Coolcliffe
Coolcliffe is a townland in the civil parish of Ballymitty, barony of Shelmaliere West, Co. Wexford. Its name in Irish is Cúil Chliabh.
- Area
- 88.8 ha
- 219 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 5,063 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolcliffe, from 77 m² to 413,920 m² (41.39 ha, 102.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Coolcliffe 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
28 May 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission to construct an extension to the existing dwelling house, (proposed
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250631
15 May 2025N/a
Permission to construct an extension to the existing dwelling house, (proposed
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250563
17 May 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of changes to a granny flat previously granted
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230530
6 Nov 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of changes to an existing dwelling house
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20201301
2 Oct 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE WITH
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20191350
2 Oct 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE WITH
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20191351
2 Oct 2019Refused
PERMISSION TO AMEND THE LIFETIME OF THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT (PLANNING REF. 2018
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20191353
19 Jun 2018Refused
THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF A TEN YEAR PERMISSION FOR A SOLAR FARM ON A SITE
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20180837
11 Jun 2018N/a
THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF A TEN YEAR PERMISSION FOR A SOLAR FARM ON A SITE
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20180787
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Bannow Bay SAC 000697
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bannow Bay 000697
Recorded monuments
- WX040-107 Settlement cluster
Description
Situated on the floodplain of the meandering N-S Corrock River, which is c. 50m to the W at the closest point, and on land that was once part of the demesne of Coolcliffe House. A magnetic gradiometer survey (20R0129) over an extensive area identified numerous linear features in a fairly small area (dims c. 180m N-S; c. 60-90m E-W) with features extending outside the surveyed area to the W. At least three small rectangular enclosures (max. dims c. 17m x c. 7m) could represent houses or farm buildings and there are associated small plots (dims c. 20m x c. 10-30m). (Nicholls 2020, 12 F 50-52; Figs 14, 27) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 December 2020
- WX041-066 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a W-facing slope. The cropmark of a subrectangular enclosure (dims c. 30m x c. 30m) defined by two closely-spaced fosse features, the inner being more pronounced than the outer, is visible on aerial photographs (WX041-066_1 to _ 4). WX041-066----_1.jpg from NW Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 March, 2013
- WX041-070 Ring-ditch
Description
Situated on a NW-facing slope overlooking the confluence of a NNE-SSW stream with the Corock River which here changes direction from W-E to N-S. A magnetic gradiometer survey (20R0129) over an extensive area identified four ring-ditches and an enclosure on land that was once part of the demesne of Coolcliffe House. This circular feature (diam. c. 11m) is defined by a single fosse with an entrance (Wth c. 2m) at SE, and was outside the demesne. (Nicholls 2020, 11 F 40, Figs 13, 26) See the attached view from Nicholls (2020, fig. 13) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 December 2020
- WX041-071 Enclosure
Description
Located at the bottom of a W-facing slope with a meandering N-S section of the combined Corrock River c. 150m to the W. A magnetic gradiometer survey (20R0129) over an extensive area identified an enclosure (diam. c. 32m) defined by faint traces interrupted sections of a fosse or individual pits on land that was once part of the demesne of Coolcliffe House. (Nicholls 2020, 11 F 45, Fig. 13, 26) See the attached view from Nicholls (2020, Fig. 13, top left) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 December 2020
- WX041-072 Ring-ditch
Description
Situated on a NW-facing slope overlooking the confluence of a NNE-SSW stream with the Corock River which here changes direction from W-E to N-S. A magnetic gradiometer survey (20R0129) over an extensive area identified four ring-ditches on land that was once part of the demesne of Coolcliffe House. This circular feature (diam. c. 10m) is defined by a single fosse with breaks at SE (Wth c. 1m) and S (Wth c. 3m) and could be represented as a small tree-ring on the 1839 edition of the OS 6-inch map. (Nicholls 2020, 11 F 41, Figs 13, 26) See the attached view from Nicholls (2020, fig. 13 centre) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 December 2020
- WX041-073 Ring-ditch
Description
Situated on a NW-facing slope overlooking the confluence of a NNE-SSW stream with the Corock River which here changes direction from W-E to N-S. A magnetic gradiometer survey (20R0129) over an extensive area identified four ring-ditches on land that was once part of the demesne of Coolcliffe House. This circular feature (diam. c. 15m) is defined by a single fosse with breaks at SW (Wth c. 4m) and NE (Wth c. 4m) and could be represented as a small tree-ring on the 1839 edition of the OS 6-inch map. (Nicholls 2020, 11 F 42, Figs 13, 26) See the attached view from Nicholls (2020, Fig. 13) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 December 2020
- WX041-074 Ring-ditch
Description
Situated on a NW-facing slope overlooking the confluence of a NNE-SSW stream with the Corock River which here changes direction from W-E to N-S. A magnetic gradiometer survey (20R0129) over an extensive area identified four ring-ditches on land that was once part of the demesne of Coolcliffe House. This circular feature (diam. c. 12m) is defined by a single fosse with small breaks at W (Wth c. 2m) and E (Wth c. 1m) and could be represented as a small tree-ring on the 1839 edition of the OS 6-inch map. (Nicholls 2020, 11 F 43, Figs 13, 26) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 December 2020
Architectural heritage
- Coolcliffe House, walled garden, 1725–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Walled garden, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan with part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble stone boundary wall to perimeter having moss-covered rounded coping. Now disused. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Coolcliffe House.
- Coolcliffe House, gates/railings/walls, 1725–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Gateway, extant 1840, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of granite ashlar piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having stringcourses below "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron double gates with granite ashlar outer piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having stringcourses below "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron gates. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Coolcliffe House.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Coolcliffe, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coolcliffe.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Coolcliffe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Coolcliffe · Cúil Chliabh
- Area
- 887,526 m² (88.75 ha, 219.31 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballymitty, and its townlands
- Barony
- Shelmaliere West
- Electoral division
- Ballymitty, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 583 people lived in 210 households in the Ballymitty electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Arnestown, Haresmead, Marshalstown, Rosegarland, Rosspile, Slevoy
- Placenames
- Coolcliffe 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.