1952 marked the birth of Coill Dubh as County Kildare's only 20th-century planned settlement when Bord na Móna constructed 160 houses and four shops to accommodate workers supplying the Allenwood peat-fired power station, transforming the ancient Blackwood townland into Irelan…
Coill Dubh is a small place in County Kildare. We're still writing the proper hub for it — pubs, food, walks, the things to skip — and it'll appear here when it does.