Coolmountain

105 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolmountain, from 125 m² to 453,019 m² (45.3 ha, 111.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Coolmountain 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.

• 20 Mar 2026Grant with conditions

  Construct dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0689

• 5 Jul 2017Conditional

  10 year permission for proposed development consisting of: (1) A 110kV electricity substation including 2 no. control buildings associated electrical plant and equipment, underground electricity cabling, fencing, alterations to a previously permitted borrow pit and temporary construction compound at the Carrigarierk Wind Farm (An Bord Pleanala Ref. PL04.246353, Cork County Council Ref. 15/730) in the townland of Carrigdangan; (2) 110kV underground electricity cabling connecting the proposed substation to the existing Dunmanway ESB substation in the townlands of Carrigdangan, Inchincurka, Kilnadur, Aultaghreagh, Aultagh, Ardcahan, Knockduff, Gurteennasowna and Ballyhalwick; (3) 33kV underground electricity cabling connecting the proposed substation to the permitted Carrigarierk Wind Farm through the townlands of Carrigdangan and Gortatanavally and the permitted Shehy More Wind Farm (ABP Ref. PL04.243486; Cork County Council Ref. 13/551), through the townlands of Shehy More, Coolcaum, Coolmountain, Tullagh, Lackabaun, Clogher, Farrannahineeny, Crushterra, Gurteen and Carrigdangan. Together with all ancillary works and apparatus. The proposed development is located north of Dunmanway, Co. Cork. This application is accompanied by An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/431

• 14 Sept 2007Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse with road entrance, install bio-cycle treatment unit and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2418

• 4 Sept 2007Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse with road entrance, install bio-cycle treatment unit and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2338

• 5 Jun 2007Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse with road entrance, install septic tank with reed bed and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1481

• 20 May 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3456

• 26 Nov 2004Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/8693

• 10 Aug 2001Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 01/4585

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 Coolmountain.

Recorded monuments

• CO093-010 Enclosure
  Description

  On break in N-facing slope of Shehy mountains; commanding view to N and E. Circular area (diam. 18m N-S; 16m E-W) enclosed by ruinous stone wall best preserved to W (int.H 0.95m; ext. H 0.5m; Wth 1.80m); partially revetted inside and outside with upright slabs. Entrance to SE (Wth 1m) marked by two upright stones (H c. 0.65m). Interior overgrown; to W, dense scatter of stones, possibly indicates internal structure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO093-011001 Burial ground
  Description

  In pasture. Irregular area (32m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by holly growth and numerous grave markers. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO093-011002 Mass-rock
  Description

  This is '…what is known as "The Mass Altar"' (Anon. 1994, 6) and comprises a flat slab of rock (c. 3m x 1.2m; T 0.4m) which lies level with the SSE-sloping ground. The upper surface of the slab is level but there is a drop on its S side where it is supported towards either end by two orthostatic blocks. There is a chamber-like area (D 0.6m) dug out from under the slab between the supports. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO093-012 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture on W-facing slope. Irregular stone (H 2m; 1m x 0.4m) aligned NE-SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO093-013 Stone circle - multiple-stone
  Description

  In pasture on NE-facing slope in valley of headwaters of Caha river. Appears to have consisted of possibly eleven stones; diameter c. 9m. Two stones survive, 4m apart. N stone is 0.8m by 0.3m and 1.1m H; second stone is 1m x 0.4m and 1m H. (O Nualláin 1984, 17, no. 17) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO093-104 Burnt spread
  Description

  This monument was reported by archaeologist Tony Miller. He describes it as follows: "In an area of young forestry near the top of a ridge and just to the west of Carrigmount. The butter path which crosses neighbouring Shehy Beg passes just south of the site. A track for machines to access the forestry has been scraped out up into the hill here and in the process has exposed a section of burnt spread roughly 4m in length. It is not possible to see its full extent and there is no mound visible on either side of the track." Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 6 May 2014

Architectural heritage

• Coolmountain School, school, 1940–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted three-bay single-storey school, built c.1950, now vacant. Pitched asphalt roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. Corrugated-iron walls. Square-headed openings with metal casement windows and timber sills. Square-headed door opening with timber battened door, overlight and concrete steps. Rendered walls to front and sides of plot with wrought-iron gate.

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.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coolmountain.

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 Coolmountain with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Coolmountain · Cúil an Mhóinteáin

Area

3,903,069 m² (390.31 ha, 964.47 acres)

Civil parish

Inchigeelagh, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery East (West Division)

Electoral division

Coolmountain, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Coolmountain electoral division: 435 people in 156 households; 80% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coolcaum, Lackabaun, Moneyreague, Shanacrane East, Shehy Beg, Shehy More, Tooreen, Tullagh

Placenames

Coolmountain 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.