Newcastle South

Newcastle South is a townland in the civil parish of Newcastle, barony of Newcastle, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is An Caisleán Nua Theas.

Parcel 5961820

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Newcastle South

50 m

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Area: 69 m²
Buildings: 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 137 m².
Zoning: R1 RES-N (South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
Townland: Newcastle South

Planning applications on this parcel

24 Jul 2020Grant permission
Option of the inclusion of an ancillary single storey garden room structure (c.12.5sq.m) in gardens of permitted dwellings under planning Reg. Ref. ABP-305343-19.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0186
4 Sept 2019Grant permission
(1) The demolition of 5 structures on site, total area measuring 359sq.m, comprising 2 habitable dwellings and 3 associated outbuildings/sheds located to the northwest of the site; (2) development of 406 residential homes; (3) a childcare facility (518sq.m GFA); (4) 1 commercial unit (67.7sq.m GFA); (5) reservation of a school site (1.5ha); (6) new vehicular, cycle and pedestrain access from Main Street; (7) continuation of Newcastle Boulevard forming part of a new east-west link street; (8) a new Public Park (2ha); (9) pocket parks and greenway together with associated internal access roads, pedestrain and cycle paths and linkages; (10) 1 single storey marketing suite (81sqm) and signage (including hoarding) during the construction phase of development only and (11) all associated site and development works.The overall site comprises lands to the south of Main Street (c.15ha) together with 3 additional infill sites at the corner of Burgage Street and Newcastle Boulevard (c. 0.8ha); No. 32 Ballynakelly Edge (c.0.05ha); and Ballynakelly Rise (c.0.18ha)
Shd3-application to abp, 371 homes · South Dublin County Council, SHD3ABP-305343-19

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

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 13 recorded monuments.

