Coolnakilly

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolnakilly, from 192 m² to 288,208 m² (28.82 ha, 71.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Coolnakilly 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.

• 4 Nov 2025Conditional

  the removal of condition 5(c) of the previous planning permission (Ref No 22/628) made by Wicklow County Council, that within seven years of the date of the decision, unless otherwise authorized by a separate grant of permission, the use of this building as an 'independent' living unit shall cease. Thereafter, this building shall be used as a garage, store, play room, gym, games room, hobby room or comparable use ancillary to the main dwelling and shall not contain an room that is laid out as or in use as a bedroom. Retention of existing independent living unit as constructed

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25316

• 31 Oct 2025N/a

  the removal of condition 5(c) of the previous planning permission (Ref No 22/628) made by Wicklow County Council, that within seven years of the date of the decision, unless otherwise authorized by a separate grant of permission, the use of this building as an "independent" living unit shall cease. Thereafter, this building shall be used as a garage, store, play room, gym, games room, hobby room or comparable use ancillary to the main dwelling and shall not contain an room that is laid out as or in use as a bedroom. Retention of existing independent living unit as constructed

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25309

• 30 Sept 2025N/a

  the removal of condition 2(a) of the previous planning permission (Ref No 22/628) made by Wicklow County Council, that within seven years of the date of the decision, unless otherwise authorized by a separate grant of permission, the use of this building as an "independent living unit" shall cease. Thereafter, this building shall be used as a garage, store, play room, gym, games room, hobby room or comparable use ancillary to the main dwelling and shall not contain an room that is laid out as or in use as a bedroom. Retention of existing independent living unit as constructed

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25290

• 22 Jul 2025Conditional

  stud farm and private dressage stables which will generally comprise of the following: • a new entrance and access road; • 2 No. stable blocks incorporating stores, tack rooms and toilets; • breeding barn; • outdoor and indoor arenas; • canteen and staff facilities; • a lunge / walker pen; • sheds / buildings for hay, dung storage and waste management; • a lorry shed; • on site effluent treatment / disposal system; • storm water management; • associated site development works, car parking and services and other infrastructure / welfare provisions for the project; This planning submission includes a Natura Impact Statement

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560555

• 9 Oct 2024N/a

  development of an equestrian farm. The development will generally comprise a new entrance access road; 3 stable blocks incorporating stores and tack rooms; outdoor arena; indoor arena with viewing area; staff facilities; sheds / buildings for storage of hay, straw, dung, waste management, machinery, lorries; a lunge / walker pen; breeding barn and operators’ residence together with associated site development works / services; effluent treatment / disposal; and other infrastructure / welfare provisions for the project. This planning submission includes a Natura Impact Statement

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460617

• 7 Mar 2023Conditional

  amendment of condition number 3 from planning reference 95/3126 to provide for removal of sterilisation agreement from part of the land and for the construction of a new dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment unit & polishing filter, connection to public water mains, new entrance onto public road and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23221

• 28 Feb 2023N/a

  for the removal of condition no 5C of the previous planning permission (Reg. Ref No. 22/628) made by Wicklow County Council "That within seven years of the date of this decision unless otherwise authorized by a separate grant of permission. The use of this building as an independent living unit shall cease. Thereafter, this building shall be used as a garage, store, play room, gym, games room, hobby room or comparable use ancillary to the main dwelling and shall not contain any room that is laid out as or in use as a bedroom."

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23191

• 13 Feb 2023N/a

  the removal of condition no 5C of the previous planning permission (Reg/ Ref No. 22/628) made by Wicklow County Council that within seven years of the date of this decision unless otherwise authorized by a separate grant of permission the use of this building as an ‘independent living unit shall cease. Thereafter, this building shall be used as a garage, store, play room, gym, games room, hobby room or comparable use ancillary to the main dwelling and shall not contain any room that is laid out as or in use as a bedroom;

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23124

• 22 Dec 2022N/a

  The removal of condition 2a of the previous planning (Reg. Ref No. 22/628) made by Wicklow County Council. "That within seven years of the date of this decision, unless otherwise authorised by a separate grant of permission, the use of this building as an 'independent living unit shall cease. Thereafter, this building shall be used as a garage, store, play room, gym, games room, hobby room or comparable use ancillary to the main dwelling and shall not contain any room that is laid out as or in use as a bedroom".

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221394

• 13 Sept 2022N/a

  1) amendment of condition number 2 of planning register reference 95/3126 to provide for removal of sterilisation agreement from part of the land. 2) Two storey dwelling house on family far. 3) Domestic garage. 4) Sewage treatment unit and percolation area to EPA guidelines. 5) Connection to existing public water mains. 6) Upgrade existing farm entrance to comply with sight line regulations. 7) All associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22991

• 15 Aug 2022N/a

  1) removal of condition No.3 of 1995/3126. (Dormer bungalow and septic tank.) Condition no.3: No other dwelling shall be erected on the 30 acre farm. 2) This removal is to allow for the provision of a family home for a family member

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22890

• 7 Jun 2022Conditional

  (1) An Integrated Extension to existing family farm house for an independent single storey mews, comprising of 1 bedroom ensuite, toilet, kitchen/living and dining area. (2) Upgrade existing septic tank/soak pit with a Sewage treatment unit and percolation area to EPA guidelines. (3) Connection to existing public water mains. (4) Access to mews off existing internal farm road. (5) All associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22628

• 7 Jun 2022N/a

  1) two story dwelling house on family farm, 2) domestic garage, 3) sewage treatment unit and percolation area to EPA guidelines, 4) connection to existing public water mains, 5) upgrade existing farm entrance to comply with sight line regulations, 6) all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22629

• 9 May 2022N/a

  1) two story dwelling house on family farm, 2) garage, 3) sewage treatment unit and percolation area to EPA guidelines, 4) connection to existing public water mains, 5) upgrade existing farm entrance to comply with sight lines regulations, 6) all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22510

• 20 Mar 2018Refused

  1 no single storey dwelling, on site wastewater treatment system and percolation area, all associated site works with access via existing site access

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18288

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Coolnakilly.

Recorded monuments

• WI025-041 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on low-lying ground, with no obvious water supply visible, burnt stone spread (WI025-042---) located 200m to the W. A spread of burnt stone (12m N-S x 12m E-W) with a variety of stone present, mostly fine gravel sandstone. Also some small quartz stones and some charcoal but not intense. Date of upload: 23 October 2012

• WI025-042 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on a very gentle E facing slope higher up the field than nearby spread of burnt stone (WI025-041---) located 200m to W. Located beside a stream and much of the site would appear to extend southwards into the overgrown and unploughed verge flanking the stream. The site is only exposed in the ploughed area of the field. The exposed area of the site measures 10m E-W x 4m N-S. With the exception of the quartz the burnt stone represented here is similar to the nearby burnt spread (WI025-041---). There is a dense concentration of charcoal visible in the burnt spread material. Date of upload: 23 October 2012

• WI025-069 Enclosure
  Description

  Visible on aerial photographs taken by M. Moore (16-07-06) as a possible enclosure under dense tree cover, in pasture. Date of upload: 24 October 2012

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coolnakilly.

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

At the centre of the townland of Coolnakilly, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3346 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Coolnakilly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Coolnakilly · Cúil na Coille

Area

1,444,920 m² (144.49 ha, 357.05 acres)

Civil parish

Glenealy, and its townlands

Barony

Newcastle

Electoral division

Glenealy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,861 people lived in 1,004 households in the Glenealy electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballykillavane, Ballyknockan Beg, Ballyknockan More, Ballymacsimon, Ballymerrigan, Ballymoat

Placenames

Coolnakilly 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.