# Coolmurly, Co. Sligo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilmactranny, barony of Tirerrill, Co. Sligo; in Irish Cúl Muirligh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 876,558 m² (87.66 ha, 216.6 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 82,573 m² (8.26 ha, 20.4 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilmactranny, https://everytownland.com/sligo/parish/kilmactranny.md
- Barony: Tirerrill
- Electoral division: Kilmactranny, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 360 people lived in 133 households in the Kilmactranny electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Sligo, https://everytownland.com/sligo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/44644
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 200516
- Centre: latitude 54.083972, longitude -8.248331 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolmurly, from 1,332 m² to 120,291 m² (12.03 ha, 29.72 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 767237: 120,291 m² (12.03 ha, 29.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/767237.md
- Parcel 742612: 118,282 m² (11.83 ha, 29.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/742612.md
- Parcel 761432: 101,728 m² (10.17 ha, 25.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/761432.md
- Parcel 742610: 97,980 m² (9.8 ha, 24.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/742610.md
- Parcel 767143: 89,415 m² (8.94 ha, 22.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/767143.md
- Parcel 742613: 86,421 m² (8.64 ha, 21.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/742613.md
- Parcel 767144: 78,725 m² (7.87 ha, 19.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/767144.md
- Parcel 765615: 74,591 m² (7.46 ha, 18.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/765615.md
- Parcel 742611: 59,528 m² (5.95 ha, 14.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/742611.md
- Parcel 767236: 46,371 m² (4.64 ha, 11.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/767236.md
- Parcel 3901639: 2,292 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3901639.md
- Parcel 753808: 1,332 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/753808.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Coolmurly in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

No planning application touches the townland of Coolmurly in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- SL035-061: Megalithic tomb - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-061----. The monument, which has been destroyed, stood some 10m N of the northern extremity of a court tomb (SL035-062----). OS documents record a structure formed of upright stones at this spot in or about 1914 but it had been removed by 1952. A plan of the tomb (Wood-Martin 1883-4, 454, no. 13; 1888, 175, no. 13) shows an oval gallery (L c. 7m; max. Wth c. 3m) which seems to have opened to the N. In a brief account Wood-Martin claimed that the monument terminated in two circles though these are not illustrated on his plan. A wedge tomb (SL035-063----) lies c. 150m to SSW. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 65-6, no. 107) 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 See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)
- SL035-062: Megalithic tomb - court tomb, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-062----. On rolling pasture and c. 100m NNE of a wedge tomb (SL035-063----) and c. 10m S of the site of an unclassified megalithic tomb (SL035-061----). A U-shaped court (L at least 5.5m; Wth c. 7.5m) at the SSE leads to a gallery (L 9m). Three stones remain of the more easterly arm of the court and five of the opposite arm. Two jambs mark the entrance to the gallery which is divided by three other pairs of jambs into four chambers. There is a sillstone between the jambs separating the second and third chamber. The gallery sides are quite well-preserved and the backstone is in place. The tomb is in a poorly preserved long mound (L c. 33m). About 2m outside the E arm of the court there is a kerbstone and another 1.5m outside the W arm. Seven probable kerbstones are exposed along the northern half of the W side of the mound. The backstone and southern sidestone of what appears to be a small lateral subsidiary chamber stand at the W side of the mound almost 5m beyond the back of the gallery. A field fence extends along both arms of the court, the E side of the gallery and from the gallery backstone northwards along the mound. There is a small quarry to the E of this fence behind the gallery. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 66-7, no. 106) 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 See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)
- SL035-063: Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-063----. Near the crest of a low ridge in rolling pasture. Part of a WSW-facing gallery (L c. 3m; Wth 1.2m) and the remains of outer-walling and a facade survive here. Two orthostats are visible on the S side of the gallery. Opposite the western of these there is another orthostat and to the E of this two corbels rising above fill continue the line of the gallery side. Just beyond these there is a partly concealed stone which may also be a corbel. There are five outer-wall stones to the S of the gallery, two of them together at the W and three alongside at the E. The N side of the outer-walling is represented by a single stone. Two facade stones adjoin the W end of the outer-wall at the S. Two roofstones cover the surviving length of gallery. A third roofstone which lay to the E of these and also the northern half of the façade have been lost since the later half of the 19th century (Wood-Martin 1883-4, 453-4; 1888, 172-4). A stone protruding from a fence crossing the NW corner of the structure and another alongside it may be displaced facade stones. A stone at the E end of the structure could indicate the back of the outer wall but is not definitely in situ. Traces of a mound, not more than 0.5m high, are visible along the S side of the monument. A court tomb (SL035-062----) is c. 100m to NNE and the site of an unclassified megalithic tomb (SL035-061----) is c. 150m to NNE. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 65-6, no. 105) 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 See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)
- SL035-098: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-098----. Near the summit of a ridge. A raised circular area (int. diam. 24.8m x 23.9m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.45m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.45m) and an external fosse. The fosse is mostly silted-up but is widest and deepest (Wth 4m; D 1.3m) along the S arc. The entrance (Wth 4.6m), with a causeway across the fosse, is at SE. The interior slopes slightly down to NW. 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
- SL035-099: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-099----. On the N side of a field boundary and c. 10m NE of a rath (SL035-100----). This holy well is now closed-in, overgrown with vegetation and dry since a new well was dug slightly downhill. It was recorded in 1836 as 'Tobar na Glaise from the enchanted cow called Glaisín that used to regale herself at this well' (OSL, 243). 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
- SL035-100: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-100----. In wet pasture, on a slight SE-facing slope. A slightly raised roughly circular area (26m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1m) SE-NE and by a faint scarp elsewhere. Several small breaks occur in the bank due to erosion by livestock. The interior is level. Indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map an embanked circular area, open to E. A holy well (SL035-099----) lies c. 10m to NE. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Coolmurly, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coolmurly.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/sligo/coolmurly.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/sligo/coolmurly.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/sligo/coolmurly.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Coolmurly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo: https://everytownland.com/sligo.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballyculleen: https://everytownland.com/sligo/ballyculleen.md
- Coolmeen: https://everytownland.com/sligo/coolmeen.md
- Drumbeg South: https://everytownland.com/sligo/drumbeg-south.md
- Foyoges: https://everytownland.com/sligo/foyoges.md
- Magheralackagh: https://everytownland.com/sligo/magheralackagh.md
- Treanmore: https://everytownland.com/sligo/treanmore-201236.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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