Kilcock

Kilcock is a city and townland within the north of County Kildare, Ireland, at the border with County Meath. Its populace of 6,093 makes it the 9th biggest city in Kildare and 76th biggest in Ireland. The city is located 35km west of Dublin, and is on the Royal Canal. Local industries consist of a big Musgraves distribution centre which elements SuperValu and Centra stores throughout lots of the country .Kilcock takes its name from the 6th century Saint Coca who based a church beside the Rye River, a primary tributary of the River Liffey.

The saint is traditionally stated to were a sister of St. Kevin of Glendalough; with the aid of profession she become an embroiderer of church vestments, inclusive of the ones for St. Colmcille. A holy properly dedicated to Coca, previously concept to be misplaced inside the lower back-yards of Kilcock, is believed locally to be in the vicinity at the back of the Ulster Bank, and her banquet is remembered on 6 June.