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About Rathcoole

Rathcoole, Ráth Cúil in Irish, is a village in County Dublin, 16 km south-west of Dublin. It stands on the N7, R120 and L2003. The map gives it 2,448 buildings and 92 named streets, with 284 places named on them in 76 kinds, and 285 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 36th largest of the 50 settlements this site covers in County Dublin.

Population
5,792, as the map records it
Where
16 km south-west of Dublin
Position
53.2813° N, 6.4679° W
Roads
N7, R120, L2003, L2004, L6018, L6048, L6052 and L6061
Governed
Dublin County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
2,448 buildings, 92 streets, 284 named places in 76 kinds
Rathcoole main street
Rathcoole main street·瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Rathcoole main street
Rathcoole main street·瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Dublin since 1841

Every census of the county, which is the only way to see what happened to rural Ireland: the fall from the Famine runs for a century, and the recovery is recent.

1,458,154372,77318412022

Source: Central Statistics Office, table F1001 'Population at Each Census', read through the PxStat API, read 2026-09-20.

What to see

Closest to the centre first, with how far each one is.

All 285 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N7, R120, L2003, L2004, L6018, L6048, L6052 and L6061 running through Rathcoole. 6 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

13 lines call at 34 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

4 school or colleges on the map: Holy Family National School, Holy Family Community School, Scoil Chronain and Scoil Chronain - Prefabs.

Questions people ask

Where is Rathcoole?
In County Dublin, in the province of Leinster, 16 km south-west of Dublin and 16 km from Dublin, on the N7, R120 and L2003.
How big is Rathcoole?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 2,448 buildings, 92 named streets and 284 named places, which by building count makes it the 36th largest of the 50 settlements this site covers in County Dublin.
What is there to see in Rathcoole?
285 things the map records in and around it, the closest being St. Bridget's Well, Rathcoole Woodland and Sand Pit.
How do you get to Rathcoole?
13 bus and train lines call at 34 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead Ireland and Nitelink, Dublin Bus.
Has County Dublin grown or shrunk?
The census counted 372,773 people in the county in 1841 and 1,458,154 in 2022.
2,448
buildings on the model
92
named streets
284
named places
76
kinds of place

Buildings, streets, places, roads and position are OpenStreetMap, counted by this site rather than quoted from anywhere. Population, elevation, area and twinning are structured claims on Wikidata. County population is the Central Statistics Office. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable. Every sentence on this page is written from those numbers; none of it is copied from a description of the place.

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