Kilcoo

Kilcoo
Irish: *Cill Chua*
Kilcoo Irish: Cill Chua;
	Location within County Down
Population	1,415 (2001 Census)
District	Newry, Mourne and Down District Council;
County	County Down;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWRY
Postcode district	BT
Dialling code	028
NI Assembly	South Down;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°13′55″N 6°01′44″W / 54.232°N 6.029°W

Kilcoo (from Irish Cill Chua, meaning 'church of mourning' – from the legend that Saint Patrick's body stayed there while on its way to Downpatrick to be buried)^[1] is a small village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies between Rathfriland and Castlewellan and is within the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area. The village is on the A25 Dublin Road 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Castlewellan. Kilcoo had a population 1415 people in the 2001 Census.