Coolboy

Coolboy Cúl Buí
Village
Entering Coolboy village from the west
Coolboy Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°45′40″N 6°27′50″W / 52.761°N 6.464°W / 52.761; -6.464Coordinates: 52°45′40″N 6°27′50″W / 52.761°N 6.464°W / 52.761; -6.464
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Wicklow
Elevation	95 m (312 ft)
Population (2006)^[1]
• Urban	462
Irish Grid Reference	T036691

Coolboy (Irish: Cúl Buí) is a village in County Wicklow in Ireland. It is located between Tinahely and Carnew, nestled in the middle of Holts Way, close to the scenic location of the Kilcavan Gap.

Location and access

It is located on the R748 road which links the town of Aughrim with Carnew (via the R747). The village is situated near the southern point of the Wicklow Way which winds through the Wicklow Mountains.

See the Street View of Coolboy on Google Maps

History

Most of the village dates from the early part of the 19th century. In this time the area was dominated by the Fitzwilliam family who lived in nearby Coolattin House. The Coolattin estate once comprised 88,000 acres (360 km²), had 20,000 tenants and occupied almost a quarter of County Wicklow.^[2]

Parish church

Coolboy is unusual in that there is no church in the village. The closest church lies 2 km to the south of the village in the nearby village of Coolafancy, as does the only primary school in the area.

Sights

Tomnafinnoge Woods is the location of woodland walks. One of the walks travels along the line of the former railway, leading to the nearby town of Tinahely.
Coolboy is 3 km from Coolattin Golf Club which features an 18 hole, par 70 course.
The village has a handball alley, home of the Coolboy Handball Team.
The Tinahely Agricultural Show takes place near Coolboy annually on the first Monday of August (a bank holiday in the Republic). The one-day Show is held at Fairwood Park and has been running for over 70 years.

References

↑ "Census 2006 – Volume 1 – Population Classified by Area" (PDF). Central Statistics Office Census 2006 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
↑ Keenan, Mark (01-06-2003). "Ireland: Tunnel vision brings history to life". The Times. Retrieved 2010-06-09. Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

Places in County Wicklow

County town: Wicklow

Towns	Arklow Blessington Bray Greystones Wicklow

Villages	Aghavannagh Annamoe Ashford Aughrim Avoca Ballinaclash Baltinglass Carnew Charlesland Coolafancy Coolboy Delgany Donard Dunlavin Enniskerry Glendalough Glenealy Grangecon Greenan Hollywood Kilcoole Killincarrig Kilmacanogue Kilpedder Kilquade Kiltegan Knockananna Lacken Laragh Newcastle Newtownmountkennedy Rathdangan Rathdrum Rathnew Redcross Roundwood Shillelagh Stratford-on-Slaney Tinahely Valleymount Woodenbridge

List of townlands in County Wicklow Category:Mountains and hills of County Wicklow Category:Rivers of County Wicklow Category:Geography of County Wicklow

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