# Coolshamroge, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Quin, barony of Bunratty Upper, Co. Clare; in Irish Cúil Seamróg. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 477,052 m² (47.71 ha, 117.88 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 239,797 m² (23.98 ha, 59.26 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Quin, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/quin.md - Barony: Bunratty Upper - Electoral division: Doora, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Doora electoral division: 2,147 people in 715 households; 88% of households own their home; 46% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/6211 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 30816 - Centre: latitude 52.815082, longitude -8.893831 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolshamroge, from 6,547 m² (0.65 ha, 1.62 acres) to 473,048 m² (47.3 ha, 116.89 acres); 8 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1478207: 473,048 m² (47.3 ha, 116.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1478207.md - Parcel 5908779: 6,547 m² (0.65 ha, 1.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5908779.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Coolshamroge in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 1 Dec 2025, Clare County Council 2560747: Conditional. Permission. for development which will consist of a 10-year permission for a Synchronous Condenser and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) across a site of approximately 2.97 hectares, co-located with an existing solar farm. The development will have an operational capacity of c. 50 MW and will consist of the construction of battery energy storage system units, power conversion units, a synchronous condenser, control modules and rooms, transformers and bunds, cooling equipment, a generator circuit breaker, an emergency diesel generator with associated fuel tank, water tank, underground cabling, fencing with access gates, CCTV and lighting posts, a temporary construction compound, new and upgraded access tracks, and associated landscaping, and ancillary works. The development would be in operation for up to 30 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560747/0 - 10 Oct 2025, Clare County Council 2560626: N/a. Permission. the development will consist of a 10-year permission for a Synchronous Condenser and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) across a site of approximately 2.97 hectares. The development will have an operational capacity of c. 50 MW and will consist of the construction of battery energy storage system units, power conversion units, a synchronous condenser, control modules and rooms, transformers and bunds, cooling equipment, a generator circuit breaker, an emergency diesel generator with associated fuel tank, water tank, underground cabling, fencing with access gates, CCTV and lighting posts, a temporary construction compound, new and upgraded access tracks, and associated landscaping, and ancillary works. The development would be in operation for up to 30 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560626/0 - 1 Jul 2022, Clare County Council 22586: Conditional. Permission. for development at this site in the townlands of Ballyvonnavaum TD, Coolshamroge TD, Cloonmore TD, Deerpark TD, and Manusmore TD, Ennis, Co Clare. The development will consist of planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of 27.34 hectares, to include inverter station modules, solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works including works relating to the access to the site. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect to the application for planning permission. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22586/0 - 27 Nov 2020, Clare County Council 20903: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a dwelling house and garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, new entrance and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20903/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Coolshamroge. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coolshamroge. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coolshamroge. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_639, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_639.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/clare/coolshamroge.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/coolshamroge.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/coolshamroge.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Coolshamroge with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare: https://everytownland.com/clare.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballyglass: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyglass-30179.md - Ballyhannan North: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyhannan-north.md - Ballyhannan South: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyhannan-south.md - Carrowmeer: https://everytownland.com/clare/carrowmeer-30591.md - Cloonmore: https://everytownland.com/clare/cloonmore-30746.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/clare/coolshamroge - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/clare/coolshamroge