Kilshane
Kilshane is a townland in the civil parish of Finglas, barony of Castleknock, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is Cill Sheáin.
Parcel 5024317
- Area
- 381 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 2,930 m².
- Zoning
- C2.1 GE - General Employment (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
- Townland
- Kilshane
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel 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 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 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.
- 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
- 190.5 ha
- 471 acres
- Land parcels
- 117
- registered freehold, median 3,737 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres)
- Zoning
- C2.1
- GE - General Employment
- Planning
- 49
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
117 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilshane, from 19 m² to 149,975 m² (15 ha, 37.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 47 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 · 84 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.2HI - Heavy Industry (General industry)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N/AUNZ - Unzoned (N/A)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C4WD - Warehousing and Distribution (Warehouse (excluding retail warehouse))
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 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
17 Aug 2026Ai not significant
The proposed development will comprise the following: Constructio
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0163E
9 Mar 2026Withdraw application
Material change of use from warehouse to office use, including interna
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0092E
4 Dec 2025Grant permission
Kilshane Energy Ltd. intends to apply for planning pe
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0523E
2 Dec 2025Grant permission
The proposed development consists of an extension of an existing Block
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0515E
2 Dec 2025Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of 1No. Electrical & Instrumenta
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0516E
25 Nov 2025Invalid application
The proposed development will consist of 1No. Electrical & Instrumenta
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0502E
19 Nov 2025Invalid application
The proposed development consists of an extension of an existing Block
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0490E
1 Sept 2025Grant permission
Planning permission is sought for: • Demolition of an existing vacant
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0367E
18 Apr 2025Grant permission
We, Earlsland Corporation Unlimited Company, intend to apply for plann
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0166E
26 Mar 2025Grant permission
Amendment to permission granted under Reg. Ref.: FW23A/0126 for minor
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0119E
17 Feb 2025Invalid application due to site notice
Amendment to permission granted under Reg. Ref.: FW23A/0126 for minor
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0053E
20 Aug 2024Refuse permission
We, Stateline Transport Ltd., intend to apply for Planning Permission
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0339E
9 Feb 2024Refuse permission
The proposed development consists of the following: The demolition of
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0045
11 Dec 2023Grant permission
Permission for extension (594 m2) to north east of existing industrial
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0269
17 Nov 2023Grant permission
Plannning permission to erect 370.00m2 or 75.40 kWp of photovoltaic pa
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0352
27 Oct 2023Refuse permission
The proposed development consists of the following; The demolition of
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0322
12 Oct 2023Refuse permission
Planning permission for the extension of the existing car park to prov
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0307
9 Aug 2023Grant permission
The application site is bound by Kilshane Avenue to the south,
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0092
8 Aug 2023Withdraw application
Pam Energy Supplies Limited intend to apply to the aforementioned Plan
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0232
5 May 2023Grant permission
The development will consist of:
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0126
3 May 2023Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of the following:
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0204
14 Apr 2023Grant permission for retention
Retention permission is sought for the following: -Provision of solar
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0100
9 Mar 2023Grant permission & grant retention
The development part amends a permitted warehouse development (as gran
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0052
17 Jan 2023Withdraw application
SDC Piperstown II Limited, intend to apply for full planning permissio
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0007
24 Nov 2022Grant permission
Ten-year permission for development that will consist of the following
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0156
The 25 most recent of 49 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 Kilshane.
Recorded monuments
- DU014-001 Castle - motte
Description
Shown on the 1837-1937 OS maps as a substantial circular mound with an enclosing fosse titled 'Kilshane Moat'. The site was subject to geophysical survey (Licence no. 07R093) which confirmed the presence of archaeological responses at the site of the motte. The responses are sub-circular in form surrounded by an enclosing ditch (67m NS x 62m EW). Internal responses may indicate plough damaged occupational activity (Harrison 2007, 11). The responses correspond to a prominent mound in the northwest corner of a large open tillage field. The owner has been farming it since 1955 and noticed lots of stone in the area as the plough would have to be raised. A crop-mark illustrating an extent of the earthwork is visible on digital globe measuring 67.5 N-S and 72.8 E-W. This aerial view was created on the 9 June 2016. Additional information provided from an aerial photograph taken in the dry spell in July 2018 shows a tapering avenue defined by a pair of ditches extending out from the SE side of the monument and visible for approximately 140m. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker and Margaret Keane Date of upload: 21 January 2015
- DU014-012001 Church
Description
On the 1st edition OS 6-inch (1842 ) there is a field named 'Church Field' and an area identified as the 'Old Burying Ground' outlined in the N end of the same field. Other than this placename there is no supporting documentary evidence for a church at this location. The area has been extensively quarried. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015
- DU014-012002 Burial ground
Description
On the 1st edition OS 6-inch map (1842) there is an area identified as the 'Old Burying Ground' outlined in the N end of this field. The area has been extensively quarried. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015
- DU014-012003 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Annotated 'Church Well' on the 1838 ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is shown standing in NW corner of an 'Old Burying Ground' (DU014-012002-) in the NE corner of a large field annotated 'Church Field' (DU014-012001-). In 1958 the well was being used for domestic purposes and not considered to be a holy well (Ó Danachair 1958, 76). It has been removed by quarrying. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 April 2023
- DU014-048 Burial ground
Description
Topsoil removal prior to construction of a gas pipeline in 1988 exposed the remains of several skeletons. The follow-up excavations revealed 123 skeletons, many of whom were children and adolescents (Gowen 1989, 17). These were aligned roughly east-west in the Christian manner, many haphazardly placed. Some of the individuals had stones around and under the heads. The presence of 'pillowstones' may indicate an 9th-13th-century date for the site. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU014-093 Enclosure
Description
Excavations in advance of the N2 Finglas-Ashbourne Road Scheme in 2004 revealed a prehistoric enclosure on a gently undulating gravel ridge along a tributary of the Ward river. This comprised an irregular ditch (Wth 1.9m-3.8m) enclosing an-egg shaped area (NW-SE 38.5m, NE-SW 27.5m). The ditch had been connected in a series of interconnecting, regular and irregular segments. Antler tines possibly used in ditch construction were found in the primary fill. One of the largest Neolithic bone assemblages from an excavated context (pers. comm. Mc Cormick) was deposited around the full circumference of the ditch. This was followed by the deposition of mid Neolithic broad-rimmed, round bottomed vessel, followed by a sealing layer of orange clay. Subsequent activity in the Early Bronze age consisted primarily of a series of deposits and features cutting into ditch fill. This produced some bone that had been worked into pins and awls, lithic material and a large pottery assemblage. In the northern area of the site there were cremation pits directly associated with burials of single bones. The only intact burial was that of a single crouched inhumation, located south of centre of the enclosure. A single hearth represents activity later in the Bronze Age (NRA). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilshane.
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 Kilshane, 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilshane.
- 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 Kilshane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Kilshane · Cill Sheáin
- Area
- 1,904,905 m² (190.49 ha, 470.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Finglas, 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
- Bay, Broghan, Cherryhound, Dunsoghly, Huntstown, Johnstown, Mitchelstown, Mooretown, Newtown
- Placenames
- Kilshane 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.