Coolnavarnoge and Coolaghy

126 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolnavarnoge and Coolaghy, from 22 m² to 365,808 m² (36.58 ha, 90.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Coolnavarnoge and Coolaghy 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.

• 5 Mar 2026N/a

  construct a detached, single storey family dwelling, detached domestic garage, refurbishment of detached existing pump house store, accessed from a recessed existing entrance; the provision of landscaping, including boundary treatments; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural, and site development works above and below ground, including a new septic tank treatment system and percolation area, Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted on request of S 177T(5)

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660119

• 4 Mar 2026N/a

  construct a detached, single storey family dwelling, detached domestic garage, refurbishment of detached existing pump house store, accessed from a recessed existing entrance; the provision of landscaping, including boundary treatments; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural, and site development works above and below ground, including a new septic tank treatment system and percolation area.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660115

• 3 Mar 2026N/a

  construct a detached, single storey family dwelling, detached domestic garage, refurbishment of detached existing pump house store, accessed from a recessed existing entrance; the provision of landscaping, including boundary treatments; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural, and site development works above and below ground, including a new septic tank treatment system and percolation area.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660109

• 26 Aug 2024Conditional

  construct an extension to dwelling to include a side and rear extension. The works include a new utility, hall, bathroom and living space.

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460493

• 15 Mar 2023Conditional

  front porch, extension to the rear of existing dwelling, domestic garage/home studio to the rear of existing site and alterations to site boundaries to that previously granted under planning reference 63/87 and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360094

• 10 Mar 2023N/a

  retain front porch, an extension to the rear of existing dwelling, domestic garage/home studio to the rear of existing site, alterations to site boundaries to that previously granted under planning reference 63/87 and all associated site works.

  Retention · Laois County Council, 2360088

• 22 Dec 2022Conditional

  construct proposed new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system and all associated site works. Retention Permission is sought to retain site entrance, retain the mobile home onsite and for the mobile home to remain in position for the duration of the construction phase of the dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360001

• 20 Dec 2022N/a

  construct proposed new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system and all associated site works. Retention Permission is sought to retain site entrance, retain the mobile home onsite and for the mobile home to remain in position for the duration of the construction phase of the dwelling.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2260054

• 10 Oct 2022Refused

  extend time on planning application reg. ref. 17/605

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22627

• 5 May 2021Conditional

  to demolish existing animal shed and the construction of a new cow shed, new slatted slurry tank together with alterations to existing milking parlour and all ancillary site services

  Permission · Laois County Council, 21290

• 7 Jan 2021Conditional

  construct an extension to existing dwelling house, new detached garage and all ancillary services

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 214

• 13 Oct 2020Conditional

  retention is sought for a rear single storey extension to existing bungalow, ancillary alterations to all elevations, a detached dormer shed with first floor storage, a storage shed and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20521

• 22 Jun 2018Conditional

  construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, a packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated and necessary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18370

• 15 Nov 2017Conditional

  construct proposed new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system, new site entrance and all associated site works. Permission is also sought to erect a mobile home on the site during the construction phase of the dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17605

• 20 Oct 2017Conditional

  Two Storey Dwelling, Garage, Site Entrance, Wastewater Treatment System & Percolation Area and to include all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17569

• 19 Oct 2017N/a

  proposed two storey dwelling house, garage, site entrance, wastewater treatment system & percolation area and to include all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 17561

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coolnavarnoge and Coolaghy.

Architectural heritage

• Woodbrook House, country house, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey late-Georgian country house, c.1820, with two-storey lower returns to rear.

• Woodbrook House, gate lodge, 1870–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted gate lodge, c.1880. Gateway comprising group of limestone ashlar piers with flanking walls having round-headed recessed niches and wrought iron gates and railings.

• Kilnahown Bridge, bridge, 1790–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Four-arch masonry road bridge, built c.1795, over the River Barrow at the border of Counties Offaly and Laois. Random rubble construction. V-cutwaters up and down river. Semicircular arch profile with squared rubble voussoirs.

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 Coolnavarnoge and Coolaghy, about 1 in 5 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_2179 (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 Coolnavarnoge and Coolaghy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Coolnavarnoge and Coolaghy · Cúil na bhFearnóg agus Cúil Achaidh

Area

5,327,329 m² (532.73 ha, 1,316.41 acres)

Civil parish

Coolbanagher, and its townlands

Barony

Portnahinch

Electoral division

Emo, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,338 people lived in 393 households in the Emo electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annamoe (Co. Offaly), Ballycrossal, Ballykillane, Coolagh, Emo Park, Garryhinch (Co. Offaly), Kilbride, Tinnakill

Placenames

Coolnavarnoge and Coolaghy 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.