Dunsink Lane - present and future

donaghs · 07-07-2022 2:18pm #1

Anyone know of any plans for Dunsink Lane and surrounding area?

Talk in the media of possible housing developments - Dunsink site could be used for thousands of homes | Business Post

The Halting sites could be an issue, but ultimately could be paid enough to relocate, the cost of which could pale in relation to decontaminating a recently closed dump. Plus all the illegal dumping that went on after.

With so much building going on in Dublin 15 already, it seems like an ideal place for a park and also greenways: The Hamilton Greenway – DIAS Dunsink Observatory

The Lane itself is now blocked in the middle. Its just about passable on foot, but the Finglas end still contains a fair bit of debris and the halting sites, and looks very uninviting.

Flinty997 · 07-07-2022 2:36pm

There was an older dump before Dunsink in Tolka Valley. Can't find link to the old photos now. All links to it seem to have vanished.

https://thecircular.org/legacy-landfills-still-a-concern-for-the-finglas-community/

donaghs · 07-07-2022 3:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119304240#Comment_119304240

Looks like what was the Tolka Valley Dump is now the Tolka Valley Park. Maybe Dunsink could be a future park?

Donald Trump · 07-07-2022 3:06pm

Was Fairview Park not also a literal dump?

Caranica · 07-07-2022 3:08pm

Personally I think the housing plan is barking mad. Would you buy/want to live in a house on a former dump?

There's some lobbying to reopen the laneway but I can't see that going down too well with the people of Castleknock.

Treppen · 07-07-2022 3:14pm

If it's going to be dug up I might go down and look for that moon rock they chucked out.

TheValeyard · 07-07-2022 3:34pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119304461#Comment_119304461

I'd forgotten about that.

donaghs · 07-07-2022 3:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119304423#Comment_119304423

Yes, but that stopped over 100 years ago, as far as I can see. More recent ones are Balleally near Lusk (closed 2012). And Ballyogan near Carrickmines on the southside - being turned into a park. Barnageeragh Landfil, Skerries. Ringsend (D4) going for decades, was closed in 1978 - the Irish bottle site and some of the corporation house are built over it. Part of it is a park too.

Bohernabreena had a dump beside the Dodder. thats seems to be part of a park now thats connected to the reservoir walk.

Waterstown Park near Palmerstown, beside the Liffey was a dump too: RTÉ Archives | Environment | Liffey Valley Dump (rte.ie)

What the main criteria for Dublin dumps? It would appear (a) No-one living on the spot, and (b) access to a river or the sea? :)

So there could be hope for a park in Dunsink eventually.

Flinty997 · 07-07-2022 5:44pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119304429#Comment_119304429

I think it's mad. I wouldn't want to live on a former landfill either.

Don't see how opening it effects Castleknock. Already a bottleneck at the holiday inn with traffic. I avoid that junction at all possible.

Caranica · 07-07-2022 9:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119305223#Comment_119305223

It's the people who would have easier access to Castleknock via Dunsink lane that would be their concern.

Flinty997 · 07-07-2022 9:43pm

I don't get it. Castleknock is beside a motorway. Access isn't a problem.

sam t smith · 07-07-2022 10:12pm

The Amish have a lot to answer for.

Flinty997 · 07-07-2022 11:10pm

I thought he was worried about astrologers up to no good at night.

Caranica · 08-07-2022 12:33am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119306651#Comment_119306651

Astrology is horoscopes 😉

alias no.9 · 08-07-2022 9:01am

Serious sleight of hand when they closed this road back in the day, they blocked it on the Finglas side initially, and quickly acquiesced to the 'Open Raod' protest and shifted the barriers across to the Castleknock side, gotta wonder if this was always the desired outcome.

Flinty997 · 08-07-2022 9:49am

Serious malignant imagination in your part inferring some grand conspiracy.

It was closed because of the illegal dumping after dunsink closed. They closed the Finglas end. Which caused protests because the residents wanted access to Finglas not Castleknock. So as a compromise they moved the barrier to give access to Finglas.

It was meant to be temporary.

What your suggesting makes no sense it's only a short diversion around to the River Road or Ratoath Road giving you the same access. The only thing barriers on Dunsink lane does is close the lane.

donaghs · 08-07-2022 1:11pm

Anyone had a wander around there recently, e.g. walked the full lane or across the fields?.

some guy on a cycling thread carried his bike past the barriers, and completed the journey. As long as I can recall driving on the m50, There seems to be horses grazing on the fields, presumably belong to the halting sites. If it was a park, you could put in a raised viewing point at the top of the hill, good views over the city and suburbs.

Flinty997 · 08-07-2022 1:17pm

There a decent view from Elm Green Golf Course. Park sounds like a good idea. I assume that land will be settling for decades. Not to mention any toxicity that could be there from the landfill.

ozmo · 12-07-2022 1:28am

Fairview park was reclaimed from sea - dumping all the old georgean houses of from 1916 rising there I believe - might be historical finds if dug up one day.

The big area that was the the old IGB bottle house factory - that was a 1960/70's dump - building on that too now - its currently being washed away into the sea causing pollution link...

Malahide marina village was built on dumped rubbish too I believe - it worked out ok for them - after some worry they didnt leave it to settle long enough.

Dunsink Lane - present and future

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