Ward Lower

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ward Lower, from 44 m² to 285,251 m² (28.53 ha, 70.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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.

• G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 29 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N/AUNZ - Unzoned (N/A)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
  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.

• 16 Aug 2023Invalid application due to site notice

  Permission is sought for retentionof existing single storey, playroom/

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0243

• 6 Jun 2023Invalid application due to site notice

  Permission is sought for Retention of existing single storey, playroom

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0168

• 6 Jun 2023Grant permission

  Permission for development at a site of c. 61.1 hectares. The developm

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0201

• 29 Mar 2023Invalid application due to site notice

  Permission is sought for Retention for existing single storey ,

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0077

• 20 Oct 2021Refuse permission & refuse retention

  Permission is sought for Retention of existing single storey, playroom

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW21B/0161

• 3 Sept 2021Invalid application due to site notice

  Permission is sought for retention of existing single storey/playroom/

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW21B/0145

• 16 Jun 2021Invalid application due to site notice

  Retention of existing single storey, playroom / study / home office /

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW21B/0106

• 11 Nov 2020Refuse permission for retention

  Retention of existing single storey playroom / study / home office / u

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW20B/0154

• 3 Mar 2020Refuse permission & refuse retention

  Retention of existing single storey, playroom/study/home office/utilit

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW20B/0034

• 29 Aug 2019Refuse permission for retention

  Retention of existing single storey, playroom / study / home office /

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW19B/0103

• 11 Jun 2019Refuse permission for retention

  Retention of existing single storey, playroom/study/home office/utilit

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW19B/0081

• 28 Nov 2018Refuse permission for retention

  Retention of existing single storey, playroom/study/home office/utilit

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW18B/0133

• 24 Aug 2018Refuse permission for retention

  The development will consist of retention of existing single storey, p

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW18A/0125

• 11 Apr 2018Invalid application due to site notice

  The development will consist of retention of existing single storey, p

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW18A/0048

• 6 Dec 2017Refuse permission for retention

  Permission is sought for retention of exisiting single storey, playroo

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW17A/0223

• 20 Sept 2017Invalid planning application

  Retention of existing single storey playroom/ study/ home office/ util

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW17A/0158

• 6 Feb 2017Refuse permission for retention

  Permission is sought for retention of exisiting single storey, playroo

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW17B/0007

• 21 Sept 2016Invalid planning application

  Retention of existing single storey, playroom / study / home office /

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW16B/0103

• 17 May 2016Grant permission

  Permission for the construction of a ground floor level granny flat un

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW15A/0147

• 20 Aug 2015Grant permission for retention

  Permission for continuance of use of the existing authorised antenna s

  Retention · Fingal County Council, FW15A/0119

• 30 Mar 2015Grant permission

  Proposed refurbishment works to existing detached dormer bungalow. To

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F15B/0080

• 21 Mar 2013Grant permission

  Construction of a single storey dwelling, installation of a waste wate

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW12A/0099

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 Ward Lower.

Recorded monuments

• DU011-038 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  The site is located in a large level field under tillage S of a medieval church (DU011-039001-). Formerly an open pool, dedicated to St. Brigid. Now enclosed and used for domestic and farm purposes (Ó Danachair 1958, 76). See attached photos (02/03/04) taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00096 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16641; F024.06.00098 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/314593; F024.06.00099 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31460. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 April 2023

• DU011-039001 Church
  Description

  Dedicated to St Brigid the church fell into ruin between 1630 and 1650 (Fingal Historic Graves Project 2008). This site was described as the walls of an old church in the Civil survey (1654-6) (Simington 1945, 235). The foundations of the medieval parish church can be traced within a raised, walled graveyard. In the 1992 report they appeared as a low rectangular mound, aligned WNW-ESE (dims. L 14m, Wth 8-9m, H.1m). The church has since undergone 'improvement'. It is defined by a rectilinear stone wall with a grass ramp built into south wall and return in north wall with a stone built concrete roofed alcove in east wall. the alcove contains a statute of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Wall stands to 0.75m-1m in height and is extensively ribbon pointed. Presumed enclosure of original mound remains. A fragment of a limestone window jamb of late medieval date has been re-used as a headstone east of the church. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 08 January 2015

• DU011-039002 Graveyard
  Description

  A raised, roughly oval, walled graveyard (L 70m, Wth 50m) which encloses the foundations of the medieval parish church (DU011-039001-). Fragment of a limestone window jamb of late medieval date is used as gravemarker in the graveyard E of church. The memorials are 19th/20th century in date. The site was formerly surveyed (Egan 1992). Still in use. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 08 January 2015

• DU011-068 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  The Civil survey (1654-6) describes the walls of an old castle at the Ward, held by Sir James Ware (Simington 1945, 235). This may have been formerly located where Ward House is situated just NE of the medieval parish church (DU011-039----). Austin Cooper's in 1779 describes the remains of an 'old castle. It is nothing more than the lower storey....built of small flat stones and is in a ruinous condition. The door is at one end opposite a window and the left corner as you enter a Gothic door which leads to the Orchard where there are pieces of other stone walls'. There are remains of an orchard to the rear of the present Ward House but no visible remains of a castle. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015

• DU011-092 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Excavations (Licence no. 03E1356 ext) prior to the construction of the N2 Finglas-Ashbourne Road scheme in 2004 revealed a fulacht fia near the Ward river. This comprised an irregularly shaped spread of burnt mound material immediately adjacent to the S tributary of the Ward River. Beneath the burnt spread two troughs were discovered. No archaeological finds were recovered. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015

• DU011-173 Enclosure
  Description

  Located in a large arable field, close to the N boundary of field, and c. 60.1m S of the Ward River. The enclosure can be seen on Google Earth (24 June 2018) coverage where it is visible as a positive cropmark. The site is D-shaped in plan (ext. diam. c. 20.5m N–S and c. 20.7 E–W) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 1.3). There is no clear evidence for an entrance gap through the ditch. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 27 April 2021

• DU011-174 Enclosure
  Description

  Located in a large arable field c. 40m SE of the Ward River and c. 230m WSW of Coolarath Bridge. Site located close to the N boundary of field. The enclosure can be seen on Google Earth (24 June 2018) coverage where it is visible as a positive cropmark. The site is circular in plan (ext. diam. c. 56.1m E-W and c. 55.2m N-S) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 2m). An irregular feature to the centre and to the W half of site appears to be associated with a 'gravel pit' indicated on the OS First ed. 6-inch map sheet (c. 1840) and the OS 25-inch map sheet (c. 1910) where it is indicated with 'tree' symbols. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 27 April 2021

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ward Lower.

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 Ward Lower, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ward Lower.

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 Ward Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Ward Lower · An Barda Íochtarach

Area

1,154,055 m² (115.41 ha, 285.17 acres)

Civil parish

Ward, and its townlands

Barony

Castleknock

Electoral division

The Ward, the unit of the census

Census 2022

13,289 people lived in 3,674 households in the The Ward electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 88% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymacarney (Co. Meath), Cherryhound, Coolatrath East, Irishtown (Co. Meath), Irishtown, Newpark, Spricklestown, Ward Upper

Placenames

Ward Lower 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.