Coololla

74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coololla, from 120 m² to 249,502 m² (24.95 ha, 61.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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 Coololla 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.

• 15 Feb 2026Conditional

  to sow native trees along river bank, mechanical raking and loosening of existing gravel substrate to improve spawning/riparian habitat for salmonids

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660234

• 1 May 2025Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system, private garage/store including all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 191.64 sqm (H), 53.94 sqm (G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2596

• 27 May 2022Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage/store to include all associated site works . Gross floor space of proposed works: house 173.28 sqm and garage 78 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22692

• 28 Apr 2021Conditional

  to develop a Climate Action Park at Foats / Levallynearl, Aughrim, Ballinasloe, Co Galway. The development will result in the creation of approximately 1,600 metres of pathways through an existing 1.7 hectare grassland site: the signposting of points of ecological, spiritual and archeological significance: the planting of carbon-sequestering trees, shrubs, hedgerows, wildflowers, bulbs and grasses and the introduction of picnic tables, benches and bins. Works will be in close proximity to but will not interfere with National Monument GA087-67 [Abbey of St. Conall / Religious House - Augustinian Canons]

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21694

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 Coololla.

Recorded monuments

• GA087-054 Enclosure
  Description

  In level grassland on N outskirts of Aughrim village. A poorly preserved roughly subcircular enclosure (E-W 37m, N-S 26m) defined by a bank from NW through E to SW. From SW to NW, the bank has been levelled and a band of nettle and thistles indicates its line. A moss-covered irregular mound (H < 0.2m) is evident in SW quadrant of the interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA087-055 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
  Description

  On a slight rise on NE outskirts of Aughrim village, the site overlooks an extensive marshy area to N and E. According to Knox (1901b, 370), there was a castle here in 1324 (see GA087-0260----). It was certainly in existence in 1574, when 'Achrim' castle is listed as in the possession of 'Callogh OKelly' (Nolan 1901b, 120). Its condition at the time of the Battle of Aughrim (GA087-127----) is unclear: Jordan (1955, 2) describes it as 'very strong' but Hayes-McCoy (1942, 14) notes it as 'a ruin even then'. Evidently largely gone by the time of 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map when the words 'Site of' are appended (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 565). An L-shaped fragment of masonry, mantled in ivy, comprising NE corner of a two-storey building (L >3m, Wth >2.8m) survives. The only architectural features are a slight plinth at the base of the external face of N wall and a small narrow single-light window on 1st floor of same. However, N wall (Wth 1.7m) is notably thicker than E (1.3m). A large but low masonry fragment (L 12m, Wth 2.4m), possibly in situ, lies 3.5m to E of NE corner, its long axis running E-W. These fragments stand just outside SW corner of a rectangular scarped platform (E-W 35m, N-S 26m, H 1.7m max.) on which stands a tall modern cross. Further low scarps and banks are evident immediately to S, possibly indicating the continuation of the wall lines already mentioned. Finally, a long low scarp, running E-W, is also visible to S between the castle and the road. The site of a priory (GA087-067----) lies 195m to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA087-056 House - 18th/19th century
  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

• Patrick Hogan Monument, monument, 1935–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding limestone Celtic cross memorial, erected 1938. Comprising carved limestone Celtic cross with crucifixion to front, and standing on carved plinth with inscribed plaque in form of scroll. Other sides of plinth decorated in style of mock boulders. Set within enclosure having railings to front between monolithic square-profile chamfered cut limestone piers with pointed caps. Located north of Aughrim village.

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 Coololla, about 1 in 20 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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 Coololla with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Coololla · Cúil Ola

Area

1,460,462 m² (146.05 ha, 360.89 acres)

Civil parish

Aughrim, and its townlands

Barony

Kilconnell

Electoral division

Aughrim, the unit of the census

Census 2022

576 people lived in 198 households in the Aughrim electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowmore, Cloonameragaun, Curragh, Foats or Levallynearl, Grange, Urraghry

Placenames

Coololla 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.