Editing Swords, Dublin (section)

===Strategic vision===
Fingal County Council's "Strategic Vision" for Swords declared an aim of forming a sustainable "new city"; the council has referred to Swords as an "emerging city" and has projected that the population of Swords would rise towards 100,000 by the year 2035.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.fingalcoco.ie/media/2.4.3.A.9.1%20Yours%20Swords%20Document.pdf | title = Your Swords, an Emerging City, Strategic Vision 2035 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131064426/http://www.fingalcoco.ie/media/2.4.3.A.9.1%20Yours%20Swords%20Document.pdf |archive-date=31 January 2014 | publisher = Fingal County Council}}</ref> As of 2023, the town is the [[List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland|eighth-largest urban area in the country]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

The ''Swords Cultural Quarter Masterplan'' by the county council proposed to redevelop the area surrounding the castle into the ''Swords Cultural Quarter'', and to build a new Cultural Centre within this area.<ref name="masterplan">{{cite web|url=https://www.fingal.ie/swords-cultural-quarter-masterplan|title=Swords Cultural Quarter Masterplan|website=Fingal County Council|access-date=28 April 2020|archive-date=14 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514002130/https://www.fingal.ie/swords-cultural-quarter-masterplan|url-status=live}}</ref> Enabling work on the Cultural Centre began in April 2023, during which two medieval wells were discovered under the existing car park. The wells were removed by archaeologists and preserved for potential display at a later date.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.fingal.ie/news/medieval-wells-swords-cultural-centre-site | website = fingal.ie | title = Medieval Wells at Swords Cultural Centre site | date = 15 September 2023 }}</ref> Construction of the building began in February 2025 and, at that time, was expected to complete in early 2027.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Gazette |date=2024-10-27 |title=Foundation stone for new Cultural Centre |url=https://dublingazette.com/dublinlocalmatters/news/swords-fingal-housing-55533/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Dublin Gazette Newspapers - Dublin News, Sport and Lifestyle |language=en-ie}}</ref> The development is due to include a new library, art gallery, 165-seat theatre and café. If implemented as planned, the masterplan would also change the layout of the roads surrounding the castle.<ref name="masterplan"/>