad134122-002 Photo © Jonjobaker https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:County_Dublin_-_Drumanagh_Martello_Tower_-_20190609174047.jpg DU008-006003-_05 Martello Tower Drumanagh Patrick Healy Collection, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/1493, © South Dublin Libraries, Local Studies Collection, County Library, Town Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24 Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 January 2023
- DU008-006004 Enclosure
Description
Geophysical survey (Licence no. 12R127) undertaken by the Discovery Programme as part of the ‘Late Iron Age and “Roman” Ireland’ project identified a D-shaped enclosure (43m NW-SE x 26m NE-SW) which is defined by a ditch (1m - 3m in width) located south of an 18th century field system. A number of possible pit-like features were interpreted along its circuit (Dowling 2014, 12). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 4 February 2015
- DU008-006005 Structure
Description
Geophysical survey (Licence no. 12R127) undertaken by the Discovery Programme as part of the ‘Late Iron Age and “Roman” Ireland’ project identified a structure located in the S half of the enclosure (DU008-006004-). The structure measures c. 12m in diameter and a number of possible pit-type features were recorded in its vicinity (Dowling 2014, 12). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 4 February 2015
- DU008-006006 Enclosure
Description
Geophysical survey (Licence no. 12R127) undertaken by the Discovery Programme as part of the ‘Late Iron Age and “Roman” Ireland’ project identified a rectangular enclosure (30m N-S)(Dowling 2014, 12). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 4 February 2015
- DU008-006007 Enclosure
Description
Geophysical survey (Licence no. 12R127) undertaken by the Discovery Programme as part of the ‘Late Iron Age and “Roman” Ireland’ project identified a circular enclosure (c.17m diam.) surrounded by an array of large, pit-type features, many of which form regularly-spaced, arcuate or linear patterns (Dowling 2014, 13). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 4 February 2015
- DU008-006008 Ring-ditch
Description
Geophysical survey (Licence no. 12R127) undertaken by the Discovery Programme as part of the ‘Late Iron Age and “Roman” Ireland’ project identified a circular ditch (c. 15m diam.) truncated by a field ditch (Dowling 2014, 13). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 4 February 2015
- DU008-006009 Ring-ditch
Description
Geophysical survey (Licence no. 12R127) undertaken by the Discovery Programme as part of the ‘Late Iron Age and “Roman” Ireland’ project identified the fragmentary remains of a possible circular ditch with a well-defined pit-type feature at its centre (Dowling 2014, 13). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 4 February 2015
- DU008-006010 Structure
Description
Excavation (C786/E4805) undertaken as part of Fingal County Council’s Digging Drumanagh project identified a rectilinear structure (exposed for c. 7m N-S x 3m E-W) comprised of metalled surface, posthole and large stones in the SW corner of Drumanagh promontory fort (DU008-006001-). Animal bone and artefact rich material associated with the structure indicate textile/craft working. Associated with a series of postholes and pits. Material indicates use during 1st-3rd centuries AD (Baker 2019). References: Baker, C. 2019 Digging Drumanagh Season II, Preliminary Report (Licence C786/E4805) https://www.fingal.ie/digging-drumanagh Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 6 March 2023
And 2 more.
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.
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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.
