Cooldrinagh

Cooldrinagh is a townland in the civil parish of Lucan, barony of Newcastle, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is Cúil Draighneach.

Parcel 5347002

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CooldrinaghLeixlip Demesne Lucan Demesne Leixlip

50 m

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Area: 4,347 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres)
Buildings: No building touches it.
Zoning: G4 Open Space and Amenity (Leixlip LAP 2020-2023) The objective
M2 Town Centre (Leixlip LAP 2020-2023) The objective
G3 HA-LV (South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
Townland: Cooldrinagh

Planning applications on this parcel

21 Jul 2021Conditional
an external first floor terrace of 101sqm adjoining the first floor lounge bar of the Court Yard Hotel
Permission · Kildare County Council, 211067
13 Jul 2021N/a
Permission for an external first floor terrace of 101 sqm adjoining the first floor lounge bar of the Court Yard Hotel Main Street Leixlip Co.Kildare
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 211026

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: Rye Water Valley/Carton 001398

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 16 recorded monuments.

DU017-115 Kiln - lime
Description
Annotated ‘L.K.’ on the 1863 edition of the OS 25-inch map where a square-shaped kiln is depicted standing immediately to the west of a laneway leading to a disused quarry located 50m to the south. River Liffey forming the county boundary with Kildare 40m to the west. Limekiln not depicted on the 1837 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map. Not visible on the 2013-18 MapGenie orthoimage. Area where limekiln was located is now a green area of landscaping. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of Compilation: 26 November 2025
KD011-004001 Historic town
Description
Located at the confluence of the E-flowing River Liffey and its tributary, the S-flowing Rye Water. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 304-305), the existence of a Scandinavian placename 'Lex-hlaup' / 'salmon leap', suggests a Viking settlement. In the late-12th/early-13th century, Leixlip was also known by the name 'Ernia' or 'Hernie', possibly derived from An Urnaidhe, meaning oratory, which may also indicate the presence of a pre-Norman ecclesiastical site. The earliest definite evidence for settlement occurs in the late-12th century when Adam De Hereford established a castle and borough and granted the church and burgage to St Thomas' Abbey. Subsequently another burgage was given to St. Mary's Abbey in Dublin. The borough was looted and burnt by Edward Bruce's army in 1317, but otherwise seems to have remained relatively undisturbed. A population of 100 was recorded in the census of 1659. The town was confined to a narrow strip of land between the Liffey on the S, a high ridge on the N, and the Rye Water on the W, with the main street running roughly E-W along the centre of this strip of ground. A burgage plot pattern survives on the N and S of Main Street. The settlement included an early castle (KD011-004002-), a church (KD011-004003-) and graveyard (KD011-004004-), and a tower house (KD011-004005-), while archaeological excavation has uncovered medieval deposits to the N of Main Street (KD011-004007-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
KD011-004002 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
Description
Just S of the confluence of the River Liffey and its tributary the Rye Water. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 309-311), Adam de Hereford's grants to St. Thomas' Abbey, which mention his castle of 'Hernie' or 'Ernia', can be dated to before 1212. While the original castle may have been a motte, by the time of the grants the castle had a grange and a chapel attached. Around 1252, the manor of Leixlip passed from Adam's son, Stephen, to the Pippard family. In 1302, Ralph Pippard granted all his manors in Ireland to the King, and in 1303-4, monies were spent on constructing a kitchen in the castle, building a limekiln to produce lime for works on the castle, breaking stone and cutting wood. In 1331, the King gave John de Grauntsete the custody of the manor and castle of Leixlip for ten years, but in 1336, they were given to Roger Outlaw, prior of Kilmainham, and they were probably held by the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem for more than a century, until Leixlip passed out of the Order's hands sometime between 1455 and 1479-80, when it was granted to Thomas Daniel, Lord of Rathwire. In 1496, Henry VII granted Leixlip to Gearóid Mór, 8th Earl of Kildare, but it was forfeited in 1536, after the rebellion of Silken Thomas. Subsequently it was granted to Matthew