Cool

5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cool, from 190 m² to 1,075,510 m² (107.55 ha, 265.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cool 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 Cool 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 Cool.

Recorded monuments

• KE036-072 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. c. 24.6m A univallate rath situated on the E slopes of Corrin mountain, overlooking the valley of the Finglas river. It has been truncated by the construction of a road and only the NW half of the enclosure survives. The bank rises from .3 to 1m above the interior and from .5 to 1.1m above the base of the fosse. Though much disturbed, the bank retains 2 to 3 courses of drystone facing along its inner edge at the SW end. The fosse is c. 2.4m wide and 1.2m deep below the external ground level, but appears to have been modified, possibly for drainage purposes. The interior slopes markedly downhill to E and an irregular hollow in the NE sector is probably the remains of a hut, c. 5.8m in diameter. The hollow is enclosed by a low bank, 1m wide and a maximum of .55m high. This is open to S and there is no visible trace of any wall facing. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 370. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE036-072001 Hut site
  Description

  Univallate rath KE036-072---- is situated on the E slopes of Corrin mountain, overlooking the valley of the Finglas river. The interior slopes markedly downhill to E and an irregular hollow in the NE sector is probably the remains of a hut (KE036-072001-), c. 5.8m in diameter. The hollow is enclosed by a low bank, 1m wide and a maximum of .55m high. This is open to S and there is no visible trace of any wall facing. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 370. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE036-073 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 20.6m N-S, c. 19m E-W This is the northernmost of 4 closely-grouped raths situated on the E side of Corrin Hill. It lies on a SE facing slope about 75m N of KE036-075----. The roughly circular interior, containing traces of a hut and possible souterrain, slopes downhill to SE and is enclosed by an earthen bank and external fosse. The bank varies in internal height from .1 to .15m on the downslope side to 2m on the upslope side. The 2.6m wide entrance gap at ENE is defined on its S side by a large stone set on edge. The fosse varies in width from 2.7 to 3.5m and is from .4 to c. 0.8m deep below the external ground level; it is not present along the SE sector. There is a tradition of a souterrain on the site and a depression a little E of centre may mark its location. A roughly D-shaped hut, built against the bank at ESE, measures 4m x 4.6m internally. Its wall is now reduced for the most part to a band of collapse but portion of the inner wall face at WSW is preserved to a height of .5m. The entrance at NW is defined by 2 stones set standing on edge .55m apart. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 369. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE036-073001 Hut site
  Description

  KE036-073---- is the northernmost of 4 closely-grouped raths situated on the E side of Corrin Hill. It lies on a SE facing slope about 75m N of KE036-075----. A roughly D-shaped hut (KE036-073001-), built against the bank at ESE, measures 4m x 4.6m internally. Its wall is now reduced for the most part to a band of collapse but portion of the inner wall face at WSW is preserved to a height of .5m. The entrance at NW is defined by 2 stones set standing on edge .55m apart. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 369. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE036-073002 Souterrain
  Description

  KE036-073---- is the northernmost of 4 closely-grouped raths situated on the E side of Corrin Hill. It lies on a SE facing slope about 75m N of KE036-075----. There is a tradition of a souterrain (KE036-073002-) on the site and a depression a little E of centre may mark its location. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 369. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE036-074 Hut site
  Description

  This is described by Cuppage (1986, 130, no. 368) as being 'about 50 to 60m to NE [of rath KE036-075----]' and described as 'the ruined and grass-grown remains of a hut, roughly circular in plan and measures c. 3.6m in internal diameter and the NE facing entrance gap measures 1.3m in width.' There is a possible hut site (KE036-074001-) abutting its W side.

• KE036-074001 Hut site
  Description

  This is the '2nd hut or annex' attached to the W side of another hut (KE036-074----). According to Cuppage (1986, 130, no. 368) this 'W hut or annex is less well-defined' than the adjoining E hut (KE036-074----).

• KE036-075 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 24m SW-NE, 21.2m SSE-NNW One of a group of 4 univallate raths situated on the E side of Corrin Hill. The single earthen bank, now considerably gapped, varies in height from .3 to 1m internally on the downslope and upslope sides respectively and from 1.18m to .5m externally. It is c. 1.3 to 1.5m wide at base. There are intermittent traces of drystone revetment along its inner face, and some stones protruding through the slip on the outer face, in the SE sector, may indicate a similar feature here. A stony ledge directly inside the bank in the NW and N sectors probably results from collapse of the inner revetment. A 2m wide external fosse surrounds the bank in the NW sector only. Two diametrically opposed gaps at ENE and WSW measure 3.3m and 3m wide respectively. The interior slopes markedly downhill to SE. Directly inside the WSW entrance gap are the very disturbed remains of one or more huts. For the most part the stones from these have been robbed leaving an irregular quarried hole c. 10m long ENE-WSW x c. 5m wide. At the E end of this a few stones of the inner face of 1 hut, c. 3 to 4m in diameter, are still preserved in situ and its entrance at ENE is lined by a single course of masonry. The W end of the quarry may have housed an annex or a 2nd hut but the area is too disturbed to be certain. A line of 2 boulders set on edge between the W end of this and the gap in the ringfort bank may be part of an entrance feature to the huts. About 50 to 60m to NE are the ruined and grass-grown remains of a hut with a 2nd hut or annex attached to its W side. The E hut is roughly circular in plan and measures c. 3.6m in internal diameter and the NE facing entrance gap measures 1.3m in width. The W hut or annex is less well-defined. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 368. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE036-075001 Hut site
  Description

