Tag: Rathcoole

Rathcoole (from Irish: Ráth Cúile meaning “corner/nook of the ringfort”) is a housing estate in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. 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 Newtownabbey Borough.
In the 1940s and 1950s, a number of new large-scale housing schemes were planned for Northern Ireland including Craigavon and Rathcoole. These plans were informed by attempts by successive UK governments and the local parliament at Stormont to use large-scale social engineering to reduce underlying sectarian tensions in Northern Ireland. In common with other such areas, Rathcoole’s design included self-contained facilities such as a cinema, youth centre, a shopping centre and schools. In spite of these planned facilities, it has been acknowledged that they were insufficient for a population that grew rapidly to over 10000. The cinema had been shut down and a taxi service had…

Rathcoole Ireland Skateboard Lessons

Rathcoole, Ireland Skateboard Lessons You can learn skateboarding completetely in 2 weeks! This has been attended by over 2,500 skateboarders over the two years. We have taken the exact techniques from several Ireland’s pro skaters on what works best in their training and put it ALL in this one course. End The Frustration and Falling

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