Cool Beg

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cool Beg, from 10 m² to 289,769 m² (28.98 ha, 71.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 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 Cool Beg 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.

• 19 Aug 2026N/a

  (1) REMOVAL OF EXISTING MODULAR AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE CURRENTLY USED AS HORSE STABLES AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A DRY-BED AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS NECESSARY TO FACILITATE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661542

• 30 Jul 2026Refused

  (1) REFURBISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF DERELICT BUILDING INCLUDING RAISING THE ROOF LEVEL TO PROVIDE A DWELLING MEZZANINE LEVEL, (2) SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, (3) VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, (4) NEW STRUCTURE TO THE REAR ANCILLARY TO THE DWELLING, AND (5) TIMBER CLAD MODULAR BUILDING (HOME OFFICE) TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661427

• 5 Jul 2024Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE, (2) WORKS TO THE EXISTING BUNGALOW INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO WINDOW OPENINGS TO THE FRONT/REAR/SIDES AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS, (3) REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING ROOF COVERING, (4) CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION WITH SINGLE STOREY LINK TO THE SOUTH EASTERN SIDE OF THE EXISTING BUNGALOW, (5) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE, (6) RELOCATION OF EXISTING PRIMARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT TANK WITHIN THE SITE AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SAND POLISHING FILTER AND PERCOLATION AREA, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461025

• 22 Dec 2023Conditional

  (1) EXTENSION TO EXISTING CAR PARKING AREA TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 55 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES, (2) REMOVAL OF EXISTING EXIT GATE ONTO R-231-4 REGIONAL ROAD AND RELOCATION OF NEW EXIT GATE FROM PROPOSED CARPARK EXTENSION TO SOUTHWEST OF SITE, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TOILET BLOCK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2352023

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  ALTERATIONS TO FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS OF DWELLING HOUSE (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER REF. NO. T.404/85) AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350660

• 7 Feb 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING DISPOSAL PAD ALONG WITH A DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350126

• 25 Aug 2022Conditional

  (1) DÉANFAR AN CHISTIN AGUS AN SEOMRA FOLCTHA AON STÓIR AR CHÚL AN TÍ CÓNAITHE A SCARTÁIL (2) DÉANFAR AN TEACH CÓNAITHE A ATHCHÓIRIÚ AGUS CUIRFEAR SÍNEADH AON STÓIR AGUS SINEADH DHÁ STÓR LENA THAOBH AGUS AR CHÚL AN TÍ CÓNAITHE (3) ARDÓFAR BALLAÍ AGUS DÍON AN SCIOBÓIL AGUS DÉANFAR ATHCHÓIRIÚ AIR (4) BAINFEAR AN SEANDHABHACH SHÉARACHAIS AGUS TÓGFAR OIBREACHA SÉARACHAIS AGUS LIMISTÉAR SÍOTHLAITHE (5) CUIRFEAR 46 MÉADAR CEARNACH DE PHAINÉIL GHRÉINE AR NA DÍONTA (6) BUNÓFAR NA HOIBREACHA SUÍMH AGUS TÍRDHREACH UILIG A BHAINEANN LEIS AN FHORBAIRT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251428

• 3 Aug 2022N/a

  ERECTION OF A STOREY AND A HALF DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251319

• 2 Aug 2022N/a

  ERECTION OF A TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251312

• 17 Jun 2022N/a

  ERECTION OF A STOREY AND A HALF DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251051

• 1 Jun 2022Conditional

  CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN FROM THAT GRANTED PREVIOUSLY UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 21/51607

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250951

• 7 Sept 2021Conditional

  (1) RENOVATION OF DWELLING (2) ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE AND REAR OF DWELLING (3) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING PERCOLATION AREA (4) INSTALLATION OF A NEW PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151778

• 10 Aug 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151607

• 9 Aug 2021Conditional

  DORMER WINDOW AND AMENDMENTS TO ELEVATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF A CARPORT AND FITNESS/HOBBY ROOM & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151589

• 5 Jul 2021N/a

  DORMER WINDOW AND AMENDMENTS TO ELEVATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF CARPORT AND FITNESS/HOBBY ROOM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151349

• 9 Jun 2021N/a

  DORMER WINDOW AND AMENDMENTS TO ELEVATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF CARPORT AND FITNESS/HOBBY ROOM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151144

• 14 Apr 2021N/a

  EXISTING DORMER WINDOWS AND AMENDMENTS TO ELEVATIONS TO DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR (1) ERECTION OF CARPORT AND FITNESS/HOBBY ROOM (2) ALL ASSOCITED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2150666

• 22 Mar 2021Conditional

  REVISED LOCATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150491

• 25 Feb 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150313

• 29 Jan 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150110

• 19 Jan 2021N/a

  ERECTION OF A CARPORT AND FITNESS/HOBBY ROOM

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150054

• 29 Jul 2020Refused

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051024

• 24 Apr 2019Refused

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE INCORPORATING THE CREATION OF A NEW ACCESS ROAD AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950582

• 24 Apr 2019Refused

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE INCORPORATING THE CREATION OF A NEW ACCESS ROAD AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950583

• 6 Dec 2017Conditional

  THE INCREASE OF RIDGE HEIGHT AND ADDITION OF A MEZZANINE FLOOR TO EXISTING SHED

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1751830

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 Cool Beg.

