# Cools, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Prior, barony of Iveragh, Co. Kerry; in Irish Na Cúla. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,984,567 m² (298.46 ha, 737.5 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 16,183 m² (1.62 ha, 4 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Prior, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/prior.md - Barony: Iveragh - Electoral division: Ballinskelligs, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 419 people lived in 172 households in the Ballinskelligs electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 55% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md - Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/22066 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 70831 - Centre: latitude 51.856503, longitude -10.292706 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cools, from 52 m² to 347,979 m² (34.8 ha, 85.99 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1240949: 347,979 m² (34.8 ha, 85.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1240949.md - Parcel 1159747: 333,489 m² (33.35 ha, 82.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159747.md - Parcel 1189533: 260,433 m² (26.04 ha, 64.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1189533.md - Parcel 6020086: 231,151 m² (23.12 ha, 57.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6020086.md - Parcel 1159806: 228,249 m² (22.82 ha, 56.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159806.md - Parcel 1182483: 220,458 m² (22.05 ha, 54.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1182483.md - Parcel 1155511: 181,540 m² (18.15 ha, 44.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1155511.md - Parcel 1222663: 172,857 m² (17.29 ha, 42.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1222663.md - Parcel 1143729: 134,272 m² (13.43 ha, 33.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1143729.md - Parcel 6020118: 101,681 m² (10.17 ha, 25.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6020118.md - Parcel 1142622: 97,307 m² (9.73 ha, 24.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142622.md - Parcel 1196538: 91,804 m² (9.18 ha, 22.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1196538.md - Parcel 1195870: 73,700 m² (7.37 ha, 18.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1195870.md - Parcel 1220232: 68,818 m² (6.88 ha, 17.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1220232.md - Parcel 3024106: 51,704 m² (5.17 ha, 12.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3024106.md - Parcel 1218839: 50,789 m² (5.08 ha, 12.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1218839.md - Parcel 1190219: 36,702 m² (3.67 ha, 9.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1190219.md - Parcel 1142734: 28,349 m² (2.83 ha, 7.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142734.md - Parcel 1194613: 27,104 m² (2.71 ha, 6.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1194613.md - Parcel 1190161: 26,374 m² (2.64 ha, 6.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1190161.md - Parcel 1231603: 25,952 m² (2.6 ha, 6.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1231603.md - Parcel 1233411: 24,187 m² (2.42 ha, 5.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1233411.md - Parcel 1203516: 20,941 m² (2.09 ha, 5.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1203516.md - Parcel 1201697: 19,198 m² (1.92 ha, 4.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1201697.md - Parcel 1146008: 16,740 m² (1.67 ha, 4.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1146008.md - Parcel 1145638: 15,626 m² (1.56 ha, 3.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1145638.md - Parcel 1144112: 15,501 m² (1.55 ha, 3.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1144112.md - Parcel 1144827: 15,114 m² (1.51 ha, 3.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1144827.md - Parcel 1194879: 13,912 m² (1.39 ha, 3.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1194879.md - Parcel 1139770: 10,979 m² (1.1 ha, 2.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1139770.md - Parcel 1198494: 6,781 m² (0.68 ha, 1.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1198494.md - Parcel 6020466: 5,295 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6020466.md - Parcel 6020476: 5,295 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6020476.md - Parcel 1244242: 4,721 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1244242.md - Parcel 1204841: 4,151 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1204841.md - Parcel 3086177: 4,101 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3086177.md - Parcel 1236601: 3,933 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1236601.md - Parcel 1190336: 3,814 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1190336.md - Parcel 1146552: 3,236 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1146552.md - Parcel 1181872: 3,054 m² (0.31 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1181872.md - Parcel 1199349: 2,577 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1199349.md - Parcel 1199743: 2,300 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1199743.md - Parcel 1142005: 1,601 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142005.md - Parcel 1159972: 1,556 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159972.md - Parcel 6020136: 1,360 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6020136.md - Parcel 1200417: 1,305 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1200417.md - Parcel 6014094: 877 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6014094.md - Parcel 1205715: 503 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1205715.md - Parcel 1182429: 309 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1182429.md - Parcel 1238281: 52 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1238281.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Cools 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) 6 applications, newest first. - 27 Aug 2026, Kerry County Council 2660812: N/a. Permission. Permission to construct three no. polytunnels 480 sq.M each to East side of existing glasshouses at , Cools, Ballinskelligs, Co.Kerry.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660812/0 - 10 Sept 2024, Kerry County Council 2460676: Refused. Permission. Permission to Construct a Slatted Unit at Cools, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460676/0 - 24 Jan 2024, Kerry County Council 2460034: Conditional. Permission. Construction of two no. PVC Polytunnels 30M X 16m each to North side of existing glasshouse.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460034/0 - 15 Sept 2021, Kerry County Council 211051: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECT DWELLING AND INSTALL MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT , INTERMITTENT FILTER AND POLISHING FILTER. