Kilcock
Cill Choca | |
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Town | |
 Kilcock in the 1990s | |
  Kilcock Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°24′01″N 6°40′05″W / 53.4004°N 6.6681°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kildare |
| Population | 8,674 |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode | W23 |
| Telephone area code | 01 |
| Irish grid reference | O003360 |
Kilcock (Irish: Cill Choca, meaning 'church of St Cocha')[2] is a town and townland in the north of County Kildare, Ireland, on the border with County Meath. As of the 2022 census, it had a population of 8,674,[1] making it the eighth largest town in County Kildare and 61st largest in Ireland. The town is located 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of Dublin, and is on the Royal Canal. It is in a civil parish of the same name.[2]
Local industries include a large Musgrave Group distribution centre,[3] which supplies SuperValu and Centra stores across much of the country.
- ^ a b "Census 2022 - F1015 Population". Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. August 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Cill Choca/Kilcock". www.logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Musgrave Group". www.musgravegroup.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.