Coolacoosane
Townland in the civil parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Cúil an Chuasáin
- Area
- 122.5 ha
- 303 acres
- Land parcels
- 158
- registered freehold, median 518 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 73
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
158 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolacoosane, from 6 m² to 435,597 m² (43.56 ha, 107.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 121 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 39 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Greenbelt2 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Business and General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 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
30 Jul 2024Conditional
Permission to a) demolish existing dwelling house and b) construct a new dwelling house with associated services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5453
5 Jul 2024Incompleted application
Permission to a) demolish existing dwelling house and b) construct a new dwelling house with associated services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5261
27 Jun 2023Withdrawn
Permission to a) demolish existing dwelling house and b) construct a new dwelling house with associated services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5307
28 Mar 2023Incompleted application
The demolition of a semi detached dwelling house and the construction of two no. single storey dwelling houses and associated site works. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 18/6017
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 23/4560
17 Jul 2020Conditional
To construct an extension and make alterations to an existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5512
18 Jun 2020Incompleted application
To construct an extension and make alterations to an existing dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5234
9 Aug 2019Conditional
1)Permission for construction of a) a new single-storey extension to the existing community hospital consisting of 31 no. single residents bedrooms with en-suite, treatment room, sitting room, dining room, relative’s family room with en-suite, visitors room, nurses station, toilets, store rooms and other associated ancillary accommodation, b) a new single-storey extension to the existing community hospital consisting 1 no. dirty laundry store, c) a new single-storey extension, to the existing community hospital consisting of a dry goods store room and kitchen staff shower and WC; 2) Permission is also sought for a) internal alterations and elevational treatments to the existing community hospital b) replacement of main entrance access ramp; 3) Permission for the demolition of a) 1 no. single-storey accommodation extension to the existing community hospital, b) 1 no. two storey ‘Ambulance Base’ building and associated gas tank, concrete bund, lean-to ambulance parking bay, 2 no. ambulance charging points, gas bottle store and clinical store located to the east of the existing community hospital, c) 1 no. prefabricated store building located to the east of the existing hospital; 4) Permission for the removal of existing trees to suit new site layout; 5) Permission for altered entrance to provide new pedestrian link to the public footpath; 6) Permission is also sought for the provision a)1 no. external waste management enclosure, b) 2 no. semi mounted LPG tanks, c) 0.5m high gas dispersion wall, d) under-ground attenuation tank, e) 2.1m high powder coated steel fence enclosure containing new oil tank and generator with associated concrete plinth, f) 3 no. air to water heat pumps, g) ESB Unit Sub, h) site lighting, i) reconfiguring of existing service road to suit new layout, j) general upgrade of landscaped areas including the provision of a landscaped outdoor amenity ‘wandering route’ pathway and reconfiguring and extending of car parking facilities, along will all associated ancillary site services
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6012
2 Aug 2018Conditional permission
The demolition of a semi-detach dwelling house and the construction of two no. single-storey dwelling houses and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6017
20 Jun 2018Conditional
Alterations to front elevation including provision of smooth plaster finish over existing stone and brick and partial demolition of existing dwelling along with construction of a single storey extension to rear of dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5593
16 May 2018Incompleted application
To construct a single storey extension to the rear of dwellinghouse.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5238
18 Oct 2017Incompleted application
Construct a domestic vehicular entrance to property.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6705
27 Sept 2017Incompleted application
Construct an entrance to property.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6497
13 Apr 2017Conditional
Residential development consisting of 25 no. residential units. The proposed development consists of 2 no. 2-bed bungalows, 8 no. 3-bed semi-detached units, 2 no. 4-bed semi-detached units, 7 no. 2-bed townhouses and 6 no. 3-bed townhouses. Permission is sought for the development outlined herein including, but not limited to, the demolition of the small shed structure, works to the existing access, landscaping and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4902
25 May 2016Conditional
Construction of extension to rear of existing dwellinghouse, alteration to existing window layout on front and rear, moving of recessed porch wall to front line of dwelling, widening of vehicular entrance and construction of entrance walls and permission for demolition of existing garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5258
2 Jul 2015Conditional
Construction of single storey extension to front of existing bungalow.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5445
27 Feb 2013Unconditional
Bungalow, extension of duration to permission granted under planning Ref. No. 07/10505
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/4326
22 Nov 2011Unconditional
Completion of 16 no. dwellinghouses comprising of 13 no. detached dwellings with garages and 3 no. townhouses and all associted site works as permitted under Planning Reg. No. 05/7981
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/6454
15 Aug 2011Refused
Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of a dormer style dwelling and effluent treatment unit and sand polishing filter
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5737
27 Jul 2011Incompleted application
Demolition of existing dwelling and the construction of a dormer style dwelling and effluent treatment unit and sand polishing filter
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5623
9 Jul 2009Conditional
Retention of conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse and permission for construction of single storey extension to front of existing dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6300
11 Jun 2009Incompleted application
Coinstruction of single storey extension to front of dwelliinghouse and retention of conservatory to rear
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5928
14 May 2009Incompleted application
Construction of single storey extensions to front & rear of existing dwelling & retention of conservatory to rear of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5551
27 Feb 2009Incompleted application
Single storey extensions to front & rear of dwelling & associiated site works. Retention of conservatory to rear of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4607
22 Dec 2008Conditional
Demolition of existing bungalow and construction of building for use as a mental health day centre facility, storage shed, new site entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10312
5 Dec 2008Incompleted application
Construction of single storey sunroom extension and conversion of garage to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9989
The 25 most recent of 73 applications.
