Dubber
Dubber is a townland in the civil parish of Santry, barony of Coolock, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is Dúbóthar.
Parcel 1907162
- Area
- 140,233 m² (14.02 ha, 34.65 acres)
- Buildings
- 17 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 2,876 m².
- Zoning
- C2.1 GE - General Employment (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
- Townland
- Dubber
Planning applications on this parcel
13 Feb 2026Grant permission for retention
We, Central Bank of Ireland, intend to apply for retention permission
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0053E
26 Jan 2026Refuse permission
Nocsy 5 Limited intend to apply for permission for development of land
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0033E
11 Jul 2025App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
Permission for development on a site of 0.53 Ha at St. Margarets Road
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0293E
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 5 recorded monuments.
- DU014-047 Inn
Description
The OS 6-inch map shows the Old Red Lion. It is mentioned in the Finglas, County Dublin, Vestry Books for the year 1675 (1916, 33). Site within overgrown uneven pasture beside road. No visible remains. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 23 January 2015
- DU014-130 Ring-ditch
Description
Located in large arable field close to the field’s N boundary, c. 375m NE of a large cropmark enclosure (DU014-102----), cropmarks indicate the presence of an arrangement of four ring-ditches. The ring-ditches are visible on Google Earth imagery (24 June 2018). The ring-ditch, the easternmost of the four ring-ditches, is circular in plan (ext. diam. c. 12.1m) is defined by a ditch (Wth c. 1.1m). There is no evidence for an entrance gap through the ditch. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 21 April 2021
- DU014-132 Ring-ditch
Description
Located in large arable field close to the field’s N boundary, c. 320m NE of a large cropmark enclosure (DU014-102----), cropmarks indicate the presence of an arrangement of four ring-ditches. The ring-ditches are visible on Google Earth imagery (24 June 2018). This ring ditch is circular in plan (ext. diam. c. 15m) defined by a ditch (Wth. <1.m). There is no evidence for an entrance gap through the ditch. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 21 April 2020
- DU014-133 Ring-ditch
Description
Located in large arable field close to the field’s N boundary, c. 295m NE of a large cropmark enclosure (DU014-102----), cropmarks indicate the presence of an arrangement of four ring-ditches. The ring-ditches are visible on Google Earth imagery (24 June 2018). This is the westernmost of the four ring-ditches. The ring-ditch (ext. diam. c. 12.8m) is defined by a ditch (Wth c. 1.3m). There is no evidence for an entrance gap through the ditch. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 21 April 2021
- DU014-137 Ring-ditch
Description
In tillage field. Circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 7m) visible on Apple Maps orthoimage, faint outline of ring-ditch visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 24/06/2018 and 12/07/2013. See attached orthoimage taken from Apple Maps and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 21 December 2022
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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3176 (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.
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
- 100.3 ha
- 248 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 2,111 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres)
- Zoning
- C2.1
- GE - General Employment
- Planning
- 31
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dubber, from 46 m² to 159,412 m² (15.94 ha, 39.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 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
- C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 47 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R3RC - Rural Cluster (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2TC - Town and District Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 0 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
13 Feb 2026Grant permission for retention
We, Central Bank of Ireland, intend to apply for retention permission
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0053E
26 Jan 2026Refuse permission
Nocsy 5 Limited intend to apply for permission for development of land
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0033E
11 Jul 2025App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
Permission for development on a site of 0.53 Ha at St. Margarets Road
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0293E
23 May 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of a total combined length of approximate
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0221E
29 Oct 2024App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
The proposed development
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0443
10 Jun 2024Grant permission
Intend to apply for permission to erect a new
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0242
2 Jan 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0162
9 Oct 2023Grant permission
The development will consist of internal modifications to ground floo
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0192
14 Mar 2023Grant permission
Permission for the proposed green energy initiative
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0061
24 Dec 2020Grant permission
Planning permission is being sought for
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0221
27 Sept 2019Grant permission
A new 3 bedroom, detached, dormer type Dwelling with upgraded site acc
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0160
11 Sept 2019Grant permission & grant retention
The retention of modifications/revisions to:
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0152
5 Sept 2019Refuse permission
Refurbishment and extension of the house and former stables to compris
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0148
27 Feb 2019Invalid application due to site notice
For a New 3 bedroom, detached, dormer type Dwelling with upgraded site
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0098
17 Dec 2018Grant permission
Modifications to the Phase 2B application (Reg. Ref. F18A/0025) to pro
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0718
9 Apr 2018Refuse permission
A new 3 bedroom detached dormer type dwelling with upgraded site acces
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0642
28 Nov 2017Grant permission
A new ESB sub-station & switch rooms plus associated site development
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0724
10 Oct 2017Grant permission
A new single storey Plant Room extension to the existing single storey
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0617
25 Aug 2017Refuse permission
The construction of a new 2 storey 4 bedroom detached dwelling (213sqm
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0026
8 Jun 2017Grant permission
Development on this site (2.321 HA on lands north and west of Charlest
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0091
30 May 2017Grant permission
Permission for the construction of 4 no. warehouse/logisctics buildin
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0308
23 Jan 2017Refuse permission
The construction of a new 2 storey 4 bedroom detached dwelling (213sqm
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0027
24 Nov 2016Grant permission
Permission for the demolition of a two storey dwelling (343.8sq.m.)
