Coolanarroo
Townland in the civil parish of Tuosist, barony of Glanarought, Co. Kerry; in Irish Cúil an Arbha
- Area
- 63.1 ha
- 156 acres
- Land parcels
- 6
- registered freehold, median 76,871 m² (7.69 ha, 19 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolanarroo, from 3,536 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres) to 313,690 m² (31.37 ha, 77.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Coolanarroo 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
1 Mar 2017Conditional
RETAIN DWELLING AS BUILT ON REVISED SITE LAYOUT ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17184
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Coolanarroo.
Recorded monuments
- KE102-020 Hut site
Description
In rough pasture, on a SW-facing rocky slope, overlooking the valley of the Dromoghty River. The remains of a rectangular hut site (4.95m E-W; 2.55m N-S) defined by the lower courses of well-constructed, drystone wall (T 0.7m; H 0.9m). There is an entrance (Wth 0.5m) at the centre of the S wall. Rubble is scattered along the base of the walls. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011
- KE102-096001 Field boundary
Description
In rough hill pasture, on a W-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Dromoghty River. A collapsed, curvilinear stone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.4m) rises from the bog to the SE of a SW-flowing stream, meanders in a general SE direction for c. 60m and curves around to the SW for c. 95m, ending close to a modern field boundary. Rubble is embedded in the bog beside the wall. A hut site (KE102-096002-) is c. 40m to the N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011
- KE102-096002 Hut site
Description
In rough hill pasture, on a W-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Dromoghty River. The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 3.2m) defined by a stone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.3m) which protrudes above the surface of the bog. The level interior is cut slightly into the upslope at E. There is a spill of stones on the downslope. A relict field boundary (KE102-096001-) is c. 40m to the S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coolanarroo.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 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 Coolanarroo.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Coolanarroo with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Coolanarroo · Cúil an Arbha
- Area
- 630,913 m² (63.09 ha, 155.9 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tuosist, and its townlands
- Barony
- Glanarought
- Electoral division
- Dawros, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dawros electoral division: 611 people in 226 households; 88% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 23% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynafullia, Barraduff, Drombane, Inchicloon
- Placenames
- Coolanarroo 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.