Coolmore
Coolmore is a townland in the civil parish of Ennereilly, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow. Its name in Irish is An Chúil Mhór.
- Area
- 60.8 ha
- 150 acres
- Land parcels
- 33
- registered freehold, median 2,011 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolmore, from 225 m² to 329,545 m² (32.95 ha, 81.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 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 Coolmore 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
25 Oct 2025Conditional
63.3m² single story extension to side of existing 62.3m2 dwelling, to include for demolition of existing 2m² porch to rear and raising of existing ridge, internal and external alterations to existing dwelling, all together with all associated site works necessary to complete the development
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560862
20 Feb 2025Conditional
construction of a proposed new 2-storey dormer style extension comprising of a new bedroom and replacement bathroom at ground floor level with a new study & bedroom with replacement ensuite at first floor level to the north-west side of the existing single storey detached dwelling together with a proposed new single storey bay window & front entrance porch extension to the front (south-west) elevation including a new velux rooflight to the rear serving the utility with all wastewater connecting into the existing shared Coolmore Park grouped wastewater treatment facility
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560108
29 Oct 2024N/a
proposed dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, garage, entrance and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24434
8 Dec 2022Conditional
proposed sewage treatment plant incorporating primary, secondary & tertiary treatment & 2m high security fencing at Jack Whites Inn Public House, Ballynapark, Arklow together with a foul rising main to be laid southwards along the verge of the old N11 (R772) through the townlands of Cronakip, Clonpadden & Ballyrogan Lower for a distance of circa 2.5km to outfall into the Redcross Rover to the east of Scratenagh Interchange. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement & the development will be subject of an application to Wicklow County Council for a Discharge Licence
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221309
28 Nov 2022N/a
proposed sewage treatment plant incorporating primary, secondary & tertiary treatment & 2m high security fencing at Jack Whites Inn Public House, Ballynapark, Arklow together with a foul rising main to be laid southwards along the verge of the old N11 (R772) through the townlands of Cronakip, Clonpadden & Ballyrogan Lower for a distance of circa 2.5km to outfall into the Redcross River to the east of Scratenagh Interchange. The planning application is accompanied by a NIS and the development will be subject of an application to Wicklow County Council for a Discharge Licence
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221261
22 Mar 2022N/a
proposed reclamation of land through the filling of material comprising clay, silt, sand, gravel or stone on a site having an area of circa 3.743 hectares for the purpose of improvement of land for agricultural use and a temporary haul road together with a proposed vehicular entrance and ancillary works including portable truck wheel wash, office/chemical toilet
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22276
27 Nov 2020Conditional
single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, minor alterations to existing dwelling and retention of existing driveway and entrance
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 201209
14 Aug 2020Conditional
removal of the existing septic tank, installation of new wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter to current standards and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20786
9 Sept 2019Conditional
dwelling, wastewater treatment system to EPA standards, garage, entrance and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19997
19 Nov 2018Conditional
bungalow dwelling (complete with rooflights), provision of gateway, driveway, fencing, shed, well, domestic biofiltration sewage treatment unit
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 181295
24 Aug 2018N/a
a new 264sqm dormer/two storey detached dwelling with a bio-crete waste water system and polishing filter to current EPA standards, bored well, new entrance together with a 68sqm garage/workshop and all associated site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18956
10 Apr 2017Conditional
revisions to previously granted dwelling (ref no 16/1050) and relocation of proposed dwelling and garage on site and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17385
10 Apr 2017N/a
bungalow dwelling (complete with skylight and attic level accommodation). The application includes the provision of a gateway, driveway, fencing and domestic biofilteration sewage treatment unit
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17388
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 Coolmore.
Recorded monuments
- WI036-021 Mound
Description
Situated on the summit of a low hill. Circular earthen mound (diam. 40m; H 0.8m) with slight traces of a probably modern earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; H 0.4m) at the SW. Shown on the current edition OS 6-inch map as an enclosure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
- WI036-062 Burnt mound
Description
This is the record for the burnt mound and associated hearth and pits, excavated by Goorik Dehaene (E3211). Radiocarbon dates place the site in the middle Bronze Age. (Dehaene 2009g) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 15 January 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coolmore.
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 Coolmore, about 1 in 20 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coolmore.
- 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 Coolmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Coolmore · An Chúil Mhór
- Area
- 607,944 m² (60.79 ha, 150.23 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ennereilly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Arklow
- Electoral division
- Ennereilly, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 465 people lived in 168 households in the Ennereilly electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymoyle, Ballytunny, Clonpadden, Ennereilly, Sallymount, Scratenagh
- Placenames
- Coolmore 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.