1743 witnessed the construction of Mary Mercer's endowed charter school in Rathcoole, establishing educational excellence that would nurture future revolutionaries including Felix Rourke, born here in 1765, who rose to become United Irish secretary for Uppercross barony and co…
Rathcoole is a small place in County Dublin. We're still writing the proper hub for it — pubs, food, walks, the things to skip — and it'll appear here when it does.