Coolnacaheragh

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolnacaheragh, from 311 m² to 482,861 m² (48.29 ha, 119.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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 Coolnacaheragh 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.

• 6 Feb 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission for retention of a Domestic Garage and Velux Windows to the Rear of the Existing Dwelling

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0257

• 21 Dec 2025Invalid - case closed

  Permission for retention of a domestic garage and velux windows to the rear of the existing dwelling.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/6926

• 25 Apr 2023Conditional

  2 no. proposed new agricultural entrances to existing farm landholding and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4804

• 31 Jul 2007Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9976

• 12 Jun 2006Refused

  2 no. dwellinghouses

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/7991

• 2 Apr 2004Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse and treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2176

• 18 Dec 2003Conditional

  Alterations and extensions to dwelling, detached garage, septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6563

• 11 Dec 2003Refused

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6333

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 Coolnacaheragh.

Recorded monuments

• CO069-086 Standing stone
  Description

  In rough grazing, on the SE side of a NE-SW rocky ridge with a limited view E-SW over the surrounding undulating countryside. This possible standing stone (2m x 0.6m; H 1.8m) is orientated NE-SW and is situated 2m from outcropping rock. Smaller loose stones are scattered around the base. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO070-001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough grazing, on rocky NW-SE ridge, on S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (24.2m N-S; 29.1m E-W) enclosed by partially collapsed stone wall. Wall collapsed outwards on NE and SW sides down steep external scarp (H 2.05m); survives best on NW and SE sides (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.35m) where land is level outside; large stones form inner stone facing to ESE. Entrance to S flanked on one side by radially-set slab (H 0.5m; L 1m). Interior uneven with rock outcrop protruding in places; scarped up against downslope on NE and SW sides. 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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coolnacaheragh.

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 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 Coolnacaheragh.

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

Name

Coolnacaheragh · Cúil na Cathrach

Area

1,243,490 m² (124.35 ha, 307.27 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyvourney, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry West

Electoral division

Ullanes, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ullanes electoral division: 644 people in 223 households; 84% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Candroma, Coolavokig, Knockanure, Rahoonagh East, Toonlane

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Coolnacaheragh 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.