Kilcoo ( – from the legend that Saint Patrick's body stayed there while on its way to

Downpatrick Downpatrick () is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the Lecale peninsula, about south of Belfast. In the Middle Ages, it was the capital of the Dál Fiatach, the main ruling dynasty of Ulaid. Its cathedral is said to be the b ...

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(see archival records) is a small village and

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in County Down,

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. It lies between

Rathfriland Rathfriland () is a market town in County Down, Northern Ireland. History In older documents written in English, the town's name was usually spelt ''Rathfylan'' or ''Rathfrilan''.

and Castlewellan and is within the

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area. Kilcoo had a population 1415 people in the 2001 Census.

Places of interest

Near Kilcoo is Lough Island Reavy, a small man-made lough. East of the lough is Drumena Cashel, a stone ringfort that was used in the Early Christian period (500–1200 AD).

Education

Saint Malachy's Primary School is a mixed gender school for students between the age of 4 and 11. It was opened in September 1970.

Sport

The village has one sporting club,

Kilcoo GAC Kilcoo Owen Roes (Irish: Eoghan Rúa Cill Chua) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Kilcoo, County Down, Northern Ireland. They are the most successful club in the Down Senior Football Championship having won it 19 times. The club has ...

. This a

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club with teams in Gaelic football and Camogie

2001 Census

Kilcoo is classified as a rural settlement by th
NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
. Kilcoo is named as Tollymore Ward SOA 1 (Super Output Area) as the data contains the village itself and surrounding townlands of the village. On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1415 people living in the Kilcoo area. Of these: *29.6% were under 16 years old and 12.2% were aged 60 and above *53.1% of the population were male and 46.9% were female *99.6% were from a Catholic Community Background and 0.4% were from a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' Community Background. *1.1% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.

Civil parish of Kilcoo

The civil parish is mainly in the historic barony) of Iveagh Upper, Lower Half with one townland in

Iveagh Upper, Upper Half Iveagh Upper, Upper Half is the name of a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It was created by 1851 with the division of the barony of Iveagh Upper into two. It lies to the west and south of the county, split in half by the Lordship of ...

Townlands

Clonachullion (Clanawhillan), Kilcoo, County Down

The civil parish contains the following townlands: * Aghacullion * Ardaghy * Ballaghbeg * Ballyhafry *

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* Burrenbane * Burrenreagh * Clonachullion * Cock Mountain Common *

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* Drumena * Fofannybane * Fofannyreagh * Letalian * Moneyscalp * Moyad * Slievenalargy * Tollymore Park * Tullybranigan * Tullynasoo * Tullyree

References

{{authority control Villages in County Down