# Coolaght, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Rathernan, barony of Connell, Co. Kildare.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,366,824 m² (236.68 ha, 584.85 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,378 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Rathernan, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/rathernan.md
- Barony: Connell
- Electoral division: Kilmeage South, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,224 people lived in 743 households in the Kilmeage South electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kildare, https://everytownland.com/kildare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/25928
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80378
- Centre: latitude 53.249662, longitude -6.813007 (WGS 84)

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

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolaght, from 6 m² to 445,617 m² (44.56 ha, 110.11 acres); 30 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 4558202: 445,617 m² (44.56 ha, 110.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4558202.md
- Parcel 1079827: 375,844 m² (37.58 ha, 92.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1079827.md
- Parcel 1021613: 204,348 m² (20.43 ha, 50.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021613.md
- Parcel 5547330: 165,300 m² (16.53 ha, 40.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5547330.md
- Parcel 1032762: 126,201 m² (12.62 ha, 31.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1032762.md
- Parcel 1079680: 102,630 m² (10.26 ha, 25.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1079680.md
- Parcel 1066659: 63,333 m² (6.33 ha, 15.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1066659.md
- Parcel 5546249: 27,140 m² (2.71 ha, 6.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5546249.md
- Parcel 1084722: 15,339 m² (1.53 ha, 3.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1084722.md
- Parcel 2585393: 14,017 m² (1.4 ha, 3.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2585393.md
- Parcel 1047328: 4,570 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1047328.md
- Parcel 2428030: 3,939 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2428030.md
- Parcel 1047715: 3,795 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1047715.md
- Parcel 1032763: 3,404 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1032763.md
- Parcel 5630629: 3,352 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5630629.md
- Parcel 4684233: 3,314 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4684233.md
- Parcel 1087623: 2,255 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1087623.md
- Parcel 1053612: 1,285 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1053612.md
- Parcel 4583756: 1,069 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4583756.md
- Parcel 5636909: 503 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5636909.md
- Parcel 5595670: 499 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5595670.md
- Parcel 4684248: 388 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4684248.md
- Parcel 5595669: 252 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5595669.md
- Parcel 5595668: 233 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5595668.md
- Parcel 5636880: 119 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5636880.md
- Parcel 5636908: 19 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5636908.md
- Parcel 5630484: 11 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5630484.md
- Parcel 5595677: 6 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5595677.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Coolaght 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)

10 applications, newest first.

