Coolabaun
Townland in the civil parish of Mohill, barony of Mohill, Co. Leitrim; in Irish Na Cúla Bána
- Area
- 57.9 ha
- 143 acres
- Land parcels
- 98
- registered freehold, median 2,551 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
98 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolabaun, from 21 m² to 109,576 m² (10.96 ha, 27.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 24 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C6Enterprise and Employment (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Social & Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O2Utilities (General)
Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Open Space & Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism Related Development (Tourism and related)
Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
15 Apr 2026Conditional
construct a new 50 metre by 34 metre synthetically surfaced sport pitch, erection of flood lighting, erection of sport fencing with ball stop netting and all ancillary site development works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2615
10 Sept 2025Conditional
Partial demolition, renovation and extension (282m2) of the existing building to create a new Mohill Centre for Further Education and Training; alterations to the site vehicle entrance; alterations to the parking area to create 22 parking spaces; signage and associated site works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2560233
18 Mar 2025Conditional
Planning Permission is sought for (a) demolish existing bar/nightclub known as Beirne's pub and Nova nightclub (b) construct 14 no. dwellings consisting of 5 no. 3 bed two storey terraced houses, 6 no. 3 bed two storey semidetached dwellings, 1 no. 4 bed two storey dwelling and 2 no. 3 bed semidetached dormer dwelling (c) New service road (d) Connection to existing services and associated site works at Hill street, Mohill, Co . Leitrim ( N41 T6T8)
Permission, 14 homes · Leitrim County Council, 2560054
29 Jan 2025Conditional
Accessible toilet extension to former narrow gauge railway building (presently under refurbishment) and connection to existing services. Mohill Railway Station is a Protected Structure Reg. No. 268.
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2560014
22 Oct 2024Conditional
Planning Permission Is Sought To Demolish Disused Sheds And Front Boundary Wall And Construct Single Storey Gymnasium Building, New Front Boundary Wall, Railings And Associated Works.
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2460215
14 Jun 2024Conditional
Proposed construction of a dormer bungalow type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable onsite treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2460119
25 Aug 2023Conditional
(a) Refurbishment, alterations and change of use of former narrow gauge railway building, for community use as follows:- station house to 1 no. 2-bed accommodation unit. Reception/ticket office to office/work-space hub with café facilities, (b) Construction of exhibition space including kitchenette & toilet facilities and glazed link with existing Station Building, (c) Site development work, carparking, landscaping, out-door seating, alterations to existing entrance and connection to existing services. Mohill Railway Station is a Protected Structure Reg. No. 268.
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2360083
15 Aug 2023Conditional
(A). construct New Astro Turf All-Weather pitch with Associated Flood Lighting, Alterations to Existing G.A.A. Pitch, Relocated Dug Outs, Goal Posts & Scoreboard and Ancillary Works. (B). Construct New Outdoor Children's Playground & Ancillary Works. C. Construct New Perimeter Fencing to Sides and Rear Boundaries and Alterations to Existing Vehicular Entrance to Form bellmouth With Ancillary Work.
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2360075
20 Jul 2023N/a
change of use from a creche preschool to an Educational School Building
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2381
24 Oct 2022Conditional
erect an equipment storage shed to side of building and all associated works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 22222
18 Jan 2021Conditional
1 permission for site alterations to include the demolition of eastern boundary wall, removal of lamp standards and car park line marking. Construction of new enlarged yard and car parking area with associated boundary treatments and revised lighting scheme. Installation of additional car parking spaces to provide a total of 40 number car parking spaces with associated drainage. 2 Permission for construction of a single storey storage building (88 sq.m)
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 217
30 Nov 2020Unconditional
extend duration of Planning Permission P.15/167 for a period of 3 years
Extension of duration · Leitrim County Council, 20210
25 Mar 2020Conditional
as constructed fencing to the eastern boundary with associated site development works
Retention · Leitrim County Council, 2047
19 Jun 2019Conditional
(a) demolish existing non habitable dwelling house and out buildings; (b) erect dormer type dwelling on footprint of existing non habitable dwelling; (c) erect domestic garage; (d) connect to existing public sewer and all ancillary works necessary to complete the development
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 19140
26 Sept 2018Conditional
(a) construction of a two storey extension (38m2) to the existing retail building to relocate existing stairwell and provide an overall building floor area (788m2); (b) reconfiguration of the internal layout of the building to provide additional 25m2 retail area; (C) installation of new external canopy to part of the north facing elevation of the existing building; (d) ancillary site works to include revised car parking layout, relocation of existing entrances to parking area and associated drainage and footpath works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 18199
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 Coolabaun.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coolabaun.
Architectural heritage
- Mohill Railway Station, railway station, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey triple-pile former railway station, with five-bay single-storey block to north end and return to rear, built c.1885 by the Cavan and Leitrim Railway. Now vacant. Pitched slate roofs with brick chimneystacks, round terracotta chimney pots and ridge cresting. Red brick walls with yellow and blue-grey brick dressings and eaves course. Segmental-headed openings with yellow-brick hood mouldings and timber sash windows. Timber double doors in north block flanked by glazing. Corrugated-iron outbuilding to east with decorative bargeboards and finials. Snecked stone goods shed with pitched slate roof to north, now in use as a builders' providers premises.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1662 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Coolabaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Coolabaun · Na Cúla Bána
- Area
- 579,023 m² (57.9 ha, 143.08 acres)
- Civil parish
- Mohill, and its townlands
- Barony
- Mohill
- Electoral division
- Mohill, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Mohill electoral division: 1,317 people in 548 households; 62% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghadrumderg, Boeeshil, Clooncahir, Lisdadanan, Mohill, Tawnyeely, Treanmore
- Placenames
- Coolabaun 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.