Coolaught

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolaught, from 246 m² to 358,118 m² (35.81 ha, 88.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 43 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Coolaught 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.

• 25 Nov 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20251540

• 11 Dec 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house together

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231487

• 6 Sept 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of a reinforced concrete hurling wall and associated

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20231060

• 2 Dec 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission to construct (1) calfhouse and (2) 2No. silage pits and all

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221600

• 18 May 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house together

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220653

• 27 May 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect an extension to the rear and make minor alterations to an ex

  Retention, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20210827

• 28 Sept 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the construction of a fully serviced two storey domestic dwelling

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20201113

• 11 Mar 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of change of use of former Killegney National SchoolsS

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200301

• 10 Dec 2019N/a

  PERMISSION FOR CHANGE OF USE OF FORMER KILLEGNEY NATIONAL SCHOOLS SCHOOL

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20191628

• 27 Nov 2019N/a

  PERMISSION FOR CHANGE OF USE OF FORMER KILLEGNEY NATIONAL SCHOOL'S SCHOOL

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20191576

• 4 Mar 2019Granted (conditional)

  PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE FOLLOWING (A) CONSTRUCTION OF LIVESTOCK CUBICLE SHE

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190266

• 6 Jul 2016Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR CHANGE OF USE OF THE FORMER KILLEGNEY NATIONAL SCHOOL (PROTECTED

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160767

• 21 Apr 2016Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE AND RETENTION OF WINDOWS IN BOTH SID

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20160399

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: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781

Recorded monuments

• WX025-016 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Marked faintly as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the crest of a slight S-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level in a cereal crop. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 3 July 2012

• WX025-017 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Located on a slight S-facing slope. Circular and dished, grass-covered area (diam. 34.5m N-S; 32.5m E-W) defined by two low earthen banks (Wth 2.5-6m; H 0.3-0.7m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 5-5.5m) but with a berm (Wth 7.5m) intervening between the banks at S (max. ext. dims. 53m N-S; 46m E-W). Both banks are absent NW-NE, and there is no visible entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 3 July, 2012

Architectural heritage

• Killegney National School, school, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey national school, built 1905, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting lower porch; two-bay single-storey rear (west) elevation. Renovated, ----. Closed, 2012. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), trefoil-perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks having corbelled stepped capping, decorative timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins with timber finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed coursed rubble stone walls originally fine roughcast on cut-granite chamfered plinth with red brick quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening with cut-granite threshold, and red brick block-and-start surround framing replacement glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed flanking window openings with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds.

• Killegney National School, school master's house, 1905–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey teacher's house, built 1906, on a rectangular plan with three-bay two-storey rear (south) elevation. For sale, 2012. Pitched slate roof with trefoil-perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles, concrete or rendered coping to gables with yellow brick Running bond chimney stacks to apexes having precast concrete capping, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Fine roughcast walls on cut-granite chamfered plinth. Square-headed central door opening with cut-granite threshold, and red brick block-and-start surround framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds.

• Aughnagappull Bridge, bridge, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-arch hump back road bridge over river, extant 1840. Damaged, 1923. Part creeper- or ivy-covered walls centred on triangular cutwaters to piers to upriver (north) elevation having pyramidal capping with tuck pointed hammered granite soldier course coping to parapets. Series of three round arches between paired steel tie plates with repointed granite ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning Boro River with unkempt grass banks to river.

• Coolaught House, farm house, 1785–1795 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse with dormer attic, dated 1790, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor; single-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey lower central return (north). Occupied, 1901; 1911. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched corrugated-iron roof (north), clay ridge tiles, date stone-embossed ("1790") rendered, ruled and lined red brick Running bond chimney stacks having lichen-covered cut-granite shallow capping, concrete or rendered coping to gable (north) with rendered, ruled and lined red brick Running bond chimney stack to apex having cut-granite shallow capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick header bond stepped eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Slate hung wall to front (south) elevation on roughcast base with flat iron serpentine tie bars; roughcast surface finish (remainder). Segmental-headed central door opening into farmhouse with concealed dressings centred on cut-granite keystone framing timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed window openings centred on round-headed window opening (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows without horns centred on three-over-six timber sash window having fanlight. Paired square-headed window openings (gables) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with timber balusters supporting timber banister terminating in turned timber newels, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors; dining room (south-west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with timber panelled shutters to window openings, chimneypiece now missing, and plaster ceiling on timber batons; drawing room (south-east) retaining carved timber lugged surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber lugged surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, chimneypiece now missing with hearth centred on fluted keystone, and run moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in unkempt grounds with benchmark-inscribed cut-granite monolithic piers to perimeter supporting flat iron double gates.

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 high, 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 Coolaught.

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 Coolaught with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Coolaught · Cúil Ochta

Area

1,804,314 m² (180.43 ha, 445.86 acres)

Civil parish

Killegney, and its townlands

Barony

Bantry

Electoral division

Castleboro, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castleboro electoral division: 964 people in 337 households; 91% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyboro, Ballymackesy, Castleboro Demesne, Knockredmond, Moneytucker, Rathfylane, Tominearly, Townamulloge

Placenames

Coolaught 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.