Kilcooney

69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilcooney, from 13 m² to 476,717 m² (47.67 ha, 117.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 40 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 Kilcooney 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.

• 7 Jan 2025Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, garage, installation of sewerage treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560006

• 18 Dec 2024Conditional

  a) construct 1 No. ancillary storage shed together with all ancillary structures and associated site works, and, b) amend/modify/remove Condition No. 16 (relating to a Special Development Contribution) attached to planning permission ref: 13/71 previously granted to this farm

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460518

• 10 Dec 2024N/a

  a)Construct 1 No. ancillary storage shed together with all ancillary structures and associated site works, and, b)amend/modify/remove Condition No. 16 (relating to a Special Development Contribution) attached to planning permission ref: 13/71 previously granted to this farm

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460500

• 12 Jun 2023Conditional

  ALTERATIONS TO PREVIOUSLY GRANTED DWELLING HOUSE UNDER PLANNING FILE 78/578. ALTERATIONS TO INCLUDE: FIRST FLOOR, ADDITIONAL WINDOWS, AMENDMENTS TO ELEVATIONS AND REAR EXTENSION. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO RETAIN DOMESTIC SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 23274

• 25 Aug 2021Refused

  A PIG FINISHING UNIT, 2 NO MEAL BINS AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) RELATING TO THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SUBMITTED WITH THIS PLANNING APPLICATION

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 21526

• 1 Jul 2021N/a

  A PIG FINISHING UNIT, 2 NO MEAL BINS AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) RELATING TO THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SUBMITTED WITH THIS PLANNING APPLICATION

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 21406

• 23 Jun 2020Conditional

  LAYING AN UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLE OF UP TO 110KV AND ASSOCIATED DUCTING AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT PRIMARILY WITHIN THE PUBLIC ROAD TO FACILITATE THE CONNECTION OF THE PERMITTED MOANVANE WIND FARM WITHIN THE TOWNLANDS OF RATHFESTON, BALLYKEAN, BALLYDUFF, RAHEENBEG, KILCOONEY, BALLINTOGHER, GORTEENKEEL AND BALLYNAKILL (OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL REF. 17/335; AN BORD PLEANÁLA REF. PL19 .301619) TO THE NATIONAL ELECTRICITY GRID VIA THE EXISTING MOUNTLUCAS 110KV SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLAND OF BALLYNAKILL, CO. OFFALY. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO INSTALL A SUBSTATION WITHIN THE TOWNLAND OF KILCOONEY TO REPLACE THE SUBSTATION PERMITTED AS PART OF THE MOANVANE WIND FARM. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO EXTEND THE EXISTING MOUNTLUCAS SUBSTATION LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWNLAND OF BALLYNAKILL, CO. OFFALY TO INCLUDE AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING COMPOUND TO ACCOMMODATE A BUSBAR EXTENSION AND DEDICATED BAY. PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAVE BEEN PREPARED AND SUBMITTED IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 20218

• 27 Apr 2020N/a

  LAYING AN UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLE OF UP TO 110KV AND ASSOCIATED DUCTING AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT PRIMARILY WITHIN THE PUBLIC ROAD TO FACILITATE THE CONNECTION OF THE PERMITTED MOANVANE WIND FARM WITHIN THE TOWNLANDS OF RATHFESTON, BALLYKEAN, BALLYDUFF, RAHEENBEG, KILCOONEY, BALLINTOGHER, GORTEENKEEL AND BALLYNAKILL (OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL REF. 17/335; AN BORD PLEANAILA REF. PL19 .301619) TO THE NATIONAL ELECTRICITY GRID VIA THE EXISTING MOUNTLUCAS 110KV SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLAND OF BALLYNAKILL, CO. OFFALY. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO INSTALL A SUBSTATION WITHIN THE TOWNLAND OF KILCOONEY TO REPLACE THE SUBSTATION PERMITTED AS PART OF THE MOANVANE WIND FARM. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO EXTEND THE EXISTING MOUNTLUCAS SUBSTATION LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWNLAND OF BALLYNAKILL, CO. OFFALY TO INCLUDE AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING COMPOUND TO ACCOMMODATE A BUSBAR EXTENSION AND DEDICATED BAY. PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAVE BEEN PREPARED IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 20156

• 14 Apr 2020N/a

  A PIG FINISHING UNIT, 2 NO. MEAL BINS AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 20134

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 Kilcooney.

Recorded monuments

• OF026-015 Road - unclassified togher
  Description

  No surface trace visible of togher in the area marked on the OS 6-inch map. Described by Davies (1942) as a track which does not look very old climbs the hill on to the ridge at the church (OF026-017001-) and continues along the ridge to the castle (OF026-018----) on site of modern road. Archaeological testing under licence no. 04E0009 was carried out as part of the planning schedule for a single-house development adjacent to a barrow, a togher and an enclosure at Urney, Geashill, Co. Offaly. A series of trenches were excavated by mechanical digger at the house site, entrance and percolation area. No features or finds of archaeological significance were revealed (Excavations Bulletin 2004). John Purcell, 17 Balmoral Terrace, Dillon's Cross, Cork. 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 April 2009

• OF026-025 Enclosure
  Description

  Enclosure marked on 1st. and 2nd ed. OS 6-inch map but not on 1913. Not visible at ground level. Archaeological testing under licence no. 04E0009 was carried out as part of the planning schedule for a single-house development adjacent to a barrow, a togher and an enclosure at Urney, Geashill, Co. Offaly. A series of trenches were excavated by mechanical digger at the house site, entrance and percolation area. No features or finds of archaeological significance were revealed (Excavations Bulletin 2004). John Purcell, 17 Balmoral Terrace, Dillon's Cross, Cork. 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 April 2009

• OF026-029 Designed landscape feature
  Description

  Site shows up as a clump of trees on first edition of the OS six inch map. Doubtful antiquity. Not visible at ground level. 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

• OF026-030 Enclosure
  Description

  Clearly marked on first ed. OS 6-inch map as a rath but not marked on subsequent eds. Not visible at ground level. 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

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

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 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 Kilcooney.

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

Name

Kilcooney · Cill Chuana

Area

4,872,233 m² (487.22 ha, 1,203.95 acres)

Civil parish

Ballykean, and its townlands

Barony

Philipstown Upper

Electoral division

O'Dempsey, the unit of the census

Census 2022

O'Dempsey electoral division: 161 people in 52 households; 90% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballykean, Bogtown, Clonygowan, Enaghan, Moanvane, Urney

Placenames

Kilcooney 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.