Coolfin

Area

128,617 m² (12.86 ha, 31.78 acres)

Buildings

6 buildings touch it, 291 m² on the ground

Zoning

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

Townland

Coolfin

Planning applications on this parcel

No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.

• WM031-100 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In 1654-56 Donore castle was described in the terrier of the Down Survey map of Ardnurcher parish as 'The Castle of Doonore is at present guarsioned' (NLI, MS 723-4). In 1640 the castle was in the possession of 'Conly McKeadagh Geoghagan' who is listed in the Down Survey map as an 'Irish papist' (ibid.). Donore Castle was described by Salter (2004, 148) as following; 'This five storey tower measuring 12.3m by 9.5m with very fine quality stonework has on the SW side a Latin inscription of 1809 recording its construction in 1598 by Brian McGeoghegan and his wife Catherine O'Connor. The entrance on the SE side has geometrical patterning on the jambs, carved heads of a king and bishop, and retains an iron yett with a tracery pattern at the top. The third storey has a fireplace on the SW side and a latrine in the NW wall. The upper windows are lancets set in the centre of each side and having delicately carved spandrels. A gunloop opens off the staircase in the south corner. The east corner has angle loops on the second and fifth storeys. Despite having no road or track out to it, the castle remained occupied until the middle of the 20th century but is now ruined. After it was captured in 1650 by the Cromwellian John Reynolds, James McGeoghegan and his garrison of forty or fifty men were all executed'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 November 2019

Architectural heritage

• Donore Castle, castle/fortified house, 1580–1810 · National interest
  Description

  Freestanding five-storey tower house on square-plan, built c.1598 and altered c.1809. Roof, originally pitched, hidden behind raised parapet with Irish-style crenellations. Constructed on limestone rubble with flush dressed quoins to the corners. Inscription to south face records original construction, c.1598. Cut stone plaque to the south face, erected c.1809, records works to structure in that year and history of castle. Cut stone machicolation over doorcase to east face. Line of ogee-headed window openings, some paired, with tooled stone surrounds to the centre of the each face/elevation. A number of window surrounds to the east and north faces have cut stone hoodmouldings over and/or carved Celtic interlacing. Pointed-arched tooled limestone doorcase to the east elevation having extensive carved detail including two carved heads (a king and a bishop) flanking incised cut stone wheel motif over apex of doorcase, incised geometric pattern to the soffit and chamfered edges. Decorative wrought-iron gate protects inner timber sheeted door. Gun loop flanks doorway to the south side, now blocked. Set well back from road in a prominent position in the landscape, with good views in all directions, to the east of Horseleap.

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).

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