Coolcullen

255 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolcullen, from 58 m² to 1,091,410 m² (109.14 ha, 269.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 78 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Coolcullen 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.

• 9 Jul 2026Conditional

  and Retention Permission is sought by Rose Walsh and Richard Geraghty for development at The Hollow, Coolcullen, Coon, Co. Kilkenny, R93 V3Y0. The development will consist of alterations to the existing two-storey, two-bedroom, detached dwelling including (a) the construction of two-storey extension to the west facing elevation, (b) internal alterations, and (c) all associated site works to facilitate the development. Retention permission is sought to retain a Sun Room to the south facing elevation.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660438

• 19 Jun 2026N/a

  for extension to side and front of building consisting of dining area/home office, development of attic space rooms to bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms and store room, enlargement of conservatory from that permitted under planning permission P.207/88, dormer windows to rear of building, construction of balcony off existing bedroom to rear of building and all associated site works at

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2660388

• 3 Apr 2026N/a

  for the construction of a new farm building (to cover an existing open slurry pit) and all associated site works.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660199

• 25 Mar 2026Conditional

  for: 1. 14 stables and Horse Walker known as Round Yard 2. 3 Stables adjacent Round Yard 3. Barn Store treadmill room and office and Laundry room 4. Covered Horse Walkers with store 5. Vetinary examination room 6. Horse walker 7. 4 Nr Stables horse walker and open lunging ring 8. W.C. and Washroom 9. Horse walker 10. 16 Stables and barn with pumphouse and tackroom, store, horse walker (French Yard) 11. 31 Stables and Horse walker and wooden shed (known as The Brow Yard) 12. Soiled water tank and dungstead ( known as Brow Yard) 13. 9 Stables and tackroom ( known as Little Brow) 14 2 Gallops (1 sand and 1 woodchip) and all associate site and accommodation works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2660176

• 23 Mar 2026Conditional

  to construct additions and alterations to our existing dwelling. The development will consist of the provision of changes to all elevations and a single storey extension to the side of our existing dwelling with all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660165

• 13 Mar 2026N/a

  for- 1. 14 stables and Horse Walker known as Round Yard 2. 3 Stables adjacent Round Yard 3. Barn Store treadmill room and office and Laundry room 4. Covered Horse Walkers with store 5. Vetinary examination room 6. Horse walker 7. 4 Nr Stables horse walker and open lunging ring 8. W.C. and Washroom 9. Horse walker 10. 16 Stables and barn with pumphouse and tackroom, store, horse walker (French Yard) 11. 31 Stables and Horse walker and wooden shed (known as The Brow Yard) 12. Soiled water tank and dungstead ( known as Brow Yard) 13. 9 Stables and tackroom ( known as Little Brow) 14 2 Gallops (1 sand and 1 woodchip) and all associate site and accommodation works at Coolcullen, Co. Kilkenny

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2660146

• 16 Dec 2025Conditional

  for horse stables buildings and hose walker and all associated site and accommodation works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2560812

• 8 Aug 2025Conditional

  for the decommissioning of an existing septic tank / percolation area and to upgrade to a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area to existing dwelling. Also Permission to Retain (A) Single storey entrance porch to the side of dwelling (B) Raising and reconstruction of roof over original storey and a half dwelling (C) Storey and a half extension to the rear of existing dwelling (D) Detached Single storey storge building to rear of dwelling including all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2579

• 19 Jun 2025Conditional

  for alterations, renovation and construction of new two storey extension to existing dwelling plus all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560358

• 18 Mar 2025N/a

  for horse stables building and horse walker and all associated site and accommodation works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2560130

• 3 Mar 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a cattle underpass, slatted effluent tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560095

• 27 Nov 2024Conditional

  for the following (a) Erection of Dwelling House (b) New Entrance from Public Road (c) Wastewater Treatment and Disposal System (d) Associated Works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2460587

• 13 May 2024Refused

  see public notices for full description of works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460122

• 7 May 2024N/a

  see public notices for full description of works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460114