King, John Alen and William Vernon. In 1507, it was granted to Sir Nicholas White and remained in his family until the 18th c. The castle, an amalgam of several building phases is still lived in. While Guinness and Ryan (1971, 211-18) identified the pre-1700 sections as a circular tower at the NW corner with a recessed N-façade to its E, the rectangular hall behind to S, a sub-rectangular addition to the S of the hall and a rectangular building to the S of the complex, Bradley et al (1986 vol. 3, 311) contend that the only pre-1700 sections are the circular tower and rectangular hall (est. int. dims. L c. 14m E-W; Wth c. 5.5m). The E-wing dates to the mid-18th century, and further additions were made on the S in more recent times. The circular tower (int. diam. 6.7m; av. Wall T 1.2m) is of three stories and stands on a battered plinth. Modern sash have been inserted on the S, W and N sides and a chimney at NW. Adam de Hereford's grant to St. Thomas' Abbey, dated before 1212, specifically excludes the Chapel of St. Patrick in his castle of 'Hernie'. A narrow room above the main hall is called the chapel. The main staircase and the bolection mouldings of the panelling in the chapel may be late-17th c. (Bence-Jones 1978, 183) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
KD011-004003 Church
Description
In a graveyard (KD011-004006-) just N of the confluence of the Rye Water with the River Liffey. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 312-18), the church of St. Mary of Hernie was granted by Adam de Hereford to the Abbey of St. Thomas in Dublin before 1212. In the ecclesiastical taxation of 1302-6, a moiety of the church of Leixlip was valued at 100s. The church was looted by Bruce's army in 1317. In 1463, the full tithes of the church of Blessed Mary of Leixlip were restored to St Thomas' Abbey, and remained in its possession until the Dissolution, after which the tithes were held by Nicholas Stanynghurst. The rectory was leased to Richard Manwaringe in 1567, surrendered by his widow in 1584, and subsequently leased to James Ryan. The visitation of Archbishop Buckley in 1630 noted that the church and chancel at Leixlip were ruinous. According to parish records, a major restoration commenced in 1675. A 13th century, rectangular, nave (int. dims. L 16.65m; Wth 7.95m; wall T 1.13m) and chancel (int. dims. L 9m; Wth 6.18m; wall T 0.83m) structure with a plain chancel arch (Wth 6.17m) is built of roughly coursed limestone blocks, and has a 15th century, four-storied, rectangular tower (int dims. L 3.5m; Wth 3m; wall T 1.25m), built of regularly coursed undressed limestone blocks, attached at W. A modern porch has been added at N. The remains have been substantially rebuilt; walls raised in height and fragments of earlier windows and doors incorporated in the walls. The steep pitch of an earlier roof line is visible in the E wall of the tower and in the E gable of the nave. The nave is entered through a modern doorway (Wth 0.93m) at the E end of the N wall, and an earlier, blocked, pointed doorway, with chamfered sandstone jambs, is visible mid-way along the wall. A splayed, flat-arched doorway (ext. Wth 1.57m; int Wth 1.71m) in the W gable gives access through the tower, and a blocked, splayed slit above opened into the tower. The nave is lit by two modern, pointed windows in the N wall, which also contains a blocked rectangular window, and by three round-arched and one pointed-arched window in the S wall, which also contains the jambs of a large, blocked window near the W end, and a blocked slit window near the E end. The chancel is lit by a modern, round, twin-light window in the E gable wall and by a modern, round-arched window in the S wall, which also contains a blocked, single-light, ogee-headed window, a carved head (KD011-004012-) and a 17th century graveslab (KD01-004010-). There is a blocked, modern, round-arched window in the N wall, which also contains a small, blocked, pointed-arched window. There is a 17th century graveslab (KD011-004009-) in the chancel floor, and the N wall of the chancel arch contains a 17th century armorial plaque (KD011-004008-). The later tower is built against the W gable of the nave and has a projecting stair turret at the NW angle which is lit at each level by rectangular, double-splayed loops. There is a round-arched doorway (Wth 1.4m) in the W wall, with a doorway opposite into the nave. The ground and first floors are both barrel-vaulted and the ground floor has blocked double-splayed slits in the N and S walls. First-floor level (dims. L 3.34m N-S; Wth 3.2m) is accessed through a doorway with a re-used medieval graveslab (KD011-004006-) as a lintel, and is lit by a single-light, cusped ogee-headed window in the S wall and by a similar window in the