Cúil Aodha (pronounced [ˌkuːlʲ ˈeː]), anglicised as Coolea,[1] is a townland and village in the Gaeltacht region of Muskerry in County Cork, Ireland.
Cúil Aodha townland is in the civil parish of Ballyvourney,[2] and is an official Gaeltacht area, where the Irish language is used alongside English.
[6] According to the 2016 census, of the 216 people living in Cúil Aodha and the small area surrounding it, 86% were able to speak Irish.
[7] In the Gort na Tiobratan electoral division, in which the village is located, 45% of that population (353 people) stated that they speak Irish on a daily basis outside the education system.
The Mark Éire factory, which specialises in climate control technology, opened in 1987 and is still manages its Irish operations from Cúil Aodha village.