Coolalough

82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolalough, from 22 m² to 490,395 m² (49.04 ha, 121.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 59 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.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 27 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space & Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Education & Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 10 Aug 2026N/a

  a 10-year planning permission for the development of a solar farm on a site of 210 hectares consisting of the following: 843,000 sqm of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 29 no. hardstanding locations used for electrical skids; 3 no. electrical plant rooms; new internal access tracks; underground power and communications cables and ducts, including along the R513 and L1509 public roads; new access points from the R513, R516, L1509 and L51309 public roads, and upgrades to existing access points from the L1507, L1509 and L51309 public roads; landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures; security gates; boundary fencing and all associated ancillary development, site works and services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660918

• 7 Nov 2025Conditional

  the construction of a single storey extension to the rear and side of the existing GP surgery and associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561144

• 27 Mar 2023Conditional

  machinery sheds as constructed and completion of the same with all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 23175

• 28 Apr 2022Conditional

  (a) change of use of former creamery building to a live-work unit, (b) construction of internal walls to form layout for the live-work unit consisting of office with living accommodation, (c) external alterations to elevations to include change of one existing window to an external door and addition of new window in the roadside elevation, (d) construction of a new vehicular entrance, (e) site boundaries, (f) relocation of existing field access gate together with (g) all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22472

• 24 Feb 2022N/a

  machinery shed as constructed and completion of same with all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 22207

• 1 Feb 2021Conditional

  the removal of the existing milking parlour and dairy and the construction of a new milking parlour and dairy with the roof to extend over the existing cow collecting yard and all ancillary site works. The application also seeks retention permission for an agricultural shed with a slatted tank and hay store, retention permission for an agricultural machinery storage shed and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2186

• 14 Mar 2019Conditional

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

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19240

• 9 Nov 2017Conditional

  the construction of a two storey extension to the side of existing dwelling, construction of porch to front of existing dwelling, refurbishment of existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 171047

• 21 Jul 2017Conditional

  the construction of dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, proprietary treatment system and polishing filter, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17695

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Coolalough.

Recorded monuments

• LI032-153001 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In improved pasture which is liable to floods, 40m S of a farm trackway and 65m SW of the River Mahore which also marks a townland boundary with Oldtown (Bennett). Ring-barrow (LI032-153002-) lies 30m to N. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a ring-barrow (Site 5) by Christine Tarbett and described as ‘This barrow nearest to the farm buildings and due E from them sits slightly elevated in the field. It has an external diameter of 13m and is circular in outline. The interior platform measures 7m in diameter. The ring-ditch is well defined where it measures circa 15cm in depth 1.3m in width. An enclosing bank is mostly continuous all around but low sited in the NE and E,’ (Tarbett 1987, 52). Monument is not visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-2012 or on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013, although a small circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 7m) can be seen on Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/09/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and a location map (Site 5) and sketch plan by Christine Tarbett (1987, 50 and 53). Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 9 November 2020

• LI032-153002 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In improved and drained pasture which is liable to floods, 7m SW of a farm trackway and 45m SW of the River Mahore which also marks a townland boundary with Oldtown (Bennett). Ring-barrow (LI032-153001-) lies 30m to S. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a barrow (Site 7) by Christine Tarbett and described as: ‘This barrow no longer survives as being visible on the surface. It was rotavated prior to knowledge of its purpose in the early 1970s,’ (Tarbett 1987, 52). Monument is not visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-2012 or on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013, although a small circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 5m) can be seen on Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/09/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and a location map (Site 7) by Christine Tarbett (1987, 50). Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 9 November 2020

• LI040-033 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture, 170m SW of barrow (LI032-153001-). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by Christine Tarbett (1987, 53) and described as; ‘The standing stone stands 1.3m in height and 90cms in width. The sandstone slab is orientated from ENE to WSW.’ Monument visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/09/2019. See attached elevation drawing of stone taken from Christine Tarbett. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 27 May 2021

