At the height of the fall-out in 2002, his home in Rathcoole, north Belfast was hit with a pipe bomb.

Le Coule was on the site of the present Rathfern / Rathcoole housing estates.

The survivors retreated, joining up with a party from Clondalkin, and a further engagement took place at the turnpike on the Rathcoole road where the enemy was successfully repulsed.

Like nearby Newcastle and Saggart, Rathcoole was on the periphery of the Pale and was the site of many battles with mountain-based rebels, particularly the noted Joyce clan.

In the late 18th century Rathcoole was composed mainly of mud huts, and as late as the early 20th century it consisted of only one street.

It was built at a cost of stg £ 6, 800 and was designed to house 519 people from Celbridge, Lucan, Rathcoole, Leixlip, Maynooth and Kilcock, an area containing 25, 424 people.

In 1615, the church was reported as being in good repair but fifteen years later the church is stated to have fallen down, and the Protestant parishioners attended Rathcoole church.

The survivors retreated, joining up with a party from Clondalkin, and a further engagement took place at the turnpike on the Rathcoole road where the enemy was successfully repulsed.

In its current incarnation the seat was created in 1981 and had completely different boundaries from the original pre-1977 constituency, being based around the areas of Clondalkin, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, Tallaght, Templeogue, and parts of Terenure.

In 1998, it was reduced in size and electorate, losing territory, including Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart and Clondalkin, to the new Dublin Mid – West seat.

The accident rate was a factor in the postponement of the entire Naas road scheme by the Fine Gael led coalition government in August 1956, leaving the Johnstown and Rathcoole sections of the road in a semi-finished state until the re-election of a Fianna Fáil government.

Prior to 2006 the N82 route was designated as following the Mill Road through Saggart, between the N81 west of Tallaght and the N7 near Rathcoole.

Rathcoole has a well-maintained and landscaped park run by South Dublin County Council and a local community centre which caters for local events and training courses.

: Clondalkin-Cappaghmore, Clondalkin-Dunawley, Clondalkin-Moorfield, Clondalkin-Rowlagh, Clondalkin Village, Lucan-Esker, Lucan Heights, Lucan-St. Helens, Newcastle, Palmerston Village, Palmerston West, Rathcoole, Saggart ;

Michelle Smith de Bruin ( born 16 December 1969 in Rathcoole, County Dublin ) is a retired Irish swimmer who achieved notable success in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, becoming Ireland's most successful Olympian to date, and whose career ended with a ban from the sporting authorities for tampering with a urine sample.

After the Second World War, many people from the New Lodge moved to new housing developments in suburban areas like Ballymurphy, New Barnsley, Rathcoole and Glengormley.

It a secondary school for students form Rathcoole and those commuting from the nearby towns of Clondalkin and Tallaght and the villages of Saggart and Brittas.

Many of these run from areas near Clondalkin, such as Rathcoole and Newcastle, into the city centre via Clondalkin.

* Rathcoole ( likely from Ráth Cúile meaning " nook of the ringfort ")

On 25 – 26 October 2010, the UVF were involved in rioting and disturbances in the Rathcoole area of Newtownabbey.

Farther north, the 4 tower blocks in Rathcoole still dominate the local skyline, while in south Belfast, the tower blocks in Seymour Hill also remain standing.

There is also a flying club at nearby Rathcoole.

The rural villages of Saggart and of Rathcoole lie further west, along with the air force aerodrome at Baldonnell.

The constituency suffered the highest level of violence in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and covers many areas synonymous with the conflict – the New Lodge, Ardoyne, Rathcoole, Ballysillan and Woodvale.

Also in 1998, Dublin County Council named the new link road between Saggart and Rathcoole, two villages that are close to the Irish Air Corps headquarters at Baldonnel, as Fitzmaurice Road.

Rathcoole () is a suburban village, south west of Tallaght, Ireland, in South Dublin.

Forest Hills is the single largest housing development in Rathcoole, lying between Beechwood Lawns and the western end of the village.

There are several forts in the parish of Rathcoole, and while there is no definite explanation for the name ' Rathcoole ,' it could well be Rath Comhaill meaning ' the rath of Comhaill ', the father of Fionn.

The rath associated with Rathcoole is in a field between Rathcoole and Saggart.

There is also Holy Family National School located at the western end of Forest Hills and a Gaelscoil in Rathcoole Village.

The other pubs in the area are Muldowneys, Baurnafea House, and The Rathcoole Inn.

