# Coolcon, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilcommon (Ballinrobe Ra), barony of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo; in Irish Cúil Chon.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,154,062 m² (115.41 ha, 285.17 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 26,056 m² (2.61 ha, 6.44 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilcommon (Ballinrobe Ra), https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilcommon-ballinrobe-ra.md
- Barony: Kilmaine
- Electoral division: Garrymore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 473 people lived in 177 households in the Garrymore electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/36271
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 151097
- Centre: latitude 53.627389, longitude -9.011132 (WGS 84)

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

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolcon, from 1,178 m² to 178,575 m² (17.86 ha, 44.13 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 927057: 178,575 m² (17.86 ha, 44.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927057.md
- Parcel 944491: 167,214 m² (16.72 ha, 41.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944491.md
- Parcel 944487: 104,202 m² (10.42 ha, 25.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944487.md
- Parcel 944489: 85,735 m² (8.57 ha, 21.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944489.md
- Parcel 927063: 79,629 m² (7.96 ha, 19.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927063.md
- Parcel 944494: 60,804 m² (6.08 ha, 15.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944494.md
- Parcel 1003950: 56,840 m² (5.68 ha, 14.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1003950.md
- Parcel 921185: 52,608 m² (5.26 ha, 13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/921185.md
- Parcel 963850: 52,116 m² (5.21 ha, 12.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/963850.md
- Parcel 3465292: 52,060 m² (5.21 ha, 12.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3465292.md
- Parcel 911281: 37,003 m² (3.7 ha, 9.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/911281.md
- Parcel 944497: 34,883 m² (3.49 ha, 8.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944497.md
- Parcel 944496: 34,199 m² (3.42 ha, 8.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944496.md
- Parcel 944492: 26,530 m² (2.65 ha, 6.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944492.md
- Parcel 919497: 26,258 m² (2.63 ha, 6.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/919497.md
- Parcel 927060: 26,056 m² (2.61 ha, 6.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927060.md
- Parcel 929656: 19,120 m² (1.91 ha, 4.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/929656.md
- Parcel 921174: 17,590 m² (1.76 ha, 4.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/921174.md
- Parcel 944499: 8,003 m² (0.8 ha, 1.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944499.md
- Parcel 904849: 7,681 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/904849.md
- Parcel 924763: 4,138 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/924763.md
- Parcel 926759: 3,127 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/926759.md
- Parcel 918147: 2,841 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/918147.md
- Parcel 927058: 2,770 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927058.md
- Parcel 3699237: 2,587 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3699237.md
- Parcel 944386: 2,111 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944386.md
- Parcel 885814: 1,915 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/885814.md
- Parcel 979915: 1,705 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/979915.md
- Parcel 927056: 1,428 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/927056.md
- Parcel 944493: 1,381 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/944493.md
- Parcel 962870: 1,178 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/962870.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Coolcon 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)

No planning application touches the townland of Coolcon in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

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

- MA119-012: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-012----. On a low flat-topped rise in lowlying pasture, bordering a broad expanse of flat wet pasture and bog (now partly reclaimed). It is in a natural basin enclosed by ridges at E−SE and W−NW. Indicated as ‘Castle (in Ruins) on the 1838 and 1915 OS 6-inch maps; on the 1914 edition an E−W rectangular building is depicted, incorporated into a N−S wall. No visible trace at ground level. According to local information, the last remnants of the castle were removed in the 1980’s. At that time it was very ruinous, with only part of one wall standing. Stones taken from the castle are said to have been used to build walls and farm buildings in the past. During the most recent clearance, the stones were simply buried. According to local tradition, the castle was owned by the Blakes. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 31st May 2023
- MA119-013: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-013----. In a rectilinear pasture field, on a low rise in gently undulating terrain. There are extensive views SSW−NW over a lowlying basin of grassland, much of which is reclaimed from originally wet and boggy ground. A low ridge restricts views to N−E. A farmyard lies immediately to E. Broadly oval platform (44.5m N−S; 53.3m E−W) defined by a scarp, outside which there are traces of a fosse with external bank. The overall plan appears to be suboval or subrectangular with rounded corners. The scarp (ext. H 1.8m) is most substantial at SSW−NW, built up to compensate for a natural fall of ground, and retaining a hint of an internal rim at S−SW (Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m). At N−NNE it is reduced to a low slumped area, allowing tractor access to the interior. It is quite well defined at E−SE but at SE−S it is again low and disturbed. The fosse is evident as a shallow depression (Wth c. 3m) at SW−NNW. There is a causeway-like break (Wth c. 3m) at N, and at NE−E the fosse is barely discernible, merely a slight dip marked by yellow flag irises. Remnants of the levelled outer bank are visible as a low rise (Wth 5.5m; H 0.3m) on the outer edge of the fosse at SW−W but peter out at NW. The NW quadrant and centre appears to be slightly higher than the rest of the interior. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 31st May 2023
- MA119-014: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-014----. In pasture, on top of a NW-SE ridge, close to break of slope on SW side, with extensive views over broad expanse of grassland; the Partry Mountains define the horizon at W. Not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; shown on the 25-inch plan as a circular hachured enclosure (diam. c. 20m) and on the 1915 OS 6-inch edition as a semi-circular hachured area bordered on the straight side at SE by a field boundary. Originally circular, the SE half of this enclosure has been leveled. The remains now consist of a low, roughly D-shaped platform (18.7m NE-SW; 10m NW-SE) defined on curving side at SSW−NE by a dilapidated earthen scarp (H 0.5-0.7m). The straight side to SE is bordered by the remnants of a stony field bank that has been removed elsewhere in the field. A single hawthorn tree grows on the scarp at NNW. The platform has an uneven surface and the enclosing scarp is rather irregular and degraded. A cluster of six boulders rests on the E half of the platform -this appears to be a random arrangement, possibly the result of field clearance. A low scarp (Wth 0.6m; H 0.4m) extends from the cluster of boulders across the centre of the platform on a NNW−SSE axis, marking a change in interior ground level, with a marked slope down to E from here. The W-facing slope of the ridge, c. 4m W of the enclosure, is artificially scarped, with traces of stone facing. This is probably a 19th century field boundary. It is shown as a line of hachuring on the OS maps. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 31st May 2023

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 Coolcon.

## 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 Coolcon, about 1 in 5 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 low.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coolcon.
- 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/mayo/coolcon.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/coolcon.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/coolcon.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Coolcon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo: https://everytownland.com/mayo.md

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

- Carrownskehaun: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carrownskehaun.md
- Frenchgrove: https://everytownland.com/mayo/frenchgrove.md
- Garrymore: https://everytownland.com/mayo/garrymore.md
- Gortskehy: https://everytownland.com/mayo/gortskehy.md
- Killeenrevagh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/killeenrevagh-152056.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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