- 18 Jul 2025, Kildare County Council 2560817: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for (A) construction of a two storey type house, (B) garage / store for domestic use, (C) the installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment system with polishing filter percolation area, and (D) Upgrading works to the existing farm entrance gateway and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560817/0
- 17 May 2024, Kildare County Council 2460437: N/a. Permission. the removal of vegetation and overlying soils and subsoils; The extraction of up to 4,000,000 tonnes of sand and gravel on a phased basis from an area of approximately 8.3 hectares to a final floor level at 98.00 metre above Ordnance Datum (aOD); The infilling of the lands using inert materials/ waste on a phased basis, following the extraction of sand and gravel; The restoration of the lands back to original ground level for agricultural use; All related ancillary development and associated site works including provision of landscaped screening berms and all other related activities. The development is within an overall application area of 11.09 hectares. Permission is being sought for a total period of 20 years; the sand and gravel extraction operational period is for 20 years. A licence application will be made to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for relevant activities. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared and submitted in respect of this planning application. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of revised plans and revisions to the EIAR.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460437/0
- 8 Mar 2024, Kildare County Council 2460202: Refused. Permission. The development will consist of the following: The removal of woodland, vegetation and overlying soils & subsoils; the extraction of sand and gravel on a phased basis from an area of c. 8.65 ha to a final floor level at 95 mOD; the infilling of the lands using inert waste on a phased basis following the extraction of sand and gravel; the restoration of the lands back to original ground level and the establishment of native woodland planting; all related ancillary development and associated site works including processing (crushing, screening and washing) and stockpiling of materials; installation of infrastructure for the management of water on site; provision of landscaped screening berms and all other related activities. Provision of a site office, toilet (portaloo), canteen, weighbridge, wheelwash and site entrance; The proposed development is within an overall application area of c. 13.2 hectares and is for a total period of 34 years (the sand and gravel extraction operational period is for 20 years and the importation of materials for restoration is for a further 14 years). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of this planning application. Part of the proposed restoration element of the development will require a waste licence from the Environmental Protection Agency. Revised by significant further information which relates to the proposed operational lifetime of the development. Initially, the project was proposed to have an operational period of 34 years. Following feedback from the Planning Authority, this has been revised to a shorter operational period of 25 years.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460202/0
- 22 Feb 2024, Kildare County Council 2468: Conditional. Permission. for the installation of ground mounted solar panels with an overall area of 108.52 sq.m. The panels are to be grouped in three banks of 4.55m x 7.95m each and are to be located on the rear garden of the existing farm house, adjacent to the farm yard. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2468/0
- 21 Dec 2020, Kildare County Council 201578: Conditional. Permission. (a) Single-storey side extension to existing single storey dwelling, (b) Alteration to windows on the front façade & (c) Change existing façade finish from dry dash to wet dash, using existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/201578/0
- 9 Dec 2020, Kildare County Council 201506: Conditional. Permission. (a) Single storey extension to front gable (north west elevation) and minor alterations to existing pitched roof front porch and replaced with a sheet metal flat roof porch to the existing dormer type house, and (b) Extension and alteration to existing flat roof garage consisting of extension to front (north) elevation and rear (south) elevation and side (east) elevation with gabled dormer roof over the existing flat roof garage to form first floor storage area as to similar approved extension previously granted under file Ref. 08/1203. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/201506/0
- 5 Oct 2020, Kildare County Council 201152: Refused. Permission. deforestation of part of my lands comprising of 16.53 hectares of mixed broadleaf forest for conversion to agricultural land,. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/201152/0
- 25 Sept 2020, Kildare County Council 201102: N/a. Permission. deforestation of part of my lands comprising 16.53 hectares of mixed broadleaf forest for conversion to agricultural land. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/201102/0
- 2 Jun 2020, Kildare County Council 20307284: N/a. N/a. (ABP Decision http://www.pleanala.ie/casenum/307284.htm Case is due to be decided by 05/10/2020 by ABP ) Application to An Bord Pleanála for Substitute Consent to regularise the status of historic peat extraction (and ancillary works) on the milled peat production bogs of the Kilberry Bog Group. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20307284/0
- 20 May 2019, Kildare County Council 19563: N/a. Permission, 1 home. The construction of a two storey, detached, 309.57m2 farmhouse; with new foul treatment system and percolation area; new piers and entrance gates to new vehicular entrance; as well as all associated and ancillary site and ground works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19563/0

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## 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 Coolaght.

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

- KD018-037: Enclosure - large enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD018-037----. Cropmark of large enclosure (approx. diam. 65m NW-SE x 73m NE-SW) intersected at N by a field boundary visible on Google earth aerial imagery. Faint suggestions of an inner enclosure and internal banks forming possible sub-divisions within the enclosure. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Faith Bailey. Date of upload: 20 November 2018
- KD018-038: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD018-038----. Cropmark of bivallate enclosure (approx. diam. 30m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. Cropmark of enclosure (KD018-039----) 30m to W. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Faith Bailey. Date of upload: 20 November 2018
- KD018-039: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD018-039----. Cropmark of enclosure (approx. dims. 17m E-W x 12m N-S) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. Cropmark of bivallate enclosure (KD018-038----) 30m to W. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Faith Bailey. Date of upload: 20 November 2018
- KD018-040: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD018-040----. Cropmark of oval-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 30m WSW-ENE X 25m NNW-SSE) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Faith Bailey. Date of upload: 20 November 2018

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 Coolaght.

## 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 Coolaght, 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 Coolaght.
- 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/kildare/coolaght.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/coolaght.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/coolaght.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Coolaght with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare: https://everytownland.com/kildare.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Grangeclare East: https://everytownland.com/kildare/grangeclare-east.md
- Kilmeage: https://everytownland.com/kildare/kilmeage.md
- Lattensbog: https://everytownland.com/kildare/lattensbog.md
- Mylerstown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/mylerstown-80913.md
- Newtowndonore: https://everytownland.com/kildare/newtowndonore.md
- Robertstown East: https://everytownland.com/kildare/robertstown-east.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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