# Cools, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Aghadoe, barony of Magunihy, Co. Kerry.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,525,216 m² (152.52 ha, 376.89 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 80 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,388 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Aghadoe, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/aghadoe.md
- Barony: Magunihy
- Electoral division: Headfort, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,047 people lived in 353 households in the Headfort electoral division. 70% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/23407
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 70832
- Centre: latitude 52.043044, longitude -9.35634 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

80 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cools, from 16 m² to 223,377 m² (22.34 ha, 55.2 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2884308: 223,377 m² (22.34 ha, 55.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2884308.md
- Parcel 1244120: 179,994 m² (18 ha, 44.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1244120.md
- Parcel 1215149: 126,597 m² (12.66 ha, 31.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215149.md
- Parcel 1215150: 122,166 m² (12.22 ha, 30.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215150.md
- Parcel 1217123: 97,562 m² (9.76 ha, 24.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1217123.md
- Parcel 1217125: 84,114 m² (8.41 ha, 20.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1217125.md
- Parcel 1215161: 83,077 m² (8.31 ha, 20.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215161.md
- Parcel 1215151: 62,638 m² (6.26 ha, 15.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215151.md
- Parcel 1215154: 53,699 m² (5.37 ha, 13.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215154.md
- Parcel 1234045: 36,172 m² (3.62 ha, 8.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234045.md
- Parcel 1234053: 35,984 m² (3.6 ha, 8.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234053.md
- Parcel 1231938: 32,569 m² (3.26 ha, 8.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1231938.md
- Parcel 1234049: 26,755 m² (2.68 ha, 6.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234049.md
- Parcel 1215152: 24,746 m² (2.47 ha, 6.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215152.md
- Parcel 1231939: 22,933 m² (2.29 ha, 5.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1231939.md
- Parcel 1234052: 20,930 m² (2.09 ha, 5.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234052.md
- Parcel 1231940: 20,211 m² (2.02 ha, 4.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1231940.md
- Parcel 1231941: 19,005 m² (1.9 ha, 4.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1231941.md
- Parcel 1231943: 13,292 m² (1.33 ha, 3.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1231943.md
- Parcel 1164044: 9,625 m² (0.96 ha, 2.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164044.md
- Parcel 1222865: 9,317 m² (0.93 ha, 2.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1222865.md
- Parcel 1194396: 8,683 m² (0.87 ha, 2.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1194396.md
- Parcel 1234048: 7,893 m² (0.79 ha, 1.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234048.md
- Parcel 1184749: 6,384 m² (0.64 ha, 1.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1184749.md
- Parcel 1234046: 5,791 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234046.md
- Parcel 1231942: 5,756 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1231942.md
- Parcel 1231937: 5,516 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1231937.md
- Parcel 1234051: 5,422 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234051.md
- Parcel 1234047: 5,417 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234047.md
- Parcel 1144806: 5,343 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1144806.md
- Parcel 1217126: 4,596 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1217126.md
- Parcel 5870751: 4,473 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5870751.md
- Parcel 1148921: 4,409 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1148921.md
- Parcel 1234058: 4,245 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234058.md
- Parcel 1164607: 4,234 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164607.md
- Parcel 1157582: 4,060 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1157582.md
- Parcel 4672682: 4,023 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4672682.md
- Parcel 1217124: 3,912 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1217124.md
- Parcel 1217122: 3,445 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1217122.md
- Parcel 1215148: 3,440 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215148.md
- Parcel 1192769: 3,336 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1192769.md
- Parcel 1146322: 3,299 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1146322.md
- Parcel 1191741: 3,179 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1191741.md
- Parcel 1243580: 3,078 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1243580.md
- Parcel 1178176: 3,037 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178176.md
- Parcel 1141669: 2,449 m² (0.24 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1141669.md
- Parcel 2884335: 2,421 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2884335.md
- Parcel 1200123: 2,320 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1200123.md
- Parcel 1205387: 2,301 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1205387.md
- Parcel 1182013: 2,297 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1182013.md
- Parcel 5834454: 2,088 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5834454.md
- Parcel 1149235: 1,977 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1149235.md
- Parcel 5285258: 1,854 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5285258.md
- Parcel 3845604: 1,753 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3845604.md
- Parcel 1150448: 1,712 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1150448.md
- Parcel 1190933: 1,652 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1190933.md
- Parcel 1153935: 1,583 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1153935.md
- Parcel 1147130: 1,580 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1147130.md
- Parcel 1179043: 1,541 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1179043.md
- Parcel 1215147: 1,369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215147.md
- Parcel 1152467: 1,296 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1152467.md
- Parcel 1186600: 1,284 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1186600.md
- Parcel 1215162: 1,235 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215162.md
- Parcel 1234061: 1,207 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234061.md
- Parcel 1191455: 1,184 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1191455.md
- Parcel 1211333: 1,148 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1211333.md
- Parcel 1215818: 839 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215818.md
- Parcel 5647960: 765 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5647960.md
- Parcel 1215153: 686 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215153.md
- Parcel 3967931: 644 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3967931.md
- Parcel 1234050: 609 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234050.md
- Parcel 5834458: 456 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5834458.md
- Parcel 4032936: 185 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4032936.md
- Parcel 1195501: 179 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1195501.md
- Parcel 1161836: 156 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1161836.md
- Parcel 4032856: 137 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4032856.md
- Parcel 5870771: 93 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5870771.md
- Parcel 1237506: 75 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1237506.md
- Parcel 1195217: 33 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1195217.md
- Parcel 1196838: 16 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1196838.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)

