Cooly

76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cooly, from 283 m² to 800,260 m² (80.03 ha, 197.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cooly 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.

• 21 Oct 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE OUTBUILDING, WITH INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561831

• 9 Oct 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561761

• 1 Aug 2024Conditional

  ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHED

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461184

• 6 Nov 2023Conditional

  (1) ALTERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHED

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351672

• 4 Nov 2019Refused

  ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED TO ABUT EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED AND CONCRETE YARD WALL ON SITE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951695

• 23 Aug 2017Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751297

• 28 Jul 2017N/a

  ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751202

• 20 Jul 2017N/a

  ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751150

• 13 Jun 2017N/a

  ERECTION OF AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750917

• 7 Apr 2017Conditional

  EXISTING BAY WINDOW TO FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1750528

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Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cooly.

Recorded monuments

• DG021-007 Standing stone
  Description

  A standing stone 2.46m high × 0.81m wide at base × 0.5m thick; NE-SW. Situated on pasture land. 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

• DG021-008 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The monastery is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). The first church at Cooly appears to have been know as 'Domnach Bili’ [church of the ancient/sacred tree] which was according to local tradition associated with St Patrick in the 5th-century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399). According to this tradition St Patrick went from Domnach Mor Maige Tochair (Donagh) into the Bretach and ordained Oengus son of Ailill at Domnach Bili (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399). In medieval times the eastern half of the barony of Inishowen was known as Breadach [Bretach] (AFM, 1162). The church at Cooly was also known as Magh Bile (plain of the ancient tree / Moville). A second monastery can be found at Moville in Co. Down which is associated with St Finnen and it is not clear in some of the annalistic references which Moville is referred to. In 953 AD the annals record the death of ‘Aenghus, son of Loingseach, airchinneach [erenagh] of Magh-bile’ (AFM, 671). In 1167 the annals recorded that ‘Muircheartach, son of Ladhmaun Ua Duibhdhiorma, lord of Fordruim [Fordrum], pillar of the magnificence of all the north of Ireland, was treacherously slain by Donnchadh Ua Duibhdhirma, and by all the people of Bredach, in the middle of Magh-bile (Moville/Cooly)’ (AFM, 1163). The present town of Moville is located 1.2km to the E of Cooly. A magnetometer survey carried out by the Bernician Studies Group in 2014 in the fields surrounding the churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and graveyard (DG021-008001-) at Cooly revealed the outline of the ecclesiastical enclosure (diam. c. 85m) of the Early Christian monastery (O'Brien and Adams 2014, 4). The magnetometer survey identified the arc of a curving enclosure in the fields to the SE, E, N and NW of the church and graveyard. Possible traces of a second outer bank were identified in the field to the NE of the church and graveyard, this outer arc follows the line of the inner enclosure and probably represents the remains of the outer enclosing element of the monastic enclosure or precinct boundary. To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and a mortuary house (DG021-008004-) or tomb-shrine known as the 'Skull House'. One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). E of the Mortuary House is a small basin stone or possible bullaun stone (DG021-008007-) and to the NW a small cross-inscribed stone (DG021-008006-). A fragment of a cross-slab (DG021-008018-) with a wheeled-cross was found lying in the interior of the South Church. On the S side of this church also is a small stone cross (DG021-008009-) with some indecipherable lettering on the E face. It is probably a modern grave-marker. The graveyard was subject to a clean-up scheme in 2010 which resulted in the discovery of several unrecorded cross-slabs. The Bernician Studies Group carried out a survey of the graveyard and recorded twenty cross, 10 of which were ring-headed cross-inscribed slabs. The attached image (DG021-008----_01.jpg) is an image of the magnetometer survey of the ecclesiastical enclosure at Cooly, taken from Bernician Studies Group 2014 Report on Cooly graveyard. Image provided by Max Adams and Colm O'Brien, Bernician Studies Group. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 February 2015

