Coolnahinch

32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolnahinch, from 856 m² to 159,374 m² (15.94 ha, 39.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 59 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 5 Nov 2025N/a

  IB Eggs Ltd. intend to apply for planning permission to construct 1 No. Poultry Layer House and 1 No. Manure loading store, together with all ancillary structures, (to include 4 No. meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tanks), and all associated site works (to include upgraded site entrance and internal farm access route, site drainage and storm water attenuation and on-site waste water treatment system and percolation area) associated with the proposed development, at Coolnahinch, Moynalty, Kells, Co. Meath. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (E.I.A.R) and Natura Impact Statement (N.I.S) has been submitted with this application.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561200

• 4 Apr 2025Conditional

  to construct single storey detached dwelling, single storey detached garage, new vehicular entrance onto public road, driveway, landscaping, boundaries, waste water treatment system and percolation area, and all associated site works. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans submitted on this application.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560340

• 18 Feb 2025N/a

  planning permission to construct 1 No. Poultry Layer House and 1 No. Manure loading store, together with all ancillary structures, (to include 4 No. meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tanks), and all associated site works (to include upgraded site entrance and internal farm access route, site drainage and storm water attenuation) associated with the proposed development. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (E.I.A.R.) and Natura Impact Statement (N.I.S.) will be submitted with this planning application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560152

• 22 Mar 2024Conditional

  planning permission to install ground mounted solar panels, (to serve existing poultry house previously approved under Planning Ref: 21/241), together with all ancillary structures and site works associates with the above development

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24130

• 12 Mar 2024Conditional

  to demolish existing double garage & construct new replacement double garage together with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24103

• 21 Feb 2024N/a

  to demolish existing double garage & construct new replacement double garage together with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2465

• 2 Aug 2022Refused

  construction of a new single storey 235sq.m single dwelling with slate roof to front elevation and zinc standing seam pitched roof finish to rear. External materials include a render finish; Aluclad windows and doors; and timber panel sections. New wastewater treatment system with polishing filter and percolation area, new 3.5 metre width vehicular entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221012

• 22 Jul 2022N/a

  construction of a new single storey 235sq.m single dwelling with slate roof to front elevation and zinc standing seam pitched roof finish to rear. External materials include a render finish; Aluclad windows and doors; and timber panel sections. New wastewater treatment system with polishing filter and percolation area, new 3.5 metre width vehicular entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22982

• 17 Aug 2021Refused

  the construction of a part single storey/part two storey dwelling with detached single storey garage, linked to house with a car port, all serviced by a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing unit and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211586

• 10 Feb 2021Conditional

  permission to construct 1 no. poultry house and 1 no. manure loading/general purpose store together with all ancillary structures (to include 4 no. meal storage bins and 3 no. soiled water tanks) and site works associated with the above development at Coolnahinch, Moynalty, Kells, Co Meath. A Natura Impact Statement (N.I.S.) will be submitted with this planning application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 21241

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 Coolnahinch.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coolnahinch.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Coolnahinch, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Coolnahinch, Moynalty8 sales

Name

Coolnahinch

Area

1,229,439 m² (122.94 ha, 303.8 acres)

Civil parish

Moynalty, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Lower

Electoral division

Newcastle, the unit of the census

Census 2022

447 people lived in 154 households in the Newcastle electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrickspringan, Druminiskin, Drumlayne, Quigelagh, Tirachorka, Trohanny, Tullypole, Ughtyneill

Placenames

Coolnahinch 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.