Coolishal Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Kilnahue, barony of Gorey, Co. Wexford; in Irish An Chúil Íseal Íochtarach
- Area
- 104.9 ha
- 259 acres
- Land parcels
- 28
- registered freehold, median 2,002 m² (0.2 ha, 0.49 acres)
- Zoning
- C2.1
- Transition Zone (TZ)
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolishal Lower, from 277 m² to 395,937 m² (39.59 ha, 97.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- C2.1Transition Zone (TZ) (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Gorey Town and Environs Local Area Plan 2017-2023 (as extended), Wexford · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
12 Mar 2026Refused
Permission to construct 2 No. agricultural sheds consisting of a grain store and
Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20210121
4 Dec 2025Refused
Permission is sought for the proposed construction
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251593
17 Oct 2025Refused
Permission for retention is sought for alterations and modifications
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251327
17 Oct 2025Refused
Permission for retention is sought for alterations and modifications
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251326
28 Aug 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for alterations and modifications to an existing
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251073
28 Aug 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for alterations and modifications
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251074
22 Mar 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of alterations to approved farm development under
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20210413
6 Oct 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for a development comprising
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201146
25 Apr 2017N/a
PERMISSION FOR RECLAMATION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND INCLUDING 1. RECONTOURING OF
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170515
30 Nov 2016Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF A PARTIALLY COMPLETED EXTENSION (CIRCA 14 SQ.M) TO T
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20161330
6 Jul 2016Refused
PERMISSION FOR RECLAMATION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND INCLUDING : 1. RECONTOURING OF A
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160761
7 Jun 2016Granted (conditional)
TEN-YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF THE FOL
Permission, 239 homes · Wexford County Council, 20160623
31 May 2016N/a
PERMISSION FOR A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF 219 DWELLING UNITS, CRECH
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160589
7 Mar 2016Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION TO ERECT A CATTLE ACCOMMODATION UNIT COMPRISING LOOSE HOUSE WITH SLAT
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160218
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Coolishal Lower.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coolishal Lower.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coolishal Lower.
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
- 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
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Coolishal Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Coolishal Lower · An Chúil Íseal Íochtarach
- Area
- 1,048,553 m² (104.86 ha, 259.1 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilnahue, and its townlands
- Barony
- Gorey
- Electoral division
- Gorey Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Gorey Rural electoral division: 8,365 people in 2,811 households; 62% of households own their home; 67% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrigbeg, Coolishal Upper, Coolnastudd, Goreyhill, Kilnahue, Ramstown Upper
- Placenames
- Coolishal Lower 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.