4.1K 
And in March of 2023, that fate turned out to be – brace yourself – becoming the centre piece for yet another new
With planning for 58 recommended in the 2021 sale, 85 dwellings were applied for in March 2023 by the huggable Greg Kavanagh and his quite possibly dyslexic Beakonshaw Hill Ltd. And having failed to make his intentions entirely clear in that original bid, the developers applied once again just before Christmas 2023, with just a minor variation on the theme of more is more.
When it comes to those 29 conditions, alongside all the traditional stuff – let us see your plans before you start, stick with those plans, pay the planning authority ‘a financial contribution in respect to public infrastructure and facilities benefitting development in the area’ – there is also
Put on the market three years ago by Savills on the instructions of receiver BDO, the Italianate villa Kindlestown House was built circa 1860, becoming home to Dr James Ryan and Máirin Ryan
Back to life…?
e were wondering when the fate of Dr Ryan’s old place on Convent Road 
would be decided once it went up for sale in June 2021.
Greystones estate.
And got the green light, only to have An Bord Pleanála to challenge them to a fight.
85 dwellings (55 apartments – 15 no.1 bedroom, 24 no.2 –bedroom, 16 no.3 bedroom and 30 houses – 2no. 2 bedroom, 22no.3 bedroom and 6no.4 bedroom) and a crèche (104 sq. metres) the apartments are in 3 blocks – (1). 5 storey (4 storey plus penthouse) with 18 units, (2). 3 storey with 17 units, (3) 4 storey (3 storey plus penthouse) with 14 units, all over a basement-podium with car parking, motorcycle, bicycle parking spaces and associated storage areas 6 apartments are also proposed units in Kindlestown House Part of the development is accessed off Chapel Road.
The existing entrance is re-designed as a pedestrian access and a new vehicular entrance proposed alongside. This will serve the apartments in Kindlestown House, the crèche, 2 houses in converted outbuildings and 2 bungalows. The remainder of the development will be 
accessed off the road network, under construction, in Churchlands to the east of the site, via Delgany Wood and Glen. The proposed development includes site development and landscaping works and tree planting. Restoration and refurbishment works will be carried out to Kindlestown House (a Protected Structure) to include a first-floor conservatory and also to the adjoining outbuildings, including the demolition of two sheds. Two habitable dwellings and associated outbuildings comprising of derelict stables and storage units in the southern part of the site will also be demolished all on a site of 2.67 hectares
You can check out An Bord Pleanála’s Inspector’s Report 
(nee Cregan) from the 1920s onwards. There, the couple raised their three kids there whilst also, respectively, founding Fianna Fail and becoming an acclaimed author. 
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My mum was born in Delgany and she went to the old school there , I went to the newer school down a dip opposite the little garage . There’s an even newer school now .
I remember Mr.hoey being our lollypop man and Delgany was an idyllic little village .
Oh thoese were the days !
Delgany now is a sorry sight for sore eyes
Roads can not take all the traffic , pathways are too small .
How can we stop the big investors who couldn’t give two rats about any thing only their pockets .
I miss the old Delgany ….
I am writing to you as a long-term resident of Delgany, having called this place home since 1978. Over the years, I’ve witnessed with a heavy heart the transformation of our once-charming town into a sea of housing estates. It is disheartening to see the unique character of Delgany and its surrounding towns, slowly eroding due to what appears to be unchecked development driven by greed and a lack of thoughtful planning.
The pace at which housing estates are springing up seems relentless, the absence of a well-considered planning process is glaring, and the uniformity of the houses being constructed only adds to the disappointment. There is a distinct lack of individuality in the architecture, and it feels as if every new development follows the same uninspired blueprint.
As residents of Kindlestown Heights, the encroaching wave of development is becoming overwhelming. The sense of being surrounded by identical structures is disconcerting, and it raises concerns about the future of our community. It is not that we are opposed to progress or growth, but rather, we long for a balance that preserves the unique identity of our town while accommodating necessary changes.
I find myself contemplating the idea of selling our home and seeking refuge elsewhere before our surroundings are completely unrecognizable.
I suppose it’s something that Kindlestown House itself is protected, albeit it’ll be pretty well surrounded by this development. But it would be good to see greater recognition of James Ryan *and* Mairin Cregan Ryan as notable Greystones residents, perhaps by a plaque or noticeboard on site, or elsewhere in the town.
A total shame not to properly protect Kindlestown House, particularly when so many went out of their way to object.
Brown envelope stuffed with cash works wonders in our still corrupt planning process.
Despite all the corruption exposed in the various
expensive for the taxpayers Tribunals into planning process I doubt if much has changed.
It looks like business as usual. This so called Republic is rotten to the core.
Elections on the way, let the political classes know if you are happy or annoyed in
with this overdevelopment of the Greystones/ Delgany area
There’s less profit to be had building on brownfield sites nearer Dublin. Far easier to buy cheaper agricultural / greenfield land and flip it. It’s peculiar as locals would never be allowed to build all over Delgany like this. Something has to change.
Another development to add to the concrete jungle and traffic nightmare of what not so long ago was a rural idyllic village. The roads were built for coaches and horses that were on their way to Wexford and they changed horses in Delgany Inns ( History) Man’s greed knows no bounds, why all this development madness around Greystones Delgany the reason Developers can command higher prices that are out of the reach of most locals. The developer pockets huge profits the buyers and native born suffer the consequences of the traffic nightmare and destruction of the local environment
Ado,
Much? Or were you attempting to start a Black Lace singalong…?
This is disgraceful. Wicklow lands and rural life is disappearing faster than the blink of an eye. Soon Wicklow will have more sprawling estates than Tallaght. Shame shame shame
Yet again greed greed, greed.
WHY does our so called..
Council (all for the people…NO!) not stop & THINK what they have allowed to happen to this once beautiful area.
PLEASE, enough is enough!!!