  KE036-075---- is one of a group of 4 univallate raths situated on the E side of Corrin Hill. Directly inside the WSW entrance gap are the very disturbed remains of one or more huts. For the most part the stones from these have been robbed leaving an irregular quarried hole c. 10m long ENE-WSW x c. 5m wide. At the E end of this a few stones of the inner face of 1 hut (KE036-075001-), c. 3 to 4m in diameter, are still preserved in situ and its entrance at ENE is lined by a single course of masonry. The W end of the quarry may have housed an annex or a 2nd hut but the area is too disturbed to be certain. A line of 2 boulders set on edge between the W end of this and the gap in the ringfort bank may be part of an entrance feature to the huts. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 368. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE036-075002 Hut site
  Description

  KE036-075---- is one of a group of 4 univallate raths situated on the E side of Corrin Hill. Directly inside the WSW entrance gap are the very disturbed remains of one or more huts. For the most part the stones from these have been robbed leaving an irregular quarried hole c. 10m long ENE-WSW x c. 5m wide. About 50 to 60m to NE are the ruined and grass-grown remains of a hut with a 2nd hut (KE036-075002-) or annex attached to its W side. The E hut is roughly circular in plan and measures c. 3.6m in internal diameter and the NE facing entrance gap measures 1.3m in width. The W hut or annex is less well-defined. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 368. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE036-076 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 23m One of a group of 4 raths situated in close proximity to one another on the E side of Corrin Hill. It lies c. 75m from KE036-077---- and c. 50m from KE036-075----. The circular interior, containing 3 conjoined huts, is enclosed by a single earthen bank which measures up to .8m high internally and 1.1m high externally and which is 2m wide at base. The bank has been levelled for a short stretch at SE and the enclosure is here defined by a scarp which falls 1.8m to the external ground level. Along the NE half of the perimeter the bank has been replaced by a stone-faced earthen field fence which follows the line of the original enclosure. In the NNW and N sectors this overlies the remains of the ringfort bank which survives to a height of .5m here. The bank in the SW sector retains a very short length of drystone facing, 4 courses high, and a few isolated facing stones are visible to N of this. Two breaks in the bank at NW are probably cattle tracks. A 3rd gap at S only breaks through the upper portion of the bank. Two breaks at W and SW, measuring 1.8m and .7m in width respectively, are more clearly defined and either may represent the original entrance. The remains of the 3 conjoined huts extend roughly N-S across the interior of the ringfort: (1) (KE036-076001-) The central hut is 4.75m in diameter internally and is enclosed by a circular bank of earth and stone averaging 1m in height internally and up to .6m externally. A 1m long section of the inner wall face is preserved to a height of .6m but the remainder is not visible. The entrance lies to NE but is not clearly defined. (2) (KE036-076002-) The northernmost hut measures c. 3.5m in diameter internally and the enclosing bank of grass-grown stones is up to .75m high internally but no more than .1m high externally. The ill-defined entrance gap lies to ENE. (3) (KE036-076003-) The 3rd hut, c. 4.5m in diameter internally, abuts the SE side of the central hut. The enclosing bank is a maximum of .7m high internally and .6m high externally, and there is an entrance gap at N. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 367. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE036-076001 Hut site
  Description

  KE036-076---- is one of a group of 4 raths situated in close proximity to one another on the E side of Corrin Hill. It lies c. 75m from KE036-077---- and c. 50m from KE036-075----. The circular interior, contains 3 conjoined huts. (1) (KE036-076001-) The central hut is 4.75m in diameter internally and is enclosed by a circular bank of earth and stone averaging 1m in height internally and up to .6m externally. A 1m long section of the inner wall face is preserved to a height of .6m but the remainder is not visible. The entrance lies to NE but is not clearly defined. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 367. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE036-076002 Hut site
  Description

  KE036-076---- is one of a group of 4 raths situated in close proximity to one another on the E side of Corrin Hill. It lies c. 75m from KE036-077---- and c. 50m from KE036-075----. The circular interior, contains 3 conjoined huts. (2) (KE036-076002-) The northernmost hut measures c. 3.5m in diameter internally and the enclosing bank of grass-grown stones is up to .75m high internally but no more than .1m high externally. The ill-defined entrance gap lies to ENE. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 367. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE036-076003 Hut site
  Description