Recorded monuments

• DG103-034 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 40m × 20m. A D-shaped area enclosed by an earthen bank, a fosse and an outer bank, parts of which are overgrown. To the NE within the enclosure there appears to be a slight platform-like rise with a depression at its centre. It is situated on a cliff edge overlooking the sea to the NW in good pasture land. To the SE is a valley which rises to the cliff face. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG103-040 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  This tomb is c. 5km NNW of Ballyshannon in rolling pasture 500m from the coast. It stands c. 1.7km NE of the court tomb in Cloghbolie (Dg. 34). There is a good all-round outlook from the site, most notably westward to the sea. This monument has been incorrectly assigned to the adjoining townland of Cool More in much of the literature. The monument stands S of and immediately beside the cutting of an abandoned railway line. It consists of a gallery 7m long lying E-W and divided by jambs into two chambers, the inner one covered by a partly dislodged roofstone. There is a considerable fill of stones in the gallery. Two transversely set jambs, 0.7m apart, mark the E end of the gallery. A set stone outside the southern one may represent a doubling of the jamb. The northern jamb is 1.3m high, and the southern one is 1m high. The stone in front of the latter is 0.6m high. The eastern chamber is c. 3.3m long. Two orthostats, one large and the other small, both leaning inward, form its S side, but none is now visible on the N side, where an irregular drystone wall, 0.2-0.5m high, has been built. The largest stone in this wall, 0.7m long and 0.5m high, is shown on the plan. Outside the wall is a partly concealed prostrate slab, possibly a displaced sidestone. This measures 2m by 1.1m and is at least 0.4m thick. The eastern of the two sidestones at the S is 1.3m high, of similar height to the adjacent entrance jamb. Two thin slabs at its outer face have become detached from this orthostat. The outer one is 0.5m high, and the inner is 0.8m. The second orthostat on this side is set inside the line of the first, and its inner end is concealed. It is 0.4m high. Outside it is a prostrate slab 0.95m in maximum dimension. Two transversely set segmenting jambs, 0.7m apart, separate the chambers. The southern one, set inside the line of the gallery wall, rises 0.1m above the top of the adjacent large orthostat, which forms the S side of the second chamber. The northern jamb, partly inset in the gallery wall, rises 0.1m above the top of its fellow jamb. The inward-leaning southern sidestone of the western chamber is 1m high. Opposite this is a matching orthostat, 0.65m high. At the outer face of the E end of the last is a slab, apparently displaced, though in an upright position. This measures 1.3m by 0.25m by 0.6m high. The large roofstone overlying much of this chamber has slipped down the inner face of the southern sidestone and rests in a leaning position on top of the northern orthostat. It is 3.6m in overall length, 2.7m wide and 0.5m thick. This chamber was at least 3m long and narrows from 2.2m at the segmenting jambs to 1.85m at its open, western end. Thomas Fagan (1845-8) visited here in 1847, and his account shows that the monument was then in its present condition. It is clear that the roofstone of the western chamber had by then assumed its present somewhat dislodged position. An account in an OS Revision Name Book, written sometime between 1847 and 1849, mentioned 'a second covering stone' lying prostrate at the centre of the structure, but this is not now visible. Wakeman (1876-8a, 105) described this monument as a 'perfect example' of its class and claimed that the roof was intact. The earlier OS accounts, just referred to, suggest that Wakeman was mistaken about the roof. Allingham visited the site soon after Wakeman wrote about it and, finding it in its present state, concluded that it had been damaged only recently (Wakeman 1876-8b; Allingham 1879). There seems to have been a two-chambered gallery here, its front to the E. The narrowing of the western chamber toward the W end supports such an interpretation. Fagan 1845-8, book 15, 11-13; OS Revision Name Book, sheet 103 (1847-9), 51; Wakeman 1876-8a, 105 ('A grand, perfect example [at] Coolmore'); Wakeman 1876-8b ('destruction of a cromleac at Coolmore'); Wakeman 1877, 462 (giant's bed at Coolmore); Allingham 1879, 108 ('Cromlech...at Coolmore'); Lawrence photograph collection, no. 3127 (c. 1880-1910); Borlase 1897, 236, Tirhugh no. 3 (Coolmore); RSAI photograph collection (c. 1900); Lockwood 1901, 90 (sketch) (Coolmore); Forde 1907, 309 (Coolmore); Mahr 1937, 426, no. 21 (Rossnowlagh may refer); H.Morris 1947, 41, no. B12; de Valera 1960, 131, no. 7; Killanin and Duignan 1962, 94; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 105; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 18-20, no. 15 (plan); SMR 1987, 103:40; Killanin and Duignan 1989, 68; Ó Nualláin 1989, 117; RMP 1995, 103:40. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002)

