Cooperhill or Gobbadagh
Cooperhill or Gobbadagh is a townland in the civil parish of Drumcolumb, barony of Tirerrill, Co. Sligo. Its name in Irish is Gobadach.
Parcel 5119124
- Area
- 353,693 m² (35.37 ha, 87.4 acres)
- 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
- Cooperhill or Gobbadagh
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Unshin River SAC 001898
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Unshin River 001898
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 2 recorded monuments.
- SL026-072 Enclosure
Description
In woodland, on the N bank of the Arrow or Unshin River, on the demesne of Markree Castle (SL026-038----). Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) abutting the river bank. The surrounding area is densely overgrown with trees and bushes including rhododendrons and the enclosure is inaccessible. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL026-073 Enclosure
Description
In woodland, on a rise on a SW-facing slope overlooking the Arrow or Unshin River. A circular area (int. diam. 13m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.2m) and an external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.4m). The entrance is at S with a causeway (Wth 4m) across the fosse. The interior is waterlogged and partially obscured by three fallen oak trees. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Architectural heritage
- Markree Castle, foot bridge, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Wrought-iron suspension footbridge over river, erected c. 1840. Wrought- and cast-iron suspension gantries on rubble masonry abutments to east and west banks, steel suspension cables, wrought-iron deck cradles, timber plank decking. Spans Arrow Unshin River to south of Markree Castle.
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 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 moderately high, moderately low, low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1105 (ZIP).
- 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
- 84.6 ha
- 209 acres
- Land parcels
- 2
- registered freehold, median 318,262 m² (31.83 ha, 78.64 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cooperhill or Gobbadagh, from 282,832 m² (28.28 ha, 69.89 acres) to 353,693 m² (35.37 ha, 87.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cooperhill or Gobbadagh 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
No planning application touches the townland of Cooperhill or Gobbadagh 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.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Unshin River SAC 001898
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Unshin River 001898
Recorded monuments
- SL026-073 Enclosure
Description
In woodland, on a rise on a SW-facing slope overlooking the Arrow or Unshin River. A circular area (int. diam. 13m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.2m) and an external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.4m). The entrance is at S with a causeway (Wth 4m) across the fosse. The interior is waterlogged and partially obscured by three fallen oak trees. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL026-079 Ringfort - rath
Description
In low-lying wet ground, surrounded by reeds. A circular area (int. diam. 31m) enclosed by two earthen banks and intervening and external fosses. The inner bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.1m) drops 1.6m to the base of the intervening fosse (Wth 5.5m). The outer bank (Wth 3.5m) drops 1m to the base of the external fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.3m). A possible entrance (Wth c. 1.6m) is at SW. A trench (Wth 2m) extends NE-SW across the interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Architectural heritage
- Markree Castle, bridge, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Triple-span road-over-river estate bridge, built c. 1840. Uncoursed rubble limestone walling, dressed ashlar string course, triangular cutwaters with pyramidal caps. Shallow pointed-arch openings, moulded ashlar voussoirs. Ashlar parapet copings and square chamfered end piers. Carries demesne road over Arrow Unshin River.
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 Cooperhill or Gobbadagh, 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1105 (ZIP).
- 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 Cooperhill or Gobbadagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Cooperhill or Gobbadagh · Gobadach
- Area
- 845,716 m² (84.57 ha, 208.98 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumcolumb, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tirerrill
- Electoral division
- Collooney, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 3,188 people lived in 1,209 households in the Collooney electoral division. 58% of households owned their home. 65% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardcurley, Knockrawer, Knockroe, Lisconny, Markree Demesne, Turnalaydan
- Placenames
- Cooperhill or Gobbadagh 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.