Cooleeny

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cooleeny, from 244 m² to 451,434 m² (45.14 ha, 111.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 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 Cooleeny 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.

• 19 Dec 2024Conditional

  extension to the side of existing dwelling to include amendments to floor plans and elevation, ancillary site works all

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2460318

• 7 Aug 2024Conditional

  (1) construction of a new timber cladded welfare building containing lunch room, locker rooms and toilet facilities, (2) new proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, and (3) all ancillary site services

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2460167

• 8 Jun 2023Conditional

  to construct a new bungalow dwelling, waste water treatment system, storm water soakaways, and all associated site works. Retention permission is also sought for existing boundary walls, vehicular entrance, partially constructed shed/domestic laundry and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2360042

• 21 Apr 2023Conditional

  (1) construction of a new metal cladded building for light manufacturing and storage, and (2) all ancillary site services

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2360016

• 2 Jun 2022Conditional

  to erect 1039.00 m2 or 184.20 kWp of photovoltaic panels on the roof of our existing buildings, in our factory with all associated site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 22134

• 21 Mar 2019Conditional

  for (1) construction of a new 2,421m2 building for storage, (2) construction of a new refuelling building, (3) demolition of the existing refuelling & hacksaw buildings and (4) all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1980

• 10 May 2018Conditional

  remove existing outbuildings, stores, garden shed and mobile home totalling c. 114 sq.m. and to erect a two storey extension c. 160 sq.m to the existing 70 sq.m house and also to demolish, remove and replace the existing front boundary wall/fence with new recessed boundary wall, entrance and relocated driveway together with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1897

• 25 Oct 2017Conditional

  for (1) construction of a 3 bay extension to the southern end and a 2 bay extension to the northern end of existing building for wood processing, and (2) all ancillary site services

  Permission · Longford County Council, 17272

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Derrymore Bog 000447

Recorded monuments

• LF014-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle WSW-facing slope in pasture. A report in 1975 (SMR file) noted that this raised circular area (diam. 33.4m) was enclosed by a bank of earth and stone and an external fosse. The bank (Wth 7.4m) has since been levelled and the defining element is a scarp (H 0.7-1.6m). The fosse (Wth 5.7m) is still visible. An ENE-WSW running field boundary cuts the monument at SSE. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 29 November 2011

• LF014-060 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle NNE-facing slope in reclaimed pasture. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 39m) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone with a wide, shallow, external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 30 November 2011

• LF014-067 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise in otherwise level, low-lying pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The monument has been levelled and is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 05 November 2013

• LF014-068 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a hillock in otherwise low-lying pasture. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 40.2m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone, which has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary from SSE-S-NNW. Elsewhere it has been levelled. There is no trace of a fosse. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF014-069 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  On a gentle SSW-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a small circular enclosure with the designation 'Moat' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A circular, steep-sided, flat-topped mound of earth and stone (diam. at base 12.7m; diam. of summit 5.7m; H 2.3m). At W a portion of it has been destroyed by quarrying. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF014-070 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a hillock in otherwise low-lying pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 48.6m) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.4m; H 1.3m max.) with a deep intervening fosse (Wth 3.8m; D 1m) and a low outer bank (Wth 3.8m; H 0.2m). Most of the SE quadrant has been quarried away. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Saint Michael's Catholic Chapel, church/chapel, 1820–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding barn-type five-bay single-storey Roman Catholic chapel, built c. 1830, having projecting single-bay gable-fronted porch, c. 1920, to the southwest end of the main elevation (southeast) and a three-bay single-storey projection (sacristy) with hipped slate roof and rendered chimneystack to the northeast end of the east main elevation (c. 1960). Pitched natural slate roof with raised rendered verges with kneeler stones to either gable end (southwest and northeast), having ornate wrought-iron cross finials to gable apexes. Remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Render coping and kneeler stones to projecting porch with wrought-iron cross finial to gable apex. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth. Pointed arch window openings to side elevations (northwest and southeast), and to the southwest gable end, with lattice stained glass windows and painted limestone sills. Single pointed arch window opening to the northwest elevation of nave. Two pointed arch window openings to chancel gable (northeast) having figurative stained glass windows, added c. 1900. Square-headed openings to three-bay projection having one-over-one timber sliding sash windows with painted limestone sills. Square-headed doorway to front face of projection porch, set in pointed arch recess, with timber battened double doors having ornate cast-iron strap hinges. Set back from the road in own grounds to the east of Longford Town. Rubble stone boundary wall with crenellated coping over to road-frontage (south). Cast-iron post box, c. 1960, built into boundary wall. Main entrance gates to the south of the chapel comprising a pair of rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having modern metal double leaf gates.

