Coolbeg

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolbeg, from 5,217 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres) to 169,737 m² (16.97 ha, 41.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Coolbeg 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Coolbeg in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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 Coolbeg.

Recorded monuments

• GA099-069 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as subcircular embanked enclosure (c. 41m N-S; c. 37m E-W) and on the 1946-7 revision as a circular mound (diam. c. 25m). A field boundary, running N-S, clipped it at E. On inspection in April 1983 no visible surface trace survived. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 August 2019

• GA100-067 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a hillock, close to a stream in undulating pastureland. Poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (62m NE-SW; 56m NW-SE) defined by bank (Wth 1.9m; base Wth 8.9m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2.2m) from SSE to S and from NW to NNW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A gap at S appears to be modern. There is a children's burial ground (GA100-067001-) in the E half of the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 22 February 2019

• GA100-067001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Within the E half of a rath (GA100-067----). This children's burial ground is defined by an unenclosed rectangular area (10m E-W; 5.5m N-S) within which a number of set stones indicate graves. According to local information, the last burial took place c. 1900. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 22 February 2019

• GA100-068 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a ridge in pastureland. This subcircular rath (c. 40m N-S; c. 30m E-W), in fair condition, is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is visible from N through E to SW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse survives from SW through W to N and the outer bank from W to NNW. A gap at NE may be modern. According to local information, the outer bank was removed in recent years. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 1 December 2017

• GA100-069 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a ridge in level pastureland. Poorly preserved oval rath (33m N-S; 26.5m E-W) defined by a bank from NW to NE and from SSE to SSW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A gap (Wth 4.5m) at S may be original. There is a small quarry immediately outside the rath at SE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 1 December 2017

• GA100-070 Mound
  Description

  On a ridge in undulating pastureland. On inspection in January 1985 a number hawthorn trees were growing on top of this fairly well-preserved subcircular flat-topped earthen mound (base Wth 15m N-S; 13.75m E-W; Wth at top 7.2m N-S; 6.9m E-W; H 1.3-1.7m). On re-inspection in April 2008 it was noted that the trees had since been removed. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 November 2019

• GA100-071 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a ridge in undulating pastureland. Subcircular rath (25m N-S; 22.5m E-W), in fair condition, defined by an inner bank, fosse and outer scarp. The inner bank survives from SSE to SW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse and outer scarp are evident all round. A causewayed gap (Wth 4.8m) at S may be original. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 1 December 2017

• GA100-072 Designed landscape feature
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Coolbeg, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coolbeg.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Coolbeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Coolbeg · An Chúil Bheag

Area

1,023,729 m² (102.37 ha, 252.97 acres)

Civil parish

Clontuskert, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Lismanny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

264 people lived in 88 households in the Lismanny electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnaboy, Barnpark, Crowsnest, Gannaveen, Lakefield, Somerset

Placenames

Coolbeg 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.