DU020-003001 Castle - motte
Description
Located in a level field of pasture W of the medieval church in the village of Newcastle (DU020-003005-). This is a broad flat-topped mound (diam. of base 26m; diam. of top 14m; H 5m). There is no evidence for a bailey. It was constructed c. 1200 AD (O'Keeffe 1986, 44-5). Austin Cooper writing in 1780 describes a very deep, wide fosse which is no longer apparent (Price (ed.) 1942, 27). DU020-003001-_01 Photograph courtesy of Tomás Maher, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/3707 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies DU020-003001-_02 Photograph courtesy of Patrick Healy, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/2069 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies DU020-003001-_02 Photograph courtesy of Rocshot.com/Rob O'Connor, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/10691, © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023
DU020-003002 Church
Description
Situated at the W end of Newcastle village. This medieval parish church comprises a nave (int. dims. 13.6m E-W x 6.9m N-S; ext. dims. 15.5m E-W x 8.7m N-S) and chancel (int. dims. 12.8m E-W x 6.9m N-S; ext. dims. 13.5m E-W x 8.7m N-S) with residential W tower (dims. 6.5m x 5m). The chancel is ruinous while both nave and tower are in use. The tower is square in plan with a stair turret in the NW corner (int. dims. L 3.37m x Wth 2.94m). It rises to three storeys with a battlemented parapet and a double bellcote. Built of coursed limestone blocks, with dressed quoins. The W tower is entered through a later door on the S side. This opens onto a vaulted porch with access to the nave and a stair turret in the NW angle. There is a vaulted roof over the ground, first and second floors. Fireplaces are present in the NE angle on both upper floors. The first floor is lit by cusped ogee-headed windows with stones seats in the W and S. There is a loft at this level which provides access to a gallery in the nave of the church. The nave is still in use but the chancel is ruinous. The interior was lit by a double light window with round moulding and cusped ogee-heads in N wall. Close to it is another blocked opening with a round arch. This may have been an original entrance. There is another blocked doorway at the E end of the nave (int. dims L 13.4m x Wth 6.5m). There are buttresses along the N wall of the nave. The chancel is entered in the E gable through a round arched opening. Above this is a large pointed arched opening where until 1724 there was a fine tracery window until it was placed in the E end of nave (Leask 1960, 3, 18; O'Keeffe 1986, 47-53). Within the chancel are two deep embrasures, now blocked. On S side is a double light ogee-headed window with spandrels and chamfered jambs (int. dims. L 12.75 x Wth 6.9m). S of the medieval church is a Latin cross carved from granite and set into a granite base (DU020-003003-). Newcastle Church ruins were described by Ní Mharcaigh (1997, 272-4) as follows; 'Newcastle Church was originally a nave-and-chancel church with a west tower that was both a priest's residence and a belfry. The church at present in use consists of the former nave and the entrance is through a modern door in the south wall of the tower, the ground floor of which acts as a porch to the church while the top floor continues in use as a belfry. The intervening floors of the tower are not in use but are intact. The chancel. The chancel is the same width as the nave and almost the same length. The east window (now in the nave) has three cinque-foiled lights, chamfered and cusped, with round heads, all three within a single pointed arch. The tracery above has quatrefoil openings with daggers between, all with chamfers and cusps. In the east wall of the chancel, underneath the opening from which the window was removed, is an entrance with recessed jambs, under a segmental arch, opened to admit burials within the chancel when that part of the church fell into disuse. The south wall of the chancel has three windows, two of them blocked up. Each window has two lights, ogee-headed with a foil each side, cusped under a square hood with concave spandrels. Inside the chancel these windows have pointed arches. There is only one window in the north wall of the chancel. It is a two-light window, ogee-headed and foiled, similar to the windows in the south wall but the inside arch is a plain shallow-curved one. Also in the north wall of the chancel, at the eastern end and near the present ground level, are two aumbries, 2ft sq. and 1ft sq., respectively. St Finians head. On the outside of the south wall of the chancel, near the east end, is a small carved head of sandstone, known locally as St Finnian's head. The nave. There are three windows in the south wall of the nave and none now in the north wall. However, on the outside, the outline of a tall narrow window in the north wall of the nave, near the original chancel arch, is visible. It shows the remains of a plain architrave with a square lintel. There is also a blocked doorway at the east end in the south wall and, near it, the hood of a blocked window opposite the blocked one in the north wall. The existing windows in the south wall of the nave are round-headed with two lights, cinque-foiled with chamfers and cusps and a cruciform opening above, centred. The north wall of the nave is buttressed in three (evenly-spaced) places. The tower. Entrance to the church is through the vaulted ground-floor of the tower. In the north-west corner, a stone stairway leads to the priest's apartment. The first floor has a fireplace in the north wall and cusped trefoil-headed windows in the west and south walls with window seats. There is a cupboard in the south west angle. A loft over this floor has a narrow west light. The second floor has a rectangular window in the south wall, widely splayed, with window seats. The chimney continues up the north wall from the floor below. The stair turret, which projects from the north wall of the tower, is lit by small slits. An oversailing course near the top of the tower carries the double bellcote and a parapet with battlements. The east and south windows of the nave, essentially curvilinear in type, are coeval with the square-headed, fifteenth-century windows in the chancel. Leask suggests an early fifteenth-century date for both nave and chancel, with the tower an early addition to the building (Leask 1960b, 18-19). O'Keeffe considers the nave to be earlier than the chancel, which he dates to about 1420 (O'Keeffe 1986, 52-3). Bradley and King consider that the nave and tower were built together in the early fifteenth century and that the chancel is a mid-fifteenth century addition; they accept O'Keeffe's date of 1420 for the chancel (Bradley and King 1988, 277-9). The first quarter of the fifteenth century is suggested for the whole building, with the chancel slightly later than the rest'. To see a 3D model of the twin-light cusped ogee-headed window in the S wall of the chancel visit https://skfb.ly/oI6Oy To see a 3D model of the twin-light cinque-foiled traceried window in the S wall of the nave visit https://skfb.ly/oI6SF See attached plan of church taken from Ní Mharcaigh 1997, Fig. 12 Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 10 May 2023
