Coolnahane
Coolnahane is a townland in the civil parish of Castlemagner, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cúil an Átháin.
- Area
- 195.6 ha
- 483 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 4,474 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 43
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolnahane, from 599 m² to 381,605 m² (38.16 ha, 94.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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 Coolnahane 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
28 Jun 2022Conditional
Permission to (i) construct a grain store and ancillary concrete (ii) construct a machinery shed. The above development to be carried out with all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5513
6 Dec 2021Conditional
To a) develop a two-storey extension to south eastern elevation of existing dwelling, b) refurbish and alter existing dwelling. c) install a new effluent treatment system d) upgrade existing site entrance and all associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7271
10 Nov 2021Incompleted application
a) develop a two-storey extension to south eastern elevation of existing dwelling b) refurbish and alter existing dwelling, c) install a new effluent treatment system, d) upgrade existing site entrance and all associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7036
29 May 2020Conditional
Permission for completion of dwelling as permitted under Planning Reg. No. 05/3842, alterations to site boundaries for the construction of dwelling as permitted under Planning Reg. No. 94/981, Installation of two no. proprietary waste water treatment units and polishing filters to serve existing dwelling and dwelling to be completed and construction of separate entrances with driveways and associated site works. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reference: 15/06603
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 20/5081
24 Sept 2019Unconditional
Construction of a cattle underpass beneath the public road (R576) and all associated site works. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reference: 14/04921.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 19/6316
26 Aug 2019Conditional
Retention and completion of (1) Ground and first floor extension to dwelling (2) Retention and completion of conversion of attic to habitable space in the existing dwelling and installation of rooflights to same (3) Permission to widen existing entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6113
19 Jul 2019Incompleted application
(1) Two-storey extension to the rear of dwelling, (2) Modifications and completion of existing dwelling and installation of rooflights to existing roof, (3) Widen existing entrance and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/5820
23 May 2019Conditional
Extension to an existing dwellinghouse and all associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/5311
3 Apr 2019Incompleted application
A rear extension to an existing dwelling house and all associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/4828
24 Aug 2016Conditional
To construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6124
19 Nov 2015Conditional
Permission for completion of dwelling as permitted under Planning Reg. No. 05/3842, alterations to site boundaries for the construction of dwelling as permitted under Planning Reg. No. 94/981, Installation of two no. proprietary waste water treatment units and polishing filters to serve existing dwelling and dwelling to be completed and construction of separate entrances with driveways and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6603
7 May 2014Conditional
Construction of a cattle underpass beneath the public road (R576) and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4921
22 Dec 2011Conditional
Construction of an extension to the side of the existing dwellinghouse which will comprise a domestic garage at ground floor level and bedroom and ensuite at first floor level with minor alterations to the existing house
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/6692
25 Oct 2011Conditional
Retention of the following: Building 'A' workshop, Building 'B' Workshop/storage, Building 'C' Generator/Compressor, 2 no. extensions to original building and 2 no. signs at entrance
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/6280
14 Jan 2011Conditional
Retention for alteration of site boundaries and relocation of site entrance from that granted under planning reg no. 05/3615
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/4044
12 Feb 2010Conditional
Construction of a two storey extension to rear and porch to front of dwelling and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4283
15 May 2009Conditional
Retention of dwelling house as constructed (minor changes to design & layout) & revised position of vehicular entrance & treatment unit from that granted under planning ref.no. 05/3169
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5561
20 Apr 2009Incompleted application
Retention of dwelling as constructed (minor changes to design and layout) and revised position of vehicular entrance and treatment unit from that permitted under Pl. Reg. No. 05/3169
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5220
3 Feb 2009Conditional
Installation of proprietary waste water treatment plant and alterations to site boundaries
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4306
12 Dec 2008Conditional
Installation of proprietary treatment unit to serve premises and retention of change of use of farm building to store products associated with business, retention of extension to same farm building for use as office space and retention of car parking area
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10093
26 Nov 2008Incompleted application
Installation of new proprietary wastewater treatment plant to serve existing dwelling & alteration to site boundaries
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9837
26 Nov 2008Incompleted application
Installation of proprietary treatment unit and retention of (1) change of use of farm building to store for products associated with business, (2) extension to same building for use as office space, (3) car parking area and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9847
27 Feb 2008Conditional
Construction of two storey dormer style extension to dwelling, detached garage and retention of boiler house/tool store
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5047
21 Dec 2007Conditional
Construction of livestock mart facility comprising of mart building incorporating 2 no. indoor sales arenas, calf and cattle pens, reception area, ancillary offices, ancillary restaurant, meeting rooms, ancillary kitchen and staff areas, storage, toilets and rainwater storage tank, construction of access road and vehicular entrance, ancillary vehicle parking and proprietary sewage treatment plant to include 3 no. underground valve and pumping stations, screening chamber, 1 no. building to house control room, aeration tank, secondary clarifier tank and sludge holding tank, construction of internal access road, truck wash area, water well, foul and surface water drainage, ancillary landscaping and site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/13417
25 Oct 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse, garage and installation of septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/11916