• DG021-008001 Graveyard
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-) 2.87m high and 0.8m wide at the arms, orientated N-S. Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and a mortuary house (DG021-008004-) or tomb-shrine known as the 'Skull House'. One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). E of the Mortuary House is a small basin stone or possible bullaun stone (DG021-008007-) and to the NW a small cross-inscribed stone (DG021-008006-). A fragment of a cross-slab (DG021-008018-) with a wheeled-cross was found lying in the interior of the South Church. On the S side of this church also is a small stone cross (DG021-008009-) 0.73m × 0.6m with some indecipherable lettering on the E face. It is probably a modern grave-marker. A graveyard clean-up scheme discovered half of a circular shaped millstone (diam. 0.84m; T 0.14m) with central hole (diam. 0.19m) defined by a slighlty raised band (Wth 0.09m) running around the edge of the central perforation. This millstone may have been reused as a headstone to mark a grave located in the E end of the graveyard adjacent to the graveyard wall and a few metres N of the Skull House. The millstone may have belonged to an unlocated mill in the nearby vicinity of the graveyard. The graveyard clean-up scheme carried out in 2010 has discovered the remains of seven new cross-slabs and one stone figure (DG021-008014-) carved in relief, all of which appear to date from the medieval period. A graveyard plan drawn by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee shows location of monuments uncovered during graveyard clean-up scheme carried out in 2010. The attached image (DG021-008001-_04.jpg) is a plan of the church and graveyard commissioned by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee showing location of monuments inside graveyard. 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 February 2015

• DG021-008002 Church
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). South Church (DG021-008002-): only the S wall of this survives. It is built of rubble, is c. 19m long and 2.8m high. There are openings for two windows now reduced to featureless gaps, although the more easterly preserves a fragment of a splayed ingoing, There is a wall-press with ruined jambs at the E end of this wall. The E limit of the church is marked by regularly spaced bond holes in the interior wall face. The lower courses of the interior face of the W wall survive but the SW corner is obscured by fallen masonry. The first church at Cooly appears to have been known as 'Domnach Bili' [church of the ancient/sacred tree] which was according to local tradition associated with St Patrick in the 5th-century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399). According to this tradition St Patrick went from Domnach Mor Maige Tochair (Donagh) into the Bretach and ordained Oengus son of Ailill at Domnach Bili (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399). In medieval times the eastern half of the barony of Inishowen was known as Breadach [Bretach] (AFM vol. 2, 1162). The church at Cooly was also known as Magh Bile (plain of the ancient tree / Moville). A second monastery can be found at Moville in Co. Down which is associated with St Finnen and it is not clear in some of the annalistic references which Moville is referred to. In 953 AD the annals record the death of 'Aenghus, son of Loingseach, airchinneach [erenagh] of Magh-bile' (AFM vol. 1, 671). In 1167 the annals recorded that 'Muircheartach, son of Ladhmaun Ua Duibhdhiorma, lord of Fordruim [Fordrum], pillar of the magnificence of all the north of Ireland, was treacherously slain by Donnchadh Ua Duibhdhirma, and by all the people of Bredach, in the middle of Magh-bile (Moville/Cooly)' (AFM vol. 2, 1163). The present town of Moville is located 1.2km to the E of Cooly. The church of 'Macgurbili' [Magh-bili/Moville/Cooly] is valued at 40s. in the 1302-06 ecclesiastical taxation of the Diocese of Derry (Cal. doc. Ire., 215). In 1412 AD Robert Makellis was appointed to the rectory of 'Magerbili [Cooly] alias Norraborg in the said diocese, so long void by the death of Donald Macglalacind' (Cal. papal letters, 255). In 1419 AD it is recorded that 'David Omaelmuchoirdhi, clerk, of the diocese of Derry (who lately had papal dispensation, as the son of a priest and a married woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure), the perpetual vicarage of Magbili [Cooly] in the said diocese, value not exceeding 10 marks, of the patronage of laymen, so long void by the death of Denis Ogormali' (Cal. papal letters, 104). In 1427 AD there is a reference to John Ogubuin, rector of Cluainmane (Clonmany] in the diocese of Derry who also holds the 'rectory or plebania of Maghbhile in the said diocese' which was valued at 20 marks (Cal. papal letters, 547). In this year there is a dispute between John Ogubuin, rector of Clonmany and 'Robert Mackeallaidh, rector or plebanus of Maghb[h]ile, [who is accused] of being a perjuror and notorious fornicator, and of dilapidating the fruits etc. of Maghbhile for the benefit of his concubine and others, and if he find the charges to be true, to deprive and remove Robert, and in that event to collate and assign 20 marks to John; notwithstanding that he holds the said rectory of Cluainmaine' (Cal. papal letters, 548). In the same year John Ogubyn was granted 'the canonry of Derry and another of Raphoe, with reservation of a prebend of each; notwithstanding that he holds the rectory of Cluoinmane [Clonmany], and that the pope lately ordered provision to be made to him of the rectories or plebanie of Maghbhile [Cooly] and Cluainchata [Clonca], value not exceeding 8. 20 and 14 marks respectively' (Cal. papal letters, 104). In 1430 AD the church was once more at the centre of a dispute when David Omaelmuchoregi, a priest who obtained the vicarage of Magbili [Cooly] after the death of the former vicar Denis Ogormali petitioned against Henry Maccolgan who had falsely suggested 'to the pope that it had become and was void by the death of Magonius sive Magnellus Omaelrathi, and that David had unduly detained it for more than four years' (Cal. papal letters, 179). 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 February 2015