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO023-071 Fulacht fia
Description
In reclaimed pasture. Grass-covered spread of burnt material (9.5m N-S; 8m E-W). Probably one of two fulachta fiadh recorded by Bowman (1934, 194), one in P. Duane's land, the other in P.D. O'Connor's (see also 10543). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO023-072 Fulacht fia
Description
In grove of trees beside marshy ground. Overgrown remains consist of two concentric arcs of burnt material, open to NW (overall dims. c. 24m NE-SW; c. 18m NW-SE; H 0.6m). Probably one of two fulachta fiadh recorded by Bowman (1934, 194), one in P. Duane's land, the other in P.D. O'Connor's (see also 10542). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO023-073 Burial ground
Description
Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as polygonal area (c. 40m E-W; c. 45m N-S) planted with trees and named 'Grave Yard'; shown as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps and named 'Burial Ground'. In pasture, on gentle SW-facing slope. Circular area (42m N-S; 40m E-W) enclosed by low earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.1m). Pedestrian entrance through break (Wth 2m) in bank to SW. Interior surface uneven and overgrown; some grave markers noted; earliest legible inscription dated 1880. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO023-074 Ringfort - rath
Description
Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace of enclosure; house, now abandoned, built on site. According to Bowman (1934, 194), Mrs. O'Connell's residence is built on site of levelled single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 31yd). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO023-075 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (30m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.65m); external fosse (max. D 0.4m). Bank planted with deciduous trees. Interior heavily overgrown. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO023-323001 Mill - corn
Description
In Kanturk, beside Brogeen Bridge (14809), on N bank of tributary to River Allow. Mill is 2-storey rectangular structure built of random-rubble sandstone; now roofless and missing N end wall- remains now completely enclosed by modern mill producing animal feed compounds. None of old machinery survives; mill contained two sets of millstones powered by undershot waterwheel, later replaced by turbine (O'Sullivan 1984, 80). One-storey creamery on W side, built in mid 19th century; this was raised to 2 storeys in 1956 when part of mill converted to make cheese and butter (ibid.). Mill here shown on estate maps of 1702 and named Manor Mill (ibid., 75); according to O'Sullivan (ibid., 78) this was 1-storey and thatched, repaired in1737 but let fall into ruin by 1744. Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map as rectangular ruin (long axis E-W) named 'Flour Mill (in ruins)' with millrace flowing along W wall, millrace taken from tributary c. 1km to W. Indicated on 1905 OS 6-inch map as large complex named 'Brogeen Mill (Corn)/Brogeen House/Creamery'. From 1880s to 1910s, manufacture of cheese and butter became primary function of complex with grinding of corn secondary (ibid.). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Architectural heritage
- Mill View, house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay three-storey house, built c. 1800, having recent porch addition to front, and two-bay two-storey extension to rear. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and render eaves course. Pitched slate roof to extension. Rendered walls, except for exposed rubble stone west gable, façade having render plinth course and render sill courses to upper floors. Camber-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, and having some replacement uPVC windows to ground floor. Limestone sills to ground floor. Blocked window to ground floor of west gable. Round-headed entrance doorway with fanlight and half-glazed timber panelled double-leaf doors, obscured by recent porch. Four-bay two-storey outbuilding to rear with pitched slate roof, painted rendered rubble sandstone walls, and square-headed louvered windows. Rubble sandstone masonry boundary wall attached, with elliptical-arched vehicular entrance with roughly dressed sandstone voussoirs. Two-bay single-storey gate lodge to east, having bay windows to front elevation, single-bay flat-roof extension to east, with hipped slate roof, rendered chimneystack, painted rendered walls with render plinth course and pilasters to corners, square-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and render sills. Square-profile rendered piers with double-leaf cast-iron gates. Sweeping rendered walls with render copings to road entrance.
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 made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_606 (ZIP).
- 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 Coolacoosane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Coolacoosane · Cúil an Chuasáin
- Area
- 1,225,061 m² (122.51 ha, 302.72 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonfert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Kanturk, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kanturk electoral division: 2,287 people in 909 households; 59% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Kanturk, Lismeelcunnin, Paal East, Paal West
- Placenames
- Coolacoosane 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.