Coolcaw

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolcaw, from 935 m² to 218,723 m² (21.87 ha, 54.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Coolcaw 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.

• 21 Jan 2026Unconditional

  of PL21/294 - proposed demolition of an existing bungalow dwelling house with the construction of a two storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, installation of a wastewater treatment system and percolation area, boundary fence/wall and ancillary site works

  Extension of duration · Longford County Council, 266

• 11 Oct 2021Conditional

  proposed demolition of an existing bungalow dwelling house with the construction of a two storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, installation of a wastewater treatment system and percolation area, boundary fence/wall and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 21294

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 Coolcaw.

Recorded monuments

• LF019-053 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level, poorly drained pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded that the monument had been largely levelled. However, the outline of the enclosing elements, a bank and external fosse, could be traced enclosing a roughly circular area (diam. c. 30m). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 30 November 2011

• LF019-054 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 29m) defined by a scarp (H 1.5m), which has been largely levelled at SW. At the base of the scarp from E-ESE-SE is a waterlogged fosse (Wth c. 2.5-3m; D 0.4m). From NNE-NE-E this has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. Elsewhere it has been infilled. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a low outer bank from S-SW-WSW; it is no longer identifiable. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF019-059 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a WSW-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1913 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The monument has been levelled but is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (SMR file). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 January 2012

• LF019-060 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In low-lying, wet pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 33m) enclosed by a partially denuded, wide, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.1m; H 0.3m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 0.2-0.5m). A break (Wth 1.5m) in the bank at WSW may mark the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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 Coolcaw with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Coolcaw · Cúil Cháithe

Area

1,126,653 m² (112.67 ha, 278.4 acres)

Civil parish

Ardagh, and its townlands

Barony

Ardagh

Electoral division

Ardagh East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ardagh East electoral division: 730 people in 265 households; 88% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Back of The Hill, Ballinreaghan, Ballinroddy, Ballywalter, Barney, Barneygole, Carnan, Crossea North

Placenames

Coolcaw 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.