Abbotstown

4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abbotstown, from 3,885 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres) to 194,673 m² (19.47 ha, 48.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 7 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.

• G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S6NSC - National Sports Campus (Other community services/facilities 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.

• 20 Jun 2025Grant permission

  Affidea Diagnostics Ireland Ltd

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0263

• 25 Apr 2025Grant permission & grant retention

  Permission and Retention Permission for proposed development consistin

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0173E

• 12 Apr 2024Grant permission

  The proposed development includes the demolition of parts of the exist

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0154

• 19 Dec 2023Grant permission

  The development will consist of the

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0392

• 6 Nov 2023Grant permission

  Permission is sought by the Health Service Executive for a new 3 store

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0336

• 9 Feb 2022Grant permission for retention

  Retention permission for the development of lands within the grounds o

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0023

• 27 Apr 2021Grant permission

  Permission for the demolition of an existing single storey outbuilding

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0078

• 22 Dec 2020Refuse permission

  Demolition of an existing single storey outbuilding (boiler house) and

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0215

• 4 Aug 2020Refuse permission

  The proposed development comprises the demolition of an existing singl

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0220

• 19 Mar 2020Grant permission

  The proposed development will consist of the provision of a new asphal

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0194

• 18 Feb 2019Grant permission

  The development will consist of a new 124sqm single storey extension t

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW18A/0171

• 24 Jan 2018Grant permission for retention

  The development consists of the retention of a single storey prefabric

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW18A/0012

• 10 Apr 2017Grant permission

  To install 3 no. panel antennas and 1 no. RT link dish with associated

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW17A/0053

• 15 Dec 2015Grant permission

  Provision of new 260 sq.m. single storey extension to existing X-Ray D

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW15A/0165

• 10 Dec 2015Grant permission

  Permission for provision of new 130 sqm single storey extension to exi

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW15A/0159

• 11 Dec 2014Grant permission

  Permission for a development at this site: Connolly Hospital Mill Road

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW14A/0153

• 6 Aug 2014App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months

  Retention permission for a temporary Waste Management Facility.

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW14A/0092

• 24 Oct 2013Grant permission

  Permission for the construction of a 208m2 single storey extension to

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW13A/0121

• 8 Mar 2013Grant permission

  Permission for the development of the construction of a new single st

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW13A/0021

• 10 Oct 2012Grant permission for retention

  Retention of a single storey prefabricated building 5.08M high & link

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW12A/0101

• 7 Feb 2011Grant permission

  The relocation of the existing internally illuminated 'Connolly Hospit

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW11A/0009

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 Abbotstown.

Recorded monuments

• DU013-020001 Church
  Description

  The medieval ruins of the church of St. Caoimhghin (Coemhin/Kevin) in the townland of Abbotstown (Kylmekynyn), parish of Castleknock is located on a high point in the N quadrant of an oval-shaped graveyard (DU013-020002-) with holy well (DU013-020003-) to SE. On the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map the church is shown standing in the centre of a smaller rectangular-shaped graveyard. On Rocque's 1760 map of Dublin the church is shown standing beside a road connecting Castleknock to Abbotstown, which is shown on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map. According to D'Alton (1838, 589); 'An inquisition of 1547 finds that the tithes of Abbotstown belonged to the prebendary of Mullaghiddart, and were, with those of Damestown, of the annual value of £ 11 10s.'. The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Dublin recorded that in 1641 that on the lands of Sir John Dungan an 'Irish Papist' there was 'The walls of an olde Chapple. The Tythes belonge to the Parsonage of Mallahidert' (Simington 1945, 245). Fragments of the N (L 7.6m x H 2.5m x wall T 0.97m) and W walls (L. 5.5m) are all that survive of the church. These are built of randomly coursed masonry. At the W end of the N wall is a door rebate with draw bar hole in the E jamb. There are two splayed opes and putlog holes also in this wall. The ground falls away steeply S of the church where there is an enclosing stone-faced fosse (Wth 4.7m x D 1.6m). This is replaced by a wall along the W and N side of the site, which appears to be built on an earlier earthwork of the earlier enclosing element of the small rectangular-shaped graveyard depicted on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 April 2023

