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Housing estate in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland

Rathcoole

Rathcoole is a housing estate in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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It was built in the 1950s to house many of those displaced by the demolition of inner city housing in Belfast city. Rathcoole is within the wider Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough. Its approximate borders are provided by O'Neill Road on the north, Doagh Road on the east, Shore Road on the south and Church Road and Merville Garden Village on the west.

How locals move

Getting around Rathcoole the local way

  • Get inOn Thursday one bus extends to Enniscorthy, Wexford and Rosslare ferry port.

From Wikivoyage: Blessington, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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