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.
Kilcoo is classified as a rural settlement by the Northern Ireland 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.