DU020-003003 Cross
Description
S of the medieval church (DU020-003002-) is a Latin cross carved from granite and set into a granite base. It narrows from the base to the top. There is a Latin Cross in relief on it's S face and a worn cross-in-circle on N face (dims. H 1.64m, Wth 0.62m, T 0.18m-0.30m; see Swan 1986, 80). Compiled by Geraldine Stout
DU020-003004 Castle - tower house
Description
Situated in level ground SE of church yard (DU020-003008-). It is a square tower, which rises to two storeys and is built of coursed limestone blocks with dressed quoins. Formerly entered from the S, now blocked, the present entrance is on E side. There is a vault over the ground floor (int. dims. L 4.7m; Wth 4.55m). The interior has been partitioned in more recent times. The stairwell in the SW corner is entered through a plain pointed doorway and is lit by slit opes. There is a stepped embrasure on the S side before entering the stairs which is an original feature. First floor is totally overgrown. There are remains of chamfered jambs on the E side of the entrance. This is probably the remains of the castle held by the Canons of St. Patrick's in 1547 (Ball 1905, III, 138). According to O'Meara (1903, 63) there is mention made of this castle in a list of ecclesiastical buildings presented to Henry VIII on the dis-establishment of the monasteries. A building attached to the N end of the tower house contains a limestone tablet on which is the inscription T. M. S. Anno 1727. According to Austin Cooper writing around 1780, this building served as a stable attached to the parsonage (Mc Dix 1898, 40, 85; Price 1942, 47). DU020-003004-_01 Photograph courtesy of Tomás Maher, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/3772 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies DU020-003004-_02 Photograph courtesy of Tomás Maher, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/4103 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies Compiled by Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023
DU020-003005 Ritual site - holy well
Description
St. Finian's Well in the parish of Newcastle is an enclosed natural spring in a lintelled granite recess within a concrete structure. It is dedicated to St Finian (Ó Danachair 1958, 82; Swan 1986, 8-9). Folklore collected in 1937 from Saggart School recorded the follow details about this well; 'This is an old story going around the village of Newcastle about St. Finian's Well. The well which is about three feet in diameter and two feet in height and guarded by a concrete coping was by St. Finian himself. It is said that in the year 1798 English soldiers, stationed in the village of Newcastle, desecrated the well, by one of them washing his feet in it. The story goes on to say that well flooded the whole village of Newcastle, and the big body of soldiers were drowned. The Catholic curate of Newcastle had to bless the waters. When the waters were blessed by him, they slowly but surely receded back into the well. This is but one of the stories associated with St. Finian's Well. It is said that there are cures connected with it also. There is one story told of a lame man who came to the well and took a bucket of water home with him. He immediately bathed his foot in the water and kept doing so for some time, and at the end of three weeks his foot was completely better. This practice has been going on up to the present day for all kinds of diseases' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 371; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428215/4386644/4456676). See attached photos (01/02/03) taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00036 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16620; F024.06.00037 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/46709 and F024.06.00038 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/46710. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 19 April 2023
DU020-003006 Castle - tower house
Description
In level ground immediately E of bend in Athgoe Road between two other tower houses is the possible site of another marked in 1980s by the foundations of mortared walls (O'Keeffe 1986, 55, Fig.4.1:3). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by Geraldine Stout
DU020-003007 Castle - tower house
Description
This is a square, urban tower house with a stair turret at the NW angle. It is two storeys high and is built of coursed regular limestone blocks with dressed quoins. It is entered through a pointed doorway in the W wall which contains a door rebate and bar-bolt holes. There is a vault over ground floor with traces of wicker-work centring. The interior is lit by slit opes on the W and S walls and a large rectangular opening in S wall. Wall presses are present in the S wall and NE corner of interior (dims. L 4.5m; Wth 1.03m; see Anon 1914, 275-6; Mc Dix 1898, 85). DU020-003007_01/02 Photographs courtesy of Rocshot.com/Rob O'Connor, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/10690, © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies DU020-003007_03 Photograph courtesy of Tomás Maher, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/4229 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies Compiled by Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023
DU020-003008 Settlement deserted - medieval
Description
Newcastle was first mentioned as a royal manor in 1215 and had borough status by the late fifteenth century. The settlement was a linear one based on a single street, running east-west. The marketplace was located in the roughly sub-triangular space in front of the church. Compiled by Geraldine Stout
DU020-003010 Graveyard
Description
Situated at the W end of Newcastle village. It encloses a medieval parish church (DU020-003002-). In the graveyard is a granite cross (DU020-003003-) and there are 18th and 19th century memorials in the graveyard. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 24 November 2011
DU021-017001 Well
Description
Situated in the NW corner of a long narrow holding opposite the medieval parish church at Newcastle Lyons. It is bounded on the E by a patch of spade cultivation. Traces of mortared wall protruding from beneath the sod were interpreted as a possible site of a tower house (O'Keefe 1986, 55, No. 5). Recent clearance has revealed that the mortared wall was actually a covering for a well. Compiled by Geraldine Stout

