Coolaney
{{short description | Village in County Sligo, Ireland}}
{{distinguish|text=Collooney, a town in County Sligo}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Coolaney
|native_name = {{lang|ga|Cúil Áine}}
|native_name_lang = ga
|settlement_type = Village
|image_skyline = Coolaney-main.jpg
|image_caption = The main street in Coolaney
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|pushpin_label_position = right
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Ireland
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Connacht
|subdivision_type3 = County
|subdivision_name3 = County Sligo
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|unit_pref = Metric
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|population_as_of = 2016
|population_footnotes = {{cite web | url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=B79F69FC-B360-4CDB-8390-818DDD83222F | work = Census 2016 | title = Sapmap Area - Settlements - Coolaney | publisher = Central Statistics Office | access-date = 22 February 2018}}
|population = 990
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|timezone1 = WET
|utc_offset1 = +0
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|elevation_m = 60
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Coolaney ({{Irish place name|Cúil Áine|Áine's Corner}}{{cite web | url = http://www.logainm.ie/en/1416771 | title = Cúil Áine/Coolaney | work = Placenames Database of Ireland | publisher = Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University | access-date = 22 February 2018}}) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. Coolaney sits at the foot of the Ox Mountains with the river Owen Beg running through it around which is a walk. The remains of an old mill are located along the riverside walk, and the remains of the sluices under the mill can still be clearly seen, as well as the outfalls into the nearby river.
Amenities
As of the 2016 census, Coolaney had a population of just under 1,000 people, a significant increase in the ten years since the 2006 census, when the village had a population of just over 200 people.{{cite web|url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/sligo/0320__coolaney/ | website = City Population | title = Coolaney (Ireland) Census Town | access-date = 12 March 2020 }}
Coolaney's Roman Catholic parish church is located in Rockfield, approximately 800 m from the village centre. Across from St. Joseph's Church is the national (primary) school, Rockfield National School. The village also has memorials to the 1916 Rising and to a local man who died during the Irish Civil War.
An old railway line, no longer in use, runs through the village. Mullagh Lough, to the northwest of Coolaney village, is used for fishing.{{Cite web |last=myleskelly |date=2018-04-19 |title=Bailieboro & Virginia Coarse Angling Centres II {{!}} Fishing in Ireland - Catch the unexpected |url=https://fishinginireland.info/coarse/east/cavan/virginia/ |access-date=2024-11-17 |language=en-GB}}
There is a riparian walk in Coolaney. It won the "Tidiest town in Sligo" title over 12 times. Coolaney Tidy Towns Committee was founded in 1969.{{cite web|title=About us|url=http://www.coolaneyrockfieldtidytowns.com/about-us.html|website=CoolaneyRockfield Tidy Towns|access-date=1 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202055517/http://www.coolaneyrockfieldtidytowns.com/about-us.html|archive-date=2 December 2016|url-status=dead}}
Protected structures in the area, as listed by Sligo County Council, include Leyny Station, Coolaney Bridge and Rockfield Roman Catholic Church.{{cite web|url = http://www.sligococo.ie/media/Media,2804,en.pdf | work = Sligo County Development Plan 2005-2011 | title = Section 11.5 Coolaney-Rockfield Mini-Plan | publisher = Sligo County Council | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110609151122/http://www.sligococo.ie/media/Media,2804,en.pdf | archive-date = 9 June 2011 }}
Coolaney and nearby village Mullinabreena are a combined Gaelic football team.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
Gallery
File:Coolaney-train-station.jpg|The train station at Coolaney. The line and station are no longer in use.
File:Coolaney-church.jpg|Coolaney R.C. church
File:Coolaney-shop2.jpg|Bar in Coolaney
File:Coolaney-school.jpg|Coolaney national school.
See also
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