W wall. The E wall contains a blocked slit which looked into the church, and there is a double-splayed slit in the S wall. There is a blocked-up fireplace with an overhanging chimney supported on a corbel in the N wall. Second-floor level (dims. L 3.46m N-S; Wth 3.09m; wall T 1.06m) is lit by single-light, ogee-headed windows in the S and W walls, and there is a partially blocked, pointed-arched opening in the E wall which looked into the roof-space of the nave. There is a fireplace canopy in the NE corner. A modern ceiling is supported on original corbel stones. Third-floor level (dims. L 3.6m N-S; Wth 3.08m) has a blocked rectangular window in the S and W walls, and a round-arched window has been inserted into the E wall. The modern roof is supported on brickwork and the wall-walk outside has a drainage course below the parapet (wall T 0.4m). The tower contains a font (KD011-004011-) on the ground floor, and there is a second carved head (KD011-004013-) at the W end of the stair-turret's N wall, and a third carved head (KD011-004014-) at the E end of the tower's N wall. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
KD011-004004 Graveyard
Description
Just N of the confluence of the Rye Water with the River Liffey and containing a medieval church (KD011-004003-). A roughly square area (dims. L c. 60m; Wth c. 60m) is enclosed by a mortared stone wall. According to Colgan and Pegley's web article ('St. Mary's Graveyard, Main St, Leixlip.', accessed 12 April 2011 at www.kildare.ie/leixliphistory), the graveyard within the curtilage of St. Mary's Church (of Ireland, Episcopalian) served the wider Leixlip community, without reference to religious denomination, for many centuries. The graveyard is now virtually full and contemporary Leixlip burials - apart from cremations - are usually to the modern cemetery at Confey. The parish records of burials to St Mary's extend from 1668 to today. Unfortunately, substantial gaps exist in the years for which records are available; for example, during the period, 1668 to 1777, there are no entries in 44 of the years. There are smaller gaps in the data for the 19th century records. A list of graveyard inscriptions is also provided. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
KD011-004005 Castle - tower house
Description
Located at the E-end of the town. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 307-8), the earliest evidence for this building is in 1562 when it was granted to William Vernon. In 1570 it was granted to Nicholas White, and in 1654, the Civil Survey notes that 'Black Castle' was on the lands of the earl of Kildare. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was described as, 'a residence so modernised as to be indistinguishable except to one well acquainted with the locality'. The present structure is inhabited. It is a tall, narrow, four-storied, rectangular building (int. dims. L 7.5m E-W; Wth 6.5m N-S; wall T c. 0.65m), with a possible cellar, said by the present owner to be closed-up. There is a modern, single-storied extension to the S. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
KD011-004006 Graveslab
Description
In the 15th century tower at Leixlip church (KD011-004003-) where it is reused as a doorway lintel at first-floor level. A rectangular slab (dims. min. L 0.77m; Wth 0.2m; T 0.18m) is decorated in low relief with a cross consisting of two broken circles, an expanded rectangular knop with round terminal and a cross-stem. (Bradley et al. 1986 vol. 3, 316-17) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
KD011-004007 Habitation site
Description
Archaeological testing (Licence nos. 01E0206 and 01E0643: www.excavations.ie) in advance of the proposed development of adjoining sites at the Mall revealed medieval pottery including some sherds of both local/Dublin-type and Leinster cooking ware. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
KD011-004008 Wall monument
Description
In the N wall of the chancel arch in St Mary's Church (KD011-004003-). According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 317), two rectangular plaques are set in an architectural frame. The upper stone (dims. H 0.58m; Wth 0.41m) bears the White and Moore coat of arms, while the lower stone (dims. H 0.44m; Wth 0.92m) bears a badly incised inscription, with the date 1664. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
KD011-004009 Graveslab
Description
Set into the floor of the chancel of St Mary's Church (KD011-004003-). According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 317-18), a large rectangular limestone slab (dims. L 2.2m; Wth 1.12m) bears a Latin inscription incised in Roman capitals commemorating the death of Deborah Williams in 1697. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

