Coolnaleen Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Kilshenane, barony of Clanmaurice, Co. Kerry
- Area
- 83.3 ha
- 206 acres
- Land parcels
- 22
- registered freehold, median 2,016 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolnaleen Lower, from 42 m² to 313,517 m² (31.35 ha, 77.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Coolnaleen Lower 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
8 May 2018Refused
RAISE THE LEVELS OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL LANDS BY FILLING USING INERT IMPORTED CONSTRUCTION DEMOLITION WASTE AND SUBSOIL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS UTILISING EXISTING ENTRANCE AND ACCESS ROAD
Permission · Kerry County Council, 18423
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
Recorded monuments
- KE010-074 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diameter 29m E-W This univallate rath has been very much levelled, and all that remains today is a crescent-shaped raised area .7m high. Slight traces of a bank are to be noted to the E and SW, where it is c 11m wide and .5m high, albeit barely perceptible. During drainage work through the centre of this rath, burnt stones and charcoal were uncovered, plus the possible timber trough remains of a fulacht fiadh (52). The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 395. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE010-074001 Fulacht fia
Description
This site is situated one field SSW of another fulacht fiadh (KE010-077----). According to the landowner, while a drain was being dug through the rath (KE010-074----), the trough of a fulacht fiadh was discovered along with some burnt stones and charcoal. No surface trace of this site can be seen today. Originally it lay in the centre of the fort. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 52. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013
- KE010-075 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diameter 28m N-S, 27m E-W Situated SE of KE010-074----, in a large pastoral field, this univallate rath is in a poor state of preservation. It consists of a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank 3.4m-6m wide, 1m high externally and .6m-1.2m above the interior. Numerous cattle breaks and gaps exist in the bank. Extending from the SSE sector is a low straight bank running E, possibly the remains of an old fieldbank. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 396. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE010-077 Burnt spread
Description
According to the landowner, burnt stones and charcoal were discovered during ploughing. It was situated about 11m NW of a possible holy well (KE010-079----). A scattering of burnt stones can still be seen today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 51. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013
- KE010-079 Ritual site - holy well
Description
This well is not marked on any edition of the OS maps. Situation and Description: This well consists of a crescent-shaped depression within which is the well. According to the landowner, this well is associated with St Brigid. The top of the well is mortared and below this is drystone walling. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 922. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coolnaleen Lower.
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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_201 (ZIP).
- 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 Coolnaleen Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Coolnaleen Lower
- Area
- 832,643 m² (83.26 ha, 205.75 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilshenane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmaurice
- Electoral division
- Listowel Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Listowel Rural electoral division: 1,654 people in 635 households; 83% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Billeragh, Coolnaleen Upper, Finuge, Garryantanvally
- Placenames
- Coolnaleen Lower 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.