- Area
- 473.5 ha
- 1,170 acres
- Land parcels
- —
- more than 2,000
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
More than 2,000 parcels touch this townland. The map cannot draw that many.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan - G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan - M2TC - Town and District Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan - R1RA - Residential Area (New/proposed residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan - R3RC - Rural Cluster (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan - C7RB - Rural Business (Other commerce/industrial/enterprise uses)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal 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
13 Aug 2026Referral
Planning Permission for construction of new pre-fabricated, detached d
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0732E
12 Aug 2026Referral
For the construction of 3no. three bedroom with study two storey detac
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0726E
20 Jul 202635 day assessment
Planning Permission is sought for construction of a new 3 bedroomed de
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0652E
20 Jul 2026Invalid application
Retention Permission in respect of the works carried out to existing d
Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0650E
13 Jul 2026Refuse permission
The proposed development comprises of 2 no. three bedroom two storey s
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0612E
24 Jun 2026Request additional information
A detached sauna, along with ancillary items: ice baths; plunge barrel
Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0547E
19 Jun 2026Grant permission
The proposed development will comprise: (i) demolition of existing si
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0531E
12 Jun 2026Grant permission
Replacement of existing temporary boat storage facilities, with constr
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0502E
11 Jun 2026Grant permission
1. a single storey porch extension to the front ( northwest). 2. a sin
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0494
9 Jun 2026Request additional information
Permission for development on this site located on lands to the east o
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0483E
5 Jun 2026Invalid application
Replacement of existing temporary boat storage facilities, with constr
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0473E
5 Jun 2026Withdraw application
Permission for development on this site located on lands to the east o
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0471E
25 May 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of the construction of a detached dormer
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0434E
19 May 2026Grant permission
Planning permission for attic conversion with roof windows to front to
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0403E
14 May 2026Invalid application due to site notice
The development will consist of the construction of a detached dormer
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0391E
13 May 2026Request additional information
Greenleaf Homes Limited intends to apply for PERMISSION for developmen
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0384E
8 May 2026Withdraw application
Fingal County Council I Luis Miguel intend to apply for Planning perm
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0361E
27 Apr 2026Refuse outline permission
the demolition of an existing chalet, the construction of a replacemen
Outline permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0337E
20 Apr 2026Refuse permission & refuse retention
Retention of a horticultural shed, apiarist processing area,
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0315E
4 Apr 2026Request additional information
Retention Planning Permission for renovation works to existing propert
Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0276E
24 Mar 2026Grant permission
The demolition of an existing garage, and the construction of one new
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0227E
24 Mar 2026Refuse permission
Permission for the construction of one new detached dwelling, amendmen
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0230E
13 Mar 2026Request additional information
Planning Permission is sought for retention for conversion of existin
Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0190E
12 Mar 2026Refuse permission
1. Demolition of existing single storey derelict cottage c. 59sqm and
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0182E
3 Mar 2026Grant permission
Permission for the construction of a single storey home gym and all as
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0149E
The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Rogerstown Estuary SAC 000208
- Special Protection Area: Rogerstown Estuary SPA 004015
- Special Protection Area: North-West Irish Sea cSPA 004236
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Rogerstown Estuary 000208
Recorded monuments
- DU008-012 Windmill
Description
Situated on an artificial rise in a triangular green within Rush Village. This is a three-storey, cylindrical-shaped tower (ext. diam.6.10m, wall T 0.95m). It is built of randomly coursed masonry, which was once rendered. Now covered in graffiti. There is a relieving arch on the E side. It has opposed doorways in the N and S with flat segmental arches. These have been secured with metal doors. The interior is lit by slit opes above the doors in the SE and NNE. A basement feature extends south east of the tower (L 2m). (Healy 1975, 20). The vault arch has been stabilized. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 15 December 2014
- DU008-013001 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
Description
Situated on a small headland south of Loughshinney village. Prior to c. 1838 the site comprised a circular cairn (diam. c. 30m) with a funnel-shaped entrance and a rectangular chamber (L 2.4m; Wth 1.8m). Human bones were found in the chamber and midden material containing a possible microlith (DU008-013003)-) was found underneath (Newenham 1838, 247; Flanagan 1984, 15). Two cist burials were found in the cairn and a third W of the kerbstones (DU008-013002-).The cairn was partially removed by land improvement in 1838, the remainder incorporated into a field boundary. Remains of this field boundary extend almost from the cliff edge for c. 21m NS. Large stones (> 1m diam.) and small stone cairn material are visible within the overgrown field boundary. One large boulder is out lying c.2m south-east of the field boundary. No markings or decoration visible on these stones. Magnetic gradiometry undertaken by the Discovery Programme (Licence 08R247) did not succeed in establishing a location for the passage tomb as a large part of the area had been subject to intensive ploughing. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 15 December 2014