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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: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2973 (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.

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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: 73.4 ha; 181 acres
Land parcels: 593; registered freehold, median 189 m²
Zoning: R1; RES-N
Planning: 100; applications since 2010

Land parcels

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann

Newcastle SouthRathcreedan Newcastle Demesne Highdownhill Ballynakelly Newcastle Farm Athgoe North Newcastle North Cornerpark

500 m

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593 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newcastle South, from 0 m² to 61,823 m² (6.18 ha, 15.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 51 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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Zoning

Development plans, national zoning

R1RES-N (New/proposed residential)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 359 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
R2RES (Existing residential)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 186 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
P1RU (Agriculture)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 30 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
M2VC (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
G1OS (Open space, park)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 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

10 Sept 2026Ai referral
Attic conversion for habitable use incorporating three rooflights to the front roof slope and three windows to the side gable; Construction of a single storey rear extension and a detached single-storey flat-roof garden room to the rear of the property for use as a home office.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0323W
20 Aug 2026Referral
Construction of a first floor extension to the side of the existing house; the first floor extension will sit on the existing footprint of the existing ground floor element to the side of the existing house.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0380W
17 Jul 2026Grant permission
Attic conversion for habitable use incorporating one rooflight to the front roof slope and three roof windows to the side roof slopes (one to one side and two to the opposite side); Construction of a single-storey flat roof side extension and construction of a detached flat roof garden room to the side of the dwelling.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0333W
20 Apr 2026Grant permission
Large-scale Residential Development at this site within the townland of Newcastle South, Newcastle, Co. Dublin on an overall site of c.4.08 hectares. The 'Phase 4' development will consist of the construction of 113 no. dwellings and the remainder of the 'Burgage South' public open space as follows: A. 53 no. 2-storey houses (4 no. 2-storey, 2-bedroom houses, 43 no. 2-storey, 3-bedroom houses and 6 no. 2-storey, 4-bedroom houses); B. 60 no. apartment and duplex units in 4 no. 3-storey buildings comprising 30 no. 2-bedroom apartment units and 30 no. 3-bedroom duplex units; C. Provision of Public Open Space (c.1 ha. in a series of open space areas, including the remainder of the 'Burgage South' Park), hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting & boundary treatment), c.528sq.m of Communal Open Space for duplex and apartment units; along with single-storey bicycle/bin storage areas; D. Vehicular access from the east will be via permitted road (approved under SDCC Reg. Ref.: LRD23A/0011 & ACP-319500-24) from the north via existing road adjacent to Burgage Gardens and St. Finian's National School and Main Street and to the south via an extension to Boulevard Road (approved under SDCC Reg. Ref.: SD23A/0136) as well as 149 no. car parking spaces, 180 no. bicycle parking spaces, 8 no. motorcycle parking spaces and all internal roads, cycleways and footpaths; E. Provision of surface water attenuation, SuDS measures, connection to water supply, provision of foul drainage infrastructure, 2 no. ESB sub-stations and all ancillary site development, construction and landscaping works; F. The proposal also includes revisions to the permitted development approved under SDCC Reg. Ref.: SD17A/0378 and ACP-301421-18 relating to alterations to the open space to integrate with the wider proposed Burgage South public open space area. A dedicated website has been set up for the LRD application which can be viewed at: www.newcastlephase4lrd.com
Permission, 113 homes · South Dublin County Council, LRD25A/0014W
27 Feb 2026Grant permission & grant retention
Works to a two storey protected structure (ref. 11212005) to include 1. Retention permission for a one bedroom ground floor apartment to the rear of existing two storey building as constructed, 2. Retention permission for a two bedroom first floor apartment as constructed, 3. Planning permission to re-slate the main roof of the two storey protected structure and all associated siteworks
Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0078W
2 Dec 2025Invalid - site notice
Planning permission for development of a Large-scale Residential Development at this site within the townland of Newcastle South, Newcastle, Co. Dublin on an overall site of c.4.08 hectares. The 'Phase 4' development will consist of the construction of 113 no. dwellings and the remainder of the 'Burgage South' public open space as follows: A) 53 no. 2-storey houses (4 no. 2-storey, 2-bedroom houses, 43 no. 2-storey, 3-bedroom houses and 6 no. 2-storey, 4-bedroom houses); B) 60 no. apartment and duplex units in 4 no. 3 storey buildings comprising 30 no. 2-bedroom apartment units and 30 no. 3-bedroom duplex units; C) Provision of Public Open Space c.1 ha. in a series of open space areas, including the remainder of the 'Burgage South' Park, hard and soft landscaping including public lighting and boundary treatment, c.528sq.m of Communal Open Space for duplex and apartment units; along with single-storey bicycle/bin storage areas; D) Vehicular access from the east will be via permitted road (approved under SDCC Reg. Ref.: LRD23A/0011 and ACP-319500-24) from the north via existing road adjacent to Burgage Gardens and St. Finian's National School and Main Street and to the south via an extension to Boulevard Road (approved under SDCC Reg. Ref.: SD23A/0136) as well as 149 no. car parking spaces, 180 no. bicycle parking spaces, 8 no. motorcycle parking spaces and all internal roads, cycleways and footpaths; E) Provision of surface water attenuation, SuDS measures, connection to water supply, provision of foul drainage infrastructure, 2 no. ESB sub-stations and all ancillary site development, construction and landscaping works; F) The proposal also includes revisions to the permitted development approved under SDCC Reg. Ref.: SD17A/0378 and ACP-301421-18 relating to alterations to the open space to integrate with the wider proposed Burgage South public open space area. A dedicated website has been set up for the LRD application which can be viewed at: www.newcastlephase4lrd.com
Permission, 113 homes · South Dublin County Council, LRD25A/0011W
24 Nov 2025Grant permission
Attic conversion for storage, including three rooflights to the rear roof slope and two gable windows. Single-storey, sloped-roof rear extension with rooflight, and new elongated horizontal window at ground floor level to the side.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0656W
7 Nov 2025Grant permission
Attic conversion for storage with three velux windows to the front roof slope and two velux windows to the rear roof slope.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0637W
16 Jun 2025Grant permission
Change of use of the permitted pharmacy unit (approx. 251sq.m net) as granted under parent planning ref. S020A/0037 and previous change of use planning ref. SD21A/0311 to use as part Pharmacy (approx. 75 sq.m net) and part Medical Centre (approx. 176 sq.m.) with all associated internal and external layout alterations to facilitate this change of use; internal layout changes at ground floor include the partitioning of both units, external layout changes include the provision of an additional window on the south elevation and additional signage on north, south east and west elevations totalling 13 sq.m. with proposed opening hours 7am-7pm 7 days a week.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0145W
13 Jun 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of a single storey garden room/storage shed (approx. 30m²) to rear garden of existing 2 storey dwelling and all associated site development works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0393W
7 Apr 2025Grant permission
Installation of external insulation with smooth render finish to front & gable Facade. Ground floor & first floor rear extension with flat roofs over. Window in gable wall at first floor level.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0186
21 Feb 2025Grant permission
Mixed use development consisting of 44 no. residential units and 6 no. commercial units in 3 no. blocks as follows, (A) Block V1 accommodates 16 no. units consisting of 8 no. two bed ground floor apartments & 8 no. three bed duplex units at first and second floor level, (B) Block V2 accommodates 1 no. coffee shop and 1 no. local scale shop at ground floor level and 12 no. apartments at first, second & third floor levels consisting of 6 no. one bed apartments and 6 no. two bedroom apartments, (C) Block V3 accommodates 4 no. local scale shops at ground floor level and 16 no. apartments at first, second and third floor levels consisting of 6 no. one bed apartments, 6 no. two bedroom apartments and 4 no. three bed duplex apartments, (D) Undercroft car parking, bin storage, bike storage, landscaping & planting, outfall drainage and all associated site development works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD24A/0071
