Cool More

77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cool More, from 20 m² to 44,754 m² (4.48 ha, 11.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 7 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 Cool More 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.

• 4 Dec 2025Conditional

  CLADDING THE EXISTING EXTENSION TO THE WEST OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSE IN WESTERN RED CEDAR TIMBER CLADDING (CLIFF LODGE, NIAH REG. NO. 40910320) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562139

• 7 Oct 2024Conditional

  REFURBISHMENT AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING CHALET TYPE DWELLING

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461572

• 2 Aug 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING HOUSE (CLIFF LODGE, NIAH REG. NO. 40910320) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461188

• 8 Feb 2024Conditional

  (A) REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING GARAGE, (B) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY GARAGE AND GYM WITH ATTIC LEVEL FOR OFFICE AND STORAGE, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2450043

• 22 Dec 2023Conditional

  (1) EXTENSION TO EXISTING CAR PARKING AREA TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 55 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES, (2) REMOVAL OF EXISTING EXIT GATE ONTO R-231-4 REGIONAL ROAD AND RELOCATION OF NEW EXIT GATE FROM PROPOSED CARPARK EXTENSION TO SOUTHWEST OF SITE, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TOILET BLOCK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2352023

• 6 Oct 2023Conditional

  AMENDMENTS TO THE DWELLING AS CONSTRUCTED AND PERMISSION FOR: (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH FIRST FLOOR OFFICE ACCOMMODATION ABOVE, AND (2) REPLACEMENT OF ON-SITE SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2351503

• 17 Aug 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF (1) EXTENSIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO 2 EXISTING SINGLE STOREY SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION OF FIRST FLOOR LIVING ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING RAISING OF THE EXISTING ROOF LINE, (2) SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF EACH HOUSE WITH THE FLAT ROOF FORMING A BALCONY AND (3) GENERAL ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE EXISTING DWELLINGS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351223

• 28 Jul 2023N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. GARAGE WITH FIRST FLOOR OFFICE ACCOMMODATION ABOVE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351127

• 27 Jun 2023N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. GARAGE WITH FIRST FLOOR OFFICE ACCOMMODATION ABOVE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350909

• 7 Jun 2023N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350813

• 23 Jun 2021Conditional

  SINGLE STOREY GRASS ROOFED DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH BARBEQUE AND PATIO AREA, NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS ONTO PRIVATE ROAD INCLUSIVE OF CAR PARKING AREA AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151238

• 15 Feb 2021Conditional

  (1) CHANGE OF USE AND ALTERATIONS TO THE BUILDING TO PROVIDE SELF-CATERING GUEST & STAFF ACCOMMODATION UNITS IN LIEU OF BED & BREAKFAST ACCOMMODATION AT GROUND & FIRST & ATTIC LEVELS (2) ERECTION OF AN ACCESS BALCONY WITH STAIRS TO THE UPPER LEVELS AT THE REAR (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A 2 1/2 STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR TO PROVIDE KITCHEN AREA AND TOILETS AT GROUND LEVEL AND STAIR ACCESS AT UPPER LEVELS WITH AN ADDITIONAL BEDROOM AT ROOF / ATTIC LEVEL (4) PROVISION OF GLAZED DOORS AND BALCONY AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING (5) ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150237

• 24 Sept 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051356

• 17 Nov 2017Conditional

  EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING GRAVEYARD

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1751736

• 24 Mar 2017Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING BUILDING AND EXISTING GARAGE AND ERECTION OF A PROPOSED DWELLING HOUSE, DECOMMISSIONING OF THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WHICH SERVES AN EXISTING ADJOINING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECTION OF BOTH THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND PROPOSED DWELLING HOUSE TO THE PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS (OUTLINE PERMISSION REF NO: 16/50542 REFERS)

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750441

• 28 Feb 2017N/a

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING BUILDING AND ERECTION OF A PROPOSED DWELLING HOUSE, DECOMMISSIONING OF THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WHICH SERVES AN EXISTING ADJOINING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECTION OF BOTH THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND PROPOSED DWELLING HOUSE TO THE PUBLIC SEWER AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH EXISTING GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750300

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Donegal Bay SPA 004151

Recorded monuments

• DG103-035 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 27m. A circular area enclosed by an earthen bank and a silted-up fosse. It is divided by a modern field fence. It is situated on a hilltop overlooking Rossnowlagh Beach. Davies recorded traces of an outer bank. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG103-036 Bullaun stone
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

• Rossnowlagh Franciscan Friary Church, church/chapel, friary, 1945–1955 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached Franciscan chapel associated with Rossnowlagh Franciscan friary (see 40910316), built c. 1952, having double-height six-bay nave with offset bell tower/campanile (on square-plan) attached to the south-east corner of the north-east elevation, shallow chancel to the north-west, single-storey flat-roofed addition to the north-east corner, and with various single-bay single-storey additions to the north-east and south-west elevations. Shallow pitched copper-sheeted roofs with raised ashlar granite coping to the south-east gable end having metal cross finial over gable apex, and with rendered kneeler stones/skew blocks at eaves level. Copper rainwater goods. Shallow pitched copper-sheeted roof to bell tower/campanile having metal Celtic cross finial over to the north east side. Roughcast rendered walls over rock-faced granite plinth. Round-headed window openings to side elevations of nave having ashlar granite block-and-start surrounds, leaded coloured glass windows. Three round-headed window openings to side elevations of chancel (north-east and south-west) having ashlar granite block-and-start surrounds, chamfered ashlar granite sills, leaded coloured glass windows. Three graded round-headed window openings to the entrance gable (south-east), over central doorway, having ashlar granite block-and-start surrounds, chamfered ashlar granite sills, and leaded stained glass windows. Paired round-headed window openings to either side of main doorway to entrance gable (south-east) having ashlar granite block-and-start surrounds, chamfered ashlar granite sills, and leaded windows. Square headed openings to bell tower/campanile having ashlar granite block-and-start surrounds; triple square-headed openings at belfry level having ashlar granite block-and-start surrounds and louvered fittings. Weather glazing to window openings. Central square-headed doorway to the entrance gable (south east) having chamfered ashlar granite surround, and timber panelled double-doors. Gallery to interior over entrance gable (south-east), mosaic tiled floor and shallow segmental plaster ceiling, segmental-headed recesses/niches to either side of altar. Open arcade with pitched roof and round-headed arches to the south-west of church. Set back from road in extensive grounds to the north of Ballyshannon, and a short distance to the south of Belalt Strand, Rossnowlagh. Forested areas to north-west of site, gardens to the south-west.