• DG021-008003 Church
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). North Church (DG021-008003-): only the E gable survives. It is built of roughly coursed split stone and rubble, is c. 5.5m long and 3.7m high. It has a narrow lintelled window 0.9m high with splayed ingoings; the jambs are missing. The gable is bonded at right angles to the graveyard wall and the latter may be on the line of the original N wall of the church. The NE quoin is modern. The SE corner of the church is obscured by a table tomb. There are no signs of the S wall and the W graveyard wall may be on the line of the W wall of the church. There are two blocks with characteristic medieval punched dressing, reused in the NW exterior corner of the graveyard wall. 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 February 2015

• DG021-008004 Shrine
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). Mortuary House or tomb shrine known locally as the 'Skull House' (DG021-008004-): NE of the South Church (DG021-008002-) is a small gabled structure with a stone roof, built of rubble masonry 2.6m × 1.8m externally. The gable is 2m high. It contains a single chamber with a corbelled roof rising to a central capstone. The E wall has a small light 0.38m × 0.12m with slightly splayed ingoings. There is a small lintelled door 0.37m square in the W gable (Waterman 1960, 82-8). E of the Mortuary House is a small basin stone or possible bullaun stone (DG021-008007-) and to the NW a small cross-inscribed stone (DG021-008006-). A fragment of a cross-slab (DG021-008018-) with a wheeled-cross was found lying in the interior of the South Church. 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload/revision: 24 February 2015

• DG021-008005 Cross - High cross
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). This cross is located in the townland of Cooly and not the adjoining townland of Carrownaff as suggested by Harbison in his study of Irish High Crosses. The cross is described by Harbison as 'An undecorated ringed cross, 2.8m high and 80cm across the arms, stands outside the gate of Cooley or Cooly cemetery in the townland of Carrownaff, near Moville. The shaft, which expands slightly upwards, 39cm wide and 17cm thick at the bottom. There is an asymmetrically-placed hole in the upper limb of the cross, above the level of the ring. The cross stands in an irregularly-shaped base, 2.1m long , 90cm broad and about 20cm high, with a hole near the northern end' (Harbison 1992, vol. 1, 33-4). The dating of this cross remains speculative as there are no decorative details on which to securely date the cross. 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 February 2015

• DG021-008006 Cross-slab
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). E of the Mortuary House is a small basin stone or possible bullaun stone (DG021-008007-) and to the NW a small cross-inscribed slab (DG021-008006-) 0.8m high × 0.46m wide E-W. The Latin cross has bar terminals and the upper portion of a central ring (Lacy et. al. 1983, 261) Listed by Herity in 1997 as Cooly 01 and described as a 'broad rectangular upright slab with an encircled cross with T-bar terminals incised on its east face. Near the north-west corner of the Mortuary House' (DG021-008004-) (Herity et. al. 1997, 94). A graveyard plan drawn by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee shows location of cross-inscribed slab as number 9. The attached image (DG021-008006-_03.jpg) is a plan of the church and graveyard commissioned by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee showing location of cross-slab number 9 inside graveyard. 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 February 2015

• DG021-008007 Bullaun stone
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). N of the W gable of the Mortuary House is a small basin stone or possible bullaun stone and to the NW a small cross-inscribed stone (DG021-008006-). A graveyard plan drawn by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee shows location of bullaun stone, known locally as the ‘basin stone’ and marked on plan as number 7. The attached image (DG021-008012-_03.jpg) is a plan of the church and graveyard commissioned by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee showing location of bullaun stone number 13 inside graveyard. 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 February 2015

