Dunleary

924 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunleary, from 3 m² to 16,085 m² (1.61 ha, 3.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Objective A (Existing residential)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 652 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Objective MTC (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 212 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Objective F (Open space, park)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 29 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M3Objective NC (District, neighbourhood centre)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 25 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Objective SNI (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O2Objective W (General)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun 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.

• 8 Sept 2026Referral

  Permission for the widening of the existing front pedestrian ro provide for vehi

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0673

• 7 Sept 2026Referral

  A change of use from offices back to residential use, including the reinstatemen

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0672/WEB

• 7 Sept 2026Grant cert of exemption (0.1 hec )

  16 Units

  Certificate of exemption - part v · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, V/063/26

• 4 Sept 2026Referral

  Permission is sought for a single-storey rear extension of 6.7 sq.m to the exist

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0665/WEB

• 28 Aug 2026Assessment period

  The development will consist of: alteration of existing ope in rere elevation of

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0646

• 27 Aug 2026Assessment period

  A dormer window to the rear and two velux rooflight to the front all at roof lev

  Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF13426

• 25 Aug 2026Declare application invalid

  1. Removal of the 3 no. existing rooflights and replacement with proposed dormer

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0630/WEB

• 24 Aug 2026Assessment period

  Replacement of the Front Door.

  Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF12926

• 19 Aug 2026Declare application invalid

  The development will consist of conservation and refurbishment works; internal

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0619/WEB

• 16 Aug 2026Grant certificate of exemption

  1 Dwelling.

  Certificate of exemption - part v · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, V/057/26

• 16 Aug 2026Assessment period

  The change of use from childcare facility (early years and family support centr

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0614/WEB

• 14 Aug 2026Grant certificate of exemption

  1 Dwelling.

  Certificate of exemption - part v · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, V/056/26

• 12 Aug 2026Assessment period

  1 / 2 storey dwelling including ancilliary works.

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0605

• 12 Aug 2026S5 req ai

  The building has undergone recent refurbishment and as such no building works ar

  Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF11826

• 5 Aug 2026Assessment period

  Permission is sought for change of use at the first floor level from offices to

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0590/WEB

• 28 Jul 2026Assessment period

  1) Construction of a revised upper ground floor extension in place of the previ

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0566/WEB

• 28 Jul 2026S5 req ai

  Whether the use of Centenary House, 35 York Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin as a

  Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF11026

• 24 Jul 2026Assessment period

  Construction of a first-floor flat roof extension to the rear to provide an addi

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0425/WEB

• 24 Jul 2026Grant permission & grant retention

  Retention of existing opening that was used to facilitate access during exempt d

  Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0561/WEB

• 22 Jul 2026Declare application invalid

  The development will consist of installation of 12 no. solar photovoltaic panel

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0557/WEB

• 21 Jul 2026Assessment period

  Amendments to previously permitted development Reg. Ref. D25A/0284/WEB (ACP-322

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0551/WEB

• 17 Jul 2026Declare application invalid

  Amendments to previously permitted development Reg. Ref. D25A/0284/WEB (ACP-322

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0544/WEB

• 16 Jul 2026S5 dec exempt

  The proposed replacement of the existing Dun Laoghaire Railway Station roof cano

  Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF10526

• 13 Jul 2026Withdraw the application

  Removal of asbestos slates and replacement with natural slate. Upgrade of lan

  Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF10326

• 29 Jun 2026Request additional information

  Permission is sought for refurbishment, consisting of internal layout alteration

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0487/WEB

The 25 most recent of 91 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: South Dublin Bay SAC 000210
• Special Protection Area: South Dublin Bay and River Tolka Estuary SPA 004024
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: South Dublin Bay 000210
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Dalkey Coastal Zone And Killiney Hill 001206

