# Coolroe Lower, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Glanbehy, barony of Iveragh, Co. Kerry. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 975,162 m² (97.52 ha, 240.97 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,264 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Glanbehy, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/glanbehy.md - Barony: Iveragh - Electoral division: Glanbehy, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,269 people lived in 465 households in the Glanbehy electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 39% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/22282 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 70827 - Centre: latitude 52.039953, longitude -9.95681 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolroe Lower, from 70 m² to 246,648 m² (24.66 ha, 60.95 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1222926: 246,648 m² (24.66 ha, 60.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1222926.md - Parcel 1157958: 152,823 m² (15.28 ha, 37.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1157958.md - Parcel 1152082: 87,185 m² (8.72 ha, 21.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1152082.md - Parcel 1202292: 78,291 m² (7.83 ha, 19.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1202292.md - Parcel 1193115: 69,151 m² (6.92 ha, 17.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1193115.md - Parcel 1208913: 59,954 m² (6 ha, 14.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1208913.md - Parcel 1212001: 50,364 m² (5.04 ha, 12.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1212001.md - Parcel 1215789: 39,839 m² (3.98 ha, 9.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215789.md - Parcel 1212802: 22,950 m² (2.29 ha, 5.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1212802.md - Parcel 1159258: 13,308 m² (1.33 ha, 3.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159258.md - Parcel 1190300: 10,403 m² (1.04 ha, 2.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1190300.md - Parcel 1148610: 7,707 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1148610.md - Parcel 1182539: 6,995 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1182539.md - Parcel 1207061: 6,767 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1207061.md - Parcel 1158277: 6,140 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1158277.md - Parcel 1176202: 5,949 m² (0.59 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1176202.md - Parcel 1139736: 5,565 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1139736.md - Parcel 1159425: 5,340 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159425.md - Parcel 1158835: 4,984 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1158835.md - Parcel 1183239: 4,647 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1183239.md - Parcel 1163772: 4,592 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1163772.md - Parcel 1200103: 3,848 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1200103.md - Parcel 1159353: 3,825 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159353.md - Parcel 1159502: 3,820 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159502.md - Parcel 4427260: 3,759 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4427260.md - Parcel 1204457: 3,618 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1204457.md - Parcel 1184899: 3,579 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1184899.md - Parcel 1244190: 3,519 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1244190.md - Parcel 1185077: 3,468 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1185077.md - Parcel 1185244: 3,461 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1185244.md - Parcel 5408684: 3,271 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5408684.md - Parcel 1224698: 3,256 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1224698.md - Parcel 1153588: 3,169 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1153588.md - Parcel 1156233: 3,122 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1156233.md - Parcel 5524834: 3,067 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5524834.md - Parcel 1211307: 3,038 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1211307.md - Parcel 5637095: 2,938 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5637095.md - Parcel 1152447: 2,779 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1152447.md - Parcel 1154016: 2,713 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1154016.md - Parcel 5060955: 2,615 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5060955.md - Parcel 1246283: 2,609 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1246283.md - Parcel 1192476: 2,483 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1192476.md - Parcel 5871092: 2,403 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5871092.md - Parcel 1176203: 2,288 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1176203.md - Parcel 1183750: 2,081 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1183750.md - Parcel 1138794: 2,072 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1138794.md - Parcel 1191727: 1,710 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1191727.md - Parcel 1223526: 1,259 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1223526.md - Parcel 4858573: 1,162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4858573.md - Parcel 1229870: 959 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1229870.md - Parcel 5442280: 673 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5442280.md - Parcel 1207625: 671 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1207625.md - Parcel 1220359: 462 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1220359.md - Parcel 1217575: 408 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1217575.md - Parcel 1241488: 379 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1241488.md - Parcel 1158627: 370 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1158627.md - Parcel 5408685: 286 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5408685.md - Parcel 5871114: 264 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5871114.md - Parcel 1210681: 234 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1210681.md - Parcel 1149214: 83 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1149214.md - Parcel 5171495: 74 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5171495.md - Parcel 1245292: 70 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1245292.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Coolroe Lower 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) 5 applications, newest first. - 10 Sept 2025, Kerry County Council 2560807: Refused. Permission. for full planning permission for a) permission to construct an all-weather playing surface, b) permission to erect perimeter fencing and high ball netting, c) permission to erect flood lighting, d) permission to construct a new pedestrian bridge to access the new pitch from the school grounds. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560807/0 - 21 Dec 2021, Kerry County Council 211488: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (A) CONSTRUCT A SERIES OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSIONS , INCLUDING A LOFT SPACE (B) MODIFY EXISTING SELECTED WINDOW/DOOR OPENINGS AND (C) INSTALL 2NO. ROOFLIGHTS TO EXISTING ROOF AND (D) RETENTION PERMISSION FOR 2 NO. EXISTING TIMBER CLAD STORAGE SHEDS, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211488/0 - 16 Dec 2019, Kerry County Council 191279: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH SECONDARY TREATMENT UNIT AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/191279/0 - 26 Jan 2018, Kerry County Council 1847: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. PLANNING PERMISSION TO RETAIN AS CONSTRUCTED EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE, TO INSTALL A NEW MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER AND TO DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM, ALSO TO COMPLETE GENERAL LANDSCAPING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/1847/0 - 19 Dec 2017, Kerry County Council 171269: N/a. Retention. RETAIN AS CONSTRUCTED, EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK, COMPLETE GENERAL LANDSCAPING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/171269/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Coolroe Lower. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KE063-020: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE063-020----. No trace survives of the ‘Gallaun’ marked at this location on the OS maps. It was situated SW of the river Behy, in an area that has been extensively reclaimed. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 232. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013 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 Coolroe Lower. ## 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 Coolroe Lower, about 1 in 5 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coolroe Lower. - 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/kerry/coolroe-lower.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/coolroe-lower.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/coolroe-lower.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) - Coolroe Lower, Glenbeigh: 6 sales, https://everytownland.com/kerry/coolroe-lower-glenbeigh.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballynakilly Lower: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballynakilly-lower.md - Coolroe Upper: https://everytownland.com/kerry/coolroe-upper.md - Curra: https://everytownland.com/kerry/curra.md - Drom: https://everytownland.com/kerry/drom-71126.md - Gowlane: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gowlane-71583.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. --- 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/kerry/coolroe-lower - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kerry/coolroe-lower