• 7 May 2024Refused

  for development. The development will consist of: (i) All works (within County Kilkenny) associated with the connection of the proposed Seskin Wind Farm to the national electricity grid, via underground 38kV electrical cabling within the public road corridor to the existing Kilkenny 110kV substation; (ii) Provision of 16 no. joint bays, communication chambers and earth sheath links along the underground electrical cabling route; (iii) Reinstatement of the road and track surfaces above cabling trench along existing roads and tracks; (iv) Carriageway strengthening works at ‘Black Bridge’ on the L1835 / L3037 (Protected Structure RPS Ref. D84); (v) A new temporary access road off the N78 to the L30372 in the townlands of Cloneen, Co. Kilkenny to facilitate the delivery of turbine components and other abnormal loads; (vi) All ancillary apparatus and site development works above and below ground.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460210

• 22 Feb 2024Conditional

  FOR THE FOLLOWING WORKS 1) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING, 2) THE UPGRADE & RELOCATION OF EXISTING ON SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM 3) THE CONSTRUCTION OF VEHICULAR ACCESS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO FACILITATE SAME

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460082

• 3 Jan 2024Conditional

  for alterations, renovation and extension of our existing dwelling, a new wastewater treatment system plus all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460003

• 6 Nov 2023N/a

  for the construction of a cattle underpass, slatted effluent tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360506

• 9 Oct 2023Conditional

  for the following (A) Erection of Dwelling House (B) Installation of Waste Treatment System (C) New entrance from public road (D) Associated works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 23231

• 29 Sept 2023Conditional

  Permission for domestic garage/store as constructed and all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2360433

• 20 Oct 2022Refused

  for demolition of existing dilapidated dwelling, decommissioning of existing septic tank and construction of a new two storey replacement dwelling accessed via an existing site entrance, a new wastewater treatment system plus all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 22684

• 19 May 2022Conditional

  to retain additions & alterations to plans & elevations during the construction of works permitted under planning ref number 20/796 to existing dwelling with all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 22324

• 7 Dec 2021Conditional

  for construction of conservatory to side of existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21998

• 19 Nov 2020Conditional

  to construct Additions and Alterations to existing dwelling with all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20796

• 26 Sept 2019Conditional

  for the following: (a) Erection of dwelling house, (b) Installation of waste treatment system, (c) New entrance from public road, (d)Associated works at

  Outline permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 19693

The 25 most recent of 27 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Mothel Church, Coolcullen 000408

Recorded monuments

• KK011-013 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On a narrow ridge of land with a stream flowing E-W to the N, in roughly wet marshy pasture. There is a good view along the stream vale and up to the hillsides. The OS Letters (1839) mention, 'one little burial place of still-born infants, called Reilig na nGarlach, or the Burial Place of the Infants, which lies in the Townland of Coolcullen (O'Flanagan ed. 1930, vol. 1, 14 (5)). On the 25-inch OS map it is indicated as a roughly D-shaped area (dims. c. 22.5m N-S; c. 30m E-W) extending westward from a field boundary running NE-SW. It is indicated by a dashed line, which suggests it was unenclosed. There are no surface features visible. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 30 January 2019

Architectural heritage

• Griffin's Bridge, bridge, 1815–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch rubble limestone road bridge over stream, c.1825. Repaired, c.1950. Random squared rubble limestone walls with replacement mass-concrete parapets, c.1950. Single segmental arch with squared rubble limestone voussoirs, and rubble stone soffits having traces of render over. Sited spanning tributary of Dinin River with overgrown grass banks to stream.

• Glebe House, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1805–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over basement Board of First Fruits glebe house with dormer attic, built 1807, possibly originally three-bay two-storey. In use, 1902. Extensively renovated. Now in private residential use. Pitched slate roof (hipped slate roofs to dormer attic windows) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Ivy-clad rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and replacement timber casement windows. Elliptical-headed door opening with five cut-limestone steps, timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers, and fanlight. Set back from road in own grounds.

