Rathcoole, County Cork
Rathcoole
Ráth Cúil Rathcool | |
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Village | |
  Rathcoole Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°05′42″N 8°58′28″W / 52.095058°N 8.974494°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Rathcoole, also spelled Rathcool (Irish: Ráth Cúil) is a village in the north west of County Cork, Ireland. It is in civil parish of Dromtarrife in the barony of Duhallow.[1] Rathcoole is within the Cork North-West (Dáil constituency) .
Location and amenities
Rathcoole is located south of the River Blackwater inbetween Millstreet and Banteer. Rathcoole once had a train station on the Mallow–Tralee line but it closed in 1963.[2] The nearest station is now Banteer railway station. There is a primary school located in the village called St. Brendan's national school.[3]
Sport
In Gaelic football and hurling, Dromtarriffe GAA club represents Rathcoole, and the club's fields are located just outside the village.[4]
Rathcoole also has a soccer team called Rathcoole Rovers F.C.[5]
Aerodrome
Rathcoole Aerodrome is located 1 km north of the village, and there is a community-funded rescue helicopter located there.[6]
References
- ^ "Ráth Cúil / Rathcool". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission.
- ^ Kerryman, The (January 10, 2009). "Rebel Cork's Fighting Story, 1916-21: Told by the Men who Made it : with a Unique Pictorial Record of the Period". Mercier Press Ltd – via Google Books.
- ^ "About St.Brendan's N.S. | St. Brendan's N.S."
- ^ "Info". dromtarriffe.gaa.ie. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ "Extratime.ie - Rathcoole Rovers". www.extratime.ie.
- ^ "Air ambulance service waiting for lift-off". www.irishexaminer.com. April 24, 2019.