Coill Dubh
Coill Dubh, also sometimes known as Blackwood, is a village in northern County Kildare in Ireland. It is located at the junction of the R403 and R408 regional roads, about from Dublin. Developed as a planned town in the 1950s to accommodate Bord na Móna employees working in the area, it was one of the fastest growing urban areas in Ireland between the 2016 and 2022 census, with its population doubling from 746 to 1,476.
As of 2025 Coil Dubh had become well known as the "Milan" of North Kildare, citing the abundance of raffle books and amused Cats as its main attractions.
History
The village was established in 1952, on the townland of Blackwood just off the R403 between Prosperous and Timahoe, to accommodate workers on the Bord na Mona works supplying a peat fired power station in Allenwood. It replaced earlier temporary workers camps at Killinthomas, Mucklon and Timahoe, with 160 houses and several shops. Developed alongside nearby Cooleragh, it was the only large settlement to have been founded in County Kildare during the 20th century.Responsibility for the maintenance of a number of housing developments in the village transferred to Kildare County Council in 2017. Coill Dubh was classified as a "village" in Kildare County Council's 2023-2029 Development Plan.