Coolnahinch

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolnahinch, from 212 m² to 397,526 m² (39.75 ha, 98.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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 Coolnahinch 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.

• 24 Oct 2022Conditional

  to retain slatted shed and milking parlour along with plant room and office, and for planning permission to construct new silagw base, roof existing open yard and dungstead and create new entrance onto public road and all associated works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 22248

• 24 Feb 2017Conditional

  Construct a detached domestic shed and all ancillary site works. The proposed works is on the same site as the Lock Keepers Cottage at Coolnahinch, Kenagh, Co. Longford which is protected structure No .270 on the Record of Protected Structures in the Longford County Development Plan

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1758

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal 002103
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Bawn 001819

Recorded monuments

• LF022-066001 Road - class 2 togher
  Description

  A togher (Wth 1.5m; D 0.15m), orientated ENE-WSW, composed of transverse and longitudinal roundwood and brushwood of hazel, ash and birch. Metal-cut toolmarks were evident. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF022-066002 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  A togher (Wth 1.5m; D 0.15m), orientated E-W, consisting of hazel and birch brushwood and roundwood, with no apparent structure, overlying a possible hurdle. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF022-066003 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  A togher (Wth 2.5m; D 0.07m ), orientated ENE-WSW, composed of transverse and longitudinal roundwood and brushwood of ash, birch and oak. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF022-066004 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  A hurdle (Wth 1m; D 0.08m) with 16 rods and 3 sails. The species present included hazel and ash. The togher was orientated E-W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF022-066005 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  A togher (Wth 2m; D 0.2m), orientated ENE-WSW, constructed of longitudinal and transverse roundwood and brushwood of ash, birch and oak. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF022-066006 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  A togher (Wth 1.5mm; D 0.12m) composed of an irregular series of transverse ash, hazel and birch roundwood, orientated NW-SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF022-066007 Structure - peatland
  Description

  Four pieces of birch roundwood and brushwood on the field surface, two with metal-cut chisel points. This is possibly an area of modern scrub clearance. The evidence is insufficient to warrant acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF022-066008 Structure - peatland
  Description

  Eight pieces of worked brushwood with metal toolmarks. This is possible an area of modern scrub clearance. The evidence is insufficient to warrant acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• 41st Lock, lock keeper's house, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey lock keeper's house, built c. 1815, now in use as a private house, having multiple-bay single-storey extension to the rear (west). Hipped natural slate roof with central rendered chimneystack, cast-iron rainwater goods and cut stone eaves course. Painted pebbledashed walls over smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings, set in recessed segmental-headed arches, with cut stone sills and six-over-six timber sliding sash windows. Central square-headed doorway to main elevation (east), set in round-headed recessed segmental-headed arch, having battened timber door. Located adjacent to lock 41 (13313003) and Coolnahinch Bridge (13313002), and to the northwest of Keenagh.

• Coolnahinch Bridge, bridge, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch canal accommodation bridge carrying small road over Royal Canal, built c. 1817. Round/elliptical-headed arch with dressed limestone voussoirs and dressed ashlar limestone walls. Cut limestone string course at road level. Dressed ashlar limestone parapets with curving ends terminated in dressed limestone piers (on square-plan). Dressed limestone kerbing to canal. Located to the north of the 41st Lock (13313003) and associated lock keeper’s house (13313001), and to the northwest of Keenagh.

• 41st Lock, lock, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Canal lock associated with Royal Canal, built c. 1815, consisting of pair of timber and steel breast gates with timber footboards and balance beams. Set within ashlar limestone lock chamber with ashlar limestone capstones with bevelled edges. Timber mooring post at intervals between gates. Associated lock keeper's house (13313001) to the west. Located to the south of Coolnahinch Bridge (13313002) and to the northwest of Keenagh.

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 Coolnahinch, 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 the townland of Coolnahinch.

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 Coolnahinch with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Coolnahinch · Cúil na hInse

Area

1,289,208 m² (128.92 ha, 318.57 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcommock, and its townlands

Barony

Moydow

Electoral division

Kilcommock, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,161 people lived in 410 households in the Kilcommock electoral division. 62% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyknock, Corlea, Derrynaskea, Derryoghil, Kilmakinlan, Mosstown, Mosstown

Placenames

Coolnahinch 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.