Kilcoole

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Place details

Locality: Kilcoole
Region: Leinster
Country: Éire / Ireland
Population: 4,239
Timezone: Europe/Dublin

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Kilcoole
Settlement.native_name_lang: ga
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: OldKilcooleParishPump5293.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Pump in the centre of Kilcoole
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ireland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Leinster
Settlement.subdivision_type3: County
Settlement.subdivision_name3: County Wicklow
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_as_of: 2016
Settlement.population_total: 4239
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Wikidata facts

Population: 4239
Elevation: 8
Image: OldKilcooleParishPump5293.jpg

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Commons category: Kilcoole
Irish Grid Reference: O293080
native label: Cill Chomhghaill

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Kilcoole () is a town in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is south of Greystones, north of Wicklow, and about south of Dublin. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Kilcoole was used as a filming location for the Irish television series Glenroe, which ran through the 1980s and 1990s.

The town has a large industrial estate to the south. An area of marshland runs along the coast from Kilcoole south to Wicklow town, called the Murragh. This area is home to many endangered species of plants and animals. The nearby beach is the summertime home of the little tern, one of the few places in Ireland where these birds nest. Within Kilcoole, is an area of flora known as the Rock which is a huge rock/hill that predates the Cambrian Period.