Coollicka
Coollicka is a townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore (Macroom Ra), barony of Muskerry East, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cúil Leice.
- Area
- 209.4 ha
- 517 acres
- Land parcels
- 60
- registered freehold, median 2,809 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 47
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coollicka, from 39 m² to 470,184 m² (47.02 ha, 116.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Coollicka 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
3 Nov 2025Grant with conditions
a) Retention permission for milking parlour extension, b) permission for the construction of an extension to the southern elevation of the existing livestock cubicle house, c) permission for re-roofing a section of the existing shed to accommodate for new extension and all associated site works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/6365
28 Aug 2025Conditional permission
Permission to decommission existing on site sewage system and construct a waste water treatment unit to serve existing dwelling with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5720
18 Aug 2025Conditional permission
Construction of a new dwelling house and domestic garage, new entrance and new waste water treatment system together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5647
24 Jul 2025Incompleted application
Permission for the construction of new dwelling house and domestic garage, new entrance, new wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5484
4 Aug 2022Conditional
New single storey dwelling, sewerage system, site entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5821
4 Aug 2022Conditional
Permission for new sewerage system to replace existing septic tank and all associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5819
2 Dec 2020Conditional
To erect a domestic detached garage to the rear lawn of existing dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6703
19 Dec 2018Conditional
The construction of new dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7355
24 Aug 2017Refused
A dwelling house, garage and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6204
22 Aug 2017Conditional
New agricultural machinery shed and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6174
29 Apr 2016Conditional
Construction of agricultural cubicle shed with underground slatted tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4992
19 Nov 2015Conditional
Permission for the installation of a 25kw wind turbine 27.2m high for agricultural use and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6615
23 Oct 2015Incompleted application
Installation of a 25kW wind turbine 27.2m high for agricultural use and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6390
18 Aug 2015Conditional
(A) Construction of an extension to the southern elevation of the existing livestock cubicle house (B) Demolition of lean-to roof to the southern elevation of the existing livestock cubicle house to accommodate for new extension and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5824
24 Sept 2014Conditional
Retention and completion of 8 no. floodlights on 4 no. 10m high poles and retention of multi use games area to include fencing
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/6054
3 Sept 2014Incompleted application
Retention and completion of 8 no. flood lights on 10m high poles and retention of multi use games area including fencing development
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/5868
23 Oct 2013Conditional
Alterations and extension to existing dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6024
18 May 2012Conditional
Construction of a milking parlour, slatted tank, concrete yard, fuel tank bunding and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5037
23 Apr 2012Incompleted application
Construction of a milking parlour, slatted tank, concrete yard, fuel tank bunding and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4843
20 Mar 2012Conditional
Proposed alterations and extension to existing bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4534
21 Apr 2011Conditional
Retention of existing site boundaries which differ from those previously permitted under Planning Reg. No. 04/3359
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/4850
18 Feb 2011Conditional
Amenity walkway with lighting and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4310
10 Sept 2010Conditional
Refurbishment of existing community hall including: [a] removal of part of existing roof and provision of new roof structure/covering increasing ridge height by 350mm, [b] construction of new entrance lobby to northern elevation, [c] construction of new boilerhouse and store to eastern elevation, [d] construction of new ramped access to southern elevation, [e] minor alterations, including raised parapet wall, to northern and eastern elevations and [f] increased internal floor area of 24.8 square metres
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6271
30 Oct 2009Conditional
Construction of first floor extension to rear (south elevation) & eastern gable of existing two-storey cottage, two-storey extension to front of the eastern gable, replacement of existing septic tank with waste water treatment unit and retention of existing sunroom at the southern gable
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7495
4 Apr 2008Conditional
Installation of treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5836
The 25 most recent of 47 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Coollicka.
Recorded monuments
- CO050-076 Fulacht fia
Description
In boggy ground. Hartnett (1939, 183) noted a fulacht fiadh 'horse-shoeshaped with the opening to the north-west. On removal of the turf-layer, black burned stones were found'. Now levelled due to drainage works. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO050-077 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
Description
On level patch of ground, commanding view to S along Dripsey River valley.Tomb and many of surrounding field fences removed; capstone and orthostats piled atop nearest remaining field boundary. De Valera and O Nualláin (1982, 8, no. 10) recorded ruined chamber covered by single roofstone (2.4m x 2.2m; 0.3m T) supported by single stone to W (H 0.7m; 1.1m x 0.15m) and SE (H 0.75m; 0.5m x 0.25m); N end rests on ground. Stone (H 0.1m) protrudes from ground at N end; W of SE support stone are two stones (H 1m: H 0.45m) side by side; two stones (H 0.75m: H 0.55m) stand beyond E edge of roofstone (ibid.). O Nualláin (ibid.) described tomb as unclassified but says, 'the possibility that the monument may be a large cist cannot be excluded. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)
- CO050-078 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Removed; no visible surface trace. Hartnett (1939, 183) recorded 'regular stone 111/2 ft long and 4 by 2ft in cross section' lying down in field. He believed it once stood as its underneath face was weathered. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO050-079 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on E side of stream valley. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1842, 1904 and 1939 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; no visible surface trace; surrounding field fences removed. According to Hartnett (1939, 183), 'a double ramparted ringfort 170 feet in diameter'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO050-080 Standing stone
Description
Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. Marked on 1939 OS 6-inch map as single standing stone. In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Removed; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO050-081 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on E side of stream valley. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; partially levelled on 1904 and 1939 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; no visible surface trace; surrounding field fences removed. According to Hartnett (1939, 183), 'Almost entirely demolished. Single rampart. Diameter - 80 feet'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO050-082 Standing stone
Description
Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. Marked on 1939 OS 6-inch map as single standing stone. In pasture. Removed; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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
- Church/chapel, 1995–2000 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding single-cell Roman Catholic church, built 1999, on site of an earlier church. Comprising double-height nave with pitched canopied entrance porch and triangular profile bell tower to front (south-east) and full-height projecting glass panels to end gables. Pitched slate roof having over sailing eaves to gable ends, skylights to rear (north-west) elevation and aluminium rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered cross motif to bell tower having polished limestone foundation stone to base. Bipartite square-headed window openings to nave with carved limestone surrounds with central carved cross motif tiles. Square-headed fixed glass panels to gable ends. Square-headed door opening set in glass panelling. Glass panel to interior of church displaying original stained glass windows. Graveyard to rear of church having elliptical arch pedestrian entrance with square-profile rubble stone piers and wrought-iron gate. Fronts directly onto street.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Coollicka, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coollicka.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Coollicka with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Coollicka · Cúil Leice
- Area
- 2,093,964 m² (209.4 ha, 517.43 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donaghmore (Macroom Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Electoral division
- Kilcullen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 888 people lived in 285 households in the Kilcullen electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballykerwick, Kilmartin Lower, Kilmartin Upper, Knockyrourke, Meenahony, Monataggart
- Placenames
- Coollicka 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.