Oldcourt

1,568 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oldcourt, from 2 m² to 183,207 m² (18.32 ha, 45.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 56 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2RES (Existing residential)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 1,537 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1RU (Agriculture)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1RES-N (New/proposed residential)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS (Open space, park)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M3LC (District, neighbourhood centre)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 2 parcels 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 Oldcourt 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

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Oldcourt.

Recorded monuments

• DU022-028 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Annotated St. Columkille's Well on the 1863 ed. OSi 25-inch map. This is a well maintained holy well in the parish of Tallaght that is dedicated to St. Columcille. The water is traditionally thought to cure sore eyes, ears and throat. It is a natural spring which has been enclosed, with a granite basin that contains a spout-like feature (Wth 0.65m, D 0.2m). It is still venerated. The holy well was described by Handcock (1877, 43) as follows; 'Near Orlagh gate, about one hundred yards from the road, in a field on the west side of Mount Venus, is a well dedicated to St. Columbkill. There are some very old thorn trees round it, which used to he covered with rags, ribbons, and garlands, the votive offerings of those who came to drink of the water. Beside the well is a large granite rock, in which is the deeply-marked impression of the knee of the saint as he kneeled to drink. It is said that the water of this well cannot be made to boil ( I never tried). In the field, near the well, stands a large plain granite cross, erected with several others, some of granite, more of wood, to secure immunity from the cattle plague, about 1849'. In the 1958 the well was described by Ó Danachair (1958, 86) as follows; 'A clear spring with a little runlet of water. It is a very ancient looking thing - OSL. Now enclosed in a cupola of masonry and embellished with a crucifix, a statue of the saint, a railing, paths and shrubs ; there is a chained metal cup for drinking. Still visited; the water is drunk and applied to sore eyes, cars and throat. The pilgrim recites a rosary at the well. In recent years the Sunday after 9th June is a day of devotion, with public prayers and hymns. Small religious objects are left as offerings, as are flowers. Some crutches have been left by people cured there and many medals are nailed to a tree which overhangs the well. Legend: the water cannot boil'. A stream runs below the well. A 19th-century stone cross stands 60m to the NE, and is marked on the historic OSi maps (Herity 2001, 37). Folklore collected from Edmondstown School recorded the following tradition about St. Columcille's Well; 'This well is situated near Orlagh College. Many people visit it in the Summer. The people leave medals, scapulars, and Rosary beads, and prayer books when they visit it. Many people get cured of sickness by visiting it. There is a statue of St Columcille beside the well' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0797, Page 27; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428229/4387497/4458590). Folklore collected from St. Mary's School, Tallaght recorded the following story about the origins of the well; 'St Columcille's Well at Ballycullen is situated at the foot of the Dublin Hills in a clump of trees close to the entrance to Orlagh College. It is told that one very hot summer's day St Columcille was journeying from his school at Drumcondra to visit another of his schools in Wicklow. He took the shortest way across the Dublin Mountains. Being tired and thirsty he stopped a while to rest. Finding a well, he drank of the water, and then having washed and rested he went on his way, blessing the well before he departed. The imprint of the Saint's knees are still shown on a rock at the well and numerous "cures" have been effected by the use of the water. The well has never been known to go "dry" even in the most sultry summer. During the Great War a pilgrimage was organized to this well to beg the Saint's intercession to avert "Conscription" in Ireland. A fete or Feis or Pattern was also organized to raise funds to build a shrine and erect a bridge over the stream which drains the well' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0795, Page 041; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428219/4386865/4456593). See attached photograph (01) taken by Tomás Ó Muircheartaigh, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, L020.06.00086 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/53807. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 20 April 2023

Architectural heritage

• Monument, 1865–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Monolithic square-section rough dressed granite cross, erected in 1868, approximately 3 metres high, 30 centimetres in section. Equal armed cross head, worn incised date to east face. Irregularly shaped granite sub-rectangular base.

• Saint Colmcille's Well, holy well, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Coursed rubble stone gable-fronted statue niche, erected 1914, over holy well. Contains statue of St Colmcille. Well with random paving around opening set in water garden, approached by small bridge. Memorial Celtic cross within grounds.

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 Oldcourt, 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 high, moderately low, low.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3154 (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 Oldcourt with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Oldcourt · An tSeanchúirt

Area

1,759,180 m² (175.92 ha, 434.7 acres)

Civil parish

Tallaght, and its townlands

Barony

Uppercross

Electoral division

Bohernabreena, the unit of the census

Census 2022

5,672 people lived in 1,740 households in the Bohernabreena electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycragh, Ballycullen, Bohernabreena, Killininny, Knocklyon, Mountpelier, Orlagh, Woodtown

Placenames

Oldcourt 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.