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Click here to check our new heritage-related posts. Coolamber and Beechwood Estate Local History Remembered By Bill Attley The Rathcoole Playing Fields (A brief History by Paddy Gavin)
Year: 2020
Winifred Mabel Letts (1882- 1972)
Winifred Mabel Letts (1882- 1972) was a poet, novelist, and playwright married to William Verschoyle of Saggart. (She is buried in Rathcoole Churchyard). (Article by Mervyn Ennis, Saggart Heritage group) Check out our Heritage page to read more
Slievethoul and Lugg walk
Slievethoul Trail The Four Districts Area has many walks that one can enjoy. The first walk is the Slievethould Trail, in the Slade Woods. It has many entrances which makes it easy to access. Coolmine Covert The second one is the Coolmine Covert. You can access it from Lugg Road and walk through to … Read more
Strategic Housing Development for Rathcoole Opposite Peyton Estate
Strategic Housing Development for Rathcoole Opposite Peyton estate A notice was placed on lands opposite Peyton Estate, dated the 16th July Virtus project managers indicating the intention of Romeville ltd. (A Stanley company) to make a submission to an Board Planeala directly to allow their previous proposed proposal for housing opposite Peyton to proceed, … Read more
Rathcoole Draft Master Plan Series – County Development Plan – April 2020
The Importance of the County Development Plan – How the growth of Rathcoole is determined by County Development Plans. The development of Rathcoole is not a surprise. It has been planned. It has been set out in successive South Dublin County Council Development Plans. What has this to do with the proposed draft Master Plan … Read more
Rathcoole Draft Master Plan Series – Overview – April 2020
The Draft Master Plan for South Dublin County Council owned lands in Rathcoole – Overview The Plan South Dublin County Council (SDCC) presented mixed tenure developments at the Council Meeting of the 8th of July 2019. The presentation included a Draft Master Plan for SDCC owned lands in Rathcoole. This was subsequently well covered on local … Read more
Rathcoole Draft Master Plan Series – The Housing Development and Rathcoole Woodlands – April 2020
The Draft Master Plan for South Dublin County Council owned lands in Rathcoole –The Housing Development and Rathcoole Woodlands The Plan One of the components of the South Dublin County Council (SDCC) Draft Master Plan for Rathcoole is the provision of 250 houses of mixed tenure; 100 affordable, 100 social and 50 private (Figure 1). … Read more
Updates on Shops that are open in Rathcoole in the week of 25th May 2020
The Following shops are open Monday 25 May 2020 on Main street Rathcoole, now that we are phase 1 of reopening. Poitin Stil is now open for Take Aways Wed To Sunday 1 To 8pm, also Stitch and Sew has reopened selling hand made reusable face masks for adults and children. Other local shops now … Read more
Rathcoole Draft Master Plan Series – The GAA Lands and the SDCC Sports Pitch Strategy – April 2020
The Draft Master Plan for South Dublin County Council owned lands in Rathcoole –The GAA lands The Plan One of the components of the South Dublin County Council (SDCC) Draft Master Plan for Rathcoole is the provision of four pitches, a pavilion, maintenance building and associated car park (Figure 1). The total area in question … Read more