Kilmallock

Kilmallock () is a town in south County Limerick, Ireland, near the border with County Cork, 30 km south of Limerick city. There is a Dominican Priory in the town and King's Castle (or King John's Castle). The remains of medieval walls which encircled the settlement are still visible.

== History == ===Foundation and development=== thumb|Kilmallock Abbey|Kilmallock Priory thumb|Sarsfield Street Saint Mocheallóg (literally 'Mo - Ceallach - Og' meaning 'my young Ceallach') built a church in the area in the early 7th century, and the town's name derives from the Irish Cill Mocheallóg meaning "the church of Mocheallóg". This saint also established a hermitage or a small community of monks on Inisvickillane, one of the Blasket Islands off the coast of County Kerry. In St. Kieran's College, Kilkenny, an ancient statue of Mocheallóg was venerated, depicting him as a bearded man with a monk's cowl.