Recorded monuments

• DU023-052001 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  Situated N of Crofton Road and York Road on the coast. A promontory fort noted by Reverend Stokes (1893, 347) as 'Dun of Dunleary' and located left of the old pier at Dunlaoghaire. A martello tower (DU023-052003-) was built in the middle of the fort. Its position is marked on Rocque's map of County Dublin (1765) as a circular mound by the harbour. The area was levelled to make way for the railway in 1834. The material from the dismantled earthwork was used to level the ground and form a foundation for the road (Casey 2001). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 6 July 2018

• DU023-052003 Martello tower
  Description

  Tower (DU023-052003-) and Battery No. 13 (Kerrigan 1995, 170) stood N of Crofton Road and York Road on the coast. According to Kerrigan (1995, 168) construction of the Dublin area Martello Towers and their batteries commenced in 1804 under the supervision of Colonel Benjamin Fisher of the Royal Engineers and by December 1805 all towers were armed and complete. Kerrigan (ibid., 170) recorded that; ‘The towers and batteries south of Dublin are numbered from 1 to 16, but there were only fourteen towers, as at two locations there were batteries only, while several of the towers were close to adjacent batteries’. A martello tower (DU023-052003-) was built at the N end of Clarence St with a battery (DU023-052004-) to the NE as shown on Taylor's 1816 Map of Dublin. This tower was possible built in the centre of a promontory fort (DU023-052001-) noted by Reverend Stokes (1893, 347) as the 'Dun of Dunleary'. According to Stokes (ibid.) 'the Martello Tower stood on the spot where now there exists an unused bridge [Battery Br.] across the railway close to the Kingstown coastguard station'. According to Kerrigan (1995, 168) construction of the Dublin area Martello Towers and their batteries commenced in 1804 under the supervision of Colonel Benjamin Fisher of the Royal Engineers and by December 1805 all towers were armed and complete. The tower and battery at Dun Laoghaire was armed with four 24 pounder guns, one 18 pounder gun and two 10-inch mortars (ibid.,170). The martello tower was demolished in 1836-7 by the construction of the Dublin-Kingstown railway line (De Courcy 1996, 134). No surface remains visible today of Martello Tower and Battery No. 13. Martello Tower No. 13 described by Kerrigan (1995, 174) as; 'tower no. 13, with the battery about 200 yards away on the shoreline to the north-east. The tower was demolished when the railway was constructed in 1834; the battery is depicted on early nineteenth century maps on or near the site of the present Irish Lights depot. The tower and battery protected the original Dunleary Harbour, the small inner harbour that still survives as part of the very much larger harbour, on which construction started a few years after the end of the Napoleonic wars. Early plans of this new harbour of Kingstown depict towers and batteries No. 12 and 13'. See attached Taylor's Map showing the location of the Battery and the Martello Tower. Taylor, J. 1816 Taylor's map of the environs of Dublin: extending 10 to 14 miles from the castle, by actual survey, on a scale of 2 inches to one mile. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 23 January 2023

• DU023-052004 Battery
  Description

  Tower (DU023-052003-) and Battery No. 13 (Kerrigan 1995, 1670) stood N of Crofton Road and York Road on the coast, opposite Crofton Terrace. A martello tower (DU023-052003-) was built possibly on the site of a promontory fort (DU023-052001-) noted by Reverend Stokes (1893, 347) as the 'Dun of Dunleary'. Battery depicted to the NE of the Martello Tower on Taylor's 1816 Map of Dublin where it is shown built on the E facing cliff edge overlooking the modern harbour of Dun Laoghaire. In 1834 it was recorded that the 'Railway will pass between the Martello tower and the battery opposite Crofton terrace' (Hardy 1834, 15). According to Kerrigan (1995, 168) construction of the Dublin area Martello Towers and their batteries commenced in 1804 under the supervision of Colonel Benjamin Fisher of the Royal Engineers and by December 1805 all towers were armed and complete. In 1862 this battery was relocated to the head of the East Pier of the new harbour (De Courcy 1996, 365). No surface remains visible today of Martello Tower and Battery No. 13. Hardy, P.D. 1834 Thirteen Views on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway. See attached Taylor's Map showing the location of the Battery and the Martello Tower. Taylor, J. 1816 Taylor's map of the environs of Dublin: extending 10 to 14 miles from the castle, by actual survey, on a scale of 2 inches to one mile. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 January 2022

