Coolcreen

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolcreen, from 24 m² to 448,220 m² (44.82 ha, 110.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 Coolcreen 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.

• 13 Jun 2023Conditional

  THE REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING 30 METERS LATTICE ANTENNAE SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND REPLACEMENT WITH A NEW 30 METERS LATTICE ANTENNAE SUPPORT STRUCTURE TOGETHER WITH ANTENNAS, REMOTE RADIO UNITS (RRU'S), DISHES, DIPOLE ANTENNA, CABLE LADDER, GANTRY POLES, SUPPORTING FIXTURES, FENCING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO PROVIDE FOR HIGH-SPEED WIRELESS DATA AND BROADBAND SERVICES

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 23276

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA 004160

Recorded monuments

• OF037-008001 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On the NE facing slope of high ground in mountainous area. Ring-barrow consisting of a circular area (diam. 7m N-S ; 7.5m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; max. H 0.5m) with no evidence of an inner or external fosse. Site very overgrown at time of visit making examination difficult. Several large boulders can be seen protruding from the surface of the sites interior. One of a group of five barrows (OF037-008002/003/004/005-). According to local tradition these barrows are located on a hilltop which was the inauguration site of the O’Flanagans of Cinél Arga (Feehan 1979, 143). It is possible that these burial mounds form part of a ritual landscape associated with this inauguration site. 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 09 August 2012

• OF037-008002 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  On top of high ground in mountainous area. Circular flat topped mound (H 3m approx. top diam. 7m; base diam. 15m) with circular depression (Wth 2.5m; D 0.6m) on top with evidence of stone kerbing around depression (possible collapsed burial). One of a group of five barrows (OF037-008001/003/004/005-). According to local tradition these barrows are located on a hilltop which was the inauguration site of the O’Flanagans of Cinél Arga (Feehan 1979, 143). It is possible that these burial mounds form part of a ritual landscape associated with this inauguration site. 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 09 August 2012

• OF037-008003 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on high ground in mountainous area. Site consists of a low circular mound (diam. c. 10m; H 0.5m) enclosed by a poorly preserved fosse (Wth 1.3 - 3m at N; ext. D 3m at S) with no evidence of an outer bank. Site appears to have been quarried out of the side of the hill thus explaining the difference in external depth of fosse from N to S. Unusual location and morphology of site casts some doubt about its antiquity. One of a group of five barrows (OF037-008001/002/004/005-). According to local tradition these barrows are located on a hilltop which was the inauguration site of the O’Flanagans of Cinél Arga (Feehan 1979, 143). It is possible that these burial mounds form part of a ritual landscape associated with this inauguration site. 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 09 August 2012

• OF037-008004 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  Located on top of high ground in mountainous area. Circular raised area (diam 16.5m; H 0.8m) enclosed by a slight bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 1m) and poorly preserved external fosse. Marshy raised interior is unusual. One of a group of five barrows (OF037-008001/002/003/005-). According to local tradition these barrows are located on a hilltop which was the inauguration site of the O’Flanagans of Cinél Arga (Feehan 1979, 143). It is possible that these burial mounds form part of a ritual landscape associated with this inauguration site. 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 09 August 2012

• OF037-008005 Barrow - pond barrow
  Description

  Located on top of high ground in mountainous area with good views in all directions. One of a group of 5 barrows (OF038-008001/002/003/004-) located in close proximity to each other. According to local tradition these barrows are located on a hilltop which was the inauguration site of the O’Flanagans of Cinél Arga (Feehan 1979, 143). It is possible that these burial mounds form part of a ritual landscape associated with this inauguration site. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 09 August 2012

Architectural heritage

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

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 moderately high, moderately low, 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 Coolcreen.

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 Coolcreen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Coolcreen · An Chúil Chríon

Area

1,973,717 m² (197.37 ha, 487.72 acres)

Civil parish

Letterluna, and its townlands

Barony

Ballybritt

Electoral division

Letter, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Letter electoral division: 161 people in 55 households; 89% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballykelly, Castletown and Glinsk, Glenletter, Glenregan, Letter, Magherabane, Pigeonstown, Spink

Placenames

Coolcreen 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.