Coill Dubh
Coill Dubh | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Coill Dubh Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°17′32″N 6°49′03″W / 53.29236°N 6.81752°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kildare |
| Population (2016)[1] | 746 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 645 | — |
| 1966 | 786 | +21.9% |
| 1971 | 920 | +17.0% |
| 1981 | 876 | −4.8% |
| 1986 | 772 | −11.9% |
| 1991 | 693 | −10.2% |
| 1996 | 682 | −1.6% |
| 2002 | 592 | −13.2% |
| 2006 | 684 | +15.5% |
| 2011 | 693 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 746 | +7.6% |
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Coill Dubh (Template:IPA-ga; meaning "black wood"[4]) is a town in Ireland in northern County Kildare, at the junction of the R403 and R408 regional roads, about 40 km (25 mi) from Dublin. It had a population of 684 as of the 2006 census,[5] representing an increase of 15% over the 2002 census. By the time of the 2016 census, Coill Dubh had a population of 746 people.[1]
The village is home to Coill Dubh GAA club, which has won the Kildare Senior Hurling Championship eleven times.
History
The town was established in 1952 on the townland of Blackwood ("Coill Dubh" is an Irish translation), just off the R403 between Prosperous, County Kildare and Timahoe, County Kildare to accommodate workers on the Bord na Mona works supplying a peat fired power station in Allenwood.[6] It replaced earlier temporary workers camps at Killinthomas, Mucklon and Timahoe, with 160 houses and four shops.[citation needed]
See also
Bibliography
- Timahoe Historical Society: Historical Paths Revisited with contributions by Owen Denneny, Liam Egan, Patience Pollard, Ted Creavin, Liam Holton, Paddy Byrne, Andy Flaherty, Aileen Saunders and John Clohessy.
References
- ^ a b c "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Coill Dubh (Blackwood)". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ http://www.cso.ie/census and www.histpop.org
- ^ "Coill Dubh (Kildare, All Towns, Ireland) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information".
- ^ "Coill Dubh / Coill Dubh". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Central Statistics Office Ireland, Census 2006, Table 5 – Population of Towns ordered by county and size.
- ^ "Reunion to mark the origins of Coill Dubh". leinsterleader.ie. Leinster Leader. 13 July 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013.
