Coolbeg

90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolbeg, from 80 m² to 94,671 m² (9.47 ha, 23.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 53 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 15 Jul 2026N/a

  Construction of new dwelling house with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660288

• 26 Feb 2026Conditional

  1. The construction of a 6m2 single storey extension to the southeast of the existing dwelling 2. The construction of a 32m2 single storey extension to the southwest of the existing dwelling 3. The change of use of an existing domestic garage to habitable accommodation 4. Retention permission for the enclosure of an existing porch 10m2 5. External alterations including stone cladding to the front elevation 6. All associated site works, services and ancillary works

  Permission, 2 homes · Sligo County Council, 2660077

• 16 Nov 2018Conditional

  for development consisting of (a) retention of dwelling house as constructed in different location on site as original planning permission PL 99/678, (b) retain dwelling house ridge level as constructed which differs from ridge level of original planning permission PL 99/678, (c) retain site entrance location and sight lines which differ from original planning permission PL 99/678, (d) retain the reduced site size containing the dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area which were previously granted planning permission PL 99/678

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 18447

• 3 Aug 2018N/a

  Development consisting of retention of a reduced site size containing a detached dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area which was previously granted planning permission PL99/678.

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 18318

• 30 Jan 2018Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of dwellinghouse with septic tank and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1819

• 22 Aug 2017Conditional

  construction of a dwelling house on site and connection to the existing public foul sewer together with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17321

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: Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) SAC 000627
• Special Protection Area: Drumcliff Bay SPA 004013
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) 000627

Recorded monuments

• SL008-065 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated under a modern dwelling house and garden, in right angle between a lane to the E and a road to the N, on a generally S-facing slope. Depicted as an oval-shaped enclosure on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a roughly circular, hachured area (diam. c.20m) on the 1940-1 edition. The site has been levelled and there are no visible surface trace visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-066 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Straddling a narrow WNW-ESE orientated elongated rise in gently undulating wet pasture. Raised roughly circular area (dims. 70m E-W; 68m N-S) enclosed by a low broad bank of earth (Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 1.6m). At the external base of the bank is wide flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 5.5m; D 0.4m). The bank is best preserved from N-S being barely visible elsewhere. From SSE-N the fosse is in-filled and barely visible. The original entrance is not recognisable. A livestock track (Wth 1.4m) through the bank at E allows access at present. The interior of the site, although raised, reflects the underlying natural slopes with the N one-quarter sloping slightly facing NNE and the S half sloping slightly facing SSW. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-067 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated in level wet pasture. Depicted as a small, roughly circular enclosure (diam. c.20m) on the 1836-7 edition of the OS 6'' map but not shown on the 1940-1 edition.The site has been levelled and there are no remains visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-068 Salt works
  Description

  Situated on N foreshore of Drumcliff Bay on level ground, 375m W of the mouth of the Drumcliff River. Indicated on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as 'Old Salt Pans'. At this location is a waterlogged rectangular flat-bottomed depression (6m E-W; 2m N-S; D 0.3m) with vertical sides. A roughly oval irregular depression (6m N-S; 4m E-W; D 0.3m) extends N from the NE corner of the rectangular depression. An E-W orientated channel (L 5m; Wth 0.3-0.6m; D 0.2m) extends from the intersection of the NE corner of the rectangular depression and the oval depression. A second roughly rectangular flat-bottomed depression (1.8m E-W; 0.6m N-S; D 0.3m) with vertical sides, links to the S side of the channel midway along its length. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-069 Castle - unclassified
  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.

• SL008-070 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) Date of upload: 9 January 2012

• SL008-179 Architectural fragment
  Description

  Eight architectural fragments set into the wall of a cottage. 1) A slender six-sided, champfered pillar stone fragment (L 38cm, W 27cm). 2) A crude block of stone, cut edged on three sides with two incised panels cut into one of the edges. 3) A block of cut stone (L 30cm, W 20cm). 4) Worked stone (L 93cm, W 34cm), possibly part of a window, T-shaped head with champfered sides. The raised area has two small square indentations with a projecting edge between. The left soffit of the head of the stone has a simple roll moulding. 5) Irregular block with well worked chamfers giving a roll moulding effect in profile (dims. 38cm by 28cm). 6) Irregular block of stone (L 84cm, W 10cm) one face pocked and small cut incision. 7) Block of stone (L 1.12m) deep well at edges. 8) Corner or impost stone (L 28cm) with triangular incised area with triglyph design. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Coolbeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Coolbeg · An Chúil Bheag

Area

1,001,206 m² (100.12 ha, 247.4 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcliff, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Carney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carney electoral division: 714 people in 245 households; 93% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cullagh More, Drumcliff North, Finned

Placenames

Coolbeg 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.