Rathcoola is located seventeen miles north west of Cork city.

Rathcoola House is a large refurbished country house that was originally built for the Right Honourable Horatio Townsend in 1752, and named after the river that flows through the property.

It was later owned by a Reverend Cotter who was noted for giving food to local peasants during famine if they would agree to become Protestants.

By 1900 the property was owned by the Catholic Church and eventually fell into private hands.

Rathcoola is set in substantial grounds and has a walled garden with 150 year old apple trees.

There are pubs and villages nearby.