- DU008-013002 Cist
Description
Two cist burials were found in the cairn of a passage tomb (DU008-013001-) and a third lay W of the kerbstones (Newenham 1838, 247; Ó Ríordáin 1968, 165). The cist at the N end of the cairn contained a food vessel and skeletal remains, the cist at the E contained a food vessel and cremation. The cist burial outside the cairn contained a human skull (Cahill & Sikora 2011, 176-180). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU008-013003 Midden
Description
Midden material containing a possible microlith was found underneath a passage tomb (DU008-013001-) situated on a small headland S of Loughshinney Village (Flanagan 1984, 15). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU008-014 Well
Description
This is a very overgrown, enclosed well on the south side of a stream at the junction of Brook Lane and Farrans Lane in Rush Village. No local tradition of veneration. Some kerbing left but essentially a spring. Locally known as source of drinking water for cottage on opposite side of the lane. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 15 December 2014
- DU008-015 Martello tower
Description
Rush Martello Tower No. 8 (Kerrigan 1995, 174). According to Kerrigan (1995, 168) construction of the Dublin area Martello Towers and their batteries commenced in 1804 under the supervision of Colonel Benjamin Fisher of the Royal Engineers and by December 1805 all towers were armed and complete. Kerrigan (ibid.) recorded that; 'Twelve towers were constructed north of Dublin: each tower mounted one 24-pounder, apart from the tower on Ireland's Eye with two 24-pounders. No batteries were constructed with these towers'. Located in a private garden on Harbour Road overlooking the E coast. Two pillars on the street indicate land entrance to tower. Access now completely overgrown. This is a squat cylindrical tower with a parapet level marked by offsets. The entrance is in the W. It has a rendered finish which has begun to fall away especially around the door. Bricked features have been added to roof. There are flat roofed chalets built around the tower (Kerrigan 1996, 175). It sat within a circular stone boundary wall now visible as a low circular bank and fencing. It was manned by a full complement of artillerymen until the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815. It was then occupied by an invalid Gunner of the Royal artillery until at least 1830. The tower was handed over to the Coast Guard in 1865. It was sold in the 1930's by the Minister for Defence (Bolton et al. 2012, 169). Martello Tower described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a; 'Martello tower, c.1805, on a circular plan with tapered profile, having machicolation above former entrance' (NIAH Reg. No. 11324023; https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/11324023/rush-martello-tower-fingal) See attached plans of Rush Martello Tower No. 8 courtesy of the Irish Military Archives - Archival Reference Code: IE/MA/MPD/ad134124-004 Photo © Eirian Evans (cc-by-sa/2.0) DU008-015----_02 Patrick Healy Collection, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/3110, © South Dublin Libraries, Local Studies Collection, County Library, Town Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24 Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 January 2023
- DU008-022 Ritual site - holy well
Description
This is a natural spring well in a hollow at the base of a cliff. No tradition of devotion. (Ó Danachair 1958, 74). Known as Tober Caillin it survives as a slight pooling of water on rocky foreshore. Holy well described in 1975 as a; 'small stream flowing down onto rocky strand. No regular pool but one or two natural hollows. Fragment of wall just above high tide water mark may have been intended to collect water' (Henry A. Wheeler 20/05/1975, SMR File). Folklore collected from Rush School recorded the following tradition about this well; 'There is another well on the South Strand called "Tubber Colleen," (St Mac Cuilín, Lusk) but no saints name connected with it. If a stranger takes a drink out of this well it is said that he will make his home in Rush' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0786, Page 61; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4498364/4384286). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 April 2023
- DU008-072 Excavation - miscellaneous
Description
Pre-development monitoring of soil-stripping revealed an area of charcoal-blackened soil with fragments of burnt bone and a shallow gully which ran E-W (L 17.5m, D 0.15m). This contained heat-split fragments of burnt bone associated with 95 sherds of Late Bronze Age coarse vessels representing 5 vessels c. 1200-800 BC (Meenan, R.2008, 121). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU008-090 Promontory fort - coastal
Description
Possible promontory fort described by Casey (2003, 17) as follows; ‘A 4m wide straight earthen bank, probably a field boundary, cuts off a subrectangular headland measuring 90m long and 90m wide. The former presence of a megalithic tomb on the site and a possible levelled enclosure close to the north-eastern corner as well as the substantial bank, shows that the headland was occupied in the past and may suggest that the headland was a defended promontory fort. However, not enough remains to be certain. The area is one of flat fertile tillage, mainly market gardens, and the promontory is surrounded by a low cliff with access to the shore difficult but possible.’
Architectural heritage
- House, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Terraces two-bay single-storey thatched house, c.1850, on an L-shaped plan with projecting entrance porch.ROOF: Double pitch thatched roof with rendered coping and brick and rendered chimney stacks. WALLS: Pebble dashed. OPENINGS: Square headed rendered reveals, concrete cills, timber casements, c1970, timber panelled and glazed door, c.1980.
- Saint Maur's Catholic Church, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey presbytery, c.1845, site enclosed by wrought-iron railings.ROOF: Hipped asbestos tiled; terracotta ridge tiles; rendered chimney stacks; yellow terracotta chimney pots; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Rendered lined and ruled; rendered quoining. OPENINGS: Square headed windows; rendered soffits; reveals & cills; uPVC eliptical headed front door; reproduction doorcase and timber and stained glass door having original console brackets which support moulded timber cornice.