And 6 more.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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 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. Parts of the land are made ground.
Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2970 (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: 116 ha; 287 acres
Land parcels: 506; registered freehold, median 295 m²
Zoning: R2; RES
Planning: 100; applications since 2010

Land parcels

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann

CooldrinaghLeixlip Demesne Backwestonpark Lucan Demesne Backweston Park Coldblow St. Catherine's Park Leixlip Backstown Tobermaclugg Doddsborough Lucan and Pettycanon

500 m

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506 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cooldrinagh, from 1 m² to 188,848 m² (18.88 ha, 46.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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Zoning

Development plans, national zoning

R2RES (Existing residential)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 397 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
G3HA-LV (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 37 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
P1RU (Agriculture)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 23 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
G1OS (Open space, park)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

Planning applications

Sites that touch the townland, newest first

18 Sept 2026Referral
Two storey rear extension and alterations to existing dwelling to provide new kitchen/dining/living area layout at ground floor, additional bedroom and provision of en-suite bathrooms to all bedrooms at first floor, relocation of entrance door from side of dwelling to front of dwelling, demolition of existing single storey rear extension, demolition of rear boundary wall and erection of new boundary wall and associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0421W
3 Sept 2026Referral
2 storey rear extension and alterations to existing dwelling to provide new kitchen/dining/living area layout at ground floor, additional bedroom and provision of en-suite bathrooms to all bedrooms at first floor, relocation of entrance door from side of dwelling to front of dwelling, part demolition of rear boundary wall and erection of new boundary wall and associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0396W
3 Sept 2026Invalidate application
Permission for proposed 2 storey rear extension and alterations to existing dwelling to provide new kitchen/dining/living area layout at ground floor, additional bedroom and provision of en-suite bathrooms to all bedrooms at first floor, relocation of entrance door from side of dwelling to front of dwelling, demolition of existing single storey rear extension, demolition of rear boundary wall and erection of new boundary wall and associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0395W
27 Aug 2026Referral
Planning permission for the conversion of the existing attic space to a bedroom with dormer windows to the front and a dormer type extension to the front, side and rear with dormer windows to the front and rear.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0384
30 Jan 2026Refuse permission
Planning permission for a self-storage container park, alterations to existing site entrance, new site boundary treatments, hardstanding, soft landscaping, ancillary site services and all associated site works
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0026W
6 Jan 2026Request additional information
New kitchen, servery area and toilets, outdoor dining area with new partial fixed canopy and partial retractable canopy, all adjacent to existing buildings at The Salmon Leap Inn
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0002W
15 Nov 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of converting the existing garage to habitable space, including a small ground floor extension to the front widening the front door opening a single-storey rear extension a single-storey shed in the rear garden a pergola in the rear garden and all associated site and garden works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0645W
13 Oct 2025Grant permission
Permission for the development of 6 Nr dwelling houses at Cooldrinagh Lane, Leixlip, Co. Dublin, in the townland of Cooldrinagh. The Site is located to the south of Cooldrinagh Lane (house), and to the west of Cooldrinagh Lane. The proposed development will consist of the construction of 6 No. 2 storey detached 4-bedroom houses. The proposed development will be served by a previously approved vehicular access (Ref SD22A/0469) off Cooldrinagh Lane along with all associated Car Parking, landscaping and boundary treatment works, the provision of private open space areas comprising hard and soft landscaping, site services (foul drainage with associated pumping station, surface water drainage and water supply) and all associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD24A/0891W
1 Aug 2025Grant permission & grant retention
The change of use on ground floor only from Montessori school to residential units, comprising of 2 No. 2-bed ground floor apartments, each apartment has 2 bedrooms, wheelchair accessible bathroom, kitchen area, living area and storage room. Erect a ground floor single storey rear extension, 6 no. car park spaces, bin store and all associated site works.
Permission and retention, 2 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD24A/0272W
19 Dec 2024Grant permission for retention
Permission for retention of existing illuminated building signages erected to front and side elevations of existing building at their existing site: McCoy Motors, Exit 4A Lucan, Co Dublin, K78Y409
Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD24A/0091
2 Dec 2024Invalidate application
The change of use on ground floor only from Montessori school to residential units, comprising of 2 No. 2-bed ground floor apartments, each apartment has 2 bedrooms, wheelchair accessible bathroom, kitchen area, living area and storage room. Erect a ground floor single storey rear extension, 6 no. car park spaces, bin store and all associated site works.
Permission, 2 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD24A/0261W
9 Jul 2024Grant permission