• DG021-008008 Cross-slab
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). A fragment of a broken cross-slab (DG021-008008-) with a ringed-cross the arms of which project beyond the ring was found to the N of the S Church (DG021-008002-) lying close to the N wall of the graveyard. This cross-slab appears to have been discovered during a graveyard clean-up scheme carried out in 2010. A graveyard plan drawn by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee shows location of cross-slab as number 14. The attached image (DG021-008008-_03.jpg) is a plan of the church and graveyard commissioned by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee showing location of cross-slab number 14 inside graveyard. 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 February 2015

• DG021-008009 Cross
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). On the S side of this church (DG021-008002-) there is a small stone cross measuring 0.73m × 0.6m with some indecipherable lettering on the E face. This stone cross is located to the S of the church (DG021-008002-) and adjacent to the S wall of the graveyard (DG021-008001-). It is probably a post-1700 grave-marker (Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). A graveyard plan drawn by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee shows a small cross-shaped stone lying immediately N of the S wall of the graveyard. The attached image (DG021-008009-_03.jpg) is a plan of the church and graveyard commissioned by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee showing location of cross-shaped stone. 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 February 2015

• DG021-008010 Graveslab
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). Slightly sunken medieval graveslab with incised shaft partly visible after graveyard clean-up scheme (c. 2010) which is located a few metres to the NE of the Mortuary House known locally as the Skull House (DG021-008004-) in Cooly graveyard (DG021-008001-). Not listed in the Archaeological Survey of Donegal (Lacy et. al 1983, 261). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 February 2015

• DG021-008011 Cross-slab
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features (Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). This site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). Ring-headed cross carved in relief on upright slab (H 0.63m; Wth 0.23m; T 0.07m) in Cooly graveyard (DG021-008001-) located 1.5m N of cross-inscribed slab (DG021-008006-). A graveyard plan drawn by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee shows location of cross-slab as number 10. The attached image (DG021-008008-_03.jpg) is a plan of the church and graveyard commissioned by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee showing location of cross-slab number 10 inside graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 February 2015

• DG021-008012 Cross-slab
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). Incised ringed cross on an upright slab (H 0.32m; Wth 0.29m) with T-shaped base exposed after a recent graveyard clean-up scheme carried out in 2010. This cross-slab is located immediately N of the S wall of the South Church (DG021-008002-) in Cooly graveyard (DG021-008001-). The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 22 October 2015

• DG021-008013 Cross-slab
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). A poorly preserved upright cross-shaped slab (H 0.59m; Wth shaft 0.33m; Wth arms 0.38m; T 0.1m) in Cooly graveyard (DG021-008001-) shows traces of a ring-headed cross carved in relief of which only the lower right quadrant of the ring is visible. This slab is located immediately N of the bullaun stone (DG021-008007-). Listed by Herity as Cooly 02 and described as a 'damaged slab with carving in relief of a free-standing ringed cross. H 51+ cm. 1m north of Cooly 01' (DG021-008006-). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 23 October 2015

• DG021-008014 Stone sculpture
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). An upright slab (H 0.33m; Wth 0.4m ; T 0.06m) carved in relief with a monks head with protruding ears and hunched shoulders in Cooly graveyard (DG021-008001-) was recently discovered during graveyard clean up scheme carried out in 2010. A graveyard plan drawn by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee shows location of stone carving as number 12. The attached image (DG021-008012-_03.jpg) is a plan of the church and graveyard commissioned by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee showing location of stone sculpture number 10 inside graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 February 2015

• DG021-008015 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). Poorly preserved traces of a possible incised cross on an upright slab in Cooly graveyard (DG021-008001-) located a few metres N of stone sculpture of possible monks head (DG021-008014-). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 February 2015

• DG021-008016 Cross-slab
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). Well preserved ringed cross incised onto an upright slab (H 0.63m; Wth 0.23m; T 0.07m) in Cooly graveyard (DG021-008001-) which was recently discovered during graveyard clean-up scheme carried out in 2010. A graveyard plan drawn by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee shows location of cross-slab as number 13. The attached image (DG021-008012-_03.jpg) is a plan of the church and graveyard commissioned by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee showing location of cross-slab number 13 inside graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 February 2015

