Haystown
Haystown is a townland in the civil parish of Balscaddan, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is Baile Mhic Aodha.
Parcel 4919632
- Area
- 4,008 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 166 m².
- Zoning
- P1 RU - Rural (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
- Townland
- Haystown
Planning applications on this parcel
31 Oct 2012Grant permission
The construction of a new two storey single family dwelling. The prop
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0259
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 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
- 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.
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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
- 102.5 ha
- 253 acres
- Land parcels
- 3
- registered freehold, median 4,008 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU - Rural
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Haystown, from 2,644 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres) to 410,048 m² (41 ha, 101.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 14 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
26 Sept 2025Invalid application due to site notice
Retention permission is sought for the provision of a rear and side si
Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0872E
8 Aug 2025Invalid application
Retention and planning permission for development of a c. 0.3 Ha site.
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0722E
24 Nov 2022Grant permission
To construct; 1. Cubicle sheds with slatted tanks and feeding area yar
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0336
14 Oct 2021Grant permission
Construction of a detached storey and a half style dwelling with detac
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0407
27 Nov 2013Refuse permission & refuse retention
Retention permission for reconstruction, restoration and alterations m
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F13A/0450
31 Oct 2012Grant permission
The construction of a new two storey single family dwelling. The prop
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0259
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 Haystown.
Recorded monuments
- DU004-058 Enclosure
Description
A circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 5 November 2013
- DU004-059 Enclosure
Description
A circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 5 November 2013
- DU004-121 Quarry
Description
Small oval-shaped quarry (approx. diam. 60m) 65m to NW of Winter Lodge as depicted on the 1837 ed. OSi six-inch map. Not indicated on the last edition of the OSi six-inch map. No surface remains visible on the 2013-18 MapGenie orthoimage. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
- DU004-122 Quarry
Description
Semi circular-shaped quarry (approx. diam. 45m) 150m to E of Winter Lodge as depicted on the 1837 ed. OSi six-inch map. Not indicated on the last edition of the OSi six-inch map. No surface remains visible on the 2013-18 MapGenie orthoimage. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
- DU004-123 Quarry
Description
Small circular-shaped quarry (approx. diam. 20m) standing on the demesne lands of Winter Lodge as depicted on the 1837 ed. OSi six-inch map. Not indicated on the last edition of the OSi six-inch map. No surface remains visible in tillage field on the 2013-18 MapGenie orthoimage. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
- DU004-124 Quarry
Description
Small irregular-shaped quarry (approx. diam. 30m) standing on the demesne lands of Winter Lodge as depicted on the 1837 ed. OSi six-inch map. Partially indicated on the last edition of the OSi six-inch map. Possible cropmark of filled in quarry in tillage field visible on the 2013-18 MapGenie orthoimage. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Haystown.
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 Haystown, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Haystown.
- 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 Haystown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Haystown · Baile Mhic Aodha
- Area
- 1,025,230 m² (102.52 ha, 253.34 acres)
- Civil parish
- Balscaddan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Balscadden, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 743 people lived in 229 households in the Balscadden electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Curragh East, Dermotstown, Killougher, Ring Commons, Whitestown
- Placenames
- Haystown 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.