Dunsink

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunsink, from 36 m² to 380,724 m² (38.07 ha, 94.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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.

• R1RA - Residential Area (New/proposed residential)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11), Dublin City · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S6NSC - National Sports Campus (Other community services/facilities uses)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods (Existing residential)
  Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11), Dublin City · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 25 Apr 2025Grant permission & grant retention

  Permission and Retention Permission for proposed development consistin

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0173E

• 9 Jun 2022Grant permission

  Consists of installation of 2 no. 1.2 MW output capacity emergency bac

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0117

• 6 Sept 2018Grant permission

  Demolition of an existing porch and side kitchen,

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW18B/0018

• 21 Mar 2013Withdraw application

  Change of use of residential premises to cemetry and associated servic

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW13A/0028

• 12 Dec 2011Grant permission

  Planning permission for the following: 1. Change of use of existing gr

  Permission · Fingal County Council, FW11A/0124

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 Dunsink.

Recorded monuments

• DU014-026 Ring-ditch
  Description

  In a low-lying riverside location. An aerial photograph (FSI 0.148\9) shows a cropmark of a possible ring-ditch (diam. c. 15m). This area was investigated in 1991 but failed to produce any archaeological deposits. Prior to these investigations the site had been stripped of topsoil and the evidence removed (Keeley 1991, 16). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• DU014-032 Earthwork
  Description

  On a knoll. Comprises a large irregularly shaped mound (diam c. 20m, H 3m). A curvilinear feature attached to this mound was investigated in 1994 and proved to be of modern construction (Keeley 1995; Healy 1975, 27). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• DU014-033001 Souterrain
  Description

  Two sections of passage of a possible rock-cut souterrain were exposed during drainage operations around 1978 (L 12m; H 1.2-1.67m; Wth 0.7-0.8m). Excavations in 1981 (ÓhEailidhe 1982) produced two hammerstones (Clinton 198, 123-4). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Elmgreen, house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1850, with recessed bay to north and recessed central bay having single-storey projecting entrance porch. Limestone entrance gates, derelict gate lodge and farmyard complex to site.ROOF: Hipped asbestos cement roof with nap rendered chimney stacks; clay pots; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Rough-cast rendered with red brick corbel cornice. OPENINGS: Square headed with nap rendered reveals; granite cills; 1/1 timber sash windows; segmental headed porch opening with brick dressing; timber and glazed door, c.1990, granite steps. INTERIOR: Raised and fielded timber shutters, lugged architraves, raised and fielded timber doors, run moulded cornice ramped dado rail, mahogany staircase with tapered balusters.

• Dunsink Observatory, observatory/telescope, 1780–1785 · National interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey house, built 1783, with three central projecting bays having domed observatory above. Return to rear. Projecting porch added to south elevation, c.1840. Extension to north elevation, c.1970, linking house and outbuildings. Entrance gates, gate lodge and farmyard complex to site. Associated with Sir William Rowan Hamilton, the noted mathematician, appointed Astronomer Royal of Ireland in 1827, a position he held for thirty eight years.ROOF: Hipped slate roof, tall nap rendered chimney stacks with clay pots; cast-iron rainwater goods; copper dome roof. WALLS: Rough cast rendered on a nap rendered plinth course with a moulded granite cornice and parapet wall; granite string course to canted bay.OPENINGS: Projecting nap rendered porch with doric pilasters, fluted console brackets and pilasters, fluted console brackets and flat panelled timber door, c.1840; within porch is an ionic doorcase with quarter engaged columns, fluted cornice and a flat timber and glazed door, c.1783; square headed window openings; round headed to canted bay; having granite architraves, cills and cill course to canted bay; timber sash windows; Gothic headed timber sash window to canted bay. INTERIOR: Terrazzo floor to entrance porch; original joinery and stairs.

• Dunsink Observatory, observatory/telescope, 1865–1870 · National interest
  Description

  Snecked limestone rotunda housing telescope, built 1868, with copper-roofed dome and projecting entrance porch. Retaining original fenestration. The shaft of the telescope has a foundation independent of the walls to prevent transmission of external vibrations caused by wind. Architect - Henry Ussher.ROOF: Domed; recovered with copper, c.1999; original timber mechanisms beneath which allow dome to open and rotate. WALLS: Snecked limestone; limestone plinth. OPENINGS: Square headed window openings; limestone reveals and cills; 8/8 sash windows; square headed door; timber panelled timber paned windows to side elevations of porch. INTERIOR: Timber floorboards; panelled shutters; timbers panelled roof; cast-iron telescope , c.1863 with 12 inch lens; manufacturers mark - 'Thomas Grubb'

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 Dunsink, 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, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3147 (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 Dunsink with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Dunsink · Dún Sinche

Area

1,702,883 m² (170.29 ha, 420.79 acres)

Civil parish

Castleknock, and its townlands

Barony

Castleknock

Electoral division

Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

6,551 people lived in 2,008 households in the Blanchardstown-Abbotstown electoral division. 50% of households owned their home. 71% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbotstown, Ashtown, Blanchardstown, Cappoge, Castleknock, Scribblestown, Sheephill

Placenames

Dunsink 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.