Cooga Upper

71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cooga Upper, from 44 m² to 423,902 m² (42.39 ha, 104.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 40 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R3Residential Serviced Sites (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space & Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Education & Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 29 Nov 2024Conditional

  construction of 28 residential units consisting of 3 no. three bed detached dwellings, 6 no. two bed semi-detached dwellings, 8 no. two bed terraced dwellings, 8 no. three bed terraced dwellings, 1 no. apartment block containing 2 no. two bed apartments, together with entrance, estate road, cycle path, footpaths, car parking and bicycle stands and associated site works including attenuation tanks and surface water outfall. Outline planning permission sought for 10 no. serviced site together with estate road, footpaths and associated site works

  Permission, 27 homes · Limerick County Council, 2461182

• 14 Apr 2024Conditional

  a change of house design from that previously approved under planning application reference 21/353 and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460331

• 31 Aug 2023Conditional

  the construction of 1no. single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling for use as an accessible shower room and all other associated works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2360632

• 23 Mar 2021Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area, entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21353

• 17 Jul 2020Conditional

  the construction of an extension to existing dwelling house including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20670

• 16 Apr 2020Refused

  the construction of a shared vehicular entrance, dwelling house, garage, domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 20321

• 10 Jan 2020Conditional

  a change of house type & alterations to site boundaries under previously permitted planning permission ref. no. 17/1058 together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2018

• 16 Nov 2017Conditional

  an entrance, driveway, single storey dwelling house, domestic waste water treatment plant and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 171058

• 14 Jul 2017N/a

  the construction of a dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area, entrance walls and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17674

• 20 Jan 2017N/a

  Entrance, single storey dwelling house, new domestic waste water treatment plant and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 1733

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: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bilboa And Gortnageragh River Valleys 001851

Recorded monuments

• LI015-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in poorly drained, rolling pasture with good views to N and W. Located in an area of natural hillocks the monument appears to be an embellished hillock. It is partially obscured by scrub vegetation and overgrown by some mature trees. It is evident as a roughly circular area (36m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 6.6m; H 0.6m). There is a gap (Wth 1m) in the scarp at W. The enclosing element is truncated by a field boundary from NW to NNE. The interior slopes down evenly from the centre. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 3 July 2013

• LI016-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, bisected by public road which forms townland boundary between Cooga Upper and Lower . Depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as a substantial circular-shaped enclosure (diam. 61m), bisected by the public road running N-S across the W half of the monument. Only the W half of the monument is depicted on the OS 25-inch map as the W arc (C. 36m NNW-SSE) which is defined by the public road to E. Monument is visible as a segmental-shaped area to the immediate W of the public road, which is enclosed from SW-W-NNW by a newly constructed access road to an existing dwelling on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 14 July 2020

• LI016-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On SW-facing slope, in pasture. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as a raised oval shaped area enclosed by a wide berm (approx. overall dims. 67m NE-SW; 65m NW-SE). Monument is visible as a roughly oval-shaped tree-lined enclosure on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 14 July 2020

Architectural heritage

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey T-plan parochial house, built c. 1870, comprising projecting gable-fronted end bay, bay window and gablet to front (south) elevation. Projecting end bay with two-bay single-storey lean-to and three-bay two-storey extension to rear (north) elevation. Hipped and pitched slate roof having cut limestone chimneystack, copings, eaves course, render cross finials and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with cut limestone quoins and render plinth course. Ashlar limestone walls to bay window. Quatrefoil oculus to apex, projecting end bay having limestone surround. Trefoil oculus to gablet apex with limestone surround. Trefoil-headed opening to gablet having limestone hoodmoulding, block-and-start surround and quarry glazed window. Pointed arch openings to first floor with carved limestone sills and tooled block-and-start surrounds. Replacement uPVC windows throughout. Square-headed shouldered openings to ground floor having limestone surrounds and sills. Entrance comprising pointed arch glazed overlight with limestone surround and hoodmoulding over square-headed shouldered opening having timber battened door and chamfered limestone block-and-start surround. Pointed arch opening to west elevation with glazed overlight over square-headed timber battened door. Pair of ashlar limestone square-profile piers to south having cut limestone caps with lantern finials, double-leaf cast-iron gates and flanking pedestrian single-leaf cast-iron gates terminating in second pair of piers. Limestone walls having cast-iron railings terminating in third pair of piers.

• Christ Church (Doon), church/chapel, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Gothic Revival style former Church of Ireland church, built in 1856, now in use as a restaurant. Comprising four-bay nave, square-profile two-stage tower to north-west, gable-fronted chancel to south-east, gable-fronted porch to south-west, two-bay single-storey lean-to and two-bay single-storey lean-to vestry to north-east elevation. Pitched slate roofs with limestone copings, bracketed eaves courses and cast-iron rainwater goods. Carved limestone stringcourse to tower. Cut limestone spire to tower having cast-iron weather vane and cut limestone eaves course. Dressed limestone battered walls with buttresses. Rose window to front north-west gable having carved limestone hoodmouldings, limestone tracery and stained glass windows over paired trefoil-headed openings with tooled limestone surrounds and quarry glazed windows. Paired trefoil-headed openings to nave and lean-to having tooled limestone surrounds and quarry glazed windows. Tripartite trefoil-headed opening to vestry north-east elevation, with limestone surround and quarry glazed windows. Trefoil-headed openings to tower, first stage having tooled limestone surrounds and quarry glazed windows. Square-headed shouldered openings to tower, second stage with louvered vents. Pointed arch opening to chancel having limestone hoodmoulding, inset quatrefoil opening over paired trefoil-headed openings with limestone mullions, quarry glazed windows and flanking trefoil-headed quarry glazed windows. Pointed arch opening to porch having limestone voussoirs, hoodmoulding, chamfered surround and double-leaf timber battened doors with wrought-iron strap hinges. Limestone steps to entrance. Square-headed shouldered opening to vestry, north-east elevation having glazed overlight over timber battened door. Rubble limestone boundary walls with limestone cappings to site. Pair of square-profile stone piers to south having double-leaf cast-iron gates.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Cooga Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Cooga Upper · An Cúige Uachtarach

Area

1,242,184 m² (124.22 ha, 306.95 acres)

Civil parish

Doon, and its townlands

Barony

Coonagh

Electoral division

Doon South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Doon South electoral division: 1,352 people in 507 households; 75% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bilboa, Cloonteen, Cooga Lower, Doon South, Kilmoylan Lower

Placenames

Cooga Upper 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.