Coppenagh
Coppenagh is a townland in the civil parish of Tullowphelim, barony of Rathvilly, Co. Carlow. Its name in Irish is Copanach.
- Area
- 241.4 ha
- 597 acres
- Land parcels
- 59
- registered freehold, median 5,498 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coppenagh, from 439 m² to 279,534 m² (27.95 ha, 69.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Coppenagh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 Dec 2025Conditional
a storey and a half extension to existing cottage and detached garden room to the rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works
Retention, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2560397
23 Dec 2024Conditional
The construction of: 1) a new single story dwelling house, domestic garage, domestic well, onsite wastewater treatment plant and percolation area, along with all associated site and landscaping works, 2 ) New Agricultural Farm Yard consisting of, Agricultural shed with slatted tank, lay back, livestock handling facility and hay storage, a stable block and machinery store shed, dung stand, bailed silage stand, enclosed yard and hard standing area, 3) Alteration and relocation of existing lane entrance from public road
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2460432
20 Dec 2024N/a
The construction of: 1) a new single story dwelling house, domestic garage, domestic well, onsite wastewater treatment plant and percolation area, along with all associated site and landscaping works, 2 ) New Agricultural Farm Yard consisting of, Agricultural shed with slatted tank, lay back, livestock handling facility and hay storage, a stable block and machinery store shed, dung stand, bailed silage stand, enclosed yard and hard standing area, 3) Alteration and relocation of existing lane entrance from public road
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460429
23 Feb 2024Conditional
the development will consist of a single storey shed for domestic use and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460039
12 Feb 2024N/a
a single storey shed for domestic use and all ancillary site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460030
6 Nov 2023Conditional
a detached home office, WC, gym, garage area to the front with attic storage and all associated site works to the rear of existing two storey dwelling
Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 23182
16 Oct 2023N/a
retention permission for a detached home office, WC, gym, garage area to the front with attic storage and all associated site works to the rear of existing two storey dwelling
Retention · Carlow County Council, 23173
18 Aug 2023Conditional
planning permission to modify a previously granted planning permission to facilitate an increased output from 10 MW to 20MW at the Coppenagh Solar Park development permitted pursuant to permission ref no: 22/272. Increased output is being facilitated arising from improved technological advancements and availability of Grid Capacity. No other alterations to design, siting layout etc are proposed.
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360177
2 Aug 2023N/a
a five year planning permission for the development of the following elements: The erection and operation of a photovoltaic energy development which includes the erection of c. 20.9 ha fixed panels on ground mounted frames with an export capacity of c. twenty five mega-watt, 1no. energy storage compound with an export capacity of twenty five mega-watts, customer switchgear container, 1no. DSO substation which will be connected to the national grid, electrical transformer and inverter units on an overall site area of c. 22.45 ha, underground cabling and ducting, spare equipment container, boundary fencing, security entrance gates, CCTV, internal access road and all associated ancillary activities. The proposed development will have a projected life span of 35 years.
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360157
19 Dec 2022N/a
for a detached home office and gym, garage area to the front with attic storage and all associated site works to the rear of existing two storey dwelling
Retention · Carlow County Council, 22431
19 Aug 2022Conditional
Application for a five year planning permission for the development of the following elements: The erection and operation of a photovoltaic energy development which includes the erection of a c.20.9 ha fixed panels on ground mounted frames with an export capacity of c. ten mega-watt, 1no. energy storage compound, customer switchgear container, 1no. DSO substation which will be connected to the national grid, electrical transformer and inverter units on an overall site area of c. 22.45 ha, underground cabling and ducting, spare equipment container, boundary fencing, security entrance gates, CCTV, internal access road and all associated ancillary activities. The proposed development will have a projected lifespan of 35 years.
Permission · Carlow County Council, 22272
14 Jul 2022N/a
the development of the following elements: The erection and operation of a photovoltaic energy development which includes the erection of fixed panels on ground mounted frames, 1No. Energy storage compound, customer switchgear container, 1No. DNO substation which will be connected to the national grid, electrical transformer and inverter units, underground cabling and ducting, spare equipment container, boundary fencing, security entrance gates, CCTV, internal access road and all associated ancillary activities. The proposed development will have a projected life span of 30 years.
Permission · Carlow County Council, 22237
19 May 2022Conditional
alterations and additions to the existing dwelling consisting of a single storey extension to the rear and a part two storey, part single storey extension to the side, internal modifications and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 22162
10 Feb 2022N/a
extension of planning permission ref: PL16/348. Development of a solar panel array consisting of 48,000m2 of solar panels on ground mounted steel frames, electrical control room, power interest units, underground cable ducts, CCTV, Lighting, security fencing and all associated works
Extension of duration · Carlow County Council, 2237
1 Aug 2019Conditional
to construct a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing single storey dwelling, a single storey shed to the rear of existing dwelling, new waste water treatment system and percolation area, new bored well, widening of existing entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 19303
26 Jul 2019N/a
to construct a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing single storey dwelling, a single storey shed to the rear of existing dwelling, new waste water treatment system and percolation area, new bored well, widening of existing entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 19296
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Coppenagh.
Recorded monuments
- CW008-028 Castle - tower house
Description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 SE wall of barrel-vaulted structure of granite boulders aligned NW-SE, with large embrasures on ground floor and loft below vault. Ground plan obscured by large pieces of fallen masonry and debris. (OSL 1939, 356; ITA Survey 1945).
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coppenagh.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Coppenagh, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2693 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Coppenagh, Tullow5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Coppenagh · Copanach
- Area
- 2,414,160 m² (241.42 ha, 596.55 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tullowphelim, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathvilly
- Electoral division
- Tankardstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 487 people lived in 160 households in the Tankardstown electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymurphy, Downings, Kilmagarvoge, Rathlyon, Tullowphelim
- Placenames
- Coppenagh on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.