  KE036-076---- is one of a group of 4 raths situated in close proximity to one another on the E side of Corrin Hill. It lies c. 75m from KE036-077---- and c. 50m from KE036-075----. The circular interior, contains 3 conjoined huts. (3) (KE036-076003-) The 3rd hut, c. 4.5m in diameter internally, abuts the SE side of the central hut. The enclosing bank is a maximum of .7m high internally and .6m high externally, and there is an entrance gap at N. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 367. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE036-077 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 17m This is one of a group of 4 univallate raths located in close proximity to one another on the E side of Corrin Hill (1096 feet/334m), c. 300 to 400m W of a small tributary of the Finglas river. They command an extensive view over the tributary valley and NE along the main valley as far as Tralee Bay. The surrounding land provides rough grazing, but a series of cultivation ridges, located directly uphill of the group, indicate more intensive land use at some stage in the past. The fairly level, circular interior, containing the remains of a pair of conjoined huts, is enclosed by a single earthen bank, now much eroded. Internally it ranges in height from .2 to .9m. Externally it is up to 1.5m high on the downslope side, but on the upslope side there is no visible external height. It averages 2.6m in width at base. A .8m wide entrance gap at SSE slopes 1m down to the exterior. The outline of a pair of conjoined huts is discernible in the SW sector. Both are about 3.5m in internal diameter and the enclosing banks are nowhere more than .6m high. There are entrance gaps at the E side of each but there does not appear to have been any internal communication between the two. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 366. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE036-077001 Hut site
  Description

  KE036-077---- is one of a group of 4 univallate raths located in close proximity to one another on the E side of Corrin Hill (1096 feet/334m), c. 300 to 400m W of a small tributary of the Finglas river. T The outline of a pair of conjoined huts is discernible in the SW sector. Both are about 3.5m in internal diameter and the enclosing banks are nowhere more than .6m high. There are entrance gaps at the E side of each but there does not appear to have been any internal communication between the two. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 366. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE036-077002 Hut site
  Description

  KE036-077---- is one of a group of 4 univallate raths located in close proximity to one another on the E side of Corrin Hill (1096 feet/334m), c. 300 to 400m W of a small tributary of the Finglas river. T The outline of a pair of conjoined huts is discernible in the SW sector. Both are about 3.5m in internal diameter and the enclosing banks are nowhere more than .6m high. There are entrance gaps at the E side of each but there does not appear to have been any internal communication between the two. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 366. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE036-078 Souterrain
  Description

  This souterrain is located on the steep SE facing slopes of a small valley that extends SW from Glenfais. Though there is no tradition of any associated monument, 7 ringforts occur within 600m of the site. A single lintel is visible on the surface but the passage, extending at least 3m to NNW, is filled in to within .25m of its roof and is therefore inaccessible. The passage, .7m wide at roof level, is constructed of drystone masonry and roofed by a series of large flat slabs. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 755. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE036-080 Enclosure
  Description

  This site is marked on the 2nd edition of the OS map as a univallate enclosure truncated to SW by a field fence so that only the NE half survived; it was probably originally oval rather than circular. Both the field fence and the enclosure have now been levelled. It was situated on the W bank of a tributary of the Finglas river, at the foot of a steep SE facing slope. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 657. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE036-081 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 23m Lismorenacoola/Lios na Cúlach: A univallate rath situated in an elevated position on the SE slopes of Corrin Hill. The site lies in rough pastureland near the head of the small valley through which a tributary of the Finglas river flows NE towards Glenfais. The circular interior slopes downhill to E and is enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and external fosse. The bank rises 1.4m above the interior on the upslope side but only .45m on the downslope side. Externally, it varies in height from 1.6 to 1m on the downslope and upslope sides respectively. It averages 4m in width at base. The fosse is a maximum of .75 to 1m deep, but on the upslope side it appears more impressive due to the rising hillslope beyond. There are 3 breaks in the bank, that at ESE possibly marking the original entrance. Its S side is lined by a slab set on edge, and a 2nd stone, set .5m beyond this in the interior, may also be related to the entrance. A possible hut in the centre of the enclosure is marked by an ill-defined bank, up to .4m high, enclosing a roughly sub-circular space c. 2m in diameter. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 365. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE036-081001 Hut site
  Description

  Lismorenacoola/Lios na Cúlach: Univallate rath KE036-081---- situated in an elevated position on the SE slopes of Corrin Hill. A possible hut (KE036-081001-) in the centre of the enclosure is marked by an ill-defined bank, up to .4m high, enclosing a roughly sub-circular space c. 2m in diameter. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 365. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, 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.

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

Name

Cool · An Chúil

Area

1,364,772 m² (136.48 ha, 337.24 acres)

Civil parish

Kilgobban, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaguiny

Electoral division

Kilgobban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilgobban electoral division: 297 people in 119 households; 84% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Camp, Doonore North, Doonore South, Glandine, Kilteenbane, Maumnahaltora, Mountoven

Placenames

Cool 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.