Cooperhill

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cooperhill, from 600 m² to 721,610 m² (72.16 ha, 178.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CF – community facilities (Community facilities)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1BIE – business, industry, enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RV – rural village uses (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 7 Jul 2025Conditional

  Rpair and refurbishment of the existing Coach House building, which was converted to a three bedroom dwelling in 1986, at Coopershill, Riverstown, Co Sligo. Coopershill House is a Protected Structure of Regional significance (NIAH reg no. 32313019, RPS 160 CDP) and the Coach House is included on the same record. Proposed works include conservation repairs to the original fabric, building fabric upgrades, minor internal alterations to the layout of the existing accommodation and all associated drainage and site works.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560273

• 3 Apr 2024Conditional

  Planning permission for the following: to upgrade the existing wastewater treatment system to current EPA code of practice and all ancillary works.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460100

• 12 Sept 2019Conditional

  Development consisting of : a) retention of single storey rear extension circa 42m2 b) retention of site alterations including new boundary treatments, associated site works and service connections and all associated site development works and services provision

  Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19379

• 21 Dec 2018Conditional

  Development consisting of (1) extension and reconstruction of existing dwelling house. (2) decommision existing septic tank and install a new on-site wastewater treatment & disposal system.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18513

• 12 Jun 2017Conditional

  construction of a single storey domestic extension, renovation/alteration of the existing dwelling, upgrading of an existing waste water treatment system to current EPA Code of Practice standards together with all associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17229

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

• SL027-105 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In low-lying woodland, on top of a rise. A raised circular area (diam. 30m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.8m). An external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.8m) is evident along the S, W and N arcs, deepest along the W arc. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at W with a causeway across the fosse. Raths (SL027-106---- and SL027-107----) lie c. 30m to E and c. 110m to E respectively. 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

• SL027-116 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on top of a ridge. A raised circular area (30m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse (Wth 4m). The inner bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.8m) is faced with stones internally. The outer bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 0.8m) is stone-faced in parts externally, incorporated into a field boundary along the S arc, levelled along the NE and E arcs with only a low rise remaining. The inner bank is quarried into for a length of 7m and 8m along NE and E arcs respectively. Some beech trees grow on the bank and in 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

• SL027-117 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  In the demesne of Coopershill House (Bence-Jones 1988, 91-2), on the W side of the avenue leading north to the house and c. 80m SSW of the bridge that carries the avenue over the Unshin River. The ruined remains of Tanzyfort House, built by the Cooper family in the middle of the 17th century and occupied by them until Coopershill House was completed in 1774, consist of an L-shaped structure originally of two storeys with an attic (Craig and Garner 1973; Orser 2003). The structure is fragmentary and shows evidence of extensive alteration and rebuilding since its abandonment in the late 18th century (Orser 2003). In the summer of 2003 Prof. Charles E. Orser of Illinois State University conducted an archaeological excavation here as part of the ongoing Rural Lifeways Project (see Orser 2000). Preliminary excavation within the structure revealed 'the likely presence of at least two rooms, a front hall, containing 984 ft², and a kitchen, containing 690 ft². The original hall had a flagstone floor, while the kitchen floor was composed of tightly set cobbles' (Orser 2003). The excavation also revealed 'a possible back entrance almost directly opposite the front doorway, and structural evidence suggests the presence of a fireplace along the north wall of the kitchen and a second-storey fireplace in the building's northeast corner' (ibid.). Further excavation is planned for 2004. 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

• SL027-118001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In low-lying pasture, on top of a low ridge c. 60m SSW of the Arrow or Unshin River. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 30m) enclosed by an inner earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.2m) along the E arc and by a scarp elsewhere. The outer earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 0.8m) is substantial all round. There is a souterrain (SL027-118002-) in the NW quadrant. 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

• SL027-118002 Souterrain
  Description

  In the NW quadrant of a rath (SL027-118001-). A linear depression (10m NW-SE; 7m NE-SW) extends from the base of the inner bank into the interior of the rath. Some stones visible suggest that the sides may have been stone-lined but no lintels are evident. 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

• SL027-119 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on a low ridge. An irregular area (34m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by a linear earthen bank (Wth 6m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.2m) on the N, E and S sides. The interior and the W side have been quarried into. A gap (Wth 7m) at the centre of the E side leads into a rectangular depression (8m x 10m) with exposed walls of rock forming the S and W sides, probably the result of quarrying. 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

• Cooper Memorial Hall, hall, 1885–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-storey rendered church hall, built 1888. Originally L-plan, single bay extension added to north c. 1980, lean-to entrance porch in angle of original L-plan, lean-to extension attached to south elevation with flat-roofed shallow concrete porch on west elevation. Pitched slate roof with artificial slate on north extension, clay ridge tiles, cast-iron gutters on corbelled eaves course. Painted roughcast walling, limestone commemoration plaque on west gable inscribed 'COOPER MEMORIAL HALL 1888'. Segmental-headed window openings, painted smooth-rendered reveals, painted stone sills, painted one-over-one sash windows. Square-headed door opening to entrance porch, painted smooth-rendered reveals, painted timber vertically-sheeted door. Set back from road, approached by path from rubble stone boundary wall with decorative hoop-top wrought-iron gate. Rectory and church to north.