• DG021-008017 Cross-slab
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). A broken upright slab with lower half of a ringed cross carved in relief located in W quadrant of Cooly graveyard (DG021-008001-) to W of church (DG021-008002-) was recently discovered during graveyard clean-up scheme carried out in 2010. A graveyard plan drawn by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee shows a 'wheel-head cross-inscribed slab' located W of the S church where it is marked with the number 2 and known locally as the 'Cat’s Eyes'. The attached image (DG021-008017-_03.jpg) is a plan of the church and graveyard commissioned by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee showing location of cross-slab No. 2. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 February 2015

• DG021-008018 Cross-slab
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The site is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399). To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard (DG021-008001-) is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross (DG021-008005-). Inside the graveyard are the remains of two churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and a mortuary house or tomb shrine (DG021-008004-). One of the churches served as a medieval parish church (Leslie 1937, 265). Unlocated broken cross-slab described by Lacy (1983, 261) as 'a fragment of a cross-slab with a with a wheeled-cross was found lying in the interior of the South Church (DG021-008002-)'. In 1980 the location of the slab was described as a 'loose fragment of a carved wheel cross was found in the graveyard lying beside the wall of the church' (DG021-008002-) (SMR File). The condition of the slab (approx. dims. H 0.3m x Wth 0.45m) was described in the 1980 survey as 'broken off so that only top and part of arms survive' (SMR File). This cross-slab has not been located. Listed by Herity (1997, 94) as Cooly 03 where it was recorded as 'not found'. A graveyard plan drawn by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee shows a 'wheel-head cross-inscribed slab' located n of the centre of the S wall of the S church where it is marked with the number 4 and known locally as the 'Tee Stone'. This may be the same monument as the cross-slab described by Lacy (1983, 261). The attached image (DG021-008018-_01.jpg) is a rubbing taken by Lacy of the cross-slab, copy of the rubbing in the SMR File. The attached image (DG021-008018-_02.jpg) is a plan of the church and graveyard commissioned by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee showing location of cross-slab No. 4 which may be the remains of the slab described in the Archaeological Survey of Donegal. The attached image (DG021-008018-_03.jpg) is a close up of the section of the plan of the church and graveyard commissioned by the Cooley Cross Heritage Committee showing location of cross-slab No. 4 which may be the remains of the slab described in the Archaeological Survey of Donegal. 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 February 2015

• DG021-008019 Cross-slab
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The monastery is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). A magnetometer survey carried out by the Bernician Studies Group in 2014 in the fields surrounding the churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and graveyard (DG021-008001-) at Cooly revealed the outline of the ecclesiastical enclosure (DG021-008----) of the Early Christian monastery of Cooly (O'Brien and Adams 2014, 4). The graveyard was subject to a clean-up scheme in 2010 which resulted in the discovery of several unrecorded cross-slabs. The Bernician Studies Group carried out a survey inside the graveyard and recorded twenty cross slabs, 10 of which were ringed cross-inscribed slabs. One of these slabs contains an incised ringed cross, with incised shaft and pointed base which has been placed up against S face of N wall of graveyard, 18m W of the NE corner of Cooly graveyard (O'Brien and Adams 2014, 3). The attached image (DG021-008019-_01.jpg) is a line drawing of the cross-slab taken from Bernician Studies Group 2014 Report on Cooly graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 22 October 2015

• DG021-008020 Cross-slab
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The monastery is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). A magnetometer survey carried out by the Bernician Studies Group in 2014 in the fields surrounding the churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and graveyard (DG021-008001-) at Cooly revealed the outline of the ecclesiastical enclosure (DG021-008----) of the Early Christian monastery of Cooly (O'Brien and Adams 2014, 4). The graveyard was subject to a clean-up scheme in 2010 which resulted in the discovery of several unrecorded cross-slabs. The Bernician Studies Group carried out a survey inside the graveyard and recorded twenty cross slabs, 10 of which were ringed cross-inscribed slabs. One of these slabs consists of the lower half of a cross-slab decorated with an incised shaft with pointed terminal (O'Brien and Adams 2014, 5). This slab has been inserted sideways into the surface of the graveyard a short distance to the E of the upstanding section of S wall of medieval church ruins (DG021-008002-). The attached images (DG021-008020-_01.jpg) of the cross-slab kindly supplied by Bernician Studies Group who carried out a survey of Cooly graveyard in 2014. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 22 October 2015

