Coolyslin

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolyslin, from 204 m² to 146,576 m² (14.66 ha, 36.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Coolyslin 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.

• 13 Apr 2026N/a

  (1) ERECTION OF A MULTI SPAN GREENHOUSE INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF A WATER HARVESTING TANK AND INFILTRATION BLANKET AS PART OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING PREMISES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF WHOLESALE SOFT FRUIT, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 19/51909 AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EQUIPMENT STORAGE BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660628

• 8 Dec 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562165

• 21 May 2025Conditional

  (1) ROOFLIGHTS TO FRONT ELEVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) DETACHED GARDEN ROOM AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF (1) EXTENSIONS TO THE FRONT AND REAR ELEVATIONS OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCORPORATING FIRST FLOOR SPACE TO REAR AND (2) EXTENSION TO EXISTING DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING REMOVAL OF ROOF AND PROVISION OF A REVISED ROOF DESIGN INCORPORATING ANCILLARY STORAGE SPACE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560817

• 13 Mar 2025N/a

  ROOFLIGHTS TO FRONT ELEVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF (1) EXTENSIONS TO THE FRONT AND REAR ELEVATIONS OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCORPORATING FIRST FLOOR SPACE TO REAR AND (2) EXTENSION TO EXISTING DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING REMOVAL OF ROOF AND PROVISION OF A REVISED ROOF DESIGN INCORPORATING ANCILLARY STORAGE SPACE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560359

• 7 Jun 2024Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED WITH DUNGSTEAD AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A PACKHOUSE BUILDING AND ADJOINING COVERED CANOPY AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460851

• 30 Jan 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350083

• 2 Mar 2022Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING UNAUTHORISED STABLE BLOCK / AGRICULTURAL STORAGE STRUCTURE (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250365

• 19 Jun 2020Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS TO THE FRONT, REAR AND SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, WORKS PROPOSED INCLUDE REMOVAL OF EXISTING PITCHED ROOF AND DEVELOPMENT OF A RAISED ROOF INCORPORATING USEABLE FIRST FLOOR AREA (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM (3) DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050803

• 9 Dec 2019Conditional

  (1) ERECTION OF A MULTI SPAN GREENHOUSE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF WHOLESALE SOFT FRUIT (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHEDS AND WALLS AND INSTALLATION OF A WATER HARVESTING TANK AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN IRRIGATION CONTROL SHED (C) DEVELOPMENT OF A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, ACCESS ROAD AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951909

• 25 Jul 2019Conditional

  A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1951135

• 6 Feb 2019Conditional

  (1) EXTENSIONS TO THE FRONT, SIDE AND REAR AT BOTH GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR LEVELS, WORKS INCLUDE ALTERATION TO THE MAIN ROOF DESIGN FROM A HIP ROOF TO A GABLE END ROOF DESIGN TO FACILITATE THE PROPOSED WORKS, (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF A REPLACEMENT SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND (3) REMOVAL OF THE ROOF OVER THE EXISTING DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND PROVISION OF A REVISED ROOF DESIGN INCORPORATING ANCILLARY STORAGE SPACE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950160

• 5 Mar 2018Refused

  (1) COMPLETION AND AMENDMENT OF WORKS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO DWELLING HOUSE AND SEPTIC TANK APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 03/8476 AND (2) DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850299

• 26 Jun 2017Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM (OUTLINE PLANNING PERMISSION REF NO. 0960036)

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751015

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Finn SAC 002301

Recorded monuments

• DG079-031 Standing stone
  Description

  A standing stone c. 1m high and triangular in profile. Situated on a level area in generally rich land overlooking the Finn Valley. 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

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

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Coolyslin.

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

Name

Coolyslin · Cúil na Slinne

Area

635,005 m² (63.5 ha, 156.91 acres)

Civil parish

Urney, and its townlands

Barony

Raphoe South

Electoral division

Urney West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Urney West electoral division: 640 people in 217 households; 86% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlefinn, Cavanaweery, Dresnagh, Gortnamuck, Mullanboy, Stranamuck, Tirnagushoge or Bicketstown

Placenames

Coolyslin 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.