• DU013-020002 Graveyard
  Description

  The medieval ruins of the church (DU013-020001-) of St. Caoimhghin (Coemhin/Kevin) in the townland of Abbotstown (Kylmekynyn), parish of Castleknock is located on a high point in the N quadrant of an oval-shaped graveyard (DU013-020002-) with holy well (DU013-020003-) to SE. On the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map the church is shown standing in the centre of a smaller rectangular-shaped graveyard. On Rocque's 1760 map of Dublin the church is shown standing beside a road connecting Castleknock to Abbotstown, which is shown on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map. The church (DU013-020001-) and graveyard at Abbotstown is situated on the grounds of the State Laboratory (Healy 1975, 21). The ground falls away steeply S of the church where there is an enclosing stone-faced fosse (Wth 4.7m x D 1.6m). This is replaced by a wall along the W and N side of the site, which appears to be built on an earlier earthwork of the earlier enclosing element of the small rectangular-shaped graveyard depicted on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map. The graveyard contains numerous 18th century memorials dedicated to merchants form the city of Dublin including Philip Reilly (1774), Maurice Ward (1773) and Daniel Darcy (1757). Associated with St Coemhin's well or Caveen well (DU013-020003-) which was closed up by the landlord (Ó Danachair 1958, 74). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 April 2023

• DU013-020003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Holy well dedicated to St. Coemhín, known locally as 'Caveen', in the parish of Castleknock, located at the end of a low ridge in the SE corner of Abbotstown graveyard (DU013-020002-) which is situated on the grounds of the State Laboratory (Healy 1975, 21). The NE boundary wall consists of a modern breeze block wall. In 1757 Dr. Rutty tested the water from the well of 'St. Commegan's near Lutterell's town' (Rutty 1757, Table 1 EE). Associated with St Coemhin's Well or Caveen Well which was closed up by the landlord (Ó Danachair 1958, 74). Well site was described by Branigan (2012, 63) as; 'located outside the eastern boundary wall of the Caveen (alternatively Coemhín) graveyard on a sharp bend in a now disused road within the former Abbotstown Estate. It was capped by the landlord, Lord Holmpatrick, in the 1700s, but its site has been leaking ever since and a pool can be observed in a hollow to the south of the graveyard which is fed by a continuous trickle from this well'. Folklore collected from Blanchardstown School recorded the following details about Caveen; 'Caveen was called after Saint Kevin. It is is now a graveyard. Long ago there was a holy well in Caveen graveyard and the people came from all parts to be cured in the well. But Lord Holm Patrick stopped the people and would not allow them to trespass on his grounds. The Lord covered the well with clay. The next morning the well had spread all around his ground. The Lord had to get his workmen to make a shore and to let the water out. There are lots of old peoples' graves there but it is closed up now for ever. It is one of the oldest graveyards in the country. Saint Kevin used to come there to pray' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0791, Pages 68-9; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4498682/4385592/4498685). Rutty, J. 1757 The Mineral Waters of Ireland. Dublin. Branigan, G. 2012 Ancient and Holy Wells of Ireland. The History Press Ireland. Dublin. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 April 2023

Architectural heritage

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1500–1700 · Regional interest
  Description

  Overgrown graveyard with overgrown markers dating from pre-1700.

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 Abbotstown, about 1 in 5 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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3118 (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 Abbotstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Abbotstown · Baile an Aba

Area

409,485 m² (40.95 ha, 101.19 acres)

Civil parish

Castleknock, and its townlands

Barony

Castleknock

Electoral division

Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

6,551 people lived in 2,008 households in the Blanchardstown-Abbotstown electoral division. 50% of households owned their home. 71% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Blanchardstown, Deanestown, Dunsink, Sheephill

Placenames

Abbotstown 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.