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0415
22 Dec 2015Grant permission
New access off St. Margaret's Road (R122) to the south of the current
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0606
10 Oct 2014Grant permission
New replacement external signage . The new signage will be to (i) the
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0414
The 25 most recent of 31 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dubber.
Recorded monuments
- DU014-017 Enclosure
Description
Situated in a low-lying area under tillage. A curvilinear earthwork is shown on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map (1837). This may have been part of an enclosure. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015
- DU014-018 Castle - unclassified
Description
According to Adams (1881) the castle at Dubber was erected between 1582 and 1611 by Sir Christopher Daniel Bellingham, first Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1665 (Adams 1881, 492). It was described as a 'small castle' with other 'ruined' walls in the Civil survey (1654-6 see Simington 1945, 199). By 1881 the only remains of the castle was a door-sill which lay NW of the present house (Adams 1881, 492). Located field of low-lying pasture to the rear of Dubber House. No visible surface trace. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015
- DU014-019 House - indeterminate date
Description
According to Adams (1881, 492) Dubber House was built out of the ruins of Dubber castle. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015
- DU014-047 Inn
Description
The OS 6-inch map shows the Old Red Lion. It is mentioned in the Finglas, County Dublin, Vestry Books for the year 1675 (1916, 33). Site within overgrown uneven pasture beside road. No visible remains. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 23 January 2015
- DU014-104 Enclosure
Description
Located in the middle of a large arable field, c. 295m NE of a large cropmark enclosure (DU014-102----). This cropmark is visible on Google Earth imagery 24 June 2018. This site consists of an oval enclosure (dims. 32m N-S and 28m E-W) defined by a continuous fosse. Just N within the same field but closer to the field's N boundary are three ring-ditches. Compiled by: David O’Connor Revised by: Tom Condit Date of upload: 5 November 2013
- DU014-130 Ring-ditch
Description
Located in large arable field close to the field’s N boundary, c. 375m NE of a large cropmark enclosure (DU014-102----), cropmarks indicate the presence of an arrangement of four ring-ditches. The ring-ditches are visible on Google Earth imagery (24 June 2018). The ring-ditch, the easternmost of the four ring-ditches, is circular in plan (ext. diam. c. 12.1m) is defined by a ditch (Wth c. 1.1m). There is no evidence for an entrance gap through the ditch. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 21 April 2021
- DU014-131 Ring-ditch
Description
Located in large arable field close to the field’s N boundary, c. 342m NE of a large cropmark enclosure (DU014-102----), cropmarks indicate the presence of an arrangement of four ring-ditches. The ring-ditches are visible on Google Earth imagery (24 June 2018). The ring-ditch is circular in plan (ext. diam. c. 10.9m) and is defined by a ditch (Wth. <1m). There is no evidence for an entrance gap through the ditch. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 21 April 2021
- DU014-132 Ring-ditch
Description
Located in large arable field close to the field’s N boundary, c. 320m NE of a large cropmark enclosure (DU014-102----), cropmarks indicate the presence of an arrangement of four ring-ditches. The ring-ditches are visible on Google Earth imagery (24 June 2018). This ring ditch is circular in plan (ext. diam. c. 15m) defined by a ditch (Wth. <1.m). There is no evidence for an entrance gap through the ditch. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 21 April 2020
- DU014-133 Ring-ditch
Description
Located in large arable field close to the field’s N boundary, c. 295m NE of a large cropmark enclosure (DU014-102----), cropmarks indicate the presence of an arrangement of four ring-ditches. The ring-ditches are visible on Google Earth imagery (24 June 2018). This is the westernmost of the four ring-ditches. The ring-ditch (ext. diam. c. 12.8m) is defined by a ditch (Wth c. 1.3m). There is no evidence for an entrance gap through the ditch. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 21 April 2021
- DU014-137 Ring-ditch
Description
In tillage field. Circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 7m) visible on Apple Maps orthoimage, faint outline of ring-ditch visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 24/06/2018 and 12/07/2013. See attached orthoimage taken from Apple Maps and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 21 December 2022
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dubber.
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 Dubber, 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3176 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Dubber with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Dubber · Dúbóthar
- Area
- 1,003,285 m² (100.33 ha, 247.92 acres)
- Civil parish
- Santry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coolock
- Electoral division
- Dubber, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 8,931 people lived in 2,882 households in the Dubber electoral division. 47% of households owned their home. 89% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balseskin, Charlestown, Coldwinters, Meakstown, Merryfalls, Newtown, Shanganhill
- Placenames
- Dubber 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.