Proposed Search and Rescue (SAR) hangar on lands forming part of Weston Airport, at Celbridge Road, Backweston, Lucan, Co. Dublin. The proposed development will consist of a part single and part two storey SAR helicopter hangar of 1,984.4 sq.m FGA to accommodate 2 no. helicopters, maintenance store, workshop and facilities, operations rooms and offices, staff kitchen and accommodation for on shift personnel. The hangar facility will also facilitate maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) activities for SAR helicopters only. A single-storey structure of 48.9 sq.m GFA facilitating ESB substation, switch room, and security room is also proposed. Permission is also sought for airside infrastructure comprising apron area to connect with existing apron, refuelling areas, service access area and a subdivided fenced compound to accommodate airside SAR support vehicles. The landside subdivision of the fenced compound will house a generator and water tank for firefighting purposes. Also proposed is the reconfiguration of existing emergency airside access from the R403 Celbridge Road to facilitate a dual emergency (airside) access route; pedestrian footpath and access to the proposed development; 20 no. car parking spaces including EV charging and disabled parking provision; 17 no. bicycle parking spaces; watermain and drainage works including foul pump station and rising main; landscaping including paving, planting, earth mounding, and SuDs, SAR facility wall-mounted signage, fencing and all associated site development works on a site area of 2.1112 Ha.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23A/0324
5 Jun 2024Grant permission
Construction of a first floor side extension with a flat roof profile over the existing ground floor structure, an extended ground floor rear extension, internal ground and first floor modifications, 1 no. new window to both side elevations, plus al associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD24B/0112
26 Apr 2024Declared not exempt
Replacement of windows on a protected structure and replacement of existing failing extension with a new extension of more appropriate character. To the rear of the property to facilitate remedial works required to preserve the building structure.
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED24/0020
8 Apr 2024Grant permission
Planning permission sought for renovation and extension of existing dwelling to include 1. Single storey dining room to rear with 3 roof lights. 2. Second storey extension above the garage to habitable rooms. 3. Attic conversion with 2 Velux windows to front and 4 to rear, 4. Internal alterations and reworking of dwelling to accommodate changes to the attic. 5. Increasing height of gable wall to accommodate changes to roof and all associated site works
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD24B/0143
21 Dec 2023Grant permission
First floor extension to the side and front. Single-story extension to the rear, for extended living.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23B/0533W
25 Sept 2023Grant permission
Demolition of a previously granted (S95B/0181) single storey domestic garage/shed to rear and the construction of new garage/shed space and family room/games room largely over the existing structure footprint and all associated works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23B/0406
21 Sept 2023Grant permission
Proposed single storey domestic extension to rear, change of existing roof profile to mini-hip, dormer to the rear, Velux to front, window to side and all associated site works
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23B/0402
14 Aug 2023Grant permission
Demolition of an existing rear single storey sunroom and kitchen. The construction of a new rear, single storey kitchen, dining, living room and a new two storey side extension with ground floor utility, WC and playroom and first floor master bedroom suite. Vehicular and pedestrian access remain unchanged. All existing mains water, foul and surface water connections are retained.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23B/0346
10 Aug 2023Refuse permission
Construction of 2 no. three-storey, with third floor level roof terrace, three-bedroom dwellings each served by courtyard to the rear at ground floor level, balcony to the front at first floor level and terrace to the front at second floor level; (ii) removal of existing southern boundary wall and creation of a new shared vehicular access via Cooldrinagh Road (R835) providing access to shared vehicular parking (2 no. spaces), bicycle parking (4 no. spaces) and bin storage area; and, (iii) all ancillary works, inclusive of SuDS drainage, necessary to facilitate the development. All at combined site to the rear of no.1 & no.1A The Crescent, Cooldrinagh, Lucan, Co. Dublin, which are protected structures - SDCC RPS No.095 / MAP No. 095.
Permission, 2 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD23A/0192
26 Jul 2023Grant permission & grant retention
Permission is sought for internal alterations to consist of removal of existing toilets to increase internal lounge area at ground floor; retention permission is sought for (i) the construction of outdoor smoking area at ground floor, (ii) construction of storage room at basement level, (iii) attic conversion to accommodate office rooms.
Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD23A/0176
26 Jul 2023Grant permission for retention
Retention permission is sought for change of rooms from (i) storage to bedrooms at ground and first floor, (ii) change of room from gym to bedrooms at first floor, (iii) change from 12no. Bedrooms to 6no. Bedrooms at first floor.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23A/0175
10 Jul 2023Grant permission
Construction of 1. First floor dormer roof extension to the side (west) elevation incorporating first floor modifications including an additional bedroom, bathroom and walk in wardrobe, 2. a rear (south) single storey extension to accommodate a kitchen/dining/living space, 3. the conversion of the existing garage space to accommodate a bathroom, utility and office and 4. widening of the existing vehicular entrance, plus all associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23B/0296
6 Jul 2023Grant permission & grant retention
New pedestrian exit for emergency exit purposes only from site along Cooldrinagh Lane (R148) and for new toilet facilities for existing function room previously approved SD15A/0258 to replace existing temporary toilet accommodation and for Retention for a period of not more than 4 years for tent structure providing covered link between existing function room and moveable dining booths in part of existing car park.
Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD22A/0414
16 Jun 2023Grant permission
Development of 3 dwelling houses; The Site is located to the south of Cooldrinagh Lane (house), and to the west of Cooldrinagh Lane. The proposed development will consist of the construction of 3 two storey detached four bedroom houses; The proposed development will be served by a new vehicular access off Cooldrinagh Lane along with all associated car parking, landscaping and boundary treatment works, the provision of private open space areas comprising hard and soft landscaping, site services (foul and surface water drainage and water supply) and all associated site works.
Permission, 3 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD22A/0469

