Coolboy

70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolboy, from 24 m² to 175,464 m² (17.55 ha, 43.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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.

• M5Mixed Use (Other mix of uses)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Passive Open Space (Open space, park)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential - R10 (New/proposed residential)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 8 May 2026N/a

  redevelopment of the existing Arklow 220kV / 110kV substation. The proposed development will take place at the existing substation site and adjacent undeveloped lands, in the townlands of Coolboy, Killinskyduff and Kilbride, Co. Wicklow. The overall site measures approximately 13.69 hectares. The Proposed Development will consist of: The addition of a retaining wall of approximately 130 m in length on the western side of the proposed substation redevelopment area; and site earthworks to construct a finished surface level of the site to 34 mOD (meters above Ordnance Datum); construction of a new 220 kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) building (71.2 m long, 22.2 m wide, 21.6 m in height) (approximately 1,580 sqm); construction of a new 110 kV GIS building (63.9 m long, 15.9 m wide, 16.5 m in height) (approximately 1,016 sqm); both of the GIS Buildings will have lightning protection spikes / rods on each of the roofs (8 no. on the 220 kV GIS building and 10 no. on the 110 kV GIS building) (each 2.5 m in height);construction of 4 no. 220 kV / 110 kV power transformers, and associated fire walls, and connections to the new GIS buildings; erection of 3 no. lightning masts (height 18.7 m), located adjacent to the 220 kV / 110 kV power transformers, and 3 no. lightning protection spikes / rods associated with the gantry towers located northwest of the proposed 220 kV GIS building (total height of gantry tower and protection spikes / rods 15.0 m); erection of 1 no. 110 kV and 2 no. 38 kV line / cable interface steel lattice towers located to the south of the proposed substation redevelopment area and associated overhead line and cable works; replacement of 1 no. existing 110 kV poleset in the Kilbride Industrial Estate (southwest of the L2180 local road) with 1 no. 110 kV steel lattice tension tower; and replacement of 2 no. 38 kV polesets (northeast of the L2180 local road) with 2 no. 38 kV steel lattice tension towers; rerouting of 220 kV and 110 kV overhead lines to facilitate the proposed development; cable connections to the 220 kV GIS and 110 kV GIS buildings; new 4.5 m wide internal access road and 14 no. new permanent car parking spaces; associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works; above and below ground boundary treatment and landscaping including property gates.property fencing (1.4?m height), internal security gate, security fencing (2.6?m height), lighting, surface water drainage, surface water attenuation pond and foul water t

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660391

• 11 May 2021N/a

  wooden cabin for holiday letting and associate works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 21540

• 7 Nov 2019N/a

  1.8m high concrete boundary screen wall in lieu of existing boundary and associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 191205

• 21 Jun 2019Refused

  solar farm, comprising groups of solar photovoltaic panels erected on steel frames, an inverter and transformer housing unit, a substation building and ancillary site services and works, including underground ducts and cables, fencing, entrance gateway and site access roadway, on a site having an area of 0.86 hectares. Permission is sought for a period of ten years

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19668

• 3 Aug 2018Conditional

  partial demolition of existing house 93.83 sqm consisting of removing existing pitched roof and flat roof, with alterations and blocking up of existing window / door openings, construct new extension (86.55 sqm) with new pitched roof and rooflights, partial demolition of existing shed to rear of dwelling, new garage / store (80.93 sqm) to rear of site for ancillary use of the home, new septic tank to replace existing, all above with associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18892

• 8 Sept 2017N/a

  3 no industrial units on zoned lands, effluent disposal system to current EPA standards, well, signage, carparking, landscaping, upgrade to existing entrances, together with all ancillary site works

  Outline permission · Wicklow County Council, 171096

• 28 Aug 2017N/a

  3 no industrial units on zoned lands, effluent disposal system to current EPA standards, bored well, signage, car parking, landscaping, upgrade to existing entrances, together with all ancillary site works

  Outline permission · Wicklow County Council, 171036

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 Coolboy.

Recorded monuments

• WI040-049 Burnt mound
  Description

  This is the record for a burnt mound excavated by Colin D. Gracie (97E303) on the Arklow bypass scheme. A horseshoe-shaped spread of burnt material (diam. 5–6m) was excavated but no trace of a hearth or trough was found. The only find was a flint flake from the surface of the burnt spread. (http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Wicklow&id=4120) Compiled by: Denis Power date of upload: 25 January 2013

• WI040-053 Burnt mound
  Description

  This is the record for a spread of burnt material partially excavated by Brendán Ó Riordáin (97E0083) on the Arklow bypass road scheme. The spread had a depth of 0.25m. Excavation ceased when the area became flooded. The area was then backfilled and left undisturbed. (Ó Riordáin 1999) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 25 January 2013

• WI040-054 Burnt pit
  Description

  This is the record for the burnt pit excavated by Brendán Ó Riordáin (97E0083) on the Arklow bypass road scheme. The pit was filled with tightly packed burnt mound material. The only finds recovered were two pieces of chert. (Ó Riordáin 1999) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 25 January 2013

• WI040-055 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  This is the record for the shallow pits excavated by Brendán Ó Riordáin (97E0083) on the Arklow bypass road scheme. The shallow depressions were filled with a mixture of ash, charcoal and soil and two of them contained large quantities of shards of pottery identified as Neolithic in date. A number of flint artefacts were also found including two scrapers. (Ó Riordáin 1999) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 25 January 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Coolboy, about 1 in 20 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3350 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Coolboy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Coolboy · An Chúil Bhuí

Area

1,027,190 m² (102.72 ha, 253.82 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbride, and its townlands

Barony

Arklow

Electoral division

Kilbride, the unit of the census

Census 2022

928 people lived in 304 households in the Kilbride electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinaheese, Carrycole, Kilbride, Killiniskyduff, Shelton, Templerainy

Placenames

Coolboy 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.