• DG021-008021 Cross
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The monastery is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). A magnetometer survey carried out by the Bernician Studies Group in 2014 in the fields surrounding the churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and graveyard (DG021-008001-) at Cooly revealed the outline of the ecclesiastical enclosure (DG021-008----) of the Early Christian monastery of Cooly (O'Brien and Adams 2014, 4). The graveyard was subject to a clean-up scheme in 2010 which resulted in the discovery of several unrecorded cross-slabs. The Bernician Studies Group carried out a survey inside the graveyard and recorded twenty cross slabs, 10 of which were ringed cross-inscribed slabs. One of these stones consists of the possible head (diam. 0.58m) of an unfinished high cross lying on the surface of the graveyard in the N quadrant close to the N boundary wall of the graveyard and immediately S of a cross-slab (DG021-008008-). The roughly circular shaped stone has a slightly domed shaped surface with hollowed out quadrants Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 October 2015

• DG021-008022 Cross
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The monastery is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). A magnetometer survey carried out by the Bernician Studies Group in 2014 in the fields surrounding the churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and graveyard (DG021-008001-) at Cooly revealed the outline of the ecclesiastical enclosure (DG021-008----) of the Early Christian monastery of Cooly (O'Brien and Adams 2014, 4). The graveyard was subject to a clean-up scheme in 2010 which resulted in the discovery of several unrecorded cross-slabs. The Bernician Studies Group identified a freestanding rough T-shaped cross (H 0.35m; T 0.05m) of uncertain date standing inside Cooly graveyard. The cross may have been an unfinished ringed-cross slab which was discarded by the stonemason. It is similar in shape to the nearby partially carved ringed cross-slab (DG021-008013-). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 October 2015

• DG021-008023 Cross
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The monastery is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). A magnetometer survey carried out by the Bernician Studies Group in 2014 in the fields surrounding the churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and graveyard (DG021-008001-) at Cooly revealed the outline of the ecclesiastical enclosure (DG021-008----) of the Early Christian monastery of Cooly (O'Brien and Adams 2014, 4). The graveyard was subject to a clean-up scheme in 2010 which resulted in the discovery of several unrecorded cross-slabs. The Bernician Studies Group identified a freestanding rough L-shaped slab (H 0.4m; T 0.07m) of uncertain date standing inside Cooly graveyard. This slab may have been an unfinished ringed-cross slab which was discarded by the stonemason. It is similar in shape to the nearby partially carved ringed cross-slab (DG021-008013-) and an unfinished slab (DG021-008022-). Image DG021-008023-_01.jpg uploaded courtesy of Bernician Studies Group. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 October 2015

• DG021-008024 Cross
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The monastery is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). A magnetometer survey carried out by the Bernician Studies Group in 2014 in the fields surrounding the churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and graveyard (DG021-008001-) at Cooly revealed the outline of the ecclesiastical enclosure (DG021-008----) of the Early Christian monastery of Cooly (O'Brien and Adams 2014, 4). The graveyard was subject to a clean-up scheme in 2010 which resulted in the discovery of several unrecorded cross-slabs. The Bernician Studies Group identified a freestanding roughly-shaped cross (H 0.4mm; T 0.03m) of uncertain date standing inside Cooly graveyard. This slab may have been an unfinished cross which was discarded by the stonemason. Image DG021-008024_01.jpg uploaded courtesy of Bernician Studies Group. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 October 2015

• DG021-008025 Cross
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The monastery is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). A magnetometer survey carried out by the Bernician Studies Group in 2014 in the fields surrounding the churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and graveyard (DG021-008001-) at Cooly revealed the outline of the ecclesiastical enclosure (DG021-008----) of the Early Christian monastery of Cooly (O'Brien and Adams 2014, 4). The graveyard was subject to a clean-up scheme in 2010 which resulted in the discovery of several unrecorded cross-slabs. The Bernician Studies Group identified a freestanding rough L-shaped slab (H 0.2m; T 0.05m) of uncertain date standing inside Cooly graveyard. This slab may have been an unfinished ringed-cross slab which was discarded by the stonemason. It is similar in shape to a nearby slab (DG021-008023-). Image DG021-008025-_01.jpg uploaded courtesy of Bernician Studies Group. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 October 2015

