Finglas (civil parish)


Finglas is a civil parish mainly situated in the barony of Castleknock in the traditional county of Dublin, Ireland. It contains 34 townlands. Today, the parish is split between two local government areas: the modern county of Fingal and Dublin City Council.

Location

Like all civil parishes in Ireland, this civil parish is derived from, and co-extensive with, a pre-existing parish of the Church of Ireland. The Archdiocese of Dublin, held a number of manors as cross lands. The manor of Finglas contained most of the area of the parish in four distinct parcels of 4,487 acres in total. The core of the parish is centred on the village of Finglas which lies within the barony of Castleknock. However, a substantial exclave of the parish is situated within the neighbouring barony of Nethercross. Since Kilreesk has a cell toponyn, this suggests that the church was a pre-Invasion chapel of ease. This parcel of land contains six townlands. Additionally, within the barony of Castleknock itself, two further parcels of land, that are distinct from the core around the village, are situated to the north of the barony. The larger parcel contains six townlands around the Kilshane chapel of ease. The smaller parcel consists of a single townland and is surrounded by the civil parishes of Mulhuddart and Cloghran.

Townlands

For convenience, the table below groups the parish's 34 townlands by their location in one of the modern local authority areas. Some townlands, however, straddle both areas. It also splits the townlands into those located in the core around the village, those in the Castleknock exclaves and those in the Nethercross exclave.
Sub LocationModern Local
Authority Area		Name in EnglishName in GaelicComments
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		FingalBalseskinBaile SeiscinnCentral part contains the ramps and ancillary roads of the interchange where the M50 crosses the old North Road at junction 6.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		FingalCharlestownBaile ShéarlaisIts southern edge forms the Fingal / City boundary
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		FingalColdwintersBuaile an GheimhridhThe most northerly point of this part of the parish.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		FingalJamestown Little Baile Shéamais BeagLocated on the western side of the Jamestown Road.
The top half of the townland and of the Jamestown Industrial Estate is in Fingal.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		FingalKildonan Cill DónáinMost of the land lies on the M50 ramp and north of the motorway.
Access is only possible from the cul-de-sac on the old N3 at Coldwinters.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		FingalStockensStoicínIts northern edge forms the Fingal / City boundary
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityBallyboggan NorthBaile Bogáin ThuaidhIts southern border is the river Tolka. It is bisected by the Tolka Valley Road.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityBallyboggan SouthBaile Bogáin TheasBounded by the Tolka to the north and the Royal Canal to the south.
Bisected by the Broombridge Road.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityBallygallBaile GallThe Hillcrest Park housing estate was built on the site of Ballygall House.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityCabraghAn ChabrachThe most southerly point of this part of the parish.
Adjoins two other townlands or the same name in two neighbouring parishes
. Contains Broombridge railway station.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityCardiffsbridgeDroichead ChairdifLocated in the south-west corner of the parish. The river Tolka is the southern boundary.
The Ratoath Road runs diagonally through it from top to bottom.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityCardiffscastleCaisleán ChairdifForms the boundary with Fingal to the west and north at Northern Cross Business Park.
Bounded to the east by the R135 and to the south by the Cappagh Road.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityFinglas EastFionnghlas ThoirThis townland at the heart of the village has the greatest area in the parish at 327 acres.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityFinglas WestFionnghlas ThiarLocated to the west of the N2, this part of the village goes from Ratoath Drive in the west
to Farnham Drive in the east and Cappagh Road to the north.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityGlasnevin DemesneDiméin Ghlas NaíonEntirely surrounded by Tolka and by a townland of the same name to the east
in the parish of Glasnevin.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityGlebeAn GhléibNorthern edge forms the Fingal / City boundary
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityFinglas WoodCoill FhionnghlaiseFinglaswood House was situated in what in now the Tolka Valley Park.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityJamestown GreatBaile Shéamais MórLocated on the eastern side of the Jamestown Road.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityJamestown Little Baile Shéamais BeagLocated on the western side of the Jamestown Road.
The bottom half of the townland and of the Jamestown Industrial Estate is in the City.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityJohnstownBaile SheáinThe central part of the townland is now the site of Johnstown Park.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityKildonan Cill Dónáin
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityPoppintreeCrann PhapáinAdjacent to the larger townland of the same name in the neighbouring parish of Santry.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CitySpringmountCnocán an FhuaráinCentred on Cardiffsbridge Road and Wellmount Road.
Its southern boundary is the river Tolka.
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityStangAn StangAt the junction of Glasnevin Avenue and Willow Park Road
Core village
in barony of
Castleknock		Dublin CityTolkaAn TulchaStraddles the Finglas Road from the River Tolka in the south to the village.
Large exclave
in barony of
Castleknock		FingalBishopswoodCoill an EaspaigSeparated from Broghan by a tributary of the Ward river.
Large exclave
in barony of
Castleknock		FingalBroghanAn BruachánStraddles the old North Road. Separated from Bishopswood by a tributary of the Ward river.
Large exclave
in barony of
Castleknock		FingalKilshaneCill SheáinThe townland links Tyrrelstown in the west with St Margaret's in the east.
Kilshane House still stands.
The motte at the northern end has been obliterated.
Large exclave
in barony of
Castleknock		FingalShallonSealúinThe most northerly point of this part of the parish.
Its larger neighbour of the same name lies to the east in the parish of Killsallaghan.
Small exclave
in barony of
Castleknock		FingalCruiserathRáth an ChrúisighA single townland surrounded on three sides by the parish of Mulhuddart and to the south-east by Cloghran.
A "daisy chain" of four roundabouts separates it from Tyrrelstown to the west.
The largest development is the "Rosemount Business Park".
Exclave in
barony of
Nethercross		FingalBallystrahanBaile an tSrutháinBisected from north to south by the R122.
Exclave in
barony of
Nethercross		FingalKilreeskCill RéiscThe most southerly point of the exclave. Bounded to the east by the R122.
Separated from the Castleknock exclave by the townland of Kilmacree in the parish of Killsallaghan.
Exclave in
barony of
Nethercross		FingalLaurestownBaile LabhráisBounded to the west by the R122 and to the south by the Ward river.
Exclave in
barony of
Nethercross		FingalSkephubbleSceich an PhubaillBounded to the west by the R122 and to the north by the Ward river.
Exclave in
barony of
Nethercross		FingalToberburrTobar BoirBisected from west to east by the Ward river.
The townland of Westereave is an enclave of this townland.
A second enclave is an enclave of the parish of Killeek.
Exclave in
barony of
Nethercross		FingalWestereaveWestereaveThis strip of land is less than an acre in area.
It is separated from its eponymous neighbour of 170 acres which lies in the parish of Killeek.
It is entirely surrounded by the townland of Toberburr.