Rathcoole

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Rathcoole

Total population

5,792

Coordinates53.28°, -6.47°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Rathcoole is an outer suburban village in County Dublin, Ireland, south-west of the city of Dublin, and in the local government area of South Dublin.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

M

Michelle Smith

Irish swimmer

Patrick Sarsfield

Irish Jacobite peer (1655-1693)

Arthur Guinness

Irish brewer and the founder of the Guinness brewery business and family (1725–1803)

Emma Byrne

Irish association football player

William Francis Patrick Napier

Irish soldier in the British Army and military historian (1785-1860)

Michael Fitzgerald

Irish psychiatrist and academic

Art O'Connor

Irish politician (1888-1950)

Ruby Walsh

Irish jockey

E

Eamonn Oliver Walsh

Irish Roman Catholic Bishop

Liam O'Flynn

Irish musician (1945-2018)

K

Kate Walsh

Irish politician (1947-2007)

John Devoy

Irish rebel leader and journalist (1842–1928)

G

George Gordon

British botanist (1806-1879)

Trevor Brennan

Irish rugby union player

Aidan Higgins

Irish novelist (1927–2015)

B

Blaine Kelly

Gaelic football player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Dublin

• Saggart
  1 mi away · pop. 4,573
• Newcastle
  1.9 mi away · pop. 4,526
• Brittas
  3.2 mi away
• Clondalkin
  4.1 mi away · pop. 45,165
• Tallaght
  4.4 mi away · pop. 101,055
• Ballyboden
  7.1 mi away · pop. 5,193
• Castleknock
  7.7 mi away
• Ongar
  8 mi away
• Dundrum
  9.3 mi away
• Glencullen
  11.1 mi away · pop. 376
• Ballyogan
  11.3 mi away
• Kilternan
  11.8 mi away

Browse all places in Dublin →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Rathcoole

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-09-25

Eurasian Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

Seen 2026-09-24

Common Sow-thistle

Sonchus oleraceus

Seen 2026-09-24

Marmalade Hover Fly

Episyrphus balteatus

Seen 2026-09-24

Eurasian Jackdaw

Coloeus monedula

Seen 2026-09-24

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-24

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-09-22

Bronze Beetle

Chrysolina bankii

Seen 2026-09-22

European beech

Fagus sylvatica

Seen 2026-09-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).