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cooldrinagh.

Recorded monuments

DU017-015 Enclosure
Description
Situated in flat pasture N of stream. An aerial photograph taken in 1971 (FSI 159/160) shows cropmark evidence for a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). Today this site is located on the N perimeter of a golf course. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
DU017-075001 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
Excavations in 1995 of a circular mound revealed an enclosing fosse (Wth 0.7m; D 0.25) which produced flint flakes and modern pottery. A copper-alloy brooch pin was found at the edge of the mound. The removal of the mound exposed an earlier ditch that produced cremated bone and a funnel-shaped pit complex which produced iron slag and an unidentified iron object (Mullins 1996, 13). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
DU017-079 Prehistoric site - lithic scatter
Description
Pre-development testing in low -lying fields on the south bank of the Liffey produced substantial collections of Early Mesolithic flint assemblages (Mullins 1996, 12-3). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
DU017-113 Dovecote
Description
Annotated ‘Pigeon Ho.’ on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map where it is shown standing on the townland boundary with Doddsborough. Dovecote appears to have stood on the SE corner of a formal garden associated with a ‘School Ho. for Glergymen's Sons' (Spa Restaurant) as shown on the first edition of the OS six-inch map. Now located on the grounds of the Spa Hotel. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of Compilation: 25 November 2025
DU017-114 Icehouse
Description
Annotated ‘Ice Ho.’ on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map where it is shown standing on the demesne lands of Cooldrinagh Lodge. Not indicated on subsequent editions of the Ordnance Survey maps. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of Compilation: 25 November 2025
DU017-115 Kiln - lime
Description
Annotated ‘L.K.’ on the 1863 edition of the OS 25-inch map where a square-shaped kiln is depicted standing immediately to the west of a laneway leading to a disused quarry located 50m to the south. River Liffey forming the county boundary with Kildare 40m to the west. Limekiln not depicted on the 1837 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map. Not visible on the 2013-18 MapGenie orthoimage. Area where limekiln was located is now a green area of landscaping. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of Compilation: 26 November 2025
DU017-117 Kiln - lime
Description
Annotated ‘L.K.’ on the 1863 edition of the OS 25-inch map where a rectangular-shaped kiln is depicted standing immediately to the south of a quarry. Limekiln not depicted on the 1837 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map. Kiln visible on the 2013-18 MapGenie orthoimage where it is now located in a green area of landscaping associated with modern housing estate. 19th-century limekiln described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a; ‘Detached lime kiln, c.1820, on a square plan, now partially incorporated into the modern house to rere. Opening at base comprises sequence of four recessed arches with dressed voussoir blocks, set into squared limestone rubble construction. Limestone paved area to front of opening’ (NIAH Reg. No. 11204003). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of Compilation: 26 November 2025

