![Donabate Heritage Map](/sites/default/files/styles/licta_large_1x/public/2023-09/background%20graphic%20map%20donabate%20heritage.jpg?itok=NzqvHoki)
Explore heritage sites in Donabate and Portrane below.
Click to learn more about each site.
![St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Donabate](/sites/default/files/styles/traditional_television/public/2023-10/1%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?h=e4acb012&itok=rMS2qr93)
St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Donabate
Described as one of the most ornate churches in Ireland, the 1903 church was built in the Gothic style using Portmarnock redbrick.
![Donabate Parish Hall](/sites/default/files/styles/traditional_television/public/2023-10/2%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=hqgEdVCF)
Donabate Parish Hall
From the early part of the 18th century, when bishops and regular clergy were banned under penal laws, secular clergy served the parish of Donabate from a mass house.
![St Patrick’s Church of Ireland, Donabate](/sites/default/files/styles/traditional_television/public/2023-10/3%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=LTCt6QyP)
St Patrick’s Church of Ireland, Donabate
St Patrick’s Church of Ireland church (1758) occupies the site of the medieval parish church of Donabate.
![The Square, Donabate](/sites/default/files/styles/traditional_television/public/2023-10/4%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=SwLsqFky)
The Square, Donabate
In 1837 Donabate was described as a parish ‘containing 386 inhabitants of which 221 are in the village’.
![Rahillion Windmill, Donabate](/sites/default/files/styles/traditional_television/public/2023-10/5%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=wQNLYZAb)
Rahillion Windmill, Donabate
Commonly called Carr’s Mill after an 18th century tenant farmer.
![Newbridge House](/sites/default/files/styles/traditional_television/public/2023-10/6%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=RkxXGu6J)
Newbridge House
Newbridge Demesne is the only surviving intact 18th century demesne landscape in County Dublin.
![Lanistown Castle, Newbridge Demesne](/sites/default/files/styles/traditional_television/public/2023-10/7%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=nZUcir4Y)
Lanistown Castle, Newbridge Demesne
Over the centuries Lanistown or Lanestown Castle served a number of purposes.
![Turvey Nature Reserve](/sites/default/files/styles/traditional_television/public/2023-10/8%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=ZGWtQt06)
Turvey Nature Reserve
Turvey Nature Reserve, which lies along the Rogerstown Estuary features allotments, walkways, hedgerows, hay meadows, and Fingal Forest.
![Stella’s Castle, Portrane](/sites/default/files/styles/traditional_television/public/2023-10/9%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=fmaa6kT_)
Stella’s Castle, Portrane
The Inquisition of 1541 described the 15th century tower house at Portrane as having a threshing house, hemp yard and haggard.
![St Catherine’s Church & Graveyard, Portrane](/sites/default/files/styles/traditional_television/public/2023-10/10%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=q_KFFIlm)
St Catherine’s Church & Graveyard, Portrane
St Catherine’s Church is medieval situated in a small walled graveyard, with views to the Dublin coastline and Lambay Island.
![Tower Bay](/sites/default/files/styles/traditional_television/public/2023-10/11%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=i6JS9XiZ)
Tower Bay
Designated ‘North No.7 Portrane’ this Martello tower, now a private residence, was built in 1804.
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![Evan’s Tower](/sites/default/files/styles/traditional_television/public/2023-10/12%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=KKn_cJT4)
Evan’s Tower
Architect George Millar designed this 100-foot round tower at Portrane, known as the Widow’s Tower.
![St Kenny’s Well](/sites/default/files/styles/traditional_television/public/2023-10/13%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=PvgEgh0E)
St Kenny’s Well
During the 1730s Eyre Evans, built a red brick Georgian mansion on an 460-acre estate, known as Portrane House or Mount Evans...
![St Ita’s Demesne](/sites/default/files/styles/traditional_television/public/2023-10/14%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=R8_SOK2j)
![Balcarrick Bay](/sites/default/files/styles/traditional_television/public/2023-10/15%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=hIuBwy7t)
Balcarrick Bay
North 6 Balcarrick. Donabate is one of twelve Martello tower built along the Fingal coastline to defend against the possibility of invasion by Napoleon.