• Kilmacallan Church, church/chapel, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached rendered Church of Ireland church, built c. 1817. Three-bay nave, two-stage tower with flanking wings attached to west gable. Pitched slate roof, hipped to tower wings, clay ridge tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods. Unpainted smooth-rendered walls, straight channelled quoins, round-headed ashlar limestone blank niches to tower wings, pedimented string course to tower. Four-centred-arched belfry openings to tower, plain-banded rendered surrounds, dressed limestone sills, painted bipartite timber louvres. Crenellated ashlar limestone parapet to tower defined by platband supported by plain corbels, mock gun loops, corners crowned by dressed stone pinnacles set on square corbel caps. Four-centred-arched window openings to nave and tower flanking wings, plain-banded rendered surrounds, dressed limestone sills, painted bipartite multi-paned plain-glazed timber sash windows. Pointed-arch east window, plain-banded rendered surround, dressed limestone sill, painted tripartite timber intersecting traceried window, stained glass lights by R E Child c.1995. Oculus window to west face of tower above entrance, tooled ashlar limestone archivolt, plain smooth-rendered outer band, small-paned hardwood plain-glazed casement Four-centred-arched recessed entrance doorway, polished ashlar limestone surround, hardwood fifteen-panel door with intersecting traceried fanlight c. 2000. Church set in own grounds, concrete and gravel paths, grass areas, rubble stone boundary walls, wrought-iron gates and railings on plinth wall to roadside boundary.

• Riverstown Garda Síochána Station, garda station/constabulary barracks, 1870–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey stone Garda barracks, built c. 1890. Various pitched roof extensions to east and south c. 2002. Pitched artificial slate roofs, hipped to rear extensions, concrete ridge and hip tiles, unpainted roughcast chimneystacks, extruded aluminium rainwater goods. Uncoursed rubble limestone walling to west elevation, cut stone quoins, unpainted roughcast walling to other elevations. Square-headed window openings, block-and-start yellow brick surrounds, smooth-rendered reveals, dressed limestone sills, painted two-over-two timber sash windows c. 2002. Elliptical-headed opening to recessed porch, block-and-start yellow brick surround, hardwood panelled and half-glazed door c. 2000. Set back from road in own grounds with low rubble stone walls to west and north.

• Millview House, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1890, with gable-fronted central entrance porch to north elevation and single-bay single-storey lean-to to rear (south). Building now used as museum within folk park. Pitched slate roof, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks, painted timber barge boards, cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted roughcast walling, rubble stone base. Square-headed window openings, smooth-rendered reveals, limestone sills, painted two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening to entrance porch, smooth-rendered reveals, limestone step, plain-glazed overlight, painted vertically-sheeted timber door. Set back from road in own grounds, rubble masonry boundary wall, wrought-iron gates to north-west, rubble stone outbuildings to east.

• House, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey rendered house, built c. 1870, with gable-fronted half-dormer attic. Single-storey extension to rear elevation with single-pitched roof c. 1983. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered flat-capped chimneystacks, uPVC rainwater goods, painted timber projecting eaves, painted decorative fretwork timber barges to dormers and gables. Roof lights to both sides of principal pitch roof, c. 1995. Roof light to lean-to extension roof to south. Unpainted roughcast walling, smooth-rendered recessed plinth. Square-headed window openings, unpainted smooth-rendered reveals, masonry sills, painted two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening to extension, painted vertically-sheeted timber door. Set back slightly from road behind rubble stone boundary wall, garden to south.

• Coopershill House, walled garden, 1750–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled estate garden, built c. 1800. Oblong on plan, main entrance centrally-located on west side, small one-and-a-half storey sheds built into south-east and south-west corners, larger one-and-a-half storey shed projecting from west-of-centre external face of north wall. Uncoursed rubble limestone boundary walls following land contours, red and yellow brick lining to inside face of north and west walls, rubble stone coping set on roughly-squared string course. Formalised, forward-projecting entrance with roughly-coursed squared rubble walling and rebated elliptical-headed archway. Pitched slate roofs to sheds, clay ridge tiles, rubble stone walling, segmental-headed doorways to garden, segmental-headed doorway to north gable of external shed. West wall with painted timber planked door. Gap in west end of north wall due to collapse, filled by modern farm gate. Inside of garden devoid of features and overgrown with rushes. Used as field. On north facing slope close to estate farm buildings to north.

