Coolready
Townland in the civil parish of Kilnoe, barony of Tulla Upper, Co. Clare; in Irish Cúil Uí Riada
- Area
- 119.2 ha
- 294 acres
- Land parcels
- 77
- registered freehold, median 2,076 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolready, from 33 m² to 251,235 m² (25.12 ha, 62.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Bodyke Settlement Plan, Clare · 25 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Bodyke Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O2Village Growth Area (General)
Bodyke Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S1Community (Education)
Bodyke Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
Bodyke Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community (Community facilities)
Bodyke Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Bodyke Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
20 Feb 2026Conditional
of alterations and extension to derelict cottage, including raising of cottage ridge height, provision of ground and first floor extension, enlarged porch structure to front elevation, removal of front boundary ditch and provision of vehicular entrance. PERMISSION is sought to complete building work to cottage and extension, complete front boundary with appropriate hedge planting and stone wall splayed site entrance, installation of waste water treatment system with percolation area and associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2646
15 Oct 2025Conditional
to alter and extend dwelling house and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25325
31 Jan 2025Unconditional
to carry out the following development: a) Construct a public car park on green field site in the village centre of Bodyke to include b) Provision of vehicular and pedestrian access from the R352 roadway via alterations to existing access. c) Provision of additional pedestrian access to the car park from the adjacent Bodyke Community Park. d) Provision of cycle parking and repair station. e) Installation of public lighting. f) Connection to existing surface water drainage system, via a proposed rain water garden. g) All ancillary site works. In accordance with the Habitats Directive, Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out on the project and the screening report accompanies the application. A preliminary examination of the nature, size and location of the development has been carried out pursuant to Article 120(1) of the Planning & Development Regulations, 2000 (as amended) and it has been concluded that there is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed deveopment and, accordingly an Environmnetal Impact Assessment is not required
Permission · Clare County Council, 258000
31 Jul 2023Conditional
of the conversion of old stables to a guest cottage, connection to existing services and all associated site works. The stables area to the rear of Fort Edward House which is a protected structure
Retention · Clare County Council, 23427
30 Nov 2020Conditional
Nineteen (19) number wind turbines (blade tip height up to 169 metres), Nineteen (19) number wind turbine foundations and associated hardstand areas, one (1) number permanent meteorological mast (100 metre height) and associated foundation and hardstand area, one (1) number substation (110 kilovolts) including associated ancillary buildings (electrical building including control, switchgear and metering rooms and the operational building including welfare facilities, workshop and office), security fencing and all associated works, upgraded site entrance, new and upgraded internal site service roads (8.4 kilometres of existing tracks to be upgraded and 11.4 kilometres of new service roads to be constructed), provision of an onsite visitor cabin and parking, underground electrical collection and SCADA system linking each turbine to the proposed on-site substation, construction of new roadways and localised widening along the turbine delivery route, two (2) number temporary construction site compounds, three (3) number burrow pits to be used as a source of stone material during construction, three (3) number peat and spoil deposition areas (at burrow pit locations), associated surface water management systems, tree felling for windfarm infrastructure, and all associated site development works. All in the townlands of Ballydonaghan, Caherhurley, Coumnagun, Carrownagowan, lnchalughoge, Killokennedy, Kilbane, Coolready and Durmmod, County Clare.
Permission · Clare County Council, 229000
9 Mar 2020Conditional
to alter and extend dwelling house and associated site works.
Permission · Clare County Council, 20168
20 Jul 2017Conditional
to change the design of the dwelling house previously granted under planning permission No. P11-354, and extended in duration by permission No. P16-282, with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17555
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 Coolready.
Recorded monuments
- CL028-034 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CL028-035 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
- Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, church/chapel, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding T-plan gable-fronted double-height Roman Catholic church, dated 1844, with three-bay side elevations having single-bay transepts. Pitched slate roof with ashar gable finial. Roughcast rendered walls with render quoins. Lancet openings with leaded coloured glass and stone sills. Cut-stone dressings to entrance gable window. Tudor arch door opening with cut-stone dressings and timber matchboard door. Retaining interior features. Rendered boundary walls and wrought-iron gates to site.
- Fort Edward, house, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house with central breakfront, built c. 1845, with single-bay single-storey lean-to return having dormer attic added to rear, c. 1960. In use as parochial house, c. 1915. Hipped slate roof with brick chimneystack. Exposed rubble stone walls with cut-stone quoins and brick dressings to openings. Cut-stone walls to breakfront. Rendered walls to sides and rear. Replacement fittings to square-headed window openings and segmental-arched door opening. Retaining interior features.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coolready.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Coolready with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Coolready · Cúil Uí Riada
- Area
- 1,191,535 m² (119.15 ha, 294.43 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilnoe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tulla Upper
- Electoral division
- Boherglass, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Boherglass electoral division: 288 people in 107 households; 93% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballydonaghan, Clonmoher, Coolreagh More, Drummod, Lisbarreen
- Placenames
- Coolready 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.