KILCOOLE

'Kilcoole' (''Cill Chomghaill'' in Irish), is a village in County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland. It is south of Greystones and north of Wicklow Town approximately south of Dublin. It was used as the set for the successful Irish television series 'Glenroe', which ran during the 1980s & 1990s. The village is currently expanding rapidly and is a dormitory town for many workers commuting to Dublin and Bray.

An area of marshland runs along the coast from Kilcoole for to Wicklow town called "the Murragh". The Murragh is home to many endangered species of plant and animal. The beach in Kilcoole is the summertime home of The Little Tern. It is one of the few places in Ireland where Little Terns nest. In the village is the Rock, a wild area of about a quarter of a hectare. A flora, The Flowering Plants of Kilcoole Rock (A5 booklet) is available free from Magic Mist Press, 20 Sylvan Lawn, Kilcoole, Co Wicklow, Ireland.
Kilcoole is in the Roman Catholic parish of Kilquade and the parish church is located in Kilquade about west of the village.

Contents

Sport

Transport

Education

External links

References

Sport

''Druids Glen'' golf course, which hosted the Irish open from 1996 to 1999 is located less than a kilometre away, on the Newtownmountkennedy road.

Transport

Dublin Bus provides services between Kilcoole and Dublin on their 84 bus with a journey time of about 80 minutes. There is a CIE railway station at the beach (approx 1 mile from the village). Kilcoole railway station opened on 30 October 1855.^[1] There is a limited train service - 6 trains a day stop in Kilcoole. Beside the railway station there is a monument commemorating the landing of a consignment of guns for the Irish Volunteers at Kilcoole by Sir Thomas Myles in August 1914.

Education

Colaiste Chroabh Abhann is the community secondary college located in the southern outskirts of Kilcoole village. It opened in September 2003 and currently accommodates c. 500 students from Kilcoole, Newtownmountkennedy, Bray, Greystones and Newcastle. The principal since the school's foundation has been Shane Eivers. The first state examinations took place in June 2006.

External links

★ Birdweb.net

★ Blackditch Wood Woodland, wetland nature reserve

★ Murrough map

★ Druids Glen Golf Club

References

1. Kilcoole station