- Saint Maur's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1755–1765 · Regional interest
Description
Detached gable-fronted Catholic church, built 1760, with six bays to side elevation. Transepts added, c.1820, square profile bell tower and polygonal apse added c.1860. Several gabled single-bay additions. ROOF:T-plan; double pitched; slate; cast-iron cresting; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS:Coursed rubble; nap rendered plinth and string courses; sandstone quoins to tower. OPENINGS: Sandstone hood mouldings; pointed arched openings with sandstone reveals; leaded stained glass windows; timber panelled doors with ornate hinges. INTERIOR: Rib vaulted ceilings; stained glass windows by Early Bros., Dublin; decorative paint work to apse; marble altar and memorial plaques; rear gallery with balustrade supported by marble arcade; terracotta tiling to porches.
- House, 1850–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay single-storey thatched house, c.1880.ROOF: Double-pitched thatched roof; red brick chimney pots. WALLS: Cement rendered; rubble-stone gable wall; may be remainder of former house to left. OPENINGS: Square-headed; rendered reveals; probably original 3/6 timber sash windows; timber panelled door, c.1980.
- Post box, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1905, with 'ER VII' monogram.
- Sion House, house, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
Description
End of terrace three-bay two-storey house, c.1845, with projecting entrance porch. Two-storey extension to rear.ROOF: M - profile; slate terracotta pots & roof ridge tiles; rendered chimney stack; uPVC rainwater goods. WALLS: Nap renderd walls; lined and ruled rendered quoins; rendered plinth course with metal ventilation grilles; rendered cornice to porch. OPENINGS: Square headed windows; rendered and chamfered soffits and reveals; painted granite cills; timber panelled door; glass overlight, chamfered door surround contained in projecting flat roofed nap rendered porch with cornice; metal cill guards to ground floor ground floor; 2/2 timber sash windows; timber top hung casement to rear extension.
- Desio, house, 1850–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey thatched house with attic storey, c.1875. Three-bay extension to rear, c.1990.ROOF: Double-pitched thatch roof with decorative roped ridging and eaves; cement rendered stack; concrete asbestos tiles to extension; plastic rainwater goods to extension. WALLS: Cement rendered. OPENINGS: Square-headed; rendered reveals; granite cills; timber sash windows, c.2000, timber door, c.2000, uPVC windows to extension.
- Water pump, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Cast-iron water pump, c.1900, of square profile with a curved handle.
- Harbour/dock/port, 1820–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Harbour, c.1835, with dressed and rubble limestone pier and seawall.
- Mill (wind), 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Windmill, c.1800, with rubble stone walls, now in ruined condition. WALLS:Random rubble limestone. OPENINGS: Segmental headed, limestone rubble reveals with mild steel gate enclosing entrance. Square headed narrow window openings.
- House, 1750–1850 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace three-bay single-storey rendered mud-walled thatched house, c.1800. Single-storey extension to rear, c.1960.ROOF:Double pitched thatch with small rendered chimney stack. WALLS: Nap rendered front elevation with rendered dressings and granite coping to parapet wall; nap rendered plinth right side elevation with rendered coping on gable wall and exposed section of mud wall. OPENINGS: Square headed with renderd reveals, stone cills and fixed panes currently boarded up, timber panelled door, c.1980.
- Tigín, house, 1750–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay single-storey thatched house, c.1780. Single-bay extension to rear, c.1930. Rubble stone shed to rear of site, c.1880.ROOF: Double pitched thatched. WALLS: Nap rendered with plinth. OPENINGS: Low square headed door with rendered reveals, tongue and groove door leaf; square headed window; rendered reveals, no cills.
- Shamrock Cottage, house, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace four-bay single-storey thatched house, c.1850, with projecting entrance porch.ROOF: Double pitched thatch roof with a nap rendered chimney stack; corrugated iron and thatch to porch. WALLS: Nap rendered, ruled and lined with rendered dressings. OPENINGS:S quare headed with rendered reveals, stone cills, probably original 2/2 timber sash windows; small timber windows with margin panes, probably original, tongue and grooved timber door with overlight.
- Water pump, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Cast-iron water pump, c.1900, of square profile. Now missing parts.
- House, 1750–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced four-bay single-storey thatched house, c.1780.ROOF: Steeply thatched double pitched, concrete coping to gables, overhanging thatched eaves. WALLS: Rough cast render to front elevation having nap rendered plinth wall; nap rendered gable. OPENINGS: Square headed; patent reveals; painted stone cills; uPVC casement windows; replacement door.
