Rathcoffey

Rathcoffey
Ráth Chofaigh
Village
Rathcoffey

Location in Ireland

Coordinates: 53°20′N 6°41′W / 53.33°N 6.69°W / 53.33; -6.69Coordinates: 53°20′N 6°41′W / 53.33°N 6.69°W / 53.33; -6.69
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Kildare
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC-1)

Rathcoffey or Rathcoffy (Irish: Ráth Chofaigh, meaning "Cofaigh's ringfort") is a village in County Kildare, Ireland.

Churches

Rathcoffey church is part of the Clane & Rathcoffey Parish. The church was built in 1710.

Education

Rathcoffey National School has an enrollment of 199 in the 2013/2014 year. There are 10 teachers, one special needs assistant and two secretaries. See the website for more information.

Pubs

Rathcoffey has two pubs one of which is located inside the GAA clubhouse. The other pub called Tierney's is located on the main road and was set up in 1960. It is generally the main drinking hole in Rathcoffey.

Sport and Voluntary Groups

GAA

There is one GAA club in Rathcoffey.The club was founded in 1888.They typically wear the colors blue and white. They play Hurling, Camogie and Gaelic Football. For more information see Rathcoffey GAA. Rathcoffey Football were Kildare JFC Champions 1990.

History

The Wogan family of Rathcoffey Castle were the principal landowners in the Middle Ages.[1] In 1453 a private war erupted between different branches of the family for possession of the Castle.

People

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Ball, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 John Murray London 1926
  2. ↑ Ball Judges in Ireland

Rathcoffey GAA club

See also

http://rathcoffeyns.scoilnet.ie/blog/

  1. ↑ "Seamus Cullen's Personal Web Site". seamuscullen.net. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/28/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.