• DG103-041 Souterrain
  Description

  A souterrain now closed. Marked only by a flat stone .7m long. There were at least two parts, or chambers running E-W. It was situated in pasture, just above a slope to a small river. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Architectural heritage

• Coolmore House, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over slightly raised basement house, built c. 1850, having central projecting gable-fronted bay to the front elevation (north) and central projecting gable-fronted single-bay return to the rear (south). Extensively altered c. 2007. Hipped natural slate roof (re-slated) having overhanging eaves supported on paired cut sandstone brackets and a central pair of rendered chimneystacks having cut sandstone stringcourses and coping. Cut sandstone coping to central gable-fronted bay forming quasi open bed pediment. Replacement metal rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls, recently re-rendered. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows at ground floor level to main elevation (north) and six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows over at first floor level. Six-over-six and six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to other elevations. Shallow segmental-headed doorway to central bay, recently installed and formerly a window opening, having modern timber panelled door with sidelights and overlights. Doorway reached up modern flight of cut sandstone steps. Set slightly back from road in own grounds to the south-west of Rossnowlagh and to the north-west of Ballyshannon. Converted detached five-bay two-storey outbuilding and coach house to the rear (south) having projecting gable-fronted two-bay two-storey breakfront to the west end of the front elevation (north). Natural slate roof (recently re-slated) with rendered and cut stone chimneystacks; roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth; square-headed window openings with replacement window fittings, smooth rendered reveals, some remaining stone sills, and with exposed cut sandstone voussoirs over; square-headed doorway with replacement glazed timber door, smooth rendered reveals, and with exposed cut sandstone voussoirs over; integral segmental-headed carriage-arch to the east end of the front elevation having smooth rendered reveals, exposed cut sandstone surrounds and voussoirs over, and with replacement timber double doors. Flight of cut sandstone steps to the rear giving access from basement level to rear of house to forecourt to north of outbuilding. Single-storey sheds to rear of site. Bounded on road-frontage to the north by rendered boundary walls. Gateway to the north-west comprising a pair of cast-iron gateposts with a modern pair of decorative cast-iron gates.

• Reynolds' Folly, folly, building misc, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay single-storey folly/structure (on square-plan), built c. 1800, now in ruins and out of use. Originally associated with Coolbeg House (now ruinous). Raised castellated parapet to east and south elevations; formerly with pitched roof, now collapsed. Constructed of roughly coursed rubble stone masonry with roughly squared quoins to the corners, cut stone stringcourse to the north and south elevations at eaves level and with cut stone stringcourse to base of crenellations to the east and west elevations. Single pointed-arched window opening to the centre of each elevation having roughly dressed surrounds and voussoirs; fittings now gone. Located on an elevated site on a prominent hill to the north-west of Ballyshannon with panoramic views over Donegal Bay to the north and the west. Remains of Coolbeg House to site, remains of walled garden to the west.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800 and extended to the west c. 1880, and with single-storey extension to rear (north), built c. 1930. Pitched reed thatch roof having projecting rendered eaves course, raised rendered verges to the gable ends (east and west), and with two rendered chimneystacks (one to the east gable end and one offset to the west side of centre). Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls to front elevation (south), painted limewashed walls to the east and the rear (north) elevations. Square-headed window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to original building, six-over-three pane timber sliding sash window to extension to the west end of the main elevation (south). Square-headed window openings to rear extensions having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening, offset to the east side of centre, having battened timber door. Set well back from road and aligned at a right-angle to the road alignment. Located in the rural countryside to the north-west of Ballyshannon and to the south-east of Rossnowlagh. Long approach avenue to house from the east. Detached three-bay single-storey outbuilding to the south-west having pitched corrugated-metal roof, rendered rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings with battened timber doors. Detached two-bay single-storey outbuilding to the west having mono-pitched corrugated-metal roof, rendered rubble stone walls, square-headed door opening with battened timber half-doors, and with square-headed carriage-arch having corrugated-metal double-doors. Gateway to the road-frontage to the east comprising a pair of smooth rendered ruled-and-lined gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal coping over, and with wrought-iron flat-bar gates. Gateway flanked to either side (north and south) by quadrant sections of roughcast rendered boundary walls terminated to the east ends by rendered gate piers (on square-plan).

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 20 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 Cool Beg.

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 Cool Beg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Cool Beg

Area

1,180,349 m² (118.03 ha, 291.67 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbarron, and its townlands

Barony

Tirhugh

Electoral division

Ballyshannon Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballyshannon Rural electoral division: 1,738 people in 624 households; 80% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 16% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardeelan Lower, Ardeelan Upper, Cashel, Cool More, Creevy, Kilbarron

Placenames

Cool Beg 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.