- House, 1720–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced five-bay two-storey thatched house, c.1760, with projecting entrance porch, c.1920. Associated wit Jack the Bachelor, a notorious eighteenth century smuggler.ROOF: Double pitched thatched with a central rendered chimney stack. WALLS: Rough cast render and rendered coping to gable walls, nap plinth course and surrounding porch. OPENINGS: Square headed; rendered reveals; granite cills; probably original, 2/2 timber sash windows, narrow, small window opening to first floor; projecting porch with square headed opening and timber door, c.1980.
- Rush Martello Tower, martello tower, 1800–1810 · National interest
Description
Martello tower, c.1805, on a circular plan with tapered profile, having machicolation above former entrance.ROOF:Hidden behind thick parapet; red brick wall built on roof, now ruinous. WALLS: Nap rendered. OPENINGS: Square headed, rendered reveals, tongue and grooved timber panelled door set high into wall; numerous square haded, square shaped window openings.
- The Thatched Cottage, house, 1740–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey thatched house, c.1780, with projecting entrance porch. Single-storey extension to left-hand side, c.1950.ROOF: Double pitched; thatched, raised rendered gable ends, three small rendered chimney stacks, clay tiled roof to extension, slate roof to porch roof. WALLS: Nap rendered to thatched house, rouogh cast render to extension. OPENINGS: Square headed windows; rendered reveals; painted granite cills; single pane sash windows; small timber casement window to gable end indicating loft to interior; tongue and groove door.
- The Old Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1865–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey Church of Ireland rectory with half-dormer attic, built 1866, on an T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey projecting porch abutting single-bay full-height gabled projecting end bay. Designed by James Edward Rogers (1838-96) who also designed the nearby Kenure Church (see 11324026). ROOF: Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on gablet; pitched slate roof (west), terracotta ridge tiles, snecked limestone chimney stacks having red brick stringcourses below corbelled stepped capping, timber bargeboards on timber purlins, and cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Red brick banded snecked rock faced limestone walls. OPENINGS: Pointed segmental-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds and one-over-one timber sash windows. INTERIOR: Intact. SITE: Set back from road in landscaped grounds with margined tooled limestone ashlar piers having pyramidal capping and cast-iron double gates.
- Kenure Church (Lusk), church/chapel, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Detached Church of Ireland church, built 1866. Four-bay side elevation to nave with a single-bay apse to the east, having an adjoining vestry. Gable-fronted projecting entrance porch. Designed by James Edward Rogers.ROOF: Double pitched; slate; terracotta ridge tiles; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Tooled and snecked limestone; sandstone string courses. OPENINGS: Bi-partite Portland stone lancet windows; leaded diamond panes; tri-partite window to chancel; rose window to opposite gable; pointed arched doorcase; Portland stone carved capitals; sandstone columns; polychromatic stone voussoirs above opening; replacement timber doors.
- W.F. Price, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached four-bay two-storey house, c.1890, with plaster and timber shopfront to ground floor.ROOF: Double pitched; asbestos tiles; red brick corniced chimney stacks with clay pots; uPVC rainwater goods. WALLS: Nap rendered, lined and ruled, partially remaining nap rendered quoining. OPENINGS: Painted timber panelled stallrisers with timber cill support two square headed fixed display windows having three upper panes while lower pane is divided in two by mullions, display windows flank two leaf timber panelled doors with fixed overlight above; uPVC timber casement windows to first floor openings
- House, 1820–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay single-storey thatched house with attic storey, c.1850. Timber projecting entrance porch, c.1980. Flat-roofed single-storey extension to rear, c.1970.ROOF: Double pitched thatched roof with overhanging thatch eaves, concrete coping to gables; small rendered chimney stack. WALLS: Rough cast render; nap rendered to rear. OPENINGS: Square headed; rendered reveals; concrete cills to ground floor; granite cills to attic; timber casement windows; projecting timber and glazed porch.
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Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Rush, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rush.
- 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 Rush with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Rush · An Ros
- Area
- 4,734,773 m² (473.48 ha, 1,169.99 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lusk, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Rush, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 11,116 people lived in 3,551 households in the Rush electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballustree, Drumanagh, Haystown, Horestown, Rathartan, Rush Demesne, Whitestown
- Placenames
- Rush 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.