• Coopershill House, farmyard complex, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of single- and two-storey stone farm buildings, built c. 1830. Thirteen-bay single-storey range to north running full length of yard, single-storey L-plan lean-to stall buildings to east and south, two-storey gable-fronted projecting block to centre of south side dividing complex into two yards, single-storey range to west, modern single-storey extension linking west range and central block. Now in use as food processing facility. Pitched slate roofs, hipped to west range, corrugated-asbestos to part of north range, clay ridge and hip tiles, smooth-rendered stepped and corbelled chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods, cast-iron columns carrying outer edge of stall buildings. Uncoursed rubble limestone walls, cut limestone quoins, cut limestone verge copings to gables of two-storey block. Round-headed window openings to north range, yellow brick surrounds (some painted), tooled limestone sills, painted twelve-over-eight timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to central block, block-and-start yellow brick surrounds, limestone sills, vertically-sheeted timber panels, with some cast-iron fixed casements. Round-headed door openings to north range, yellow brick surrounds, spoke wheel fanlights, painted timber panelled doors. Set in grounds of private demesne with walled garden to south, surrounded by mature farmland.

• Coopershill House, farmyard complex, 1800–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay two-storey stone farm building, built c.1830, attached to pre-1700 ruin. Pitched slate roof, corrugated iron to south end, clay ridge tiles. Rubble limestone walling, brick eaves corbel course. Square-headed window openings to east elevation, brick block-and-start surrounds, stone sills, cast-iron diamond lattice-paned casements in one opening, coupled two-over-two timber sashes in other. Square-headed doorways in east, west and south gable elevations, brick block-and- start surrounds, remains of painted timber vertically-sheeted doors. Interior has dressed stone corbels supporting timber first floor construction. Collapsed external stone stair to south gable. Small yard with low rubble stone walls containing two stone troughs attached to north end of west elevation. Estate avenue to east, set among mature beech trees.

• Coopershill House, bridge, 1770–1775 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road-over-river stone bridge, built 1771. Roughly-dressed limestone walling laid in courses radiating from arch centers. Elliptical arch with, slightly projecting, dressed and rock-faced voussoirs. Dressed ashlar limestone square copings to low parapets forming shallow inverted 'V', simple wrought-iron railings. Each end of bridge terminated by square-section dressed limestone piers continuing as pilasters to river banks, pyramidal caps. Carved stone face in relief with date '1771' in panel above arch keystone on north side of bridge. Gravel carriageway flanked by grass verges. Carries avenue over Unshin River leading to Coopershill House.

• Coopershill House, country house, 1750–1775 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay three-storey over basement stone house, started c. 1755 and completed 1774, similar symmetrical architectural treatment to north (entrance) and south (garden) fronts. Coach house and stable yard c. 1774 to west. Hipped slate roof, central valley, lead wood-cored ridges and hips, longitudinal cut stone corbelled chimneystacks with terracotta pots set in central valley, overhanging eaves on moulded limestone cornice, cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared and coursed limestone walling, chamfered polished ashlar quoins, projecting basement plinth, armorial plaque incorporated into window sill over entrance. Square-headed window openings, serliana to centre of first floor, Wyatt window to centre of second floor, polished limestone ashlar Gibbsian surrounds, limestone sills, painted nine-over-six timber sash windows to ground floor north, six-over-six to ground floor south and first floor, three-over-three to second floor. Round-headed door opening to north front, square-headed sidelights each with six-over-four sash windows, ashlar limestone Gibbsian surround with keystone inscribed '1774', hardwood door with fifteen raised-and-fielded panels, interlaced fanlight, sandstone steps with dressed limestone parapet walls bridging basement area. Two-storey, pitched roofed, limestone rubble coach house building to immediate west, now in use as living accommodation. U-plan stable yard to west with limestone ashlar archway at north-east, segmental-headed carriage arch to west, pitched slate roofs, limestone rubble walling, yellow brick door and window surrounds, vertically-sheeted timber doors with multiple-pane crown glass overlights. House set in landscaped grounds in private demesne, mature park and farmland to all sides, accessed by tree-lined driveway from east.

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 Cooperhill, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1164 (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.

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

Name

Cooperhill · Lios Uí Bhreisleáin

Area

1,884,294 m² (188.43 ha, 465.62 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmacallan, and its townlands

Barony

Tirerrill

Electoral division

Riverstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

753 people lived in 283 households in the Riverstown electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardcumber, Ardkeeran, Ardneeskan, Behy, Carrownspurraun, Coolbock, Emlagh, Lisbanagher, Murillyroe

Placenames

Cooperhill 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.