Coolnashamroge
Townland in the civil parish of Cannaway, barony of Muskerry East, Co. Cork; in Irish Cúil na Seamróg
- Area
- 59.1 ha
- 146 acres
- Land parcels
- 13
- registered freehold, median 2,824 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolnashamroge, from 87 m² to 270,629 m² (27.06 ha, 66.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Coolnashamroge 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
31 Jul 2026Awaiting recommendation
A 10 Year Planning Permission. The development will consist of: A solar farm with a total area of circa 44 hectares. The solar farm will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 5 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 3 no. single storey spare parts containers, 5 no. battery energy storage containers, 1 no. Ring Main Unit, 4 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L6203, L2200, L6398, L6207, R619, L22011, L2204, L-6207, L6212 and L2200 public roads (including 5 no. Horizontal Directional Drills in the L-22011, L-6212, L-6207, L-2204 roads and within private lands) to connect solar farm field parcels, security and acoustic fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 2 no. stream/drain deck crossings, temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational access will be via 3 no. entrances from the L6203, L22011, L2200 local roads. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. Electricity generated from the northern parcel of the solar farm will be transported via underground electrical ducting and cabling to an inverter/transformer permitted under Cork County Council Reference 24/6157 / An Coimisiún Pleanála Reference ACP-323402-25, but will not alter infrastructure under that application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2046
19 May 2025Conditional
Permission for construction of dwelling house (change of design to that permitted under planning ref no. 22/5189) and to carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4934
23 May 2022Conditional
Permission for new two storey dwelling, domestic garage, sewerage system, site entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5189
30 Apr 2021Conditional
To construct dwelling, incorporating garage, together with all ancillary site works - change of design from dwelling and site layout as permitted under planning ref.18/7040.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5164
7 Apr 2021Incompleted application
To construct dwelling incorporating garage, together with all ancillary site works, change of design from dwelling and site layout as permitted under planning ref. 18/7040.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4886
30 Jan 2020Conditional
Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission ref. no. 19/4316 for a dwelling house, effluent treatment system, a new entrance and associated site works.
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 20/4135
12 Feb 2019Conditional
A dwellinghouse, installation of an effluent treatment system and all associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 19/4316
21 Nov 2018Conditional
A dwelling house which includes a carport, domestic shed for gardening purposes, effluent treatment system, a new entrance and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7040
21 Apr 2016Conditional
(1) Permission for cubicle house with slatted tank, (2) Retention of existing calf house, and (3) Retention of existing structure for cubicle house
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4900
5 Sept 2007Refused
Domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10755
22 Dec 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13786
4 Sept 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10298
4 Sept 2006Conditional
Installation of waste water treatment unit and alterations to entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10274
2 May 2006Conditional
One and half storey dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6824
6 May 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Approval · Cork County Council, 05/3081
5 Apr 2005Incompleted application
Construction of traditional style dwelling, garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2113
3 Feb 2004Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse, garage and bio-plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/559
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 Coolnashamroge.
Recorded monuments
- CO083-030 Standing stone
Description
Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, near top of N-facing slope. Removed c. 1975; now lying in field fence to E (CO083-155----). Hartnett (1939, 144) recorded stone (H 36in) as possible 'cow-stone'. 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 revision: 15 December 2009 Revised by: Mary Tunney
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coolnashamroge.
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
- 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 Coolnashamroge.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Coolnashamroge with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Coolnashamroge · Cúil na Seamróg
- Area
- 591,281 m² (59.13 ha, 146.11 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cannaway, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Electoral division
- Cannaway, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cannaway electoral division: 722 people in 219 households; 92% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Garraneleigh, Knockavullig, Rathonoane, Shandangan East
- Placenames
- Coolnashamroge 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.