Coolcarron

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolcarron, from 8 m² to 178,117 m² (17.81 ha, 44.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 51 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M4Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Built up area)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 23 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Industry (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 4 Sept 2024Withdrawn

  Permission for the demolition of an existing industrial building and the construction of a fuel storage & distribution depot including the installation of 2 no. overground fuel storage tanks, associated above ground pipework, unloading and loading infrastructure, installation of new internal security fence, alterations to existing car parking, upgrades to existing drainage systems and all associated site works at their service station

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5674

• 26 Oct 2023Conditional permission

  Permission for alterations to front elevations of existing showroom including a) the demolition of existing glazed octagonal structure and the provision of cladding to the newly exposed front wall b) The construction of a parapet along the front elevation and c) The provision of an illuminated customer entrance portal. For the provision of signage to include an illuminated roadside brand totem, the provision of free-stand information signs at the two site entrances, for provision of 2 no. illuminated signs and repositioning of existing signage on the front façade.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6162

• 1 Dec 2021Conditional

  The demolition of 2 No. dwelling houses and associated sheds/outhouses and the construction of 28 No. residential units and all ancillary site development works, including access, car/bike parking, bin storage and amenity areas.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7241

• 14 Oct 2020Conditional

  A) the change of use (through intensification of use) of part of an existing light industrial building currently used for the assembly and commissioning of stainless steel vessels to provide for an electropolishing area within the building footprint; b) internal works to facilitate the change of use, including the provision of an underground containment pit and other alterations to the factory floor; and c) ancillary external site works to connect to the existing on-site sewer network.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6246

• 10 Sept 2019Conditional

  To demolish existing pump canopy, shop and stores, for construction of valeting building, car wash, boundary fencing and 2 no. signs together with associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6221

• 27 Mar 2017Conditional

  Demolition of existing house and refurbishment, alteration and change of use of the existing adjoining two-storey farm building to a domestic dwelling house, including a new effluent treatment system and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4719

• 16 Jan 2017Unconditional

  Alterations to existing station to include new 38kV bunded power transformer, new control room and MV switchgear modules, new house transformers, new neutral earth resistor, new palisade fence to replace chainlink in places, new palisade gate, landscaping to front of station and associated site works - Extension of Duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 12/4007

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 17/4054

• 3 Feb 2016Unconditional

  Construction of dwelling house and garage and installation of septic tank – Extension of Duration of Permission granted under planning ref: 10/8530

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 16/4179

• 23 Jan 2015Conditional

  Redevelopment of the existing service station, retail shop and showrooms to include (1) demolition of existing service and parts workshop, toilets building, service station retail shop, pumps and canopy, (2) relocation of existing car wash, (3) construction of new pumps, canopy and under ground storage tanks, (4) change of use of existing 564sqm car-showroom to incorporate a 100sqm retail area and off-licence area, a café/deli/seating area, toilets, staff facilities and store with alterations to the facades, with signage, and (5) car park with associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4124

• 22 Jan 2015Conditional

  The erection of Corporate Signage on the existing building facade and a "Totem" corporate sign at the vehicular entrance to the former FCI building

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4105

• 11 Dec 2013Unconditional

  Residential development of 308 no. dwellinghouses and creche and all associated site works, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 05/4806

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/6357

• 11 Dec 2013Unconditional

  Amendments to residential development permitted under Pl. Reg. No. 05/4806 to construct 3 no. dwellinghouses (Nos.145, 146, 147, an overall increase in density from 305 dwellinghouses to 308), alterations to site layout and redesign and relocation of creche building and associated site works, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 08/8303

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/6356

• 5 Jan 2012Conditional

  Alterations to existing station to include new 38kV bunded power transformer, new control room and MV switchgear modules, new house transformers, new neutral earth resistor, new palisade fence to replace chainlink in places, new palisade gate, landscaping to front of station and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4007

• 22 Nov 2010Conditional

  Construction of dwellinghouse and garage and installation of septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8530

• 7 Aug 2008Conditional

  Amendments to residential development permitted under Pl. Reg. No. 05/4806 to construct 3 no. dwellinghouses (Nos.145, 146, 147, an overall increase in density from 305 dwellinghouses to 308), alterations to site layout and redesign and relocation of creche building and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8303

• 15 Jul 2008Incompleted application

  Change of plan from previously permitted planning ref.no.05/4806 to include change of site layout incorporating an increase in density from 305 to 308 no. dwellinghouses, redesigned and relocated creche building, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7890

• 14 Dec 2007Conditional

  Raising levels of land with inert soil/rock and topsoil for agricultural use

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/13089

• 2 Mar 2007Conditional

  Construction of 2 no. 100mm diameter rising mains of 3.2Km in length and 1 no. gravity pipeline of 500m in length and associated chambers

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5623

• 9 Feb 2007Incompleted application

  Construction of 2 no. 100mm diameter rising mains of 3.2km in lenght and 1 no. gravity pipeline of 500m in leight and associated chambers commencing from lands at proposed new mart facility and connecting to existing foulsewer at Coolcarron

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4907

• 7 Jul 2005Conditional

  Residential development of 308 no. dwellinghouses and creche and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4806

• 29 Jun 2005Incompleted application

  308 no. dwellinghouses and creche

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4590

• 22 Feb 2005Conditional

  Alterations, ground floor and first floor extension including raising of roof of dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/962

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 Coolcarron.