• LI040-036 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  Earthwork described in 1942-3 as following; 'This consists of a flat topped mound around which is an inner fosse. Leading across this fosse at the E.S.E. side is a narrow causeway. Outside this fosse is a very narrow, low bank, and the causeway across the inner fosse leads on to this. Outside the inner bank there is the middle fosse, which is shallow. Leading across this on the south side is another causeway which connects with the middle bank, which also is low and narrow. Outside this is the outer fosse, and this is crossed by four causeways, all on the west and south sides. These four lead on to the inner slope of the outer bank, which is broad and fairly high. This bank is broken in three places, all of which seem to be accidental. The causeways across the fosses are not opposite one another. The whole monument has been cut through by a fence with a drain on each side. This runs east-west a little north of the centre of the mound. The monument on the north side of this fence has been badly defaced. The low banks are not visible as they have been covered by a large spoil heap accumulated from the cleaning of the drain. Nothing has been found in the making or cleaning of the drains where they run through the monument. The height of the mound over the fosse-bottom is 8' [2.4m] and the overall diameter 300' [100m]. Situated in marshy low-land' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 238). Outline of S half of extant monument bisected by field drain clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 March 2020

• LI040-037001 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In wet pasture, 42m SW of the River Mahore that forms townland boundary with Oldtown. The most northerly of a group of four barrows (LI040-037002-/004-). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as Site I by Tarbett (1987, 53) and described as, ‘the best surviving of the ring barrows. It measures 14m in diameter and follows the line of the ground slope to the East. The interior platform is circular measuring 7m in diameter, it is well defined by the ring ditch which measures circa 20cms in depth 1m in width, the enclosing bank can visibly be traced all around where it measures not more than 50cms in height.' Possible trace of monument visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. Possible outline visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 25/05/2017. See attached location map and drawing from C. Tarbett and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 12 May 2021

• LI040-037002 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In wet pasture, 90m SW of the River Mahore that forms townland boundary with Oldtown. One of four barrows (LI040-037001/004-). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by Tarbett (1987, 51) as ‘Site 2’ and described as, 'larger in overall diameter than site one and more ovoid in shape. It has an external N-S diameter of 15.50m and 18m E-W. It cannot be easily traced in the field, the shallow ditch does not clearly define the interior platform at the North. The enclosing bank is low and is not seen to survive at the NW or at the East. The interior platform measures 8.50m in diameter N-S and 11m E-W. The ditch measures circa 1.50m in width and 20cms in depth, the bank measures 20cms in height. This barrow is located 150m due South from Site one’. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached location map and drawing from C. Tarbett and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 12 May 2021

• LI040-037003 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In rough wet pasture, 15m SW of the River Mahore that forms townland boundary with Oldtown. One of four barrows (LI040-037001/004-). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by Tarbett (1987, 53) as ‘Site 3' and described as; ‘This barrow is circular with an external diameter of 12m. The interior platform measures 5m in diameter and is relatively well defined by the shallow ring ditch which measures circa 1.50m in width and 15cms in depth. Only traces of the enclosing bank survive at the NW and South’. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached location map and drawing from C. Tarbett and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 12 May 2021

• LI040-037004 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  In rough wet pasture, 15m SW of the River Mahore that forms townland boundary with Oldtown. One of four barrows (LI040-037001-/003-). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by Tarbett (1987, 53) as ‘Site 4’ and described as; ‘The remains of this barrow can only be traced by the differential growth patterning in the encircling ring-ditch, no enclosing bank can be seen. The diameter measures 7.70m N-S and 9m E-W.’ No surface remains visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-2012. Possible monument visible as circular cropmark or pond feature on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached location map and drawing from C. Tarbett and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 12 May 2021

• LI040-194001 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture, 23m W of townland boundary with Knockainey West and 20m N of townland boundary with Rathanny. Identified as a possible rectangular-shaped earthwork by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 69; AP 5/2075). Faint cropmark visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Irregular shaped area visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 9/20/2020, may be natural pond. See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 69 and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 23 June 2021

• LI040-202 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture, 115m E of townland boundary with Kilfrush, cropmark of a possible earthwork (LI040-203----) lies 110m to the NE. Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 71; AP 5/2077) as two linear cropmarks running parallel to each other. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Faint trace of possible monument visible as an oval-shaped cropmark (dims. c. 13m NW-SE; 17m NE-SW) on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019. See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 28 June 2021

• LI040-203 Earthwork
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, 200m E of townland boundary with Kilfrush, cropmark of a possible earthwork (LI040-202----) lies 110m to the SW. Possible earthwork identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 70; AP 5/2077) as a rectangular cropmark intersected at S by a field boundary running roughly E-W. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage. See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 28 June 2021

• LI040-242 Earthwork
  Description

  In wet pasture. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible earthwork by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 133; AP 5/2079). No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bruff aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 29 June 2021

