Coolagary
Townland in the civil parish of Geashill, barony of Philipstown Upper, Co. Offaly; in Irish Cúl an Gharraí
- Area
- 297.3 ha
- 735 acres
- Land parcels
- 155
- registered freehold, median 1,263 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 28
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
155 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolagary, from 80 m² to 1,135,251 m² (113.53 ha, 280.53 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 109 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community Services/Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Open Space, Amenity and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Village Centre/Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserve
Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 0 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
20 Apr 2026Conditional
the demolition of one of the existing garden sheds to the rear of the dwelling and construction of an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and elevational changes to the other existing shed to the rear of the dwelling and all associated site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660203
31 Mar 2026N/a
the demolition of one of the existing garden sheds to the rear of the dwelling and construction of an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and elevational changes to the other existing shed to the rear of the dwelling and all associated site works and services
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660167
13 Mar 2026N/a
the demolition of one of the existing garden sheds to the rear of the dwelling and construction of an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and elevational changes to the other existing shed to the rear of the dwelling and all associated site works and services
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660130
22 Dec 2025Conditional
a) Demolition of existing agricultural building to the rear of The Hoppers public house and removal of the lean-to roof structure attached to same, and b) Construction of 4 no. two storey dwellings, comprising of 2 no. detached and 2 no. semi-detached house types, new site entrance, new access road and footpath, new site boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping, ancillary site services and all associated site works
Permission, 4 homes · Offaly County Council, 2560675
7 Oct 2025Conditional
for Single Storey Rear Extension to Existing Dwelling & for Two Storey Domestic Shed and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560470
22 Sept 2025N/a
for Single Storey Rear Extension to Existing Dwelling & for Domestic Shed and all associated site works.
Retention · Offaly County Council, 2560437
23 Jun 2025N/a
single storey rear extension to existing dwelling & for domestic shed and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560259
26 May 2025Conditional
attic extension to raise roof to provide first floor accommodation and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560198
14 Apr 2025Conditional
front & rear extension to existing dwelling with elevation alterations all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560123
16 Dec 2024Conditional
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SLATTED SHED, UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANK & ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Offaly County Council, 24179
13 Nov 2024Conditional
demolition of an open sided lean-to fuel shed and a raised decking area in rear garden and constructing a detached log house and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2460451
5 Nov 2024N/a
the demolition of an open sided lean-to fuel shed, and a raised decking area in my rear garden, and constructing a detached log house and associated site works .
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460437
11 Oct 2024N/a
The development will consist of demolishing an open sided lean-to fuel shed, and a raised decking area in my rear garden, and constructing a detached log house and associated site works where they were.
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460402
3 Jul 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 23319
31 May 2023N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE. THE APPLICATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS AND DRAINAGE
Permission · Offaly County Council, 23248
13 Sept 2021Refused
DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING PUBLIC HOUSE FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE HOPPERS PUB, EXISTING DERELICT SHOP AND EXISTING SHEDS, CONSTRUCTION OF 8 NO. TWO STOREY SEMI-DETACHED, 3 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSES, NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS ROADWAY, BOUNDARY TREATMENTS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission, 8 homes · Offaly County Council, 21558
28 Jul 2021N/a
DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING PUBLIC HOUSE FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE HOPPERS PUB, EXISTING DERELICT SHOP AND EXISTING SHEDS, CONSTRUCTION OF 8 NO. TWO STOREY SEMI-DETACHED, 3 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSES, NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS ROADWAY, BOUNDARY TREATMENTS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Offaly County Council, 21470
31 May 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO. SEMI-DETACHED DORMER STYLE 3 BEDROOM DWELLINGS AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 21335
24 Feb 2021Conditional
A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING AND A DOMESTIC SHED/CARPORT TO THE REAR WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 2186
4 Dec 2020Conditional
SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING SEMI-DETACHED SINGLE STOREY DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 20611
18 Nov 2020Conditional
EXTENSION AND TO RENOVATE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 20572
27 Oct 2020N/a
EXTENSION AND RENOVATE THE DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Offaly County Council, 20524
26 Aug 2020Conditional
DOMESTIC SHED/FUEL STORE CONTAINING HOME OFFICE/PLAYROOM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AS CONSTRUCTED
Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 20393
5 Aug 2020Conditional
TWO STORAGE SHEDS AND A FURTHER SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE HOUSE
Retention, 3 homes · Offaly County Council, 20345
4 May 2018Conditional
AMENDMENTS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DEVELOPMENT GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NO 17/264, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CONSIST OF CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN, CHANGE OF POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF HOUSE AND GARAGE / STORE, ALTERATIONS TO SITE BOUNDARY POSITIONS AND REVISED ENTRANCE LOCATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 18199
The 25 most recent of 28 applications.
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Coolagary.
Recorded monuments
- OF027-002 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Situated on a slight rise of ground. Completely levelled with only the bare outline of the site discernible. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Architectural heritage
- Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, church/chapel, 1820–1825 · Regional interest
Description
Detached cruciform Roman Catholic church, c.1824, with sacristy to the east and a two-bay nave. Modern entrance and porches to transepts added, c.1975. Pitched tiled roof with rendered bellcote to original entrance elevation. Pebbledashed walls. Round-headed window openings with limestone sills and timber sash windows with intersecting tracery. Single-cell nave with square-ended chancel. Graveyard to site with grave markers dating from the mid nineteenth century to the present. Site accessed through decorative cast-iron double gates flanked by square-profile limestone gate piers.
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 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 Coolagary.
- 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
- Coolagary, Walsh Island7 sales
The townland
- Name
- Coolagary · Cúl an Gharraí
- Area
- 2,973,469 m² (297.35 ha, 734.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Geashill, and its townlands
- Barony
- Philipstown Upper
- Electoral division
- Raheenakeeran, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Raheenakeeran electoral division: 428 people in 159 households; 88% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballintemple, Bunnagappagh, Clonsast Upper, Clonshannon, Garrymona, Kilbeg, Raheenakeeran, Tooreen
- Placenames
- Coolagary 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.