Recorded monuments

• CO035-049001 Hillfort
  Description

  In commanding position, enclosing Corrin Hill at the E end of the Nagle Mountain range, overlooking the Blackwater and Bride river valleys to the N and S respectively. This heavily overgrown hillfort is defined by a roughly oval area (c. 250m N-S; c. 180m E-W; 2.92ha) narrowing slightly at the S, enclosed by a substantial bank or rampart of dumped rubble construction (max. H 1.6m; average base Wth 9m). Forestry comes within c. 20 m of the bank. In the centre of the hillfort is a bronze-age burial cairn (CO035-04902-) which when investigated in 1832 was found to contain two burials, one of which was later identified as a probable food vessel burial (CO035-04903-). Directly to the E of the cairn is a stone cross erected in 1933 to commemorate the 19th centenary of the death of Christ, probably using stones from the cairn (Doody 2008, 548). Carntierna hillfort is one of three sites in North Cork which conforms to Raftery’s definition of a ‘hillfort’ (Power et al. 2000, 205). Ó Murchú (1978, 46-51) noted that in 1949 'the remains of three great embankments were clearly visible'; it was possible to trace the complete circle of the outer 'embankment' with a wide opening to W, 'one end of which curled in while the other end overlapped it on the outside - giving the appearance of a gate-way or entrance'; he noted a 'middle embankment' from SW to NE and an inner embankment only on the NW side for 'several yards'; each separated by fosses, and all subsequently disturbed by forestry. The site is crossed WNW-ESE by townland and barony boundaries. The bank is quite ruinous in places, and topped with a modern stone wall (L c. 50m) to the E. In the NW quadrant is a sunken passage (Wth 2m), identified as the fort’s entrance (see plan in Doody ibid., 549). The bank curves inward from WNW to N to accommodate earthen outworks of 2 to 3 banks with intervening fosses ‘possibly indicating a greater need for defences/fortification on this more accessible side’ (Doody ibid., 551). To the N of the NW quadrant, another entrance feature was recorded comprised of a passageway (Wth 5m) cutting perpendicularly through the outworks and flanked by two parallel banks (c. 0.2m H). It is offset c. 35m N of the entrance through the main bank (ibid. 554-5). There are three breaks in the main bank, in addition to the entrance. One is located in the WNW where the barony boundary and a trackway come through; the latter runs parallel to and on the S side of the barony boundary and breaks through it on the E side of the cairn to access a stone cross to the N; the barony boundary exits across the bank to the ESE. There are two further breaks in the bank to the SE and to the SSE. There are some traces of an outer bank to the SW and W. The interior slopes steeply down from the cairn on the hilltop and is very disturbed and overgrown. This is a National Monument in State Care (no. 592). 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

• CO035-049002 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  In forestry, within hilltop enclosure (11978) on summit of Corrin hill. Oval cairn (c. 22m N-S; c. 42m E-W; H 2.7m) disturbed on E side by disused army observation bunker (built 1940s); trigonometrical station on N side. Cist (11943) found in mound in 1832 after 'the removal of several hundred tons of stone' from cairn (Borlase 1897, 13). According to Ó Murchú (1978, 10) cairn, in 1886, was '19 feet high... including a pillar of stones on the top'. 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

• CO035-049003 Cist
  Description

  Discovered in 1832 when 'several hundred tons of stone' (Borlase 1897, 13) were removed from cairn (CO0354-04902) and 'a chamber was found, formed of rude flags' (ibid.). In this was found 'the fragment of an urn' (ibid.) which apparently was 'broken by the workmen, to ascertain whether it contained money' (Lewis 1837, vol.1, 301). According to the antiquarian John Windele, 'in an adjoining chamber another urn was found containing a small quantity of ashes, on April 6th, 1837' (Borlase ibid.); Windele drew the vessel (see Gogan 1929, fig. 1) which he described as follows: 'Height 5 1/2 inches; diamater at top 5 3/4 inches; breadth at base 3 inches; thickness 3/16ths of an inch. It was of a pale reddish colour, of unbaked [?] sic. clay, and rudely carved with lozenges etc. It had a conical sort of cap' (Borlase ibid.). This vessel disappeared c. 1849 (O Murchu n.d., 42); Doody (1986, Cork No.16) identifies it as probably a Food Vessel Vase. 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

• CO035-075 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture. Barely perceptible, roughly circular mound (diam. c. 12m) containing dark brown soil and some burnt stones. 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

• CO035-077 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on S side of bend in stream. Oval spread of burnt material (8m N-S; 10.4m E-W); NE side eroded by stream. 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 Coolcarron.

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 high, 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_1285 (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.

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

Name

Coolcarron · Cúil an Chairn

Area

1,423,256 m² (142.33 ha, 351.69 acres)

Civil parish

Fermoy, and its townlands

Barony

Condons and Clangibbon

Electoral division

Fermoy Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Fermoy Rural electoral division: 4,971 people in 1,766 households; 60% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynoe, Ballyoran, Corrin, Duntahane, Fermoy

Placenames

Coolcarron 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.