Architectural heritage

Leixlip Hydro Power Station, dam/reservoir/basin, 1930–1960 · Regional interest
Description
Reinforced concrete hydro-electric dam, c.1950, with sluice gates and salmon leap.
Salmon Leap Inn, public house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached nine-bay two-storey public house, c. 1850, with eastern two bays a later extension. Smooth rendered walls with base course and parallel quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with stone sills housing variety of timber sash windows. Projecting gabled entrance porch, timber panelled door. Pitched slate roof with three rendered chimney stacks. Glazed single-storey extension to front, single-storey extension to rere.
House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached eight-bay single-storey house, c.1860, currently unoccupied. Roughcast rendered walls with pronounced base batter to road side. Square-headed window openings, boarded up to entrance front, retaining stone sills and timber sash and casement windows to road side. Projecting gabled entrance porch with round-headed doorway. Pitched slate roof with perforated cresting, carved barge boards and single chimney stack. Blocked entrance gate in the boundary wall to east.
Milestone/milepost, 1750–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Monolithic granite milestone, c. 1775, with incised legends to top and three sides, now largely illegible. Set in footpath against rubble stone wall.
Demesne walls/gates/railings, 1750–1780 · Regional interest
Description
Pair of ashlar limestone gate piers with capping stones, c.1765. Replacement tubular metal gate. Random rubble limestone wall to north.
Outbuilding, 1750–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Formerly detached farm outbuilding, c.1775, partly converted for domestic use and extended to south, c.1930. Coursed rubble limestone walls, roughcast rendered to road, with three slit openings and later window opening having uPVC window. uPVC window and timber door to southern roughcast rendered extension. Pitched slate roofs, single chimney stack. Rubble stone outbuilding to north with blocked openings and lean-to slate roof. Coursed limestone rubble wall to north with limestone ashlar granite capped gate piers.
House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Formerly end-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, c.1830. Smooth and roughcast rendered walls with uPVC windows in altered openings. Replacement timber door. Projecting cast-iron arched hood on slender cast-iron columns to entrance. Pitched slate roof with gable chimney stack. Original cast- and wrought-iron railings to street.
House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey house, c.1830. Roughcast rendered walls with timber sash windows having architrave surrounds, and replacement timber panelled door. Projecting cast-iron arched hood on slender cast-iron columns to entrance. Pitched slate roof with chimney stack to rere. Original cast- and wrought-iron railings to street.
House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace five-bay two-storey house, c.1830. Roughcast rendered walls with replacement timber windows in altered openings and a replacement timber panelled door. Projecting cast-iron arched hood on slender cast-iron columns to entrance. Depressed-arched carriageway with replacement timber doors in smooth rendered bay to east. Blind end bay. Pitched slate roof with gable chimney stack. Original cast- and wrought-iron railings to street. Modern extensions to rere.
Walled garden, 1750–1780 · Regional interest
Description
Enclosed former walled garden, c.1765. Limestone rubble boundary walls with entrance to west having replacement iron gates. Remains of two-storey house and lean-to outbuildings contained within.
Cooldrinagh House, country house, 1750–1780 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over raised basement country house, c.1765, rebuilt in the twentieth century. Projecting entrance porch with double flight entrance steps having cast-iron railings, full-height projection to rere. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with granite string course. uPVC windows with stone sills. Elaborate Ionic doorcase with timber panelled door. Replacement bracketed hipped slate roof with two rendered chimney stacks. Modern extension to south.
Stables, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Group of former domestic outbuildings comprising five-bay two-storey former stables, c.1850, with single-storey buildings including coach house flanking. Random limestone rubble walls with projecting central breakfront, replacement timber casement windows, timber doors and replacement raised hipped artificial slate roof to stables. Coursed squared limestone walls with pair of carriage arches and two timber casement windows, and pitched corrugated roof to coach house. Rubble stone and rendered walls to other pitched-roofed sections.
Water pump, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cast-iron water pump, c.1880, with mass concrete boundary wall to three sides. 'T & T' logo to side.
Round House, house, 1760–1790 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house, c. 1775, with central entrance bay flanked by projecting full-height two-bay bows and projecting three-sided stair tower to rere. Roughcast rendered walls with timber panelled door in round-headed opening having architrave surround, and late nineteenth-century timber sash windows. Hipped slate roof, conical above bows, with two rendered chimney stacks. Ashlar limestone gate piers with replacement cast-iron gates, with cylindrical roughcast piers flanking.
Hotel, 1790–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay three-storey hotel, built 1795, on a V-shaped plan; six-bay three-storey wing (south). Smooth rendered walls to front and sides with parallel quoins, roughcast rendered to rere. Replacement timber casement windows throughout. Pair of later projecting entrance porches. Hipped slate roofs with two chimney stacks to rere of wing.
