# Donard Lower, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Donard, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Dún Ard Íochtarach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 754,649 m² (75.46 ha, 186.48 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,387 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R3 Tertiary Development Area, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Donard, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/donard.md
- Barony: Talbotstown Lower
- Electoral division: Donard, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 586 people lived in 206 households in the Donard electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54686
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250641
- Centre: latitude 53.017028, longitude -6.617949 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Donard Lower, from 2,341 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres) to 156,133 m² (15.61 ha, 38.58 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1268176: 156,133 m² (15.61 ha, 38.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268176.md
- Parcel 1280017: 114,438 m² (11.44 ha, 28.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1280017.md
- Parcel 1285213: 110,064 m² (11.01 ha, 27.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285213.md
- Parcel 1280718: 85,842 m² (8.58 ha, 21.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1280718.md
- Parcel 1276991: 77,237 m² (7.72 ha, 19.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1276991.md
- Parcel 1296208: 47,329 m² (4.73 ha, 11.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1296208.md
- Parcel 1278498: 46,422 m² (4.64 ha, 11.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278498.md
- Parcel 1261106: 29,221 m² (2.92 ha, 7.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1261106.md
- Parcel 1292375: 15,489 m² (1.55 ha, 3.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292375.md
- Parcel 1260068: 15,193 m² (1.52 ha, 3.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1260068.md
- Parcel 5402882: 9,942 m² (0.99 ha, 2.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5402882.md
- Parcel 5402475: 5,118 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5402475.md
- Parcel 1282934: 4,387 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1282934.md
- Parcel 1281932: 3,608 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281932.md
- Parcel 5402851: 3,448 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5402851.md
- Parcel 1256090: 3,181 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1256090.md
- Parcel 4637917: 3,158 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4637917.md
- Parcel 5402807: 3,147 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5402807.md
- Parcel 4718812: 2,982 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4718812.md
- Parcel 2762353: 2,923 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2762353.md
- Parcel 3243525: 2,835 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3243525.md
- Parcel 4718811: 2,568 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4718811.md
- Parcel 1248592: 2,458 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1248592.md
- Parcel 1250116: 2,430 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1250116.md
- Parcel 1282521: 2,341 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1282521.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- R3 Tertiary Development Area (Residential, mixed residential and other uses): Donard Town Plan, Wicklow; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Portals/0/adam/Documents/BhxpCkHs5k-MB1L7X9tENg/Link/Level%206%20Donard%20Town%20Plan%202022%20-%202028.pdf
- R3 Secondary Development Area (Residential, mixed residential and other uses): Donard Town Plan, Wicklow; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Portals/0/adam/Documents/BhxpCkHs5k-MB1L7X9tENg/Link/Level%206%20Donard%20Town%20Plan%202022%20-%202028.pdf
- M2 Primary Development Area (City/Town/village Centre, central area): Donard Town Plan, Wicklow; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Portals/0/adam/Documents/BhxpCkHs5k-MB1L7X9tENg/Link/Level%206%20Donard%20Town%20Plan%202022%20-%202028.pdf

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

6 applications, newest first.

