Barnacullia
Barnacullia is a townland in the civil parish of Kilgobbin, barony of Rathdown, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is Barr na Coille.
Parcel 1913312
- Area
- 11,698 m² (1.17 ha, 2.89 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 207 m².
- Zoning
- P1 Objective B (COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028) The objective
- Townland
- Barnacullia
Planning applications on this parcel
28 Aug 2025Grant permission
planning permission for development to consist of the construction of a two stor
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0669/WEB
27 Jun 2025Refuse permission
Planning permission for development to consist of the construction of a two stor
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0508/WEB
12 Jul 2017Approval for the proposal to proceed
Redevelopment as a Regional Public Park to include new entrances, car parking,
Part vlll (public consultation) · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, PC/PKS/01/17
24 Mar 2016Grant permission
Permission is sought for construction of a two storey extension (37.0sq.m.) with
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D16A/0198
23 Feb 2015Refuse permission for retention
Permission for Retention of decking on flat roof with a boundary railing.
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D15B/0044
10 Jul 2009Grant permission
Planning permission sought for new conservatory, dining room and breakfast room
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D09B/0299
12 Jan 2009Refuse permission
Construction of an extension to our existing house. Works to consist of the con
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D09B/0002
12 Sept 2006Refuse permission
For new conservatory dining room and breakfast room to rear of ground floor
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D06B/0833
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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
- 98.7 ha
- 244 acres
- Land parcels
- 126
- registered freehold, median 909 m²
- Zoning
- P1
- Objective B
- Planning
- 99
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
126 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barnacullia, from 6 m² to 483,151 m² (48.32 ha, 119.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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
- P1Objective B (Agriculture)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown · 118 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Objective G (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Objective A (Existing residential)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Objective F (Open space, park)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown · 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
18 Sept 2026Referral
1. 1.81m high windbreak comprising of 11 timber and Perspex panels; 2. Alteratio
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0701/WEB
14 Sept 2026Assessment period
Planning Permission for split level extension (over 3 levels including 2 storey
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0691/WEB
15 Jul 2026Grant permission
Proposed new ground floor only extension to the rear of the existing house. A pa
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0403
31 Mar 2026Grant permission & grant retention
Retention permission sought to retain and complete works including the reductio
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0250/WEB
25 Mar 2026Grant permission
A single-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, together with mi
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0171/WEB
23 Feb 2026Withdraw the application
Retention permission sought to retain and complete works including the reduction
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0125/WEB
15 Nov 2025Refuse permission
Retention permission sought to retain and complete works including the reductio
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0648/WEB
28 Aug 2025Grant permission
planning permission for development to consist of the construction of a two stor
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0669/WEB
27 Jun 2025Refuse permission
Planning permission for development to consist of the construction of a two stor
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0508/WEB
26 Jun 2025Refuse permission for retention
Retention permission for vehicular access onto the public roadway and internal
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0504/WEB
14 Jun 2025Declare application invalid
Retention permission for vehicular access onto the public roadway and internal r
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0473/WEB
18 May 2025Refuse permission
Retention permission sought to retain and complete works including the reduction
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0390/WEB
17 Apr 2025S5 dec exempt
Addition of two bedrooms, hallway plus ensuite to rear of existing house
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF7225
25 Mar 2025Grant permission & refuse permission
Planning retention for vehicular access ramp and gravelled area to rear of site
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0236/WEB
11 Oct 2024Refuse permission for retention
Retention permission sought to retain and complete works including the reduction
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/0819/WEB
24 Sept 2024Declare application invalid
Construction of new upper car park with 24 spaces, with new surface finish to pr
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/0765/WEB
18 Sept 2024Declare application invalid
Construction of new upper car park with 24 spaces, with new surface finish to pr
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/0746/WEB
16 Feb 2024Withdraw the application
Refurbishment & extension of cottage and all associated site works.
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24B/0060
15 Jan 2024Declare application invalid
Refurbishment & extension of the cottage and all associated site works.
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24B/0005
21 Nov 2023Grant permission
Permission for demolition of rear of house storage facilities at ground and
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0732
11 Sept 2023Declare application withdrawn
Permission for the construction of a two storey rear
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23B/0424
28 Jun 2023Grant permission & grant retention
Planning permission and planning retention for planning permission for a single
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0432
14 Mar 2023Refuse permission for retention
Retention Permission to retain and complete works including the reduction of gro
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23B/0108
28 Nov 2022Refuse permission
Planning permission for the construction of a two-storey extension, increasing r
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D22B/0482
30 Aug 2022Refuse permission
Permission for the construction of a two storey rear extension
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D22A/0640
The 25 most recent of 99 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 Barnacullia.
Recorded monuments
- DU025-012 Enclosure
Description
Situated on the upper N facing slopes of Three Rock Mountain. Marked as an enclosure on the 1843 OS 6-inch map (diam c. 32m). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 28 July 2018
- DU025-013 Well
Description
A lintelled passage in the middle of a field forms the approach to a stone covered well known as O'Grady's Well (NMI:1962). Thought to be medieval in date. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 28 July 2018
Architectural heritage
- House, 1700–1837 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry house, extant 1837, on a rectangular plan. Now disused. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with pressed iron ridge, concrete or rendered coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes having stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters. Limewashed rendered battered walls. Square-headed off-central door opening with concealed dressings framing timber boarded door. Square-headed window openings with limewashed sills, and concealed dressings framing casement windows. Set in own grounds with limewashed piers to perimeter supporting timber double gates.
- House, 1911–1937 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey house, extant 1937, on a rectangular plan. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered coping to gables with repointed cut-granite chimney stacks to apexes having cut-granite capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed snecked granite wall to front (west) elevation; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (remainder). Square-headed off-central door opening with cut-granite threshold, and cut-granite lintel framing glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and cut-granite block-and-start surrounds framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set back from line of road in hollow with cut-granite piers to perimeter having pyramidal capping supporting flat iron "farm gate".
- Post box, 1881–1901 · Regional interest
Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1881-1901; extant 1909, with "VR [Victoria Regina]" royal cipher. Set in rendered, ruled and lined wall.
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 Barnacullia, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3238 (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 Barnacullia with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Barnacullia · Barr na Coille
- Area
- 986,547 m² (98.65 ha, 243.78 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilgobbin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Glencullen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 23,596 people lived in 7,893 households in the Glencullen electoral division. 66% of households owned their home. 58% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balally, Ballyedmonduff, Newtown Little, Tiknock, Woodside
- Placenames
- Barnacullia 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.