Coill Dubh (; meaning "black wood") is a town in
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
in northern
County Kildare, at the junction of the
R403 and
R408 regional roads, about from
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
. It had a population of 684 as of the 2006 census, representing an increase of 15% over the 2002 census. By the time of the 2016 census, Coill Dubh had a population of 746 people.
The village is home to
Coill Dubh GAA club, which has won the
Kildare Senior Hurling Championship
The Kildare Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised since 1888 by Kildare GAA among the top hurling clubs in County Kildare, Ireland. Up until 2012, the winner received the Seán Carey Cup but a new trophy in honou ...
eleven times.
History
The town was established in 1952 on the townland of Blackwood ("Coill Dubh" is an
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
translation), just off the R403 between
Prosperous, County Kildare
Prosperous () is a town in north County Kildare, Ireland. It is within the townland of Curryhills, at the junction of the R403 and R408 regional roads, about from Dublin. Founded in the late 18th century, its 2016 population was 2,333, mak ...
and
Timahoe, County Kildare to accommodate workers on the
Bord na Mona works supplying a peat fired power station in
Allenwood.
It replaced earlier temporary workers camps at
Killinthomas,
Mucklon and
Timahoe
Timahoe (: 'House of Mochua') is a village in County Laois, Ireland, south of Portlaoise on the R426 regional road.
The population of Timahoe in 2002 was 517, a 2.6% increase since 1996. It increased to 527 in 2006. Retrieved dead link with ...
, with 160 houses and four shops.
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Ireland
Bibliography
* Timahoe Historical Society: ''Historical Paths Revisited'' with contributions by Owen Denneny, Liam Egan, Patience Pollard, Ted Creavin, Liam Holton, Paddy Byrne, Andy Flaherty, Aileen Saunders and John Clohessy.
References
External links
Coill Dubh library
{{County Kildare
Towns and villages in County Kildare
Articles on towns and villages in Ireland possibly missing Irish place names