# Cool West, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Rathronan, barony of Shanid, Co. Limerick; in Irish An Chúil Thiar.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,587,628 m² (258.76 ha, 639.42 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 103 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,979 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Rathronan, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/rathronan.md
- Barony: Shanid
- Electoral division: Rathronan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 937 people lived in 361 households in the Rathronan electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31919
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120720
- Centre: latitude 52.445694, longitude -9.257961 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

103 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cool West, from 76 m² to 490,404 m² (49.04 ha, 121.18 acres); 28 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1648353: 490,404 m² (49.04 ha, 121.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1648353.md
- Parcel 1641543: 329,088 m² (32.91 ha, 81.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641543.md
- Parcel 1641791: 306,630 m² (30.66 ha, 75.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641791.md
- Parcel 1618077: 279,441 m² (27.94 ha, 69.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1618077.md
- Parcel 1640316: 227,816 m² (22.78 ha, 56.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1640316.md
- Parcel 1658652: 123,119 m² (12.31 ha, 30.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658652.md
- Parcel 1605509: 122,547 m² (12.25 ha, 30.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1605509.md
- Parcel 1642054: 86,141 m² (8.61 ha, 21.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642054.md
- Parcel 1604471: 68,460 m² (6.85 ha, 16.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1604471.md
- Parcel 1655394: 53,052 m² (5.31 ha, 13.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1655394.md
- Parcel 1669726: 50,467 m² (5.05 ha, 12.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1669726.md
- Parcel 1641877: 42,209 m² (4.22 ha, 10.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641877.md
- Parcel 1641434: 38,186 m² (3.82 ha, 9.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641434.md
- Parcel 1641499: 32,385 m² (3.24 ha, 8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641499.md
- Parcel 1626591: 15,351 m² (1.54 ha, 3.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1626591.md
- Parcel 1626590: 15,063 m² (1.51 ha, 3.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1626590.md
- Parcel 1599456: 14,059 m² (1.41 ha, 3.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1599456.md
- Parcel 1650505: 13,928 m² (1.39 ha, 3.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650505.md
- Parcel 6111751: 11,004 m² (1.1 ha, 2.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6111751.md
- Parcel 1626409: 9,848 m² (0.98 ha, 2.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1626409.md
- Parcel 1605027: 9,660 m² (0.97 ha, 2.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1605027.md
- Parcel 5901212: 9,437 m² (0.94 ha, 2.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5901212.md
- Parcel 1619744: 9,285 m² (0.93 ha, 2.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619744.md
- Parcel 1590545: 7,703 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590545.md
- Parcel 1625941: 7,680 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1625941.md
- Parcel 1662777: 7,494 m² (0.75 ha, 1.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1662777.md
- Parcel 1626670: 7,062 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1626670.md
- Parcel 1623158: 7,056 m² (0.71 ha, 1.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1623158.md
- Parcel 1625007: 7,023 m² (0.7 ha, 1.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1625007.md
- Parcel 1592371: 6,979 m² (0.7 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1592371.md
- Parcel 3907636: 5,973 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3907636.md
- Parcel 2593994: 5,876 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2593994.md
- Parcel 1669321: 5,715 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1669321.md
- Parcel 1618397: 5,582 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1618397.md
- Parcel 1641546: 5,307 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641546.md
- Parcel 1598670: 5,114 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1598670.md
- Parcel 1608611: 4,992 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608611.md
- Parcel 1609893: 4,919 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609893.md
- Parcel 4862861: 4,845 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4862861.md
- Parcel 1657063: 4,746 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657063.md
- Parcel 1627159: 4,587 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627159.md
- Parcel 1656669: 4,575 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1656669.md
- Parcel 2386763: 4,329 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2386763.md
- Parcel 2384612: 4,329 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2384612.md
- Parcel 1621842: 4,300 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1621842.md
- Parcel 1597941: 4,294 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597941.md
- Parcel 1640609: 4,227 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1640609.md
- Parcel 1670443: 4,227 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1670443.md
- Parcel 1624081: 4,176 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624081.md
- Parcel 1641544: 4,062 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641544.md
- Parcel 1625666: 4,047 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1625666.md
- Parcel 1606905: 3,979 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606905.md
- Parcel 3940476: 3,616 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3940476.md
- Parcel 1645653: 3,333 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645653.md
- Parcel 1631484: 3,142 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1631484.md
- Parcel 1622680: 2,975 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1622680.md
- Parcel 4833048: 2,787 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4833048.md
- Parcel 1613925: 2,657 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1613925.md
- Parcel 1628281: 2,648 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1628281.md
- Parcel 1589113: 2,608 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589113.md
- Parcel 1640425: 2,593 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1640425.md
- Parcel 3497417: 2,376 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3497417.md
- Parcel 4990971: 2,293 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4990971.md
- Parcel 1611647: 2,244 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1611647.md
- Parcel 1630935: 2,179 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1630935.md
- Parcel 1626586: 2,156 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1626586.md
- Parcel 4862802: 2,098 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4862802.md
- Parcel 1636996: 2,066 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1636996.md
- Parcel 4862809: 2,030 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4862809.md
- Parcel 1641600: 2,023 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641600.md
- Parcel 2685515: 1,998 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2685515.md
- Parcel 1623502: 1,985 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1623502.md
- Parcel 1629071: 1,826 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1629071.md
- Parcel 1623956: 1,661 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1623956.md
- Parcel 1588927: 1,586 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1588927.md
- Parcel 1625146: 1,525 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1625146.md
- Parcel 1641549: 1,517 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641549.md
- Parcel 1627491: 1,369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627491.md
- Parcel 1614101: 1,321 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1614101.md
- Parcel 1610562: 1,223 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610562.md
- Parcel 1652278: 1,184 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1652278.md
- Parcel 1639256: 1,130 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1639256.md
- Parcel 1625359: 1,114 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1625359.md
- Parcel 1590017: 855 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590017.md
- Parcel 3267282: 734 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3267282.md
- Parcel 1624474: 723 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624474.md
- Parcel 3267283: 688 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3267283.md
- Parcel 4923197: 646 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4923197.md
- Parcel 1602155: 548 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602155.md
- Parcel 1631566: 519 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1631566.md
- Parcel 1656028: 503 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1656028.md
- Parcel 4923193: 442 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4923193.md
- Parcel 1627392: 418 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627392.md
- Parcel 5722389: 376 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5722389.md
- Parcel 1629072: 372 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1629072.md
- Parcel 3267280: 301 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3267280.md
- Parcel 5901230: 299 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5901230.md
- Parcel 1647276: 278 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647276.md
- Parcel 1595302: 268 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1595302.md
- Parcel 1625556: 229 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1625556.md
- Parcel 3267285: 151 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3267285.md
- Parcel 3267281: 139 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3267281.md
- Parcel 2685788: 76 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2685788.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Cool West 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)