• DG021-008026 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The monastery is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). A magnetometer survey carried out by the Bernician Studies Group in 2014 in the fields surrounding the churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and graveyard (DG021-008001-) at Cooly revealed the outline of the ecclesiastical enclosure (DG021-008----) of the Early Christian monastery of Cooly (O'Brien and Adams 2014, 4). The graveyard was subject to a clean-up scheme in 2010 which resulted in the discovery of several unrecorded cross-slabs. The Bernician Studies Group identified a freestanding cross-inscribed stone (H 0.31m; Wth. 0.15m; T 0.09m) of uncertain date standing inside Cooly graveyard. Image DG021-008026-_01.jpg uploaded courtesy of Bernician Studies Group. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 October 2015

• DG021-008027 Cross-slab
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The monastery is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). A magnetometer survey carried out by the Bernician Studies Group in 2014 in the fields surrounding the churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and graveyard (DG021-008001-) at Cooly revealed the outline of the ecclesiastical enclosure (DG021-008----) of the Early Christian monastery of Cooly (O'Brien and Adams 2014, 4). The graveyard was subject to a clean-up scheme in 2010 which resulted in the discovery of several unrecorded cross-slabs. The Bernician Studies Group identified a slab with two sunken small equal-armed crosses carved into the surface of the stone (H 0.18m; Wth. 0.48m). Only a small portion of this slab was visible protruding above the surface of the graveyard. Image DG021-008027-_01.jpg uploaded courtesy of Bernician Studies Group. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 October 2015

• DG021-008028 Cross-slab
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The monastery is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). A magnetometer survey carried out by the Bernician Studies Group in 2014 in the fields surrounding the churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and graveyard (DG021-008001-) at Cooly revealed the outline of the ecclesiastical enclosure (DG021-008----) of the Early Christian monastery of Cooly (O'Brien and Adams 2014, 4). The graveyard was subject to a clean-up scheme in 2010 which resulted in the discovery of several unrecorded cross-slabs. The Bernician Studies Group carried out a survey inside the graveyard and recorded twenty cross slabs, 10 of which were ringed cross slabs. One of these stones was described by the Bernician Studies Group as following ‘A coarse-grained laminated stone standing vertically, max. height above the ground surface is 330mm, width 280mm, thickness 150mm. The left (N) side is near-vertical towards the bottom, but the upper part of that side and the top have been broken off. The right (S) side is cut to a straight edge, chamfered. Both E and W faces are fairly smooth. The whole stone has been split right through, top to bottom, and the left side had flaked off. The W face bears faint traces of a ring-headed cross. This is either very heavily eroded or it was never completed and what we see are the faint first markings-out of the shape. The left edge, near the top, describes an arc of a circle of approx. 200mm diameter, possibly the outer edge of a ring part of whose lower right quadrant can be traced, with the ring width of some 30mm’. Sketch drawing of possible ringed cross slab (DG021-008028-_01) uploaded courtesy of Bernician Studies Group. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 October 2015

• DG021-008029 Cross-slab
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The monastery is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). A magnetometer survey carried out by the Bernician Studies Group in 2014 in the fields surrounding the churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and graveyard (DG021-008001-) at Cooly revealed the outline of the ecclesiastical enclosure (DG021-008----) of the Early Christian monastery of Cooly (O'Brien and Adams 2014, 4). The graveyard was subject to a clean-up scheme in 2010 which resulted in the discovery of several unrecorded cross-slabs. The Bernician Studies Group carried out a survey inside the graveyard and recorded twenty cross slabs, 10 of which were ringed cross slabs. One of these stones was described by the Bernician Studies Group as following ‘A coarse-grained laminated stone, neatly squares standing with a lean to its right (S) side. Max. height above ground is 540mm, width 390mm and thickness 80mm. Both surfaces are flaked. The W face is carved to form a cross in low relief. The depth of carving goes nowhere deeper than 5mm, and in places less; towards the top left and the left side the detail is lost in flaking of the surface. Detail on the right shows a cross arm with curved upper and lower edges and a curve coming around to the head of the cross’. Sketch drawing of possible ringed cross slab (DG021-008029-_01) uploaded courtesy of Bernician Studies Group. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 October 2015

