Coolrecuill

161 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolrecuill, from 27 m² to 714,198 m² (71.42 ha, 176.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 60 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 Coolrecuill 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.

• 16 Dec 2025Conditional

  to (a) retain single storey extension to front of existing dwelling house as constructed on site (b) retain single storey extension to side of existing dwelling house as constructed on site, (c) retain two storey rear extension to existing dwelling house as constructed on site (d) retain revised site boundaries, (e) retain location of dwelling house and garage on site (f) decommission existing Septic tank on site and install a new wastewater treatment system, together with all ancillary site works and services on site - CONDITION 18 SHOULD BE THE SUM OF €1,600.00 PER PLANNERS REPORT 16/02/2026 AND NOT €1,660 PER FINAL GRANT OF PERMISSION 20/03/2026

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560533

• 9 Apr 2021Refused

  development consisting of the construction of a detached dwelling house, biodiversity landscapes and the installation of an onsite wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21125

• 26 Jul 2019Conditional

  Development consisting of construction of a new forestry road entrance including all associated site works.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 19304

• 19 Jun 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of 1. Retaining the demolition of the original dwelling house and retaining the new dwelling house. 2. Permission for the installation of a new proprietary effluent treatment system. 3 Permission to alter vehicular entrance and all other ancillary site works at

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 19240

• 25 Sept 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of 2 no. forest road site entrances

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 17363

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: River Moy SAC 002298

Recorded monuments

• SL037-063 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a S-facing slope near the N bank of the River Moy. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 40m) bisected by a NW-SE field boundary. The N half of this rath has been levelled and the remains consist of an arc (C 30m E-W) of scarp (H 2m) E-W. A NW-SE field boundary crosses 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

• SL037-064 Graveyard
  Description

  In pasture, on a terrace overlooking the river Moy. The area is partially covered by scrub and there are no visible remains of the graveyard. It was indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an oval area (c. 22m NE-SW; c. 20m NW-SE) and on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as an oval depression bounded by a NE-SW field boundary on the NW side. 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

• SL037-065 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope near the N bank of the River Moy. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. It was indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 35m). 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

• SL037-082 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  In level pasture, on a terrace to W of the River Moy. This barrow is not visible at ground level. The cropmark of the fosse of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) is visible in an aerial photograph (GSIAP, G 232-1). 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

• SL037-084 Enclosure
  Description

  In a sand quarry, on a terrace just W of the River Moy. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a large circular area (diam. c. 90m), defined by a broken line, with a trigonometrical station in the centre. It is not visible at ground level. 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

• SL037-086 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on top of a rise overlooking the River Moy to N. A raised circular area (diam. c. 31.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.6m) along the SW and W arcs with faint traces of an external fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.5m) along the SW arc. The W arc is incorporated into a NW-SE field boundary. 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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coolrecuill.

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 Coolrecuill, 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

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

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 Coolrecuill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Coolrecuill · Cúl re Coill

Area

5,337,700 m² (533.77 ha, 1,318.97 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmacteige, and its townlands

Barony

Leyny

Electoral division

Banada, the unit of the census

Census 2022

610 people lived in 238 households in the Banada electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carns, Claddagh, Cloongoonagh, Corray, Curraghbonaun, Curraghboy, Dawros, Knockahoney, Knocknaskeagh (Co. Mayo), Lislea, Toorlestraun

Placenames

Coolrecuill 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.