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211051/0 - 10 Jul 2019, Kerry County Council 19721: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION (C78SQ.M) TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (2) INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE EXISTING DWELLING, (3) DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND TO INSTALL A NEW PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT (4) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITHIN ENLARGED SITE BOUNDARIES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19721/0 - 28 Feb 2017, Kerry County Council 17168: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCT A SLATTED ANIMAL HOUSE WITH UNDERGROUND TANK AND ASSOCIATED WORKS ON THEIR LANDS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/17168/0 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 Cools. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KE088-030: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE088-030----. This low squat stone stands on the lower SE slopes of Knocknaskereighta. It reaches a maximum height of 1.1m, and has average basal dimensions of 1m x .2m; E-W. The top of the stone appears to have broken off. 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. 152. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013 - KE088-053: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE088-053----. This inaccessible souterrain, not marked on the OS maps, is situated on the fairly steep slopes of Knocknaskereighta mountain overlooking Ballinskelligs Bay to S. Its entrance was blocked in the early 1960s and the souterrain is described locally as being of drystone construction. 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. 867. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 - KE088-054: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE088-054----. Not marked on the OS maps, this site is known locally as a ceallúnach. It is located in pasture and overlooks the Emlaghmore river valley and Ballinskelligs Bay to SE. It is bisected by a N-S field boundary and no apparent remains are preserved on its W side. The enclosmg bank E of the boundary is drystone faced internally and externally, averages 1.3m wide and stands to a maximum external height of .5m. The extant portion of the site has an internal diameter of 16.5m N-S and contains an area, 12m N-S x 7m E-W, of neatly arranged rows of upright slabs. A low L-shaped bank, 6.4m long, occurs immediately W of this area and may represent part of the foundations of a building. A souterrain is located on the W side of the field boundary, just S of the probable limits of the enclosure. Its S facing lintelled ope measures .65m x .25m and gives access to a lintelled passage with sides of earth which extends to N. Access to the souterrain was not possible. 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. 989. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013 - KE088-054001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE088-054001-. Not marked on the OS maps, this site is known locally as a ceallúnach. It is located in pasture and overlooks the Emlaghmore river valley and Ballinskelligs Bay to SE. It is bisected by a N-S field boundary and no apparent remains are preserved on its W side. The enclosmg bank E of the boundary is drystone faced internally and externally, averages 1.3m wide and stands to a maximum external height of .5m. The extant portion of the site has an internal diameter of 16.5m N-S and contains an area, 12m N-S x 7m E-W, of neatly arranged rows of upright slabs. A low L-shaped bank, 6.4m long, occurs immediately W of this area and may represent part of the foundations of a building. A souterrain is located on the W side of the field boundary, just S of the probable limits of the enclosure. Its S facing lintelled ope measures .65m x .25m and gives access to a lintelled passage with sides of earth which extends to N. Access to the souterrain was not possible. 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. 989. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013 - KE088-054002: Building, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE088-054002-. Not marked on the OS maps, this site is known locally as a ceallúnach. It is located in pasture and overlooks the Emlaghmore river valley and Ballinskelligs Bay to SE. It is bisected by a N-S field boundary and no apparent remains are preserved on its W side. The enclosmg bank E of the boundary is drystone faced internally and externally, averages 1.3m wide and stands to a maximum external height of .5m. The extant portion of the site has an internal diameter of 16.5m N-S and contains an area, 12m N-S x 7m E-W, of neatly arranged rows of upright slabs. A low L-shaped bank, 6.4m long, occurs immediately W of this area and may represent part of the foundations of a building. 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. 989. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013 - KE088-054003: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE088-054003-. Not marked on the OS maps, this site is known locally as a ceallúnach. It is located in pasture and overlooks the Emlaghmore river valley and Ballinskelligs Bay to SE. It is bisected by a N-S field boundary and no apparent remains are preserved on its W side. The enclosmg bank E of the boundary is drystone faced internally and externally, averages 1.3m wide and stands to a maximum external height of .5m. The extant portion of the site has an internal diameter of 16.5m N-S and contains an area, 12m N-S x 7m E-W, of neatly arranged rows of upright slabs. A low L-shaped bank, 6.4m long, occurs immediately W of this area and may represent part of the foundations of a building. A souterrain is located on the W side of the field boundary, just S of the probable limits of the enclosure. Its S facing lintelled ope measures .65m x .25m and gives access to a lintelled passage with sides of earth which extends to N. Access to the souterrain was not possible. 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. 989. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 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 Cools. ## 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 Cools, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cools. - 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/cools-70831.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cools-70831.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cools-70831.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Cools with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry: https://everytownland.com/kerry.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Aghort: https://everytownland.com/kerry/aghort.md - Cloghaneanua: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cloghaneanua.md - Curraghnanav: https://everytownland.com/kerry/curraghnanav.md - Fermoyle: https://everytownland.com/kerry/fermoyle-71308.md - Killabuonia: https://everytownland.com/kerry/killabuonia.md - Killurly: https://everytownland.com/kerry/killurly.md - Reennacoola: https://everytownland.com/kerry/reennacoola.md - Sussa: https://everytownland.com/kerry/sussa.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/cools-70831 - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kerry/cools-70831