25 Nov 2024Grant permission
An amendment to the permitted north-eastern access point linking to St. Finian's Way to allow for pedestrian / bicycle access only; and the provision of a new vehicular point of access in the north-eastern section of the site between Phase 2, approved under LRD23A/0011, and the lands to the north that are under separate ownership, amendments to services and all associated site development works. The overall permitted housing layout will remain as per the parent permission approved by South Dublin County Council and An Bord Pleanála under the LRD process. The proposed amendment will not result in any change to the total number of units to be provided on site and no other amendments are proposed as part of this application.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, LRD24A/0010W
18 Oct 2024Grant permission
We, Cairn Homes Properties Ltd., intend to apply for planning permission for a Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) consisting of modifications to a previously approved LRD application permitted by South Dublin County Council under Reg. Ref. LRD23A/0011, and An Bord Pleanála under Reg. Ref. 319500-24, at this site close to the entrance to the development off the Tahoe Road in the western section of the site with an overall site area of c. 0.099 hectares within the townland of Newcastle South, Newcastle, Co. Dublin. The development will consist of the change of unit-type housing as follows: I. The change of 2 no. permitted 2-storey, 4-bedroom semi-detached dwellings (house type J3) with 2 no. 2-storey, 3-bedroom semi-detached dwellings (house type F3) fronting onto Tower house Park; and ii. The replacement of 2 no. 2-storey, 3-bedroom semi-detached dwellings (house type F3) with 2 no. 2-storey, 4-bedroom dwellings (house type J3) fronting onto Newcastle Boulevard, all to include associated ancillary amendments. The overall permitted layout, including road layout and services, will remain as per the parent permission approved by South Dublin County Council and An Bord Pleanála under the LRD process. The proposed amendments will not result in any change to the total number of units to be provided on site and no other amendments are proposed as part of this application.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, LRD24A/0011W
6 Sept 2024Grant permission for retention
The Development Consists of the retention permission for a utility/home office, at the above address.
Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD24B/0394
5 Apr 2024Declared not exempt
Omission of AOV upstand & replacement with Velux smoke ventilation roof window
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED24/0014
25 Mar 2024Declared not exempt
Omission of 2. No. Bedrooms, En-suite, Access staircases. 4 No. rooflights of previously permitted development SD23A/0032.
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED24/0013
23 Feb 2024Grant outline permission
1) The construction of a two-storey, 16 no. classroom primary school building including a 4-no. classroom special educational needs facility with a combined floor area of 3,090sq.m as well as outdoor play facilities; 2) Provision of vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle access via Lyons Avenue North and pedestrian/cycle and emergency vehicular access from Graydon Avenue; 3) Associated on-site staff and visitor car parking spaces, student drop-off zone, bicycle storage areas and all associated site development, infrastructural and landscaping works.
Outline permission · South Dublin County Council, SD24A/0032W
19 Feb 2024Grant permission
The proposal comprises the 2nd phase (phase 2B) of a 2 phase development (first phase [phase2A] under planning reg. ref SD23A/0136 will comprise 48 no. duplex dwellings and phase 2 of Taobh Chnoic public park of c.1.74 hectares of open space, along with car parking and ancillary infrastructure) to result in an overall Phase 2 development of 179 no. dwellings (consisting of 119 no. 2 storey houses and 60 no apartments / duplex apartments in 5 no. 3 storey duplex buildings, and ancillary infrastructure). The phase 2B development will consist of the construction of 131 no. dwellings and open space as follows: A) 119 no. 2 storey houses (10 no. 2 bedroom houses, 95 no. 3 bedroom houses, 13 no. 4 bedroom houses and 1 no. 5 bedroom house. B) 12 no. apartments / duplex apartments in 1 no. 3 storey building - (6 no. 2 bedroom apartments and 6 no. 3 bedroom duplex apartments) all with terrace. C) Open space (c. 1.34 ha. in a series of open space areas) hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting & boundary treatment), communal open space for duplex apartments and apartments; along with single storey bicycle/bin stores and ESB substations; D) Vehicle access from the Athgoe Road from a new signalised junction along with upgrades to footpath and