Rathcoole is also well known for its former Olympic winning swimmer, Michelle Smith, who won 3 gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Rathcoole is close to a number of golf courses: Slade Valley, Citywest and Beech Park.

Under long-standing bilateral agreements flowing from NATO membership, Italy hosts important U. S. military forces at Vicenza – home of 173d Airborne Brigade – and Livorno ( USA ); Aviano ( USAF ); and Sigonella, Nisida, and Gaeta – home port for the U. S. Navy Sixth Fleet.

A long-standing plan of the French had been the concept of an invasion of Great Britain which they hoped would lead to a swift end to the war if it was successful: in 1779 Spain entered the war on the side of France, and the increasingly depleted state of British home forces made an invasion more appealing and Amherst organised Britain's land defences in anticipation of the invasion which never materialised.

Some reasons that men seek vasectomy reversals include wanting a family with a new partner following a relationship breakdown / divorce, their original wife / partner dying and subsequently going on to re-partner and to want children, the unexpected death of a child ( or children-such as by car accident ), or a long-standing couple changing their mind some time later often by situations such as improved finances or existing children approaching the age of school or leaving home.

As his health declined, Monk's last six years were spent as a guest in the New Jersey home of his long-standing patron and friend, Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, who had also nursed Charlie Parker during his final illness.

Largely developed as a nodal collection of village-like settlements ( which remain distinct today ), including Mount Carmel ( home to Quinnipiac University ), Whitneyville, Spring Glen, West Woods, and Highwood, Hamden has a long-standing industrial history.

In a broadcast interview at WNUR Northwestern University radio station in Evanston, IL in 1984, Stiv Bators of the Lords of the New Church and the Dead Boys confirmed the long-standing rumor that it was he who had provided the peanut butter, having carried a large tub from his home in Youngstown, OH and handing it up to Iggy from the audience.

The long-standing demand for home rule had been replaced among Nationalists by a demand for complete independence.

It is widely speculated that Doria ’ s prevarication and lack of zeal were due to his unwillingness to risk his own ships ( he personally owned a substantial number of the " Spanish-Genoese " fleet ) and his long-standing enmity towards Venice, his home city's fierce rival and the primary target of Ottoman aggression at that time.

Greek folk music is found all throughout Greece Cyprus and several regions of Turkey, as well as among communities in countries like the United States, Canada and Australia. The island of Cyprus and several regions of Turkey are home to long-standing communities of Greeks in Turkey with their own unique styles of music.

Freeling was born in London, but travelled widely, and ended his life at his long-standing home at Grandfontaine to the west of Strasbourg.

In addition, they resolved long-standing rights issues with the music: the original theatrical version of the film made prominent use of The Four Tops ' " It's the Same Old Song ", but it had to be replaced with Neil Diamond's " I'm a Believer " ( made famous by The Monkees ) for the U. S. home video edition.

Later, Queen Victoria's long-standing patronage of the Isle of Wight and Ramsgate in Kent ensured the seaside residence was a highly fashionable possession for those wealthy enough to afford more than one home.

A long-standing home method involves using ice as a local anesthetic, a sewing needle as a puncture instrument, a burning match and rubbing alcohol for disinfection, and a semi-soft object, such as a potato, cork, or rubber eraser, as a push point.

The Greenwich Village folk scene is home to venues such as the long-standing landmark Bottom Line.

* ACOG Statement on Home Birth American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Reiterates its long-standing opposition to home births ( Feb 6, 2008 )

St Paul's is home to many long-standing traditions.

Amy and Isaac Post, a radical Quaker couple and long-standing friends of the Fox family, invited the girls into their Rochester home.

It cannot be ruled out that the subject may have learned Bengali earlier in life: both she and her father had a long-standing interest in Bengal, her home city had 1 % native Bengali speakers, she had read Bengali novels in translation, and she herself had taken lessons in reading Bengali.

The long-standing Bluebird Cafe remains a popular seafront attraction and is home to the ' large mixed 99 ' ice-cream and ' mega breakfast '.

Returning home from college, Smith took on the management of the vast estate of his father, a long-standing partner of John Jacob Astor, and greatly increased the family fortune.

Swan is currently home to a long-standing popular motorcross track.

The marriage led to a long-standing association between Allen and her home village, a few miles north of London.

Nuju and Whenua also weren't a good match, as their home districts have had a long-standing rivalry, but they worked together to get their disks: Nuju's frozen at the top of a Knowledge Tower, and Whenua's hidden among the artifacts in the Archives.