• Coolcullen Church (Mothell), church/chapel, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay double-height single-cell Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1792, with single-bay single-storey vestry to north-east. Renovated, 1814, with single-bay three-stage entrance tower added to west on a square plan. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, cut-stone coping to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-stone eaves having iron brackets. Roof to tower not visible behind parapet. Random rubble stone walls (probably originally rendered with remains of unpainted render to north) with cut-stone surround to gable to west, squared rubble stone advanced corner piers to tower, cut-stone stringcourse to each stage, and battlemented parapet on paired cut-stone stringcourses having crow-stepped corner finials. Pointed-arch window openings with cut-stone sills, Y-mullions forming bipartite pointed-arch arrangement (tripartite pointed-arch arrangement to east), and fixed-pane timber fittings having lattice glazing (leaded stained glass panels to east). Pointed-arch blind openings to first stage to tower with cut-stone sills. Pointed-arch openings to top (bell) stage with cut-stone sills, and louvered panel fittings. Pointed-arch door opening to tower with rubble stone voussoirs, and Gothic-style timber panelled door. Pointed-arch door opening to vestry with rubble stone voussoirs, and timber panelled door. Full-height interior with timber pews, cut-stone wall monument, and raised chancel having Gothic-style timber panelled lectern on an octagonal plan. Set back from road in own grounds with random rubble stone boundary wall to perimeter of site having cut-stone monolithic piers supporting iron double gates.(ii) Graveyard to site with various cut-stone markers, post-1792-present.

• Millfall House, mill (water), 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey corn mill with attic, c.1800. In use, 1902. Reroofed. Now in use as outbuilding. Pitched roof with replacement corrugated-iron, iron ridge, and remains of iron rainwater goods on squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings (slit-style to ground floor) with no sills, timber lintels, and no fittings. Square-headed door openings with cut-stone lintels, and timber boarded doors. Set back from road in shared grounds with mill race to site having random rubble stone retaining walls.

• Millfall House, miller's house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey mill owner's house with dormer attic, c.1800, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch, and single-bay single-storey end bay to left. Extensively renovated. Now in private residential use. Pitched slate roofs (gabled to porch) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, rooflights, decorative bargeboards to porch, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on overhanging eaves. Random rubble stone walls originally rendered with render removed having painted replacement roughcast to side (east) elevations. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (some in single arrangement) with cut-stone sills, rubble stone voussoirs, and replacement four-over-four timber sash windows retaining some six-over-six timber sash windows (some two-over-two timber sash windows throughout). Square-headed door opening approached by five limestone flagged steps with rubble stone voussoirs, and replacement glazed timber panelled door having sidelights. Interior with timber panelled reveals/shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds.(ii) Detached two-bay two-storey outbuilding with attic, c.1800, to west originally with elliptical-headed carriageway to right ground floor. Renovated, c.1900, with carriageway remodelled. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods surviving on overhanging rendered eaves. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with no sills, lintels, and remains of timber fittings. Elliptical-headed carriageway to right ground floor remodelled, c.1900, forming square-headed door opening with timber lintel, timber boarded door, and red brick voussoirs forming elliptical relieving arch over. Square-headed (loading) door opening to first floor side elevation with shared timber lintel, and timber boarded door.

• House, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey part double-pile house with half-dormer attic, c.1800, with single-bay single-storey lean-to return to south-west. In use as post office, 1902. Now entirely in residential use. Pitched (part double-pile (M-profile)) slate roof (lean-to to return) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, timber bargeboards, and cast-iron rainwater goods on overhanging eaves having iron brackets. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings (in tripartite arrangement to outer bays) with cut-limestone sills, hood mouldings over, and six-over-six timber sash windows having two-over-two sidelights to tripartite openings (wrought iron bars to ground floor; six-over-three timber sash windows to half-dormer attic). Round-headed door opening with cut-limestone doorcase supporting archivolt having keystone, hood moulding over, and timber panelled door having overlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Road fronted.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Coolcullen, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coolcullen.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Coolcullen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Coolcullen · Cúl an Chuilinn

Area

13,094,462 m² (1,309.45 ha, 3,235.71 acres)

Civil parish

Mothell, and its townlands

Barony

Fassadinin

Electoral division

Mothell, the unit of the census

Census 2022

499 people lived in 171 households in the Mothell electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Agharue (Co. Carlow), Baunreagh (Co. Carlow), Coan East, Coan West, Coolraheen North, Coolraheen South, Knocknabranagh and Knockbaun (Co. Carlow), Reevanagh, Ridge (Co. Carlow)

Placenames

Coolcullen 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.