• DG021-008030 Architectural fragment
  Description

  The early ecclesiastical site here consists of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard inside of which are a number of earlier features. The monastery is located on excellent land sloping to Lough Foyle to the E and is traditionally claimed to have been founded by St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399; Lacy et. al. 1983, 261). A magnetometer survey carried out by the Bernician Studies Group in 2014 in the fields surrounding the churches (DG021-008002-/003-) and graveyard (DG021-008001-) at Cooly revealed the outline of the ecclesiastical enclosure (DG021-008----) of the Early Christian monastery of Cooly (O'Brien and Adams 2014, 4). The graveyard was subject to a clean-up scheme in 2010 which resulted in the discovery of several unrecorded cross-slabs, a quernstone or millstone and an architectural fragment of a medieval window belonging to Cooly Church (DG021-008002-). The architectural fragment is located N of the E end of the church ruins (DG021-008002-) and consists of a chamfered jamb-stone of brown coloured sandstone with glazing groove and iron bar hole visible. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 October 2015

• DG021-020 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated at the foot of a rocky hillock in undulating pasture. According to the landowner he has known of this monument for many years. It is recorded in 1938 as follows: 'There are underground chambers in a field in Cooley. They are about 200 yards north west of Cooley Cross. At present four chambers can be entered. They are entered from one to the other through man-holes. There is also a fifth chamber and a man hole leading into it, but it is blocked by stones. They are cut out of rock. The ceilings are not very high, therefore it is difficult for anyone to stand in them. Some of the manholes are fairly big. There is one of them very narrow, and anyone that has to go through it has to go through it has to go on their hands and feet. People think that there must be some ventilation in it, because the air is pretty good. In wet weather there is a little water in the first chamber, but it does not lie. In dry weather they are quite dry. There are stones on the floor which had fallen from the ceiling. The first chamber is 11 ft long, 3 ft broad and 3 ft high. It is partly filled with clay. The second one is 16ft long, 4 ft 2 ins broad, 4 ft 6 ins high. The third one is 15ft long, 5 ft broad, 4ft high.’ (Schools Collection Vol. 1118 (Bredagh Glen School), 146-7). The remains comprise a small irregularly-shaped opening (max. dim. 0.45m; D 0.35m) at the E end of what appears to be a rock-cut passage extending in a W direction. The entrance had previously been covered-over by a series of stone slabs which are now lying against a field boundary a short distance to the N. Given the size of the opening it did not prove possible to enter the passage. However the landowner's sons and other small boys had managed to squeeze through it and into the passage. They said that it has 'thin walls' and that it did not have a man-made roof. According to the boys, the passage gave entrance to five 'chambers' of which four are still accessible. The Schools Collection is available on http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4493784/4420014 (accessed 27 May 2014). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 27 May 2014

Architectural heritage

• Scoil Bhríde, school, 1930–1935 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former national school, dated 1931, on T-plan, with gabled projection to front elevation. Pitched slate roof with overhanging eaves and smooth rendered eaves course, yellow brick on stretcher bond chimneystacks with chamfered ashlar coping and terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with sandstone date plaque with chamfered edges to front. Square-headed window openings with ashlar sandstone sills having four-over-four horned timber sash windows to front elevation, six-over-nine to side elevations and six-over-six to rear elevation. Square-headed door openings with battened timber doors, and ashlar sandstone thresholds to north and south sides of gabled projection. Random rubble wall with rendered coping dividing former yard to rear and intercepting single-storey toilet block comprising shallow monopitched corrugated-metal roofs and random rubble walls. Set within own grounds enclosed by random-rubble walls with rendered coping; smooth rendered piers with chamfered ashlar coping to south-west of boundary wall.

• Cooly Graveyard, graveyard/cemetery, 1600–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard arranged on rectangular plan c. 1700 with collection of inscribed eighteenth and nineteenth century stone gravemarkers (earliest dated 1702), together with uninscribed late-post medieval stone gravemarkers. Site bounded by random rubble stone walls with flat stone coping. Entered from west through square plan random rubble stone piers, with rendered pyramidal coping and strap-iron double gates. Random rubble steps forming stile over wall to south of gateway. Graveyard contains remains of two early churches and a single chambered mortuary or skull house with a corbelled stone roof. Tall wheeled cross, Cooly Cross, sited outside of entrance to graveyard.

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).

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About 1 in 10 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2236 (ZIP).

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

Name

Cooly

Area

3,416,634 m² (341.66 ha, 844.27 acres)

Civil parish

Upper Moville, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen East

Electoral division

Castlecary, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castlecary electoral division: 692 people in 245 households; 87% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 18% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballylawn, Carrownaff, Claggan, Drumlee, Glebe, Glencrow, Gort North, Gort South, Moneydarragh, Tiryrone

Placenames

Cooly 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.