# Coolroe, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Lea, barony of Portnahinch, Co. Laois; in Irish An Chúil Rua. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,915,452 m² (191.55 ha, 473.32 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,465 m² (0.75 ha, 1.84 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Lea, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/lea.md - Barony: Portnahinch - Electoral division: Sallyford, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 604 people lived in 199 households in the Sallyford electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/28652 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100429 - Centre: latitude 53.080504, longitude -7.109769 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolroe, from 10 m² to 429,979 m² (43 ha, 106.25 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 231160: 429,979 m² (43 ha, 106.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231160.md - Parcel 4981493: 240,917 m² (24.09 ha, 59.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4981493.md - Parcel 258308: 205,887 m² (20.59 ha, 50.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258308.md - Parcel 244381: 150,592 m² (15.06 ha, 37.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/244381.md - Parcel 239369: 100,096 m² (10.01 ha, 24.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239369.md - Parcel 268314: 90,087 m² (9.01 ha, 22.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268314.md - Parcel 249451: 85,050 m² (8.5 ha, 21.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249451.md - Parcel 226591: 56,246 m² (5.62 ha, 13.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/226591.md - Parcel 252765: 52,789 m² (5.28 ha, 13.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252765.md - Parcel 258250: 51,771 m² (5.18 ha, 12.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258250.md - Parcel 263894: 46,829 m² (4.68 ha, 11.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263894.md - Parcel 256399: 46,231 m² (4.62 ha, 11.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256399.md - Parcel 260737: 37,264 m² (3.73 ha, 9.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260737.md - Parcel 241023: 31,421 m² (3.14 ha, 7.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/241023.md - Parcel 266294: 29,766 m² (2.98 ha, 7.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266294.md - Parcel 247501: 26,410 m² (2.64 ha, 6.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247501.md - Parcel 246111: 24,687 m² (2.47 ha, 6.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246111.md - Parcel 228373: 21,762 m² (2.18 ha, 5.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228373.md - Parcel 250001: 20,185 m² (2.02 ha, 4.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250001.md - Parcel 255959: 15,127 m² (1.51 ha, 3.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255959.md - Parcel 236216: 12,693 m² (1.27 ha, 3.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236216.md - Parcel 225569: 12,692 m² (1.27 ha, 3.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225569.md - Parcel 229117: 9,793 m² (0.98 ha, 2.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229117.md - Parcel 246027: 9,468 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246027.md - Parcel 243947: 9,020 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243947.md - Parcel 2480811: 8,783 m² (0.88 ha, 2.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2480811.md - Parcel 255087: 7,699 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255087.md - Parcel 241044: 7,518 m² (0.75 ha, 1.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/241044.md - Parcel 249973: 7,413 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249973.md - Parcel 252313: 7,330 m² (0.73 ha, 1.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252313.md - Parcel 236320: 6,749 m² (0.67 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236320.md - Parcel 258486: 6,142 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258486.md - Parcel 239349: 4,604 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239349.md - Parcel 262544: 4,467 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262544.md - Parcel 5602326: 4,106 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5602326.md - Parcel 2488297: 3,924 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2488297.md - Parcel 264449: 3,726 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264449.md - Parcel 5296843: 3,015 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5296843.md - Parcel 229185: 2,904 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229185.md - Parcel 4948482: 2,725 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4948482.md - Parcel 257581: 2,522 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257581.md - Parcel 227524: 2,155 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227524.md - Parcel 2480741: 1,918 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2480741.md - Parcel 245899: 1,709 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/245899.md - Parcel 5594379: 1,441 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5594379.md - Parcel 5296820: 1,156 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5296820.md - Parcel 2441165: 645 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2441165.md - Parcel 4900986: 505 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4900986.md - Parcel 5296838: 412 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5296838.md - Parcel 5296839: 407 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5296839.md - Parcel 5594377: 350 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5594377.md - Parcel 266495: 208 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/266495.md - Parcel 5594380: 58 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5594380.md - Parcel 5296837: 10 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5296837.md - Parcel 4949954: 10 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4949954.md - Parcel 4949952: 10 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4949952.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Coolroe 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. - 14 Mar 2025, Laois County Council 2560123: Conditional. Permission. construct a slatted animal house and all associated ancillary facilities, works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560123/0 - 6 Feb 2025, Laois County Council 2560060: Conditional. Permission. construct slatted tank agricultural building with lie-back area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560060/0 - 2 Feb 2023, Laois County Council 2337: Conditional. Permission. construct boundary wall and sliding gate to enclose farm yard. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2337/0 - 2 Feb 2023, Laois County Council 2338: Conditional. Permission. construct boundary wall and sliding gate, to enclose farm yard. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2338/0 - 20 Oct 2021, Laois County Council 21722: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a single storey domestic storage building, to rear of existing dormer dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21722/0 - 6 Jan 2021, Laois County Council 213: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. retain two dwarf walls and two piers on the front boundary line and erect wrought iron railings on dwarf walls and concrete wall and pier caps. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/213/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Derries Wood, site code 000416 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LA009-061: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA009-061----. A low single storey cottage with two storey extension at N end is locally believed to have been built on the site of a castle (SMR File 2003-). According to local tradition this house was built 'inside its [bawn?] walls' (SMR File 2003). There are no surface remains of any bawn wall or any traces of an upstanding castle in the area marked on the OS six-inch map. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 16 August 2010 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 Coolroe. ## 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 Coolroe, 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coolroe. - 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/laois/coolroe.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/coolroe.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/coolroe.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Coolroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois: https://everytownland.com/laois.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Bellegrove: https://everytownland.com/laois/bellegrove.md - Courtwood: https://everytownland.com/laois/courtwood.md - Raheennahown North: https://everytownland.com/laois/raheennahown-north.md - Rathronshin: https://everytownland.com/laois/rathronshin.md - Rosnamullane: https://everytownland.com/laois/rosnamullane.md - Rossmore: https://everytownland.com/laois/rossmore-101003.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/laois/coolroe - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/coolroe