Murragh
Murragh is a townland in the civil parish of Westpalstown, barony of Balrothery West, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is Murbhach.
Parcel 1904195
- Area
- 391,160 m² (39.12 ha, 96.66 acres)
- Buildings
- 10 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 4,732 m².
- Zoning
- P1 RU - Rural (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
- Townland
- Murragh
Planning applications on this parcel
27 Feb 2026Grant permission
Uisce Eireann intend to apply for planning permission for development
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0142E
9 Jan 2026Invalid application due to site notice
Uisce Eireann intend to apply for planning permission for development
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0005E
19 Dec 2025Invalid application
Uisce Eireann intend to apply for planning permission for development
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1198E
15 Dec 2021Grant permission
Permission to demolish end of life, lifestock building and underfloor
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0448
20 May 2014Grant extension of duration of perm.
The development will consist of extensions and alterations to the exis
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F08A/1311/E1
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 2 recorded monuments.
- DU007-066 Enclosure
Description
A circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph together with other features that could indicate an associated field system (DU007-067----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located at high point of low east-west ridge north of the river. No visible remains at ground level. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 3 December 2014
- DU007-067 Field system
Description
A field system visible as a crop mark on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 possibly associated with circular enclosure DU007-066---- (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located at high point of low east-west ridge north of the river. No visible remains at ground level. See attached Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 3 December 2014
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 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 low, partly inferred.
- 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
- 133.1 ha
- 329 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 73 m²
- Zoning
- P1
- RU - Rural
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Murragh, from 32 m² to 410,562 m² (41.06 ha, 101.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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
- P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 45 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
25 Mar 2026Refuse permission
The development will consist of a two storey dwelling with single stor
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0240E
27 Feb 2026Grant permission
Uisce Eireann intend to apply for planning permission for development
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0142E
9 Jan 2026Invalid application due to site notice
Uisce Eireann intend to apply for planning permission for development
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0005E
19 Dec 2025Invalid application
Uisce Eireann intend to apply for planning permission for development
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1198E
15 Dec 2021Grant permission
Permission to demolish end of life, lifestock building and underfloor
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0448
15 Dec 2016Grant permission
4 No. polytunnels for horticultural use and associated ancillary site
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0574
20 May 2014Grant extension of duration of perm.
The development will consist of extensions and alterations to the exis
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F08A/1311/E1
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 Murragh.
Recorded monuments
- DU007-066 Enclosure
Description
A circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph together with other features that could indicate an associated field system (DU007-067----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located at high point of low east-west ridge north of the river. No visible remains at ground level. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 3 December 2014
- DU007-067 Field system
Description
A field system visible as a crop mark on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 possibly associated with circular enclosure DU007-066---- (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located at high point of low east-west ridge north of the river. No visible remains at ground level. See attached Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 3 December 2014
- DU007-068 Enclosure
Description
A circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located on relatively high ground south of river which slopes down northwards. No visible remains at ground level. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 3 December 2014
Architectural heritage
- Murragh House, house, 1870–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1890. Projecting left-bay with bay window to ground floor and central projecting entrance porch. Glazed corridor linking house and single-storey extension to rear, c.1955.ROOF: L-shaped plan hipped; sprocketed; slate; terracotta ridge tiles; cast-iron rainwater goods; bracketed overhanging eaves; rendered chimney stacks. WALLS: Nap rendered; flat band string course; nap rendered plinth course; rough cast render to left side and rear elevations. OPENINGS: Square headed; rendered reveals; granite cills; continuous cills to bay windows; original single pane timber sashes; timber casement to rear; square headed door opening to porch; doorcase and door, c.1990.
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 Murragh, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Murragh.
- 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 Murragh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Murragh · Murbhach
- Area
- 1,331,498 m² (133.15 ha, 329.02 acres)
- Civil parish
- Westpalstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery West
- Electoral division
- Ballyboghil, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,629 people lived in 473 households in the Ballyboghil electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyboghil, Barnanstown, Calliaghstown, Drishoge, Grange, Newtown, Westpalstown
- Placenames
- Murragh 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.