pedestrian crossing (on the Athgoe Road) as well as provision of vehicular/pedestrian/cycle link to permitted 'Graydon' (TA06S.305343) 'Newcastle Boulevard' to the East as well as 237 no car parking spaces and 94 no. bicycle spaces (4 no. motorcycle space) and all internal roads, cycleways, green routes and paths. E) Provision of surface water attenuation SuDs measures connection to water supply and provision of foul drainage infrastructure as well as an underground local pumping station (in northern pa rt of site) to Irish Water specifications and all ancillary site development / construction / landscaping works. F) The proposal also includes upgrades (to provide surface water pipe upgrades) to the surface water network along Athgoe Road and Hazelhatch Road (for c. 1.2 km).
Permission, 131 homes · South Dublin County Council, LRD23A/0011
7 Dec 2023Grant permission
Construction of 48 dwellings and open space consisting of (a) 48 duplex/apartment units in 4 three storey buildings comprising 24 two bedroom apartments and 24 three bedroom, (2-storey duplex units) all with terrace; (b) Provision of c.1.74 hectares of second phase of Taobh Chnoic public park, hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting & boundary treatment), c.1,665 sq.m of communal amenity space for duplex apartments; along with single-storey bicycle/bin stores; (c) Vehicular access will be from permitted 'Graydon' (TA06S.305343) 'Newcastle Boulevard' to the east; Provision of 73 car parking spaces and 144 bicycle spaces and all internal roads, cycleways, and paths; (d) Surface water attenuation measures, connection to water supply, and provision of foul drainage infrastructure to Irish Water specifications and all ancillary site development/construction/landscaping works on site of c.3.27 hectares, located to the south of Main Street and east of Athgoe Road and to the west of 'Graydon,' within the townland of Newcastle South.
Permission, 48 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD23A/0136
19 Sept 2023Declared exempt
Addition of 2 No Solar PV Panels on rear facing roof of previously permitted development SD23A-0031
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED23/0042
14 Aug 2023Grant permission
2 storey extension to the side with a new Dutch hip type gable wall, attic conversion with dormer window to rear & roof light to front, internal alterations to existing house & all associated works
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23B/0348
23 Jun 2023Grant permission
Relocation and construction of 10 DMURS compliant car parking spaces, dropped kerb, and associated works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23A/0076
9 Jun 2023Grant permission
Demolition of the existing dwelling (c. 235sq.m) and associated structures and the construction of a residential development of 39 dwellings comprising of (a) 15 two storey houses consisting of 14 three bedroom dwellings (House Types B1, B2, mid terraced B2s - end terrace) and 1 two storey four bedroom detached dwelling (House Type D4); (b) 24 duplex apartment/apartments in 2 three storey buildings - Block 1 located in the southern part of the site bounded by Burgage street to the east and Newcastle Boulevard to the south comprising 8 two bedroom apartments and 8 three bedroom 2 storey duplex apartments. Block 2 is located in the northern part of the site bounded by Burgage street to the east and the Main street to the north comprising 4 two bedroom apartments and 4 three bedroom 2 storey duplex apartments; (c) Open space, hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting & boundary treatment), communal open space for duplex apartments and apartments; along with single storey bicycle/bin stores and ESB substations; The proposal includes revisions to the permitted open space (under TA06S.305343 & ABP305343-19); (d) 3 Vehicular access points from Burgage Street (comprising car parking court to the south for Duplex building 1, car parking court to the north for Duplex building 2 and centrally access through the site which connects with the extension of Graydon Crescent) along with the provision of surface car parking (61 spaces), surface cycle spaces 74 spaces and 6 motorcycle spaces; (e) Provision of attenuation measures, connection to water supply, and provision of foul drainage infrastructure and all ancillary site development/construction/landscaping works; (f) 2 temporary (for 3 years) marketing signage structures, 1 located at the junction of Burgage Street and Main Street and 1 at the junction of Burgage street to the east and Newcastle Boulevard.
Permission, 39 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD23A/0043
26 May 2023Grant permission
Demolition of 2 sheds and the construction of 30 dwellings; 1 vehicular and pedestrian link with Main Street, Newcastle; vehicle and pedestrian link with Glebe Square, Newcastle and all associated and ancillary site development works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22A/0286

