Coolbane
Townland in the civil parish of Knocktemple, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish An Chúil Bhán
- Area
- 76.9 ha
- 190 acres
- Land parcels
- 7
- registered freehold, median 61,520 m² (6.15 ha, 15.2 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolbane, from 2,216 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres) to 426,456 m² (42.65 ha, 105.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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
No zone of a development plan covers Coolbane 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
31 May 2019Conditional
Construct a single storey dwelling, covered car port, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5447
25 Apr 2019Incompleted application
Construct a single storey dwelling, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5047
15 Jun 2018Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse, entrance, installation of septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5555
28 Jun 2017Refused
To construct a storey and a half type dwelling, domestic garage, covered car port, septic tank and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5624
25 May 2006Conditional
One and half storey dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7493
1 Nov 2005Conditional
One and half storey dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8025
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 Coolbane.
Recorded monuments
- CO015-072 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on E side of stream. Barely perceptible mound containing some burnt material. Probably one of three fulachta fiadh (10562, 10564) recorded by Bowman (1934, 635) on B. Purdon's land. 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
- CO015-073 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. According to local information, spread of burnt material visible in ploughed field. No visible surface trace. Probably one of three fulachta fiadh (10561, 10564) recorded by Bowman (1934, 635) on B. Purdon's land. 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
- CO015-074001 Quarry
Description
Listed as a 'levelled circular enclosure' in the SMR (1988) and as a 'quarry' in the RMP (1998). Depicted as a hachured semi-circular depression adjoining roadside on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map (1842). According to the landowner, earth from the area of a ringfort (CO015-07402-) was dumped in to fill this hollow in the field. This is most likely the site of an old quarry. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 30 April 2014
- CO015-074002 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture on SE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 28m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, with lime kiln on SW edge. Levelled; no visible surface trace. 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
- CO015-075001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on break in E-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; indicated as oval enclosure (c. 40m x c. 30m) on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps; interior shown as planted with trees on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Arc formed by earthen bank (int. H 2m; ext. H 1.1m) stone faced externally, survives W->N; external fosse (D 1.1m) to NNW, modified to act as drain. Farm buildings have destroyed remainder of bank. Interior destroyed by slurry pit; souterrain (CO015-07502-) found during excavation. 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
- CO015-075002 Souterrain
Description
In ringfort (CO015-07501-). NMI files record that several chambers were seen in August 1934 (McCarthy 1977, 344); according to local information, earth-cut chambers were destroyed during construction of slurry pit in 1970s or early 1980s in interior of ringfort. 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
- CO015-076 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on E-facing slope. Depicted as hachured enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, truncated by quarry NNE->S. Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to local information, remainder of 'fort' levelled c. 1969. 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
- CO015-078 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle ENE-facing slope, above sharp fall of ground on NE side. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 28m) on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps; as circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by hachured fosse on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to local information, 'fort' levelled c. 1972 except for small portion next to field fence which was subsequently levelled c. 1981. Bowman (1934, 634) recorded fort called Lisin Clochach in B. Purdon's land; 'double-ramparted. About one-sixth of the outer rampart, and about one-third of the inner rampart now stands...The diameter was about 33 yards'. 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
- CO015-126 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Roughly oval mound of burnt material (14m N-S; 9m E-W; H 0.4m). Possibly fulacht fiadh recorded by Bowman (1934, 635) on H. Bresnahan's land. Second fulacht fiadh (10565) c. 140m to SW. 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
- CO015-170 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Barely perceptible mound of burnt material (c. 14m N-S; c. 17m E-W; H 0.1-0.2m). Possibly fulacht fiadh recorded by Bowman (1934, 635) on H. Breshnan's land. Second fulacht fiadh (10563) c. 140m to NE. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coolbane.
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, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coolbane.
- 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 Coolbane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Coolbane · An Chúil Bhán
- Area
- 768,751 m² (76.88 ha, 189.96 acres)
- Civil parish
- Knocktemple, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Liscarroll, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Liscarroll electoral division: 627 people in 237 households; 78% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coolbane, Garragort, Killinane, Knockagolig, Knockcloona, Rockspring
- Placenames
- Coolbane 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.