Cottrellstown
Cottrellstown is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmaganny, barony of Kells, Co. Kilkenny. Its name in Irish is Baile an Choitréalaigh.
- Area
- 53.2 ha
- 131 acres
- Land parcels
- 59
- registered freehold, median 1,726 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cottrellstown, from 106 m² to 72,525 m² (7.25 ha, 17.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cottrellstown 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
28 Aug 2025Conditional
for indefinite retention of alterations to dwelling as constructed on foot of previously granted permission P886/81. Alterations to include alterations to overall area of house, alterations to elevations, alterations to internal layout, conversion of attached garage, alterations to site layout, plus all associated site works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2560553
5 Dec 2023Conditional
for the upgrade of the Kilmoganny Wastewater Treatment Plant and will generally comprise the following: construction of a new aeration tank with associated access stairs and platform; construction of a new ferric dosing system; construction of new potable water booster pump station; construction of a new control kiosk and welfare unit; conversion of existing aeration tank to a sludge holding tank; Installation of a new automatic inlet screen; conversion of existing sludge holding tank into storm water holding tank; and all ancillary site development works including hard and soft landscaping. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development.
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360562
1 Dec 2021Conditional
for alterations to dwelling extension as constructed, namely increased height to roof and walls, increase in floor area at first floor level with alterations to room layout and additional windows/velux's, including all necessary site works at
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 21984
23 Dec 2020Conditional
for change of use from domestic garage to bed room, internal alterations to the existing house and alterations to the external elevations, hard landscaping, ancillary site services and all associated site works at
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20928
30 Jan 2018Conditional
to construct a roofed cubicle house, feed passage and slatted tank, including all necessary site works at
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 1850
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cottrellstown.
Recorded monuments
- KK031-036 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cottrellstown.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Cottrellstown, about 1 in 10 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 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 Cottrellstown.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cottrellstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.
The townland
- Name
- Cottrellstown · Baile an Choitréalaigh
- Area
- 531,625 m² (53.16 ha, 131.37 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmaganny, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kells
- Electoral division
- Kilmaganny, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 707 people lived in 262 households in the Kilmaganny electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballygowan (Reade), Kilmaganny, Rossenarra, Rossenarra Demesne, Shancashlaun
- Placenames
- Cottrellstown 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.