Coonmore
Coonmore is a townland in the civil parish of Hollywood, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow. Its name in Irish is An Cuan Mór.
- Area
- 68 ha
- 168 acres
- Land parcels
- 8
- registered freehold, median 3,524 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coonmore, from 2,383 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres) to 412,253 m² (41.23 ha, 101.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Coonmore 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
10 Jul 2025Conditional
Re-sagging (“re-tensioning”) of the existing conductor along an approximate distance of 16km of the Maynooth - Turlough Hill 220 kV overhead line (OHL) circuit within County Wicklow; and re-sagging of approximately 1.5km of the existing conductor along the Dunstown - Turlough Hill 220 kV OHL circuit within County Wicklow; A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared to accompany this planning application
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560525
26 Jun 2025N/a
Re-sagging (“re-tensioning”) of the existing conductor along an approximate distance of 16km of the Maynooth - Turlough Hill 220 kV overhead line (OHL) circuit within County Wicklow; and re-sagging of approximately 1.5km of the existing conductor along the Dunstown - Turlough Hill 220 kV OHL circuit within County Wicklow; A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared to accompany this planning application
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560469
30 Mar 2023Conditional
demolish existing two storey dwelling and to build a replacement two storey dwelling with single storey annexes to side & rear, to upgrade existing septic system to current EPA guidelines and for all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23318
7 Dec 2022Refused
extraction of sand and gravel materials from the site. The proposed site area is 8.44 hectares, and the proposed extraction area is 5.52 hectares. The proposed development includes a surface mounted weighbridge, wheel wash, portacabin office, canteen and welfare facilities with all site ancillary works, and fencing. It is proposed to extract 50,000 tonnes per annum for a period of 10 years. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Nutura Impact Statement(NIS) have been submitted in respect of the proposed development
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221306
16 Nov 2021N/a
The development will consist of the extraction of sand and gravel materials from the site. The proposed site area is ca. 20.308 hectares and the proposed extraction area is ca. 17.79 hectares. The proposed development also includes a surface mounted weighbridge , a wastewater treatment system and percolation area, portacabin office, canteen and welfare facilities on site together with all site ancillary works, drainage, wheel wash and fencing. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development.
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211372
5 Nov 2021N/a
extraction of sand and gravel materials from the site. The proposed site area is ca. 20.308 hectares, and the proposed extraction area is ca. 17.79 hectares. The proposed development also includes a surface mounted weighbridge, a wastewater treatment system and percolation area, portacabin office, canteen and welfare facilities on site together with all site ancillary works, drainage, wheel wash and fencing. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development.
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211354
26 Oct 2021N/a
extraction of sand and gravel materials from the site. The proposed site area is ca 20.308 hectares and the proposed extraction area is ca 17.79 hectares. The proposed development also includes a portacabin office and canteen on site together with all site ancillary works, drainage, wheel wash and fencing. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211281
13 Oct 2020Conditional
single storey extension to the side of the existing single storey dwelling and for all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 201021
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir 000731
Recorded monuments
- WI016-001 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Situated on the NE edge of a gentle slope with higher ground to the W and NW. Part of circular or oval enclosure truncated at the N by a road. Defined at the S by curving earth and stone bank (present L 12m; Wth 1.2m) faced inside and out by a revetment of small boulders surviving, in places, to two courses. No indication of entrance, external fosse or internal features. Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coonmore.
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 Coonmore, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coonmore.
- 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 Coonmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Coonmore · An Cuan Mór
- Area
- 680,188 m² (68.02 ha, 168.08 acres)
- Civil parish
- Hollywood, and its townlands
- Barony
- Talbotstown Lower
- Electoral division
- Lugglass, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 188 people lived in 57 households in the Lugglass electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Granamore, Lockstown Upper, Lugglass Lower, Lugglass Upper, Slievecorragh, Walterstown
- Placenames
- Coonmore 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.