We came across this fantastic picture of Dundalk from the sky and thought it was worth a share.
The two most prominent buildings that can be seen are Dundalk Retail Park and DkIT Sport, formerly JJB.
In the foreground is part of the Avenue Road and Bay Estate, to the right is Muirhevnamor and to the left Kingswood and the Blackrock Road. In the distance you can also see further out towards Blackrock/the Dublin Road and Blackrock beach.
Na Piarsaigh GFC have been granted planning permission by Dundalk Town Council to carry out extensions and alterations to their changing rooms at their pitch at the Rock Rock in Dundalk.
The club are the youngest in town but have grown steadily since their foundation in 1982. This is seen by the club’s committee as the next step in growing the club to serve the large areas of Muirhevnamor, Bay Estate, Kingswood and other residential areas.
A 278.2 acre farm on the outskirts of Dundalk, which plays a pivotal role as a flood plain for the town, has gone on the market for €1.1 million.
Rockview Farm on the Blackrock Road is located opposite the Kingswood housing estate, as well as the Bay Utd and Na Piarsaigh football pitches. It is also adjacent to Dundalk Retail Park
The farm, which is on the market with Sherry FitzGerald Carroll estate agents, is described as a fine parcel of land and for the most part is characterised by large fields of good quality tillage lands. The land comprise 112.59 hectares / 278.20 acres (approx) in total of which 157 acres (approx) are in tillage, 30 acres (approx) are in drainage, roadways and waste and the balance of 91 acres (approx) is in saltings.
The tillage lands are level in nature and are laid out in 11 divisions with a small redundant farmyard fronting the western boundary. Rockview Farm benefits from extensive road frontage of approximately 1,000 meters and the lands can be accessed from five entrances. The farm also incorporates a network of drains and canals which assist in draining the lands and the eastern part of Dundalk town.
Beyond the canal and rampart are the saltings, which comprises an area of land extending to over 91 acres. This area of lands may be suited to grazing purposes, however, it is subject to tidal movements and consists of seabanks and waterways.
The majority of the property is currently zoned Residential 2 and is subject to the proposed Rockview Farm Local Area Plan. Within the Core Strategy Variation introduced in 2012 to the Dundalk & Environs Development Plan 2009 – 2015 the lands are now in Phase 3. However, from the Irish Coastal Protection Strategy Study (Phase 3 – North East Coast) and the OPW Flood Hazard Maps (www.floodmaps.ie) the lands are designated as flood plain.
The Department of Defence have a right of way, along the laneway to the northern boundary of Rockview Farm, to access their lands.
You can read more on the property on the Sherry FitzGerald website here.
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