# Coolaught, Co. Wexford: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Killegney, barony of Bantry, Co. Wexford; in Irish Cúil Ochta. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,804,314 m² (180.43 ha, 445.86 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,323 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 13 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Killegney, https://everytownland.com/wexford/parish/killegney.md - Barony: Bantry - Electoral division: Castleboro, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Wexford, https://everytownland.com/wexford.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/52357 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 240858 - Centre: latitude 52.465253, longitude -6.717038 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolaught, from 246 m² to 358,118 m² (35.81 ha, 88.49 acres); 43 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 382777: 358,118 m² (35.81 ha, 88.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/382777.md - Parcel 430549: 316,156 m² (31.62 ha, 78.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/430549.md - Parcel 412953: 266,254 m² (26.63 ha, 65.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/412953.md - Parcel 375373: 210,504 m² (21.05 ha, 52.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/375373.md - Parcel 429811: 170,376 m² (17.04 ha, 42.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/429811.md - Parcel 2672611: 80,901 m² (8.09 ha, 19.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2672611.md - Parcel 406328: 73,414 m² (7.34 ha, 18.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/406328.md - Parcel 430548: 55,691 m² (5.57 ha, 13.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/430548.md - Parcel 427919: 43,278 m² (4.33 ha, 10.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/427919.md - Parcel 380713: 35,631 m² (3.56 ha, 8.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/380713.md - Parcel 388758: 27,373 m² (2.74 ha, 6.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/388758.md - Parcel 419794: 22,736 m² (2.27 ha, 5.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/419794.md - Parcel 4567570: 14,005 m² (1.4 ha, 3.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4567570.md - Parcel 386879: 13,939 m² (1.39 ha, 3.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/386879.md - Parcel 387132: 9,228 m² (0.92 ha, 2.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/387132.md - Parcel 429331: 7,180 m² (0.72 ha, 1.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/429331.md - Parcel 418175: 6,446 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/418175.md - Parcel 412985: 5,952 m² (0.6 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/412985.md - Parcel 430834: 5,814 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/430834.md - Parcel 427007: 5,655 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/427007.md - Parcel 2672553: 5,607 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2672553.md - Parcel 404056: 4,437 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/404056.md - Parcel 2716980: 4,419 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2716980.md - Parcel 374323: 4,227 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/374323.md - Parcel 380010: 4,072 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/380010.md - Parcel 381293: 4,011 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/381293.md - Parcel 5965210: 3,933 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5965210.md - Parcel 4567750: 3,562 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4567750.md - Parcel 4857310: 3,287 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4857310.md - Parcel 398394: 3,051 m² (0.31 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/398394.md - Parcel 3233198: 2,805 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3233198.md - Parcel 2672602: 2,762 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2672602.md - Parcel 425141: 2,264 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/425141.md - Parcel 409435: 2,215 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/409435.md - Parcel 408376: 2,195 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/408376.md - Parcel 412132: 2,067 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/412132.md - Parcel 396154: 1,627 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/396154.md - Parcel 418095: 1,375 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/418095.md - Parcel 419617: 1,318 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/419617.md - Parcel 412414: 1,300 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/412414.md - Parcel 2609428: 1,086 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2609428.md - Parcel 395293: 945 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/395293.md - Parcel 397204: 522 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/397204.md - Parcel 421057: 499 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/421057.md - Parcel 401604: 378 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/401604.md - Parcel 419099: 246 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/419099.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 13 applications, newest first. - 25 Nov 2025, Wexford County Council 20251540: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/130154 - 11 Dec 2023, Wexford County Council 20231487: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house together. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/126410 - 6 Sept 2023, Wexford County Council 20231060: Granted (conditional). Retention. Permission for retention of a reinforced concrete hurling wall and associated. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/125931 - 2 Dec 2022, Wexford County Council 20221600: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission to construct (1) calfhouse and (2) 2No. silage pits and all. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/124600 - 18 May 2022, Wexford County Council 20220653: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house together. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/123555 - 27 May 2021, Wexford County Council 20210827: Granted (conditional). Retention, 2 homes. Permission to erect an extension to the rear and make minor alterations to an ex. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/121297 - 28 Sept 2020, Wexford County Council 20201113: Granted (conditional). Permission, 2 homes. Permission for the construction of a fully serviced two storey domestic dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/117512 - 11 Mar 2020, Wexford County Council 20200301: Granted (conditional). Retention, 1 home. Permission for retention of change of use of former Killegney National SchoolsS. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/114864 - 10 Dec 2019, Wexford County Council 20191628: N/a. Retention. PERMISSION FOR CHANGE OF USE OF FORMER KILLEGNEY NATIONAL SCHOOLS SCHOOL. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/112058 - 27 Nov 2019, Wexford County Council 20191576: N/a. Retention. PERMISSION FOR CHANGE OF USE OF FORMER KILLEGNEY NATIONAL SCHOOL'S SCHOOL. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/111608 - 4 Mar 2019, Wexford County Council 20190266: Granted (conditional). Permission. PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE FOLLOWING (A) CONSTRUCTION OF LIVESTOCK CUBICLE SHE. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/108077 - 6 Jul 2016, Wexford County Council 20160767: Granted (conditional). Permission. PERMISSION FOR CHANGE OF USE OF THE FORMER KILLEGNEY NATIONAL SCHOOL (PROTECTED. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/101983 - 21 Apr 2016, Wexford County Council 20160399: Granted (conditional). Retention. PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE AND RETENTION OF WINDOWS IN BOTH SID. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/101415 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC, site code 000781, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000781 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WX025-016: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX025-016----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX025-017----. 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 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) - Killegney National School, school, 1900–1910, Regional interest, registry number 15702511, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX®no=15702511. 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, registry number 15702512, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX®no=15702512. 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, registry number 15702513, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX®no=15702513. 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, registry number 15702525, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX®no=15702525. 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. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 5 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: 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, 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/wexford/coolaught.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wexford/coolaught.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wexford/coolaught.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Coolaught with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford: https://everytownland.com/wexford.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballyboro: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballyboro.md - Ballymackesy: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballymackesy.md - Castleboro Demesne: https://everytownland.com/wexford/castleboro-demesne.md - Knockredmond: https://everytownland.com/wexford/knockredmond.md - Moneytucker: https://everytownland.com/wexford/moneytucker.md - Rathfylane: https://everytownland.com/wexford/rathfylane.md - Tominearly: https://everytownland.com/wexford/tominearly.md - Townamulloge: https://everytownland.com/wexford/townamulloge.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/wexford/coolaught - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wexford/coolaught