Kilcoole

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilcoole, from 37 m² to 229,182 m² (22.92 ha, 56.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Kilcoole 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.

• 5 May 2026Refused

  the construction of a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, to connect to public water main, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2660127

• 28 Aug 2025Refused

  to construct a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, to connect to public water main, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560255

• 21 Aug 2025N/a

  construct a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, to connect to public water main, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560244

• 17 Feb 2025Conditional

  the installation of six LED lighting poles (approximately 18 meters in height with a maximum output of 590 lux) to replace and upgrade the existing eight lighting poles, which will be removed, including all associated development works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560036

• 23 Sept 2022Conditional

  new domestic dwelling with detached garage, waste water treatment unit and percolation area, private well, new site entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 22319

• 11 Jul 2022Conditional

  the construction of a Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (DWWTS) and all ancillary services and associated works at Kilcoole, Rathoe, Co. Carlow

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 22234

• 20 May 2022Conditional

  for a 10 year planning permission for a solar farm and associated works, comprising (1) A solar farm which will connect to the national electricity grid on lands with a total area of circa 128 hectares, consisting of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 18 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, equipment container, underground cabling within the solar farm site and within the N80 and L-3046 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, satellite communications pole, CCTV, access tracks inclusive of 9 no. agricultural bridges (including 1 no. bridge over the river Burrin), temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development works. (2) minor amendments to a neighbouring solar farm planning permission (Carlow County Council planning reference 20143 & An Bord Pleanala reference: 307891-20) to facilitate future grid connection and additional access tracks for the proposed development. These amendments will comprise of the removal of 1,837 sqm of solar panels, provision of additional access tracks and focused removal of hedgerows to accommodate same, and the laying of 1,788 metres of 33kV underground cabling for the purposes of the future grid connection. (3) Construction and operational access for the solar farm will be via entrances from the L-7111, L-3046 and L-3049. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 22163

• 28 Apr 2022N/a

  for a solar farm which will connect to the national grid on lands with a total area of circa 128 hectares, consisting of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 18 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, equipment container, underground cabling within the solar farm site and within the N80 and L-3046 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, satellite communications pole. CCTV, access tracks inclusive of 9 no. agricultural bridges (including 1 no. bridge over the rive Buren), temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development works at Ballintrane, Ballbrommell, Bensinstown, Clonmacshane, Garreenleen, Graiguealug, Tinnaclash and Templpeter, Co. Carlow. As part of the proposal, permission is also sought for minor amendments to Carlow County Council planning reference 20143 (An Bord Pleanala reference: 307891-20) comprising removal of 1837sqm of solar panels, provision of additional access tracks and focused removal of hedgerows to accommodate same, and the laying of 1,788metres of 33kV underground cabling for the purposes of future grid connection. Construction and operational access will be via entrances from the L-7111, L-3046 and L-3049. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 22142

• 25 Sept 2019Conditional

  for new domestic dwelling with detached garage, wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, private well, new site entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 19381

• 12 Sept 2019N/a

  new domestic dwelling with detached garage, wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, private well, new site entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 19361

• 21 Aug 2019Conditional

  to construct a new all weather pitch/astro turf together with associated floodlighting in the south western corner of existing sportsgrounds and all associated works to existing site

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 19326

• 8 Apr 2019Conditional

  to construct a single storey extension to the side & rear of existing dormer style dwelling, new dormer window at first floor level, upgrade existing percolation area, new garage & stable block to rear of site and widening of existing entrance. Retention planning permission is sought for a dormer style extension to the rear of original cottage and all associated site works

  Retention, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 19133

• 13 Mar 2018N/a

  Planning permission is sought for dormer dwelling, effluent treatment system in accordance with EPA2009 standards, connection to water supply and associated site works.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 1875

• 16 Jan 2018N/a

  Planning permission is sought for dormer dwelling, effluent treatment system in accordance with EPA2009 standards, connection to water supply and associated site works.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 188

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Kilcoole.

Recorded monuments

• CW012-224 Rock art (present location)
  Description

  Situated as part of a stone style and gateway at the base of a sloping farm trackway, adjacent to a field boundary. The rock art is unlikely to be in its original location. It sits as one of four boulders placed contiguously on the ground surface forming an edge to the field boundary ditch. The landowner confirmed that he had placed two of the adjacent boulders into position along the trackway and this stone may have been moved there at some earlier period.  It comprises a low plectrum shaped granite boulder with rounded edges (1.15m NE-SW; 1.04m NW-SE) rising to 0.52m at its highest point with the upper surface inclining to the NW. A cluster of 8 cup-mark motifs are found on the sloping upper surface, clustering in a central area (0.50 x.0.40m). Four main cup-marks follow an L-shaped configuration with these cup-marks ranging in diameter and depth from a maximum (0.14 x 0.13, D 0.05) to a minimum (0.08 x 0.09, D 0.25). Smaller satellite cup-marks, some very slight, are situated just to the W of the main cup-marks with a tiny outlier at the NE (0.03 x 0.03, D 0.01).    Compiled by:  Margaret Keane

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilcoole.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilcoole.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.

No address of the register names Kilcoole with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Kilcoole · Coill Chúil

Area

1,197,735 m² (119.77 ha, 295.97 acres)

Civil parish

Gilbertstown, and its townlands

Barony

Forth

Electoral division

Templepeter, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Templepeter electoral division: 470 people in 160 households; 93% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymogue, Ballynunnery, Graiguenaspiddoge, Kellistown West, Leagh or Ballybeg, Templepeter

Placenames

Kilcoole 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.