# Coolbeg, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Clontuskert, barony of Longford, Co. Galway; in Irish An Chúil Bheag.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,023,729 m² (102.37 ha, 252.97 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 109,261 m² (10.93 ha, 27 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Clontuskert, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/clontuskert.md
- Barony: Longford
- Electoral division: Lismanny, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/17995
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 61423
- Centre: latitude 53.261303, longitude -8.220037 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

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); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2099642: 169,737 m² (16.97 ha, 41.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2099642.md
- Parcel 2099640: 144,043 m² (14.4 ha, 35.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2099640.md
- Parcel 2099639: 114,327 m² (11.43 ha, 28.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2099639.md
- Parcel 2050345: 113,542 m² (11.35 ha, 28.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2050345.md
- Parcel 2050344: 110,024 m² (11 ha, 27.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2050344.md
- Parcel 2099641: 108,498 m² (10.85 ha, 26.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2099641.md
- Parcel 2114594: 91,860 m² (9.19 ha, 22.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2114594.md
- Parcel 2099644: 84,588 m² (8.46 ha, 20.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2099644.md
- Parcel 2099643: 80,355 m² (8.04 ha, 19.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2099643.md
- Parcel 2050343: 5,217 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2050343.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

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

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- GA099-069: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA099-069----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA100-067----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA100-067001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA100-068----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA100-069----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA100-070----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA100-071----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA100-072----. 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.

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/coolbeg.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/coolbeg.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/coolbeg.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Coolbeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Barnaboy: https://everytownland.com/galway/barnaboy-60495.md
- Barnpark: https://everytownland.com/galway/barnpark.md
- Crowsnest: https://everytownland.com/galway/crowsnest.md
- Gannaveen: https://everytownland.com/galway/gannaveen.md
- Lakefield: https://everytownland.com/galway/lakefield.md
- Somerset: https://everytownland.com/galway/somerset.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/coolbeg
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/coolbeg