• Rossnowlagh Franciscan Friary, friary, 1945–1955 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached sixteen-bay two-storey rendered Franciscan friary on L-shaped plan, built c. 1950, forming U-shaped plan with attached Catholic chapel (see 40910302) to the north-east. Single-storey blocks to the north-east elevation of the block to the south-west. Open arcade with pitched roof over to the south-east end of courtyard. Now partially also in use as a museum (from 1954). Shallow pitched copper-sheeted roofs with roughcast rendered chimney tacks, ashlar granite coping to gable ends with rendered skew blocks\kneeler stones to eaves, and with copper rain-water goods. Roughcast rendered walls over rock-faced granite plinth course. Square-headed window-openings with ashlar granite sills and with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows; ashlar granite block-and-start surrounds to ground floor window openings. Some replacement windows. Full-height round-headed window opening to south-east gable end of block to the south-west having some coloured glass panels. Bowed window opening to north-east elevation of single-storey block to the north-east elevation of block to the south-west. Round-headed doorway to the north-west elevation of block to the north-west having ashlar granite surround with block-and-start detailing over, timber panelled double-doors, spoke fanlight over, and flanking sidelights with replacement windows. Square-headed doorways elsewhere to site. Garden and rockery to internal courtyard. Graveyard to site with gravemarkers of Franciscan friars, nativity grotto to west of site. Set back from road in extensive grounds to the north of Ballyshannon, and a short distance to the south of Belalt Strand, Rossnowlagh. Forested areas to north-west of site.

• Beaufoy Lodge, house, 1880–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey house built c. 1900, having two-bay single storey flat roofed extension to the south-west. Restored and extended to rear (south-east) c. 2006. Pitched natural slate roof with raised rendered coping and a central pair of smooth rendered chimneystacks with replacement terracotta pots over. Modern rooflights to the rear pitch (north-west) and flat roofs to extensions. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over projecting plinth, square-headed former window opening to east elevation at attic level. Square-headed window openings with replacement six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with painted sills. Modern windows to extension to the rear (north-west). Central round-headed doorway to the front elevation having replacement timber panelled door, replacement surround of engaged timber colonnettes, and replacement petal fanlight over. Set back from the road with garden to site. Located adjacent to cliff face with panoramic views over Belalt Strand to the north and over Donegal Bay to the north-west. Modern wall and gateway to road-frontage to the south-east.

• Coolmore Cliff House, house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey house with attic level and with raised basement level to north, built c. 1880, having slightly projecting breakfront to the centre bay to the north elevation with canted bay window at ground floor level over bowed projection at basement level. Now in use as holiday rental accommodation. Single-storey porch under catslide roof to the south elevation; single-storey over basement extension to the west elevation. Pitched natural slate roof having overhanging eaves supported on paired brackets, smooth rendered eaves course to north and south elevations, paired brackets to the eaves to the gable ends and with a central pair of smooth rendered chimneystacks. Modern rooflight to the north elevation. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows at ground floor level, and six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows at basement level. Central four-over-four pane timber sliding sash window to canted bay having margin glazing bars. Some replacement window fittings. Square-headed door opening to the east elevation of porch to south elevation having timber panelled door and glazed overlight with margin glazing bars. Set back from road in own grounds with lawns and gravel forecourt to site. Former single-storey stables to the west now converted to accommodation. Gateway to the south-east comprising a pair of rendered gate piers (on square-plan); gates now gone. Overlooks Donegal Bay to the north and Belalt Strand to the north-east. Located on a cliff top to the north/north-west of Ballyshannon, and to the south-west of Rossnowlagh.

• House, 1850–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1875, having central projecting single-bay flat-roofed entrance porch to the main elevation (south) and single-bay flat-roofed extension attached to the east gable end. Now also in use as tea rooms. Pitched thatched roof having ropes raised rendered verges and rendered chimneystacks to the gable ends (east and west). Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having two-over-two-pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorway to east side of porch having timber door. Set back from road in own grounds to the south-west of Rossnowlagh and the north-west of Ballyshannon. Lawned gardens to site. Tarmacadam drive and lane from the main road to the south.

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 Cool More, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cool More.

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 Cool More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Cool More · An Chúil Mhór

Area

393,144 m² (39.31 ha, 97.15 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbarron, and its townlands

Barony

Tirhugh

Electoral division

Ballyshannon Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,738 people lived in 624 households in the Ballyshannon Rural electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 16% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardeelan Lower, Cool Beg

Placenames

Cool More 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.