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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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 Newcastle South.

Recorded monuments

DU020-003006 Castle - tower house
Description
In level ground immediately E of bend in Athgoe Road between two other tower houses is the possible site of another marked in 1980s by the foundations of mortared walls (O'Keeffe 1986, 55, Fig.4.1:3). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by Geraldine Stout
DU020-003007 Castle - tower house
Description
This is a square, urban tower house with a stair turret at the NW angle. It is two storeys high and is built of coursed regular limestone blocks with dressed quoins. It is entered through a pointed doorway in the W wall which contains a door rebate and bar-bolt holes. There is a vault over ground floor with traces of wicker-work centring. The interior is lit by slit opes on the W and S walls and a large rectangular opening in S wall. Wall presses are present in the S wall and NE corner of interior (dims. L 4.5m; Wth 1.03m; see Anon 1914, 275-6; Mc Dix 1898, 85). DU020-003007_01/02 Photographs courtesy of Rocshot.com/Rob O'Connor, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/10690, © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies DU020-003007_03 Photograph courtesy of Tomás Maher, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/4229 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies Compiled by Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023
DU021-017001 Well
Description
Situated in the NW corner of a long narrow holding opposite the medieval parish church at Newcastle Lyons. It is bounded on the E by a patch of spade cultivation. Traces of mortared wall protruding from beneath the sod were interpreted as a possible site of a tower house (O'Keefe 1986, 55, No. 5). Recent clearance has revealed that the mortared wall was actually a covering for a well. Compiled by Geraldine Stout
DU021-118 Font (present location)
Description
Medieval font moved from Kilmactalway graveyard graveyard (DU021-003002-) to St Finian's Roman Catholic Church at Newcastle, Co. Dublin which was described in 1904 as follows; 'The Roman Catholic chapel at this place [Newcastle], built a.d. 1813, as an inscription over the door testifies, has monuments from that date in the graveyard, and some interesting memorial windows.' Old Font at the Chapel. It is a rude, granite block, with an oblong hole in the centre. It is of fair size, and lay in the churchyard of Kilmactalway [DU021-003002-] In Dalton, the County Dublin historian's, time. Its subsequent history is detailed by the inscription above it. It is placed at the west door, on the north side: This Holy Water font belonged to the Church of Kilmactalway on the property of the Bagot family for centuries I have removed it and placed it here in memory of James John Bagot my beloved lamented husband his name is dear to you all he departed this life, on the 9th of June 1860 Pray for him also for me Ellen Maria Bagot' (Fowler 1906, 281). Cross reference with DU021-003004- Folwer, J. 1906 Newcastle Lyons Church of St. Finian. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, Vol. VI, 1904-06, 275-81. Dublin Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 March 2023

Architectural heritage

Saint Finian's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached single-cell church, built 1813, with three-bay nave, gabled projecting apse to east end, and incorporated tower with flanking parapets to west end. Roughcast rendered walls. Pointed openings with simple timber Y-tracery windows having stained glass. Commemorative plaque and pointed openings with timber slats to tower. Timber door set into lancet opening with ashlar granite surround and drip moulding. Pitched slate roof with crenellations and pinnacles to parapet and tower. Graveyard contains grave markers from 1830s to present and group of yew trees.
Newcastle National School, school, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached two-bay two-storey national school, c.1825. Roughcast rendered walls. uPVC windows with smooth rendered surrounds. Glazed timber door with gabled hood to southern elevation. Hipped slate roof.
Newcastle National School, school, 1940–1960 · Regional interest
Description
Detached multiple-bay national school, c.1950, comprising two-storey gable-ended section with off-set gabled projecting entrance porch, and single-storey flat-roofed sections to front and west side. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered base course. Timber casement windows. Glazed timber double entrance doors in glazed timber surround with projecting flat-roofed hood on slender columns. Pitched corrugated plastic roof with roughcast rendered chimney stacks. Ancillary buildings to south. Roughcast rendered boundary wall with simple iron railings.
House, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house, c.1820. Coursed rubble limestone walls. Rendered, ruled and lined east gable. Timber casement windows with brick dressings. Glazed timber panelled door with gabled hood. Pitched slate roof with smooth rendered chimney stack. Single-storey extension to rere.
Newcastle Lodge, outbuilding, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Pair of detached three-bay former outbuildings, c.1840, one two-storey, the other single-storey, set on an L-plan around yard. Now in use as houses. Roughcast rendered rubble stone walls. Red brick surrounds to openings with various replacement timber windows and doors. Timber tongue and groove stable door with semi-circular overlight to single-storey house. Pitched slate roofs.
Newcastle Lodge, house, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house, c.1840, built on an L-shaped plan. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with projecting base course. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Hipped slate roofs with red brick chimney stacks. Single-storey conservatory extension to west containing entrance. Four-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding to south-east.

Ground and risks

Radon, landslides, flooding

Radon: At the centre of the townland of Newcastle South, 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 low, low, partly inferred.
Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2940 (ZIP).
Flooding: The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Homes sold

Property Price Register

No address of the register names Newcastle South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

The townland

Name: Newcastle South · An Caisleán Nua Theas
Area: 733,553 m² (73.36 ha, 181.26 acres)
Civil parish: Newcastle, and its townlands
Barony: Newcastle
Electoral division: Newcastle, the unit of the census
Census 2022: 5,552 people lived in 1,814 households in the Newcastle electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 66% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
Neighbouring townlands: Athgoe North, Ballynakelly, Commons Little, Cornerpark, Glebe, Highdownhill, Newcastle Demesne, Newcastle Farm, Newcastle North
Placenames: Newcastle South 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.