• Cooleeny House, house, 1835–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house on L-shaped plan, built c. 1845, having two-bay two-storey return and single-bay two-storey flat-roofed extension surmounted by metal water tank to the rear (southeast). Now out of use. Hipped natural slate roofs with overhanging bracketed, cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystacks with terracotta chimney pots. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course. Render failing in places exposing rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two timber sliding sash windows having tooled limestone sills; six-over-six pane timber sash windows to rear elevation. Central segmental-headed door opening to the northwest elevation with rendered surround having dentil details. Glazed overlight over timber panelled door, flanked to either side by moulded timber pilasters. Squared-headed door opening to flat-roofed extension to rear having round-headed window opening over with margin glazing with coloured glass to margin panes. Five-bay single-storey outbuilding attached to the southeast end of house having pitched natural slate roof and render over yellow brick chimneystacks. Roughcast render walls over coursed rubble limestone masonry walls. Square-headed window openings, some with six-over-six timber sliding sash windows, and with limestone sills. Square-headed door openings with timber battened doors. Five-bay two-storey outbuilding to south having pitched natural slate roof with dormer window and render over brick chimneystack. Coursed rubble limestone masonry walls. Square-headed window openings with brick surrounds having timber fittings and limestone sills. Square-headed door opening with brick surrounds and timber battened door. Segmental-headed carriage arch to gable end having red brick voussoirs. Set back from road in extensive grounds. Located to the east of Longford Town.

• Saint Margaret's, house, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey double-pile house, built c. 1910, having projecting flat-roofed porch to the centre of the main elevation (south), gabled half dormer to the east end of the main elevation (south) and single-storey canted bay window to the east elevation. Pitched natural slate roofs with central rendered chimneystacks. Lined-and-ruled cement rendered walls to ground floor and roughcast rendered walls with strap render details and rendered quoins to first floor. Square-headed window openings having rendered surrounds with keystone detail and with replacement windows and concrete sills. Round-headed door opening to porch having rendered surrounds with keystone motif and square-headed half glazed timber panelled door. Set back from road in own grounds to the southeast of Longford Town. Low plinth wall to road-frontage with wrought-iron railings over. Vehicular entrance to the southeast if house comprising a pair of rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having wrought-iron double gates. Pedestrian entrance to the south of house comprising a pair of rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having wrought-iron gate. Single-storey outbuilding to the rear (north).

• Rosemount House, house, 1810–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1825, on L-shaped plan having two-storey return to rear (west) at the north end and a later two-storey block attached to the south end of the rear elevation, built c. 1860, having lean-to extension attached to south elevation. House currently disused. Hipped slate roof to main block having cast-iron rainwater goods and a central pair of rendered chimneystacks, aligned parallel to roof ridge. Projecting eaves course to main block. Pitched slate roof to the west end of block to the south end of the original house. Roughcast rendered finish over rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two timber sliding sash windows to first floor, and square-headed openings with timber fittings to ground floor, now blocked (window opening to the north end of the front elevation at ground floor level now infilled and rendered over). Limestone sills to window openings. Central round-headed doorway to the main elevation (east) having timber battened door and blocked fanlight over. Complex of single- and two-storey outbuildings arranged around a courtyard to the rear, built c. 1860. Multiple-bay single-storey range to south, c. 1825 and extended to the west c. 1860, having pitched corrugated-metal roof and coursed rubble limestone masonry walls. Elliptical-headed carriage arches having brick voussoirs and painted keystones, with timber battened double doors having simple cast-iron strap hinges. Detached five-bay two-storey range to north, c. 1860, with lean-to to south elevation. Pitched natural slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. Coursed rubble limestone masonry walls. Square-headed window openings having roughly dressed limestone lintels and tooled limestone sills. Iron lattice-work fitting to window opening to the east end. Square-headed door openings with brick voussoirs and timber battened doors. Single-storey range to east having pitched corrugated-metal roof with brick chimneystack. Coursed rubble limestone masonry walls. Square-headed door openings with timber battened doors. Remains of former range to west having rubble limestone masonry and square-headed openings. Set back from road in mature grounds to the southeast of Longford Town. Entrance gateway to the north comprising a pair of cut limestone gate posts (on octagonal-plan) having pyramidal-shaped heads and a pair of wrought-iron flat bar gates with spear finials. Rendered boundary walls to road-frontage adjacent to entrance. Rubble limestone boundary walls to site, and along the approach avenue to the house from the north. Gateway to the east side of approach avenue to house comprising a pair of cut limestone gate posts (on octagonal-plan) having pyramidal-shaped heads and a pair of wrought-iron flat bar 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 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 Cooleeny.

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

Name

Cooleeny · Na Cúilíní

Area

2,818,013 m² (281.8 ha, 696.35 acres)

Civil parish

Templemichael, and its townlands

Barony

Ardagh

Electoral division

Longford Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Longford Rural electoral division: 5,685 people in 1,964 households; 51% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghintemple, Cartron Little, Cartronawar, Clooncaulfield, Feraghfad, Freehalman, Kilnasavoge, Lissardowlan, Whiterock

Placenames

Cooleeny 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.