12 applications, newest first.

- 12 Jun 2026, Kerry County Council 2699: N/a. Permission. (A) Planning Permission to construct a new dwelling house consisting of part two storey and part single storey, (B) Planning permission to construct a domestic garage, (C) Planning Permission to install a septic tank and polishing filter unit and all site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2699/0
- 18 Mar 2026, Kerry County Council 2660235: N/a. Retention. (a) Retention permission to retain the existing partially completed first floor extension and (b) Planning permission to complete the first floor extension, Inclusive of all ancillary drainage, site works and landscaping.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660235/0
- 16 Apr 2025, Kerry County Council 2560298: Conditional. Retention. (1) Retention Permission to retain existing dwelling house as constructed and (2) Permission to decommission existing septic tank and percolation area and install a new effluent treatment tank and polishing filter and all ancillary services and areas. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560298/0
- 26 Mar 2024, Kerry County Council 2460178: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. Full Planning Permission to (1) Change the use and alter existing building from use as stables to 2 no. 1 Bedroom residences for the purpose of short-term tourist accommodation, (2) Install new wastewater treatment system to serve the proposed 2 no. residences with all associated site services.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460178/0
- 20 Dec 2023, Kerry County Council 2360440: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. Retention Permission to retain existing dwelling house and septic tank as constructed. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360440/0
- 13 Jul 2023, Kerry County Council 23798: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DISUSED DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALL A NEW MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/23798/0
- 18 Apr 2023, Kerry County Council 23418: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (A) DEMOLISH EXISTING POST OFFICE BUILDING (B) CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE IN THE SAME LOCATION. (C) INSTALL A NEW TREATMENT UNIT AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER UNIT AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/23418/0
- 2 Feb 2023, Kerry County Council 2390: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE SERVED BY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2390/0
- 1 Feb 2021, Kerry County Council 2169: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO A MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT, POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2169/0
- 15 Jul 2020, Kerry County Council 20631: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK, PERCOLATION AREA, ANCILLARY SERVICES AND AREAS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/20631/0
- 4 Feb 2020, Kerry County Council 2081: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLISH THE EXISTING SHED AND TO CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2081/0
- 11 Dec 2019, Kerry County Council 191255: N/a. Permission. DEMOLISH EXISTING SHED AND TO CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/191255/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC, site code 000365, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000365

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- KE067-043001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE067-043001-. In rough pasture, with views SE to The Paps of Dana. In the 1930s Capt. D. B. O'Connell recorded a souterrain here (SMR file). There are no visible remains of this possible souterrain. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE067-043002: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE067-043002-. In rough pasture, with views SE to The Paps of Dana. In the 1930s Capt. D. B. O'Connell recorded a cist here (SMR file). There are no visible remains of this cist. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE067-044: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE067-044----. In pasture, on a S-facing slope with views SE to the Paps of Dana. The cropmark of a pear-shaped enclosure (c. 120m N-S; c. 80m E-W) is visible on an aerial photograph (GSIAP, W 18-17) taken in 1973. This enclosure is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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 10 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 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-70832.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cools-70832.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cools-70832.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)

- Headfort: https://everytownland.com/kerry/headfort.md
- Knockanes: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knockanes.md
- Knockanimrish: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knockanimrish.md
- Knockeennagowan: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knockeennagowan.md
- Shronedarragh: https://everytownland.com/kerry/shronedarragh.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.

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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.

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