Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Council

Fingal’s Heritage Properties Sustainable Tourism in North

Kevin Halpenny Senior Parks Superintendent Fingal Parks & Heritage Properties Division

Fingal County Council Parks & Heritage Properties Division fingal.ie Origin of “Fingal”

'Fine Gall'

‘land of the fair haired stranger’

Vikings who settled in North Dublin from the 8th century onwards.

Viking Raven

Fingal County Council Parks & Heritage Properties Divisoopn fingal.ie Fingal, Dublin

• Fingal occupies an area of almost 450 Sq Km.

• 0.5% of the land area of the state

• Coastline of 55Km approx.

• Fingal’s population is 273, 051 or 6% of the national population

Fingal County Council Parks & Heritage Properties Division fingal.ie FINGAL’S RURAL LANDSCAPES

Fingal County Council Parks & Heritage Properties Division fingal.ie FINGAL’S COASTAL LANDSCAPES

Fingal County Council Parks & Heritage Properties Division fingal.ie Population in Fingal

Fingal County Council fingal.ie http://www.flickr.com/photos/aerosolhalos/5134485529/ Long Term Trend in Fingal

300000 273997

250000 239992

200000 196413 167413 152766 150000 138473 Population 114951 100000

50000

0 Fingal County Council 1981 1986 1991 1996 2002 2006 2011 fingal.ie Fingal’s Towns are Growing!

• Swords 48,828 (12%increase, now bigger than Waterford City)

• (10% increase and now consists of 100, 894, now the biggest suburb in the ) larger than most of the other cities and towns in the state

• (22,676 one of Ireland’s larger towns)

• Rush, Skerries, , and Lusk all experienced increases in line with growth trends across ) Fingal

2011 Census, CSO

Fingal County Council fingal.ie Local Age Profile: Fingal

Sudden Aging of Population

Baby Boom

Fingal County Council fingal.ie Big Players in Fingal

•IBM •Creative Labs •E-Bay •PayPal •Gerrard Labs •Fujitsu-Siemens •Organon •Helsinn •Bayer

Fingal County Council fingal.ie Ethnicity

Fingal County Council fingal.ie Fingal County Council fingal.ie Transport & ‘Grey’ Infrastructure In Fingal

Fingal County Council fingal.ie Areas Designated for Nature Conservation or Landscape Protection

N.B. SAAO = Special Area Amenity Order

Fingal County Council fingal.ie Green Infrastructure Planning in Fingal

Fingal County Council Parks & Heritage Properties Division fingal.ie Planning for Sustainable Tourism in Fingal

Development Plan

Green Infrastructure Plan

SUDS Biodiversity Open Space Forest of Fingal Sustainable Plan Strategy Tree Strategy Urban Drainage Sustainable Allotment Tourism Sustainable Policy Strategy Transport Plans

Fingal County Council Parks & Heritage Properties Division fingal.ie Malahide Castle Around 40% of Open Space in Fingal is located in Historic Designed Landscapes

Fingal County Council Parks & Heritage Properties Division fingal.ie Newbridge – 18th Century Landscape Park

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Talbot Botanic Gardens Malahide

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Ardgillan Victorian Walled Garden

Fingal County Council Parks & Heritage Properties Division fingal.ie Heritage Properties Skerries Mills in Fingal

Ardgillan Castle Newbridge House Fingal County Council Parks & Heritage Properties Division fingal.ie The Red Drawing Room – Newbridge House

Fingal County Council Parks & Heritage Properties Division fingal.ie Interior Malahide Castle

Fingal County Council Parks & Heritage Properties Division fingal.ie Theatre in The Park

Fingal County Council fingal.ie Flavours of Fingal – Agricultural Show

Fingal County Council fingal.ie Major Sporting Events

Fingal County Council fingal.ie Living History Days

Fingal County Council fingal.ie Seasonal Activities

Fingal County Council fingal.ie Restoration Projects The Parks & Heritage Properties Division in association with FÁS manages restoration projects at

• Bremore Castle, Balbriggan

• ,

Fingal County Council fingal.ie Conservation Management Planning for Heritage Properties

• Understand the significance of our Heritage Properties • Plan for their sustainable use into the future

Fingal County Council Parks & Heritage Properties Division fingal.ie ACHIEV model for Sustainable Tourism

Fingal County Council Parks & Heritage Properties Division fingal.ie DIT-ACHIEV Model for Sustainable Tourism Planning

Fingal County Council fingal.ie Rush / Lusk / Loughshinny / Skerries/ Balbriggan

Rural 5 Zones Hinterland

Portmarnock / Malahide / Swords / Airport / / Donabate

Dublin 15

Howth / / Sutton

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Fingal Visitor Survey Provisional Findings

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Fingal Visitor Survey Provisional Findings

Additional responses:

To be near family, business trip, close to the airport, English School, Heritage Week, used to live here, wedding, visiting family Fingal County Council fingal.ie

Fingal Visitor Survey Provisional Findings

Fingal County Council fingal.ie ACHIEV model for Sustainable Tourism

Multi-Annual Programme of Capital Improvements

Fingal County Council Parks & Heritage Properties Division fingal.ie Conclusion

“Planning for Sustainable Tourism as part of Green Infrastructure and can help to enhance Fingal’s Economic Prosperity and Quality of Life”

Kevin Halpenny, Senior Parks Superintendent April 2014

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