The 25 most recent of 43 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO031-023001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map, skirted by field boundary to W and N; field fence hachured as second bank, SW->NNE, on 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. Enclosure heavily overgrown and inaccessible due to overgrowth. Earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.25m) appears to survive all round. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 66) as double-ramparted fort (39yd by 28yd) on Mr Lane's land and called 'Lios na gCaorach (Fort of the Sheep)'; half circuit of outer bank levelled, remaining portion c. 5ft H; fosse Wth 17ft; inner rampart 4ft to 7ft H. 'Practically demolished' lime kiln built into external face of inner bank to NW (ibid.). O'Kelly and Shee (1974, 71-72) refer to fort as a 'double banked ring-fort...much overgrown with high scrub vegetation', and quotes landowner as saying that while digging within fort c. 1916-21, in an effort to find a souterrain in which to store arms, the 'bases of two kilns or furnaces were found'. 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
- CO031-023002 Urn burial
Description
In pasture, c. 30m ESE of ringfort (CO031-02301-). Discovered in 1975 during mechanical excavation of drainage channel, revealing circular pit (diam. c. 0.85m; D. c. 0.95m) containing an inverted Encrusted Urn; investigated by O'Kelly and Shee (1974, 71-83). Pit described as having near vertical sides and a flat base; central area beneath urn was roughly paved and there was backfill of loose soil and rounded stones around urn (ibid., 73). Urn divided into two parts by applied horizontal rib; area between rib and rim decorated with a 'zig-zag band or fillet' and between shoulder and base by 'roughly scored lines forming a very loose chevron pattern which runs to a slightly splayed foot' (O'Kelly and Shee 1974, 74-5). Cremated remains of single adult and three fragments of a bone pin contained within urn (ibid. 76). (Doody 1986, Cork No. 25; Waddell 1990, 60-1) 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
- CO031-024 Ringfort - rath
Description
Depicted as hachured roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) immediately to E of Coolnahane House on 1842 OS 6-inch map, with limekiln on S bank; enclosure indicated on 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps with farm buildings in interior to W and N. Levelled; no visible surface trace of site. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 66) as single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 40yd) to E of J. Lane's house; rampart c. 3 to 6ft H; interior used as stack yard. 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
- CO031-025 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Spread of burnt material (19m NE-SW; 17.3m NW-SE); burnt material (D 0.8m) visible in section in drain on SW side. Group of seven fulachta fiadh (10594, 10595, 10596, 10597, 10598, 10599, 10600) c. 120m to NW. 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
- CO031-026 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, c. 300m to N of River Blackwater. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace of site. Circular enclosure visible as cropmark of bank and external fosse in aerial photograph (GSIAP, W407). 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
- CO031-033 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture, c. 30m to N of River Blackwater. Circular area (30.5m E-W; 28.5m N-S) defined by low rise. Bowman (1934, 66) records single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 40yd) on J. Fitzgerald's land; enclosing bank c. 4ft H. Limekiln depicted on S bank on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Soilmark of bank visible in aerial photograph (GSIAP, W407). 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
- CO031-132 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on E side of stream. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (9m E-W; 13m N-S; H 0.52m); opening (Wth 4.8m) faces E. One of a group of seven adjacent fulachta fiadh (10595, 10596, 10597, 10598, 10599, 10600). 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
- CO031-133 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, to W of stream. Oval mound of burnt material (9m NE-SW; 5m NW-SE; H 0.38m). One of a group of seven fulachta fiadh (10594, 10596, 10597, 10598, 10599, 10600). 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
- CO031-134 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, to W of stream. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (9m NE-SW; 6m NW-SE; H 0.4m); opening (Wth 4m) faces SE. One of a group of seven fulachta fiadh (10594, 10595, 10597, 10598, 10599, 10600). 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
- CO031-135 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, to W of stream. Oval mound of burnt material (12m N-S; 7m E-W; H 0.35m). One of a group of seven fulachta fiadh (10594, 10595, 10596, 10598, 10599, 10600). 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
- CO031-136 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on W side of stream. Roughly oval mound of burnt material (13m N-S; 6.6m E-W; H 0.55m). One of a group of seven fulachta fiadh (10594, 10595, 10596, 10597, 10599, 10600). 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
- CO031-137 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on W side of stream. Oval mound of burnt material (8.6m N-S; 5m E-W; H 0.4m). One of a group of seven fulachta fiadh (10594, 10595, 10596, 10597, 10598, 10600). 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
- CO031-138 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on E side of stream. Oval mound of burnt material (12m NE-SW; 6m NW-SE; H 0.45m). One of a group of seven fulachta fiadh (10594, 10595, 10596, 10597, 10598, 10599). 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
- CO031-139 Country house
Description
Abandoned, 1-storey house, of late-18th /early-19th century appearance. Rendered, random-rubble sandstone construction. Front (SE) of 3 bays; central round-headed door ope with fanlight, vertical half-door; sash windows with limestone sills. Side elevations 1 bay deep. Hipped roof with deeply projecting eaves; two off-centre chimneys. Central 1-storey gabled addition to rear. Two ranges of farm buildings enclose yard to NW. 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
- House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800. half-hipped corrugated-iron roof with rendered chimneystack. Rendered walls. Square-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, having decorative external timber shutters. Windbreak to entrance with rounded roof and having lined-and-ruled rendered walls, and timber panelled door with overlight. Garden to front of house with hedge and rendered boundary wall. Rendered square-profile piers to garden gate and to vehicular gate, with panel detailing, having decorative wrought-iron gate to garden and double-leaf steel gate to yard. Ranges of multiple-bay single-storey outbuildings to east and west sides of house and extending to road edge, having stepped-profile pitched corrugated-iron roofs and rendered walls. Haybarns to rear of house, having steel stanchion supports and rounded corrugated-iron roofs.
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 Coolnahane, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coolnahane.
- 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 Coolnahane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Coolnahane · Cúil an Átháin
- Area
- 1,956,042 m² (195.6 ha, 483.35 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castlemagner, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Castlemagner, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 720 people lived in 257 households in the Castlemagner electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 54% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bannagh, Curraghrour East, Curraghrour West, Gortmore, Gurteenbeha, Kippagh Middle, Kippagh North, Kippagh South, Roskeen
- Placenames
- Coolnahane 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.