Spa Hotel, hotel, 1890–1895 · National interest
Description
Detached multiple-bay two- and three-storey hotel and former spa, built 1891, with projecting bow, multiple half-timbered gables and attached tower with lead cupola to front. Roughcast rendered walls with terracotta string courses. Brick and terracotta surrounds to segmental-headed window openings having uPVC casement windows. Round-headed doorway with overlight and elaborate brick doorcase. Open glazed entrance porch on cast-iron columns. Pitched and hipped slate roof with red brick chimney stacks. Seven-bay single-storey bow-ended annexe to north contained spa treatment rooms. Large four-storey extension to rere.
Kiln, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached lime kiln, c.1820, on a square plan, now partially incorporated into the modern house to rere. Opening at base comprises sequence of four recessed arches with dressed voussoir blocks, set into squared limestone rubble construction. Limestone paved area to front of opening.
West Winds, house, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1790, with entrance in shared breakfront. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with smooth rendered base course. Replacement timber sash windows. Timber panelled door with carved timber surround and radial fanlight. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimney stack. Simple iron railings to front.
Quilly, house, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1790, with entrance in shared breakfront. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with smooth rendered base course. Replacement timber sash windows. Timber panelled door with carved timber surround and radial fanlight. Pitched slate roof with shared rendered chimney stack. Simple iron railings to front.
House, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1790, with entrance in shared breakfront. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with smooth rendered base course. Replacement timber sash windows. Timber panelled door with carved timber surround and radial fanlight. Pitched slate roof with shared rendered chimney stack. Simple iron railings to front.
House, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1790, with entrance in shared breakfront. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with smooth rendered base course. Replacement timber sash windows. Timber panelled door with plain timber surround and radial fanlight. Pitched artificial slate roof with shared rendered chimney stack. Simple iron railings to front.
House, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1790, with entrance in shared breakfront. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with smooth rendered base course. Timber sash windows, some original. Timber panelled door with simple carved timber surround and elaborate radial fanlight. Pitched slate roof with shared rendered chimney stack. Simple iron railings to front.
House, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1790, with entrance in shared breakfront. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with smooth rendered base course. Timber sash windows, some original. Timber panelled door with simple carved timber surround and elaborate radial fanlight. Pitched slate roof with shared rendered chimney stack. Simple iron railings to front.
House, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1790, with entrance in shared breakfront. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with smooth rendered base course. Timber sash windows, some original. Timber panelled door with carved timber surround and elaborate two-part fanlight. Pitched slate roof with shared rendered chimney stack. Simple iron railings to front.
House, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1790, with entrance in shared breakfront. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with smooth rendered base course. Timber sash windows, mostly original. Timber panelled door with carved timber surround and elaborate two-part fanlight. Pitched slate roof with shared rendered chimney stack. Simple iron railings to front.
House, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1790, with entrance in shared breakfront. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with smooth rendered base course. Original timber sash windows. Glazed timber panelled door with carved timber surround and simple two-part fanlight. Pitched slate roof with shared rendered chimney stack. Simple iron railings to front.
House, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1790, with entrance in shared breakfront. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with smooth rendered base course. Timber sash windows, some original. Timber panelled door with carved timber surround and simple two-part fanlight. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimney stack. Simple iron railings to front.

Ground and risks

Radon, landslides, flooding

Radon: At the centre of the townland of Cooldrinagh, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2970 (ZIP).
Flooding: The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Homes sold

Property Price Register

No address of the register names Cooldrinagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

The townland

Name: Cooldrinagh · Cúil Draighneach
Area: 1,159,740 m² (115.97 ha, 286.58 acres)
Civil parish: Lucan, and its townlands
Barony: Newcastle
Electoral division: Lucan-St. Helens, the unit of the census
Census 2022: 16,805 people lived in 5,363 households in the Lucan-St. Helens electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 59% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
Neighbouring townlands: Backstown, Backwestonpark, Doddsborough, Leixlip (Co. Kildare), Leixlip Demesne (Co. Kildare), Lucan Demesne, Tobermaclugg
Placenames: Cooldrinagh 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.