KEVIN is an Irish saint and descended from a royal line. He was given the name Coemgen which means "gentle one". It is said that he first lived in Kilnamanagh (church of the monks) in Tallaght, Dublin 24, but moved on to Glendalough. Locals say