4 applications, newest first.

- 17 Sept 2026, Limerick County Council 2661077: N/a. Permission, 1 home. (a) Demolish existing substandard dwelling house and outbuildings, (b) decommission existing septic tank, (c) construct a replacement dwelling house, detached garage, front boundary entrance walls, installation of a mechanical aeration unit and percolation system with all associated works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661077/0
- 29 Nov 2021, Limerick County Council 211642: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (A) the demolition of existing derelict house (B) the construction a single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, upgrade existing entrance and entrance walls, install a mechanical aeration unit and polishing filter system with all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211642/0
- 15 Oct 2021, Limerick County Council 211445: Conditional. Permission. decommissioning existing septic tank system, install new mechanical aeration unit with polishing filter system with all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211445/0
- 4 Apr 2017, Limerick County Council 17290: Conditional. Permission. construct a single dwelling house with attached domestic garage, front boundary entrance walls, installation of a mechanical aeration unit and sand polishing filter system with all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17290/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC, site code 002165, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002165
- Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA, site code 004161, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004161

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LI035-007: Causeway, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI035-007----. In Gogan's account of discovery of the Cnoc na bPoll hoard reference is made to 'evidence of early habitation ... about 400 yards from the find-site' (Gogan 1932, 60). This consisted of 'oak-stakes about three feet long, two inches square in section ... and set about two feet apart' (ibid.); these were found about 10 feet below surface of bog. The extent of this 'ancient paling' was not determined but 'adjoining' it, at a depth of 12 feet, were remains of a flagged causeway (LI035-008---). Area where causeway indicated on Grogan's map (ibid., opp. 59) now covered by dense coniferous plantation with deep intersecting drains. No trace of any archaeological features were noted in the area. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI035-008: Causeway, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI035-008----. In Gogan's account of discovery of the Cnoc na bPoll hoard reference is made to 'evidence of early habitation ... about 400 yards from the find-site' (Gogan 1932, 60). This consisted of 'an ancient stone causey' (ibid.) consisting of 'flags' which 'may extend for about a mile in an easterly direction, patches of the old road being noted at different points' (ibid.). These were found about 12 feet below surface of bog and 'adjoining' a stake paling (LI035-007---). Area of causeway indicated on Grogan's map (ibid., opp. 59) now covered by dense coniferous plantation with deep intersecting drains. No trace of any archaeological features were noted in the area. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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 Cool West.

## 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 Cool West, about 1 in 10 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_347, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_347.zip (ZIP).
- 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/limerick/cool-west.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/cool-west.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/cool-west.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Cool West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Cool East: https://everytownland.com/limerick/cool-east.md
- Crataloe West: https://everytownland.com/limerick/crataloe-west.md
- Gortnagross: https://everytownland.com/limerick/gortnagross.md
- Templeathea West: https://everytownland.com/limerick/templeathea-west.md
- Tooradoo: https://everytownland.com/limerick/tooradoo.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.

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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.

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