- 25 Jun 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660580: Conditional. Permission. single storey porch to the rear of the existing Donard Community Hall within the curtilage of an (NIAH) National Inventory of Architectural Heritage Reg no. 16311004. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660580/0
- 24 Nov 2020, Wicklow County Council 201191: N/a. Permission. replace 6 no. windows in the original part of the Community Hall. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/201191/0
- 15 Jun 2020, Wicklow County Council 20544: Conditional. Permission, 8 homes. construction of an additional 35 no. bedroom nursing home wing to previously approved 60 bed nursing home under 16/1392. The additional nursing home wings will be in 2 blocks - (21 bedroom wing and 14 bedroom wing) and all associated site works. Permission for the amendment and re-location of internal road network and relocation of previously approved 8 no. 3 bedroom dormer bungalows, in 4 blocks of semi-detached units and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20544/0
- 7 Jan 2019, Wicklow County Council 1911: N/a. Permission, 1 home. 6 blocks of semi detached single storey houses, consisting of 12 houses where each block comprises of 1 no one bedroom unit and 1 no two bedroom unit. The houses are to be used exclusively as age living houses and will utilise the previously permitted entrance arrangements, internal access road and connection to public foul sewer previously granted under 16/1392. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/1911/0
- 10 Jul 2018, Wicklow County Council 18779: Conditional. Permission. classroom, office, internal alterations and a corridor link to the front (north) of the existing school building and all ancillary works and permission is sought to upgrade (including raising roof) and extend existing store for conversion to staff room, a link corridor to the rear (south) of existing school, internal alterations and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18779/0
- 31 Jul 2017, Wicklow County Council 17928: Conditional. Permission. demolish 26.92 sqm single storey elements of existing 194.91 sqm two storey house and permission for part two storey, part single storey extensions of 203.34 sqm to side and rear of residence together with all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17928/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Donard Lower.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- WI021-005001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI021-005001-. Situated on level ground at a break in a S/SW-facing slope. A fifteenth or sixteenth-century nave and chancel parish church (ext. dims. 12m x 6.5m) built of uncoursed masonry with punch-dressed quoins. The W wall has a bellcote and a central door with a possibly later porch. The window in the E wall has glazing-bar-holes and the internal tracery has been removed. Lying on the floor of the church at the W end is a late medieval graveslab (WI021-005003-) (L 1.79m; Wth 0.53-0.74m; T 0.19m) with bevelled edges. The upper face has the outline of a cross at either end joined by a shaft. A second tapering graveslab (WI021-005005-)(min. L 1.06m; Wth at top 0.54m; T 0.28m) stands upright against the outer face of the E wall. The ornament is similar to the former but is more crudely executed. There is no trace of the inscribed granite slab (WI021-005004-) described by Walshe (1931, 139-40). The church stands towards the N side of a rectangular graveyard (WI021-005002-)(dims. 45m NE-SW; 40m NW-SE) defined by a modern stone wall. A motte (WI021-006----) lies 75m to the SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 20 November 2012 Revised by: Mary Tunney
- WI021-005002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI021-005002-. Situated on level ground at a break in a S/SW-facing slope. A rectangular graveyard (dims. 45m NE-SW; 40m NW-SE) defined by a modern stone wall. A fifteenth or sixteenth-century nave and chancel parish church (WI021-005001-) stands on the N side. A medieval graveslab (WI021-005003-) lies within the church and another (WI021-005005-) lies against the outer face of the E wall. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 20 November 2012
- WI021-005003: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI021-005003-. One of two late medieval graveslabs at Donard church (WI021-005001-). A recumbent tapering slab (L 1.79m; Wth 0.74-0.53m; T 0.19m) with bevelled edges immediately inside W door believed locally to cover the grave of St. Sylvester. The upper face is ornamented by a cross in outline at either end joined by shafts. A second tapering slab (WI021-005005-) (L 1.06m; Wth at top 0.54m; T 0.28m) with similar but cruder ornament is now erect outside the E gable of the church. (Corlett 2003, 95-97) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 20 November 2012
- WI021-005004: Memorial stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI021-005004-. Listed as ‘Miscellaneous’ in the SMR (1986), this record relates to the original location of a subrectangular inscribed granite slab (L 0.5m; Wth 0.28cm; T 0.25m) described by Walsh (1931, 139) as reading: ‘ ) M T ( ‘ on the first line and ‘171 ) 1V’ on the second line, perhaps representing the builder’s initials and a date. The present location of the stone is unknown. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 20 November 2012
- WI021-005005: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI021-005005-. Set upright against the outer face of the E wall of a church (WI021-005001-). A granite trapezoidal graveslab (visible above ground to a height of 1.06m; Wth 0.54m at broad top end; T 0.28m). The upper end is decorated with a cross defined by a groove (D 0.005m; Wth 0.002-0.003m) and two grooves extend down to ground level. The slab and decoration are in the same style as the other slab (WI021-005003-) inside the church but are considerably cruder. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 20 November 2012
- WI021-006: Castle - motte, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI021-006----. Situated overlooking the medieval church of Donard (WI021-005001-). Archbishop John Comyn of Dublin granted Donard to Jordan de Marisco before 1190 and this may be the site of a motte built by him (Price 1953, 189). Largely natural steep-sided mound (diam. c. 40m; H c. 4-8m) with a level, roughly circular summit (diam. 24m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.7m; H 0.4-0.7m). There is an entrance (Wth 3m) and an access ramp at the NE, a possible fosse at the E (c. 4m below the summit), with a corresponding berm at the W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 119/1940).
- WI021-007: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI021-007----. Situated on a marked W-facing slope. Multivallate site (diam. 33m; max. ext. diam. 60m) on the E edge of very marshy level terrain. Defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; H 0.5-1.3m) and an external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.5m) from NW-E-SW merging into a berm at the W. At the SW the berm has a stone revetment along the edge of the marsh. There is a second outer bank (Wth 2-2.5m) from N-E-SW with another narrow external fosse. There are third and fourth banks separated by a shallow fosse (Wth 1.5m) from NE-S. At the S these two banks merge into one wide low bank (Wth 6m; H 0.5m) with a narrow slot or trench along the top. The outermost (fifth) bank (Wth 2m; max. H 1.6m) runs from N-E-SW with a wide berm (Wth 10m) at the N between it and the second bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Donard Lower, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Donard Lower.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/donard-lower.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/donard-lower.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/donard-lower.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Donard Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow: https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballylion Bawn: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballylion-bawn.md
- Ballylion Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballylion-lower.md
- Donard Demesne West: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/donard-demesne-west.md
- Donard Mountain: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/donard-mountain.md
- Donard Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/donard-upper.md
- Irishtown East: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/irishtown-east.md
- Newtown: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/newtown-251105.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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