Coolreagh or Cloghanhill
Coolreagh or Cloghanhill is a townland in the civil parish of Gallen, barony of Garrycastle, Co. Offaly. Its name in Irish is An Chúil Riabhach nó Cnoc an Chlocháin.
Parcel 270806
- Area
- 1,834 m²
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Coolreagh or Cloghanhill
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 10 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 387.4 ha
- 957 acres
- Land parcels
- 83
- registered freehold, median 8,068 m² (0.81 ha, 1.99 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
83 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolreagh or Cloghanhill, from 68 m² to 999,111 m² (99.91 ha, 246.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Coolreagh or Cloghanhill 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
25 Sept 2026N/a
• A battery energy storage system (BESS) facility, comprising battery containers with integrated heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) units, transformers, inverters, underground cabling, associated control rooms, internal access routes, lighting, CCTV, lightning masts, fencing;• An associated Electrical Compound consisting of: o A low voltage operations compound including one single storey control and operational building, o Electrical plant and equipment, o Cabling, lighting, CCTV, lightning masts; o A backup diesel generator and diesel storage tank; and o Operations and maintenance storage containers. • A high voltage electrical yard comprising outdoor electrical plant and associated infrastructure; • An underground high voltage electrical cable to facilitate a connection to the existing adjacent Stonestown 110kV substation, with an over the fence connection representing the preferred connection strategy; •A peat and spoil area for excavated peat generated during construction of the Proposed Development. Materials stored within the peat and spoil area will be retained within the Proposed Development over its operational lifetime; •Associated landscaping, drainage, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the construction, operation and maintenance of the Proposed Development; •Construction of 1 no. Temporary Construction Compound with associated temporary site offices, staff parking area, welfare facilities, and security fencing; •Ancillary forestry felling to facilitate construction and operation of the Proposed Development; •A planning permission duration of 10 years from the date of grant for construction of the Proposed Development; and•An anticipated operational life of 35 years from the date of commissioning of the entire Proposed Development. Certain details of the Proposed Development are unconfirmed in the planning application, and an opinion on unconfirmed details from Offaly County Council pursuant to Section 32H(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) accompanies this planning application. The details unconfirmed in this application are battery height, length and number of battery containers. The range of parameters under which the battery storage will fall are specified in the design flexibility opinion that accompanies this application. The planning application is also accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660509
10 Apr 2025Refused
the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, septic tank treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560119
21 Mar 2025N/a
construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, septic tank treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560084
22 Nov 2019Conditional
THE INSTALLATION OF APPROXIMATELY 8 KILOMETRES OF UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY LINE WITH A CAPACITY OF UP TO 38KV FROM THE PERMITTED (WIND FARM) SUBSTATION (OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING REGISTER REFERENCE 14/188 & AN BORD PLEANÁLA REFERENCE PL19.244053 AND OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING REGISTER REFERENCE 19/22) IN THE TOWNLAND OF STONESTOWN, COUNTY OFFALY TO THE PERMITTED DERRYCARNEY ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLAND OF LUMCLOON, COUNTY OFFALY. THE ELECTRICITY LINE WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN PRIVATE LANDS AND WITHIN THE PUBLIC ROADS NUMBERED L7009, L70091, R437, L70099 AND R357; WILL BE INSTALLED IN EXCAVATED TRENCHES OF APPROXIMATELY 1.3 METRES IN DEPTH AND WILL INCLUDE ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND DUCTING, JOINT BAYS, COMMUNICATION CHAMBER BAYS, SHEATH LINK BOXES AND INSPECTION CHAMBERS; DIRECTIONAL DRILLING AT 1 NO. RAILWAY CROSSING ALONG THE L70091, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND REINSTATEMENT WORKS. THIS PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR)/ ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT WHCIH INCLUDES AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LIKELY EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, AS A WHOLE AND IN COMBINATION WITH THE RELEVANT OFF-SITE OR SECONDARY DEVELOPMENTS WHICH WILL OCCUR AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THE WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT PERMITTED PURSUANT TO OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING REGISTER REFERENCE 14/188 & AN BORD PLEANÁLA REFERENCE PL19.244053 AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THIS PERMITTED WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT, PROPOSED PURSUANT TO OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING REGISTER REFERENCE 19/404 (CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION). THIS PLANNING APPLICATION IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT
Permission · Offaly County Council, 19555
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 Coolreagh or Cloghanhill.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coolreagh or Cloghanhill.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coolreagh or Cloghanhill.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Coolreagh or Cloghanhill, about 1 in 10 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coolreagh or Cloghanhill.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Coolreagh or Cloghanhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.
The townland
- Name
- Coolreagh or Cloghanhill · An Chúil Riabhach nó Cnoc an Chlocháin
- Area
- 3,873,661 m² (387.37 ha, 957.2 acres)
- Civil parish
- Gallen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Garrycastle
- Electoral division
- Cloghan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,044 people lived in 375 households in the Cloghan electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coraknock Glebe, Cortullagh or Grove, Creggan and Glosterboy, Cush East, Gallen, Killowney Beg, Killowney More, Lumcloon, Magherabane, Noggusboy, Noggusduff, Stonestown
- Placenames
- Coolreagh or Cloghanhill 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.