Coolballyshane

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolballyshane, from 768 m² to 435,250 m² (43.53 ha, 107.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Coolballyshane in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 13 Nov 2025Conditional

  the carrying out of alterations and extensions to existing dwelling including all associated site development works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561178

• 27 May 2025N/a

  carrying out a change of use from existing dwelling including permission for a proposed extension all of which to be used commercially as part of an existing equestrian centre development comprising staff/visitor overnight boarding, meeting rooms, staff room, canteen, general office accommodation including all necessary building alterations, some part demolition and all associated site development works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560495

• 16 May 2025N/a

  the construction of a dwelling, site entrance, install on-site effluent treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2560452

• 11 Mar 2025Refused

  equine stable barn and equine ancillary areas; farm building consisting of lunging pen, hay & straw storage & covered dungstead; septic tank and percolation area

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2560194

• 4 Sept 2023Conditional

  (a) demolition of single and two storey extensions and detached domestic shed, all to rear, (b) construction of two storey extension to rear and side (west), (c) new on-site waste water treatment system and (d) all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360645

• 3 Jul 2023Conditional

  an uncovered all weather horse exercise/jumping arena, associated fencing and associated works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 23357

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 Coolballyshane.

Recorded monuments

• LI020-125 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle NNE-facing slope. Contained within narrow strip of land between stream to W and old mill race to E. Depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. ) on 1841 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace evident. Not for inclusion in the inventory as shown on 1841 OS 6-inch map with a dotted line- also an unlikely place for an enclosure on bank of river. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI020-126 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope, immediately below top of low rise. Circular area (diam. 31m) enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse (D 0.45m; Wth 2.95m), and earth-and-stone counterscarp bank NNW->SSW (H 0.8m). Inner bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.85m), best preserved along S arc, is masked by overgrowth SW->NNW. Dip in bank at E matched by causeway (Wth 3.4m) across fosse. Fosse is littered with loose stones. Level interior, now under pasture but recently cleared of overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

• LI020-127 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle W-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI020-129 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, atop gentle rise in undulating terrain. Circular area (diam. 34m) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank, with external fosse (Wth 1.4m, D 0.55m) ESE->NW. Bank (int. H 1.35m; ext. H 1.85m), best preserved SE->SW, is masked by bushes and trees. Earth and stones have been dumped against external bank face at E, where there is an opening (Wth 2.7m) through dumped material and bank. Level interior is covered with nettles and thistles. Farm passage skirts around enclosure W->NNE, clipping fosse at N. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

• LI020-132 Mill - corn
  Description

  On gentle W-facing slope, to N of realigned main Limerick/Newcastlewest road. Mill has been demolished and area now used as car park to rear of Bed and Breakfast. A mill is depicted in approximately this position on the mid-17th century Down Survey map but its exact location is not known. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coolballyshane.

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 Coolballyshane, about 1 in 5 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 Coolballyshane.

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 Coolballyshane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Coolballyshane · Cúil Bhaile Sheáin

Area

1,184,859 m² (118.49 ha, 292.79 acres)

Civil parish

Clonshire, and its townlands

Barony

Connello Lower

Electoral division

Croagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

833 people lived in 248 households in the Croagh electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Adamswood, Clonshire More, Croagh, Garraunboy, Graigue, Kiltenan North

Placenames

Coolballyshane 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.