• LI040-246 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture immediately N of a field drain running NE-SW. Bowl barrow (LI040-036----) lies 65m to SW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified from McCloud aerial image (27). Described by Sarah Cross and Eoin Grogan in 1994 (License No. 94E0172) as a ‘previously unrecorded ring-ditch was also noted 20m to the north. It measures 7m north-south and 6m east-west. The mound is 3.6m in diameter and c. 0.3m high’. Faint trace of cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. See attached McCloud aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 2 July 2021

• LI040-256 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture 180m NE of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Kilfrush. Enclosure (LI040-203----) lies 145m to SE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible barrow by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 132; AP 5/2077). No surface remains visible on visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. See attached Bruff aerial photograph labelled Bruff 132 and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 30 June 2021

• LI040-257 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, enclosures (LI040-194001-/036) lie 95m to the W and 85m to the E respectively. Identified as a possible enclosure by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 134; AP 5/2077). Trace of circular cropmark (diam. c. 13m) intersected at S by a linear cropmark running E-W visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage 20/09/2020 See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 134 and Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 23 June 2021

• LI040-258 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  In pasture, an earthwork (LI040-194001-) lies 85m to the S. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible ditch-barrow by the Bruff survey (Bruff 69; McCloud DP 01/06). No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached oblique aerial photograph taken by McCloud and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 5 July 2021

• LI040-269 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture, 20m N of townland boundary with Kilfrush. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 131, AP 5/2077) as a circular cropmark of a possible barrow. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bruff photograph labelled 131 and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 6 July 2021

• LI041-003 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Barrow described in 1942-3 as following; 'This structure consists of a slight mound surrounded by two fosses and two banks. The inner fosse and bank are continuous. The outer bank has two breaks none of which seem original and are probably due to efforts to drain the fosse, which is water-logged. The diameter of the mound itself is 45' [14m] approximately and the overall diameter of the whole monument is 210' [64m]. The surrounding field is a low-land marsh meadow which is subject to flooding. The height of the mound is about 4' [1.2m] (O'Kelly 1942-3, 238). Outline of barrow clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 March 2020

• LI041-052 Earthwork
  Description

  In rough wet pasture, 45m S of the River Mahore that forms townland boundary with Oldtown. Ditch barrow (LI040-037004-) lies 80m to W. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 7; AP 5/2079) as a possible enclosure. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophotos or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bruff aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 4 August 2021

Architectural heritage

• School, 1930–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey former vocational school, built c. 1935, now in use as community centre. Comprising porch to front (west) elevation and four-bay two-storey extension to rear (east) elevation. Hipped artificial slate roof having rendered chimneystacks and render eaves course. Pitched slate roof to extension. Rendered walls with render plinth course and render platband to extension. Square-headed openings to first floor having render surrounds, continuous impost course, concrete sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Tripartite square-headed opening to first floor, centre-bay with shared concrete sill and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to ground floor having render entablatures, concrete sills, some with one-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows, some having three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows. Porch comprising render parapet and recessed panel over square-headed opening with glazed overlight and double-leaf timber panelled doors having flanking square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening to south elevation having replacement uPVC door with flanking sidelights. Pair of square-profile rendered piers to west having render caps, single-leaf cast-iron gate and rendered boundary walls with cast-iron railings terminating in second pair of square-profile rendered piers having double-leaf cast-iron gates.

• Water pump, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water pump, c. 1880, comprising fluted shaft with pail stand, spout, moulded necking and fluted cap having acorn finial. Now in disuse. Sited at side of road.

• Ahnageeragh Bridge, bridge, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triple-arch road bridge over the River Mahore, built c. 1810. Rubble limestone walls with limestone cappings to north. Extended to south with concrete walls and V-cutwaters. Dressed limestone voussoirs to the round-headed arches.

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

At the centre of the townland of Coolalough, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

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

Name

Coolalough · Cúil an Locha

Area

1,835,094 m² (183.51 ha, 453.46 acres)

Civil parish

Hospital, and its townlands

Barony

Smallcounty

Electoral division

Hospital, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,296 people lived in 494 households in the Hospital electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinvreena (Co. Tipperary), Barrysfarm, Coolscart, Gotoon, Kilfrush, Oldtown (Bennett)

Placenames

Coolalough 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.