• DU023-074 Battery
  Description

  In 1862, Battery No. 13 (DU023-052004-) at the old Dún Laoghaire harbour was relocated to the head of the East Pier of the new harbour, incorporating the base of the Light House (De Courcy 1996, 365). In 1860 G.R. Powell wrote that; 'Round the lighthouse has been lately built Kingstown Fort, a small but powerful defence should an enemy show himself within range. From its prominent position it commands the whole bay; it is completely manned, has many guns of large calibre, a powerful magazine, and a means of heating balls to a white heat. The walls round it are curved at the tops, so that any balls striking them, would glance away harmlessly' (Powell 1860, 52). The Dún Laoghaire Harbour website describes the battery as follows; 'A barrel-vaulted passage leads from the pier to the terreplein of the batter (i.e. the ground level). Immediately to the right are steps into a ‘Shifting Room’ with two rooms off it marked ‘Magazines’. Ammunition was stored in the magazines, prepared for use in the shifting room, and could be lifted to the upper battery by the derrick above the doorway. Beside the Magazines, and continuing anti-clockwise, is the ‘Casemate. A casemate is a vaulted chamber of masonry within the ramparts, in this case for defensive purposes, since it is equipped with an artillery embrasure overlooking the sea. Next to the casemate is the ‘Filling Room and Expense Shell Store’. The steps, part of which form the lintel of the filling room, lead to the upper battery with three gun platforms. On the lower battery were three more platforms, now only two. The Artillery Store and Expense Magazine are directly opposite the battery’s vaulted entrance; two small rooms below the level of the terreplein. Adjoining the Officer’s and soldier’s waterclosets, are the soldier’s quarters, designed to accommodate 24 men. Outside is the water tank with a capacity of 3,000 gallons. At this south-eastern corner was the cook house, coal store, and ash pit. The landing stage ran behind the officer’s quarter and into the guard room. CIL made alterations and repairs to areas of the battery in 1950, particularly the corner between the soldier’s quarters and the officer’s quarter. he War Office map of Kingstown harbour East Pierhead of 1862 (corrected 1883) marks “Shote Furnace and Passage”. The ‘passage’ is presumably joining the landing steps to the entrance passage, with the area off the ‘passage’ being the ‘Shot Furnace’. Later maps omit the furnace; suggesting that it had been blocked up. Gun shot would be heated in a furnace, taking over an hour on average to reach ‘white heat’. Essentially, the cold shot was inserted at ‘a’, this particular model holding a maximum of 63 balls. The fire was in the area marked ‘k’, which obviously only heated to ‘red’ or ‘white’ heat (as desired) those shot immediately over the flames. Three small doors (‘f’), when opened, allowed one shot each to roll onto the stone trough (‘i’) ready to be loaded and fired. The results of trials with this model stated; “after 61 minutes from the lighting of the fire, the foremost shot were ‘white heat’, and blazed instantly in a block of red pine..This furnace, after 70 minutes from the first lighting of the fire, furnished shot at intervals of 40 seconds (ie three shots in two minutes) all of which were of the same white heat”. The 1857 drawing ‘Proposed Kingstown Battery on the East Pier Head’ (National Archives OPW 5HC/4/951) refers to the armament to be installed in the battery. It reads; “3 x 68-Pounder Guns over Casemates on dwarf traversing platforms pivoted in rear 4 x 32-Pounders on in a Casemate. 1 x 24 Pounder on Garrison Carriage to bear into the Harbour”. The ordnance in permanent fortifications was generally former ships artillery, and so a little outmoded by the time of its installation. As a result, those in the East Pier Battery in the 1860’s may have been Bloomfields or Millars. “A Vessel has usually a great superiority over a battery in the number of guns she can bring to bear upon a given point; but the advantages of the battery are, that the guns are fired from a steady platform..a batter cannot be set on fire like a ship, moreover, a battery possesses the numerous advantages which choice of position can give”. The three 68-pounder guns on the upper battery are visible in a turn-of-the-century photograph of the structure. 68-pounder guns were not of one model, but usually adaptations, even ‘experiments’. The heavy ordnance of these guns suited their position facing out to the horizon; “These heavy calibres, with solid and even with hollow shot, command a considerable range, with an accuracy of fire perfectly astonishing” (13) and “The objects against which the guns of coast batteries are employed being generally movable, very great accuracy and rapidity of fire are essential”. On the lower battery were three 32-pounders. As mentioned, another 32-pounder was in the casemate. On the terreplain are two arched gun embrasures. The ‘Proposal’ drawing of 1857 indicates only one, but since this was altered to two by the time of construction, one can assume that there were 2 x 24-pounder guns which overlooked the harbour. Smalled splayed embrasures in this part of the parapet would have facilitated short-range rifle fire into the harbour. Incidentally, the 24-pounder gun at the base of the East Pier is Russian, not English, and has no connection with this battery. The 2 x 24-pounders on the terreplein, and very likely the 32-pounder in the casemate, were resting on ‘garrison carriages’. Inevitably the discharge of the shot will force the carriage to jerk away from the direction of fire, after which it was rolled back to its original position for the next shot. No other mobility was possible, or necessary when firing through an embrasure. However, the six other guns were mounted on dwarf traversing platforms with rear pivots. “Where rapidity of fire is not needed, the common ground platform of wood or stone may be used; but for quick firing at vessels in motion, the dwarf traversing platform is the more suitable. Two hollow-soled trucks run on the iron racers, allowing virtually a 180 degree range as well as a choice of elevation. An OPW memo dated 1948 reads: “These quarters [residential buildings in the battery] were occupied by Mr. James Harris up to the date of his death on 31/1/36 at a rent equivalent to the rates assessable on a P.L.V of £7.. His widow was allowed to remain at the premises at the same rent until her death on 9/9/39. Subsequently the premises were occupied by Mr. Thos. Sutherland, a grandson of Mr. Harries until 1940, when the Department of Defence informed us that they required the quarters. Possession was obtained from Mr. Sutherland on 21/10/40 and handed over to Department of Defence on 9/12/40. The quarters returned to us [OPW] on 14/12/45' (https://dlharbour.ie/historical/locale/). Powell, G.R. 1860 Official Railway handbook to Bray, Kingstown, the Coast and the county of Wicklow. McGlashan & Gill. Dublin. DU023-074----_02 - plan of Kingstown Battery, East Pier Head, dated 1883 courtesy of the Military Archives, Irish Defense Forces, IE/MA/MPD/AD119456-001. DU023-074----_03 - plan of Kingstown Battery, East Pier Head, dated 1883 courtesy of the Military Archives, Irish Defense Forces, IE/MA/MPD/AD119456-001. DU023-074----_04 - Proposed Battery on The East Pier Head - Elevation View courtesy of the Military Archives, Irish Defense Forces, IE/MA/MPD/AD119456-003. DU023-074----_05 - Proposed Battery on The East Pier Head - Elevation View courtesy of the Military Archives, Irish Defense Forces, IE/MA/MPD/AD119456-003. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 January 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3311 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Dunleary with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Dunleary · Dún Laoghaire

Area

1,607,413 m² (160.74 ha, 397.2 acres)

Civil parish

Monkstown, and its townlands

Barony

Rathdown

Electoral division

Dun Laoghaire-West Central, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dun Laoghaire-West Central electoral division: 2,726 people in 1,121 households; 44% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Glasthule, Glenagarey, Monkstown, Monkstown Castlefarm, Monkstown Housefarm, Montpelier, Seapoint or Templehill, Stradbrook

Placenames

Dunleary 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.