Rathcoffey () is a village in

County Kildare County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the ...

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, around 30 km west of

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city centre. It had a population of 271 as of 2016

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. The village church, Rathcoffey Church, is part of the

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& Rathcoffey Parish, and was built in 1710. Rathcoffey National School, a co-educational Catholic

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, is the only educational institution in the village. Rathcoffey GAA is a

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(GAA) club based in Rathcoffey. The club was founded in February 1888. Teams representing the club play

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and

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. The Wogan family of Rathcoffey Castle were the principal landowners in Rathcoffey in the

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.Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921'' John Murray London 1926 In 1453, a private war erupted between different branches of the Wogan family for possession of Rathcoffey Castle.

Notable residents

* John Wogan,

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, was granted Rathcoffey about 1317, the first of the Wogans to live there. * Richard Wogan of Rathcoffey, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (died after 1453) was John's descendant.

Notable residents

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