Coolderry
Townland in the civil parish of Magheross, barony of Farney, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Cúldoire
- Area
- 53.7 ha
- 133 acres
- Land parcels
- 27
- registered freehold, median 7,965 m² (0.8 ha, 1.97 acres)
- Zoning
- G5
- Recreation/Amenity
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolderry, from 90 m² to 102,086 m² (10.21 ha, 25.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G5Recreation/Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 Dec 2025Conditional
permission for proposed works consisting of: (a) Altering and regrading/recontouring existing site contours/topography to facilitate the development of additional sports facilities, (b) construction of 2 no. new GAA pitches 145mx90m, (c) construction of 1 no. new juvenile training pitch 85mx63m, (d) construction of 1 no. new juvenile training pitch/overflow car park 70mx52m, (e) construction of 1 no. new all weather pitch 90mx45m, (f) extension of existing car park on site to provide additional car parking, bus parking and accessible parking spaces to service the development, (g) erection of all associated goalposts, ballstops, dug outs, flood lighting, (h) forming raised grass bank to act as spectator viewing area, (i) altering location of part of existing walking track on site, (j) together with all associated site development works.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560531
3 Oct 2023Conditional
permission for the importation of topsoil to raise and level existing ground for improvement of existing sports ground, use of existing entrance and include all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360229
18 Aug 2023Conditional
permission for development consisting of 1. alterations and 2 storey extension to the side and rear of an existing 2 storey dwelling which will incorporate dependant relative accommodation as part of the proposed development 2. a new domestic waste water treatment system 3. a new domestic garage 4. new site boundaries along with improvements to the existing site entrance to include all associated site development works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 23174
19 Dec 2022Refused
permission for development consisting of the importation of subsoil to raise and level existing ground for improvement of existing sports ground, use of existing entrance and include all associated site works. significant further information relates to flood risk assessment report
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22521
24 Jul 2018Conditional
Full planning permission to install 6 number flood lighting masts 15m high to playing field and training facilities plus 25sg.m single storey shed for equipment at existing recreation and sports venue
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 18343
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Spring And Corcrin Loughs 001671
Recorded monuments
- MO031-040 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated at the summit of a drumlin. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 51m NE-SW; 42.5m NW-SE) that slopes down to the NW (H 1.5m), which is defined by an earthen bank (at SE: Wth 4m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.1m) and hedge with an external stone facing that is reduced to a scarp and hedge at SW (Wth 3m; H 2m), and which morphs into a field bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.3m) W-N. There is no visible fosse, but the original entrance is at E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 28 July 2017
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coolderry.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2666 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Coolderry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Coolderry · Cúldoire
- Area
- 537,282 m² (53.73 ha, 132.77 acres)
- Civil parish
- Magheross, and its townlands
- Barony
- Farney
- Electoral division
- Ballymackney, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballymackney electoral division: 1,001 people in 335 households; 92% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Corcrin, Corcuilloge, Killabrick, Lisanisk, Monanny, Trostan
- Placenames
- Coolderry 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.