Tallaght

More than 2,000 parcels touch this townland. The map cannot draw that many.

• G1OS (Open space, park)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin The zoning objective in the plan
• R2RES (Existing residential)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin The zoning objective in the plan
• M1REGEN (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin The zoning objective in the plan
• M3DC (District, neighbourhood centre)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin The zoning objective in the plan
• M2VC (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin The zoning objective in the plan
• M2TC (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin The zoning objective in the plan
• G3HA-DV (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin The zoning objective in the plan
• M3LC (District, neighbourhood centre)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1EE (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

No planning application touches the townland of Tallaght 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

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Dodder Valley 000991

Recorded monuments

• DU021-037 Historic town
  Description

  In the twelfth century Tallaght formed part of the See lands of the Archbishop of Dublin and is listed among the lands confirmed to Archbishop Laurence O'Toole by Pope Alexander III in 1179 (Sheehy 1962, I, 27). The archbishops founded a borough here and an extent of 1326 mentions that there were then 15 burgesses rendering 15 shillings per annum (Mc Neill 1950, 181). Apart from the burgesses there were also free tenants, eighteen cottiers and four betaghs residing at Tallaght. It was one of the most important ecclesiastical manors in County Dublin throughout the Middle Ages. By the Sixteenth century it was the Archbishop's principal residence outside the city (Handcock 1899, 11). The street pattern of the medieval borough was linear and appears to have consisted simply of main street which expanded at its west end to form the market place, where the road forked N past St Mael Ruains church and south towards Oldbawn. The archbishop's palace lay on the N side of the road and the long plots on the S side are probably the remains of the medieval burgage plot pattern. Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 25th April 2012

• DU021-037002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  The probable position of the ecclesiastical enclosure which surrounded the monastery is indicated by the curvature of the present graveyard boundary on the SW side of the medieval parish church and the apparent continuation of that curvature across the road on the W side where it is thought to have continued around into the present priory lands. Test trenching in 1991 prior to construction of the new regional technical college failed to identify a corresponding section but two ditches were revealed which may be part of an inner enclosure. These had been in-filled in the 13th-14th-century (Wth 5-8m, D 1.4m). They were similar to concentric ditches identified to the SW of the present church boundary (Hayden 1991, 29; 1991, 17). In 1995 test trenching west of St. Maelruan's revealed a single ditch (Wth 4.7m, D1.2m). A sherd of medieval pottery was found in the basal layer. (Mc Conway 1996, ) See DU021-037001-for report.

• DU021-037003 Church
  Description

  The site of the Celi De monastery founded by Maelruan in 774 AD was probably occupied by the medieval parish church. The West tower of the medieval parish church survives to the SW of the present Church of Ireland church. It is square in plan (int. dims. L 3.30m, Wth 3.24m) with a stair turret carried on corbels in the SE angle that rises from first floor level and projects above the battlements. The W tower rises to four storeys and is built of coursed limestone blocks with roughly dressedlimestone and granite quoins. There is a vault over ground floor, which is accessible from the present church. A gable scar on the E wall indicates the original position of the loft and nave of the medieval church. This was formerly entered through a pointed arched doorway with tufa jambs. . First floor of tower is entered through a later inserted doorway. There is a late chimney flue on the W wall and a blocked up window ope. Joist holes for the second floor are visible. The second floor is entered through lintelled doorway; interior is lit by windows on the N and W sides. There is a belfry stage off the second floor, through a lintelled doorway and lit by single lights in N, W and S sides and a two-light pointed window in the E. The roof is corbelled at this level(Handcock 1991, 37, 3rd, O'Flanagan 1927, 57-59, Gwynn, 1911-12, 115-123; Ball 1905, 2-13).

• DU021-037004 Graveyard
  Description

  The probable position of the ecclesiastical enclosure which surrounded the monastery is indicated by the curvature of the present graveyard boundary on the SW side of the medieval parish church and the apparent continuation of that curvature across the road on the W side where it is thought to have continued around into the present priory lands. Test trenching in 1991 prior to construction of the new regional technical college failed to identify a corresponding section but two ditches were revealed which may be part of an inner enclosure. These had been in-filled in the 13th-14th-century (Wth 5-8m, D 1.4m). They were similar to concentric ditches identified to the SW of the present church boundary (Hayden 1991, 29; 1991, 17). In 1995 test trenching west of St. Maelruan'srevealed a single ditch (Wth 4.7m, D1.2m). A sherd of medieval pottery was found in the basal layer. (Mc Conway 1996, ) See DU021-037001-for report. Compiled by Geraldine Stout

• DU021-037005 Tomb - unclassified (present location)
  Description

  One of a number of 17th century tombs in the churchyard (DU021-037004-). FitzGerald states that the central passage up the old church was flagged with large tombstones, some of which, at the time of his writing, lay not far from the gateway of the churchyard (Fitzgerald 1906-08, 31). He states that 'the tomb of Colonel John Talbot, of Belgard is said to have been placed at the foot of the communion table' (ibid, 31-2). O'Curry states that it was moved from its position at the foot of the high alter in the church when the church was transferred from the Catholics to the Protestants (O'Curry 1837, 28). This was to be found on a flat fractured slab, sunk into the ground near the entrance gate, accompanied by the armorial bearings of the Talbots and their motto (FitzGerald 1906-08, 32).

• DU021-037006 Cross
  Description

  A small Latin cross stands on a pyramidal base which in turn stands on a circular granite stone, possibly a millstone in the graveyard S of the medieval parish church. There is a deeply incised line on one of the faces of cross close to the base of the shaft (Handcock, 1899). Scantlebury states that St Maelruan's 'grave in the churchyard is pointed out where stands the base and part of the head of a small plain cross of granite' (1953, 67). He also points out the former veneration of the locals for this, stating that they 'would not suffer any corpse to be interred too near it' and that 'they were accustomed, too, to measure their family graves as being so many feet or yards from St Maelruan's grave' (Scantlebury 1953, 67). To see a 3D model of the cross visit https://skfb.ly/oJtVD Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 July 2023

• DU021-037007 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  According to sources (Scantlebury, 1960), Saint Óengus the Culldee who was a bishop and writer living in the early 9th century, held to be the author of Féilire Óengussa and possibly of the Martyrology of Tallaght entered Tallaght monastery in disguise as a lay brother. He was given charge of the kiln and mill as one of his early duties. A mill race marked on the first ed. OS OS 6-inch maps may follow the course of an early mill race associated with this mill (pers comm Clare Crowley). Compiled by: Margaret Keane Updated on: 14 May 2020

• DU021-037009 Font
  Description

  This is a large granite basin formerly known as St. Mollrooneys Lossit (DU 21:37(09). It is a long, horse-shoe shaped basin with uneven sides and a concave base (Ball 1899, 99-103, Price 1942, 39-40, Handcock 1899, 29-36). (DU21:37(01). It is known as St. Maelruan's Griddle and Loaf (dims. H 0.85m, Wth 0.52m, T 0.13m). To see a 3D model of this font visit; https://skfb.ly/oJ9Iq Compiled by Geraldine Stout

• DU021-037010 Gatehouse
  Description

  Incorporated into the present Dominican Priory, all that survives of the Archbishop's palace of the later medieval period is this gate house (Handcock, 1991, 32, 3rd ed). It is rectangular in plan, rising to four storeys with a stair turret in NW angle and an external base batter visible on the E side. It is built of coursed limestone blocks with hammer dressing on the quoins and windows and was considerably altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. There is a vault over the ground floor, which has been converted into a chapel with Gothic windows inserted. Access to upper floors is from a stair turret, which is entered at ground level on S side and is lit by single slit opes. A fireplace has been inserted into N wall of the first floor. The interior is lit by round-headed windows in the four walls, that in the W serves as a doorway. The third floor has a vaulted roof running on an E-W axis, which is probably modern (Ball 1899, 100; Price 1942, 39-41). A stone head was found reused in one of the walls of the stone stair by Sir John Lentaigne (O'Curry 1837, 31; Ball 1899, 101). The tooling evidence helps assign a sixteenth century date to the tower(Bradley & King 1988, 332), although this may just be evidence of later insertions into an earlier building. Compiled by Geraldine Stout

• DU021-037012 Ritual site - holy tree/bush
  Description

  There is a mature walnut tree on the grounds of the present Dominican Priory in Tallaght village on the site of the Archbishop's palace. It is associated with St. Maelruain (Handcock 1991, 34-5).

• DU021-037013 Enclosure
  Description

  In flat terrain at the foot of the Dublin Mts. A small portion of a curving fosse was uncovered during test trenching prior to development in 1990 (Wth at base 1.3m; at top 2.3m; D 0.75m). Traces of an inner bank (Wth 2.6m) were revealed. The fill contained iron slag, charcoal and animal bones. Radio-carbon dates from one of the bone fragments came out at 680-690 AD (O'Brien 1991, 29).

• DU021-037018 Tomb - chest tomb
  Description

  One of a number of seventeenth century tombs in the churchyard (DU021-037004-). This altar tomb was located near “the lossit” (font, DU021-037009-) (Fitzgerald 1906-8, 3). It commemorates members of the Reilly family who died in the late 17th century (Fitzgerald 1906-8, 33). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 18 January 2012

• DU021-037019 Tomb - unclassified
  Description

  One of three 17th century tombs in the churchyard (DU021-037004-). Inscribed'Murce. Walsh died 6th April 1685' (Price, L. (ed) 1942, 39-41). Compiled by Geraldine Stout

• DU021-037020 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  The square tower (DU021-037010-) was probably a gate tower to a much larger building (Bradley and King 1988, 320). Monk Mason's (1818) drawing shows a much more extensive castle complex. Handcock states that the parts of this more extensive castle's foundations have been found on occasion, and that there appears to have been an enclosing fosse (Handcock 1899, 29, 35; Bradley & King 1988, 331; O'Curry 1837, 32-3). The original castle was constructed in the first half of the early fourteenth century. Ball states that the castle was used as a garrison in the time of the Geraldine Rebellion (1905, 8). Compiled by Geraldine Stout

• DU022-008 Moated site
  Description

  Situated in a built up area located in a low-lying area S of stream. A moated site shown on the OS 6 inch map as a roughly rectangular enclosure (Dims. L c. 70m, Wth c. 50m) fed from the stream. The OS Letters describe an oblong enclosure surrounded by a deep fosse. The site was levelled in 1972. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 7 July 2018

• DU022-018001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  This small towerhouse was located on the former entrance to the village of Tallaght from Dublin. It was demolished in 1952. In 1898 the lower half of the tower was still standing (L 4.1m; Wth 3.6m; T 1.05m). The entrance in the SE led into a partly vaulted ground floor (Mc Dix 1898, 40, 157). The base of the tower was all that remained in 1905 (Ball 1905, 3). There are no visible remains t ground level. Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upolad: 25th April 2012

Architectural heritage

• Saint Mary's Priory, priory, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay three-storey with attic Gothic Revival priory, built 1863, on L-plan. Internal court to east, single-storey wing to north. Ashlar walls with pointed, segmental- and flat-headed window openings housing timber sash windows. Gabled dormers with carved bargeboards to pitched slate roof having stone chimney stacks. Medieval five-stage tower of Tallaght Castle incorporated into priory fabric at junction of wings. Detached three-storey over arcaded basement modern retreat centre to east. Chapel later addition.

• Saint Mary's Priory, church/chapel, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted Gothic Revival church, built 1886. Seven-bay nave with plain lancets separated by prominent stepped buttresses to ashlar walls. Aisle to north. Polygonal apsidal east end with stair turret. Angle buttresses. Three lancet windows above central timber double-leaf door with iron strapwork and cut stone surround. Arcaded seventeen-bay portico and aisle to south, built 1969. Slender paired concrete piers to arcade, creates T-plan church with central altar and monastic choir. Church abuts priory to north.

• Saint Basil's, engine shed, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached ten-bay single-storey training centre, c.1940, with two projecting porches. Rough-cast walls with brick base. Timber sash windows in plain openings with internal railings. Hipped slate roof with various skylights and two large Art Deco style chimney stacks. Two symmetrical flat-roofed extensions to rear. Brick and roughcast boundary wall with railings.

• Saint Maelruain's Church (Tallaght), church/chapel, 1825–1835 · National interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted Gothic Revival church, built 1829, restored and remodelled in 1891. Seven-bay nave with slender Y-tracery lancets under drip moulding and gabled parapet to each separated by single-stepped buttresses with exaggerated spiked pinnacles. Clasping corner buttresses with multiple mouldings rising to ornately carved pinnacles. Triple lancet windows with drip moulding under projecting multiple string course following eaves line to east and west facades. Entrance porch with Tudor-arched double-leaf timber door joins west tower of medieval church to present building to its north. Rough-dressed coursed rubble walls. Pitched slate roof. Four-stage bell tower, irregular part-crenellated parapet and polygonal projecting corbelled stair turret to south-east corner. Monolithic early Christian stone font in graveyard. Three-bay cottage inside dressed stone gate piers and cast-iron gates to graveyard.

• Presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1800–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of semi-detached single-storey with attic houses, c. 1825. Roughcast walls with quoins. Two segmental-headed door openings with drip moulding above each. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and timber sash windows. Two small sash windows in gables of attic storey, some sash windows remaining to rere. Pitched slate roof with central attic dormer window, perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles and four brick chimney stacks. Projecting timber-bracketed eaves. Shared extension to rere. Large flat-roofed extension to rere of right-hand house.

• St Aengus's R. C. Church, church/chapel, 1970–1980 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay church, c.1975, comprising nave with single-pitched shed roof having clerestorey windows below eaves. Annexe to south with lean-to roof, having five paired full-height windows separated by concrete uprights. Main door beneath open-sided canopy at re-entrant angle of aisle and nave on south-west. East and west gables blank. North façade of four bays and door facing single-storey L-plan offices. Brown brick infill between windows. Corrugated sheet-metal roof, coloured glass decoration.

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 Tallaght, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3124 (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.

• Tallaght, Dublin 2413 sales

Name

Tallaght · Tamhlacht

Area

4,249,076 m² (424.91 ha, 1,049.97 acres)

Civil parish

Tallaght, and its townlands

Barony

Uppercross

Electoral division

Tallaght-Kingswood, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,291 people lived in 1,499 households in the Tallaght-Kingswood electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 14% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycragh, Cookstown, Jobstown, Killininny, Kilnamanagh, Oldbawn, Templeogue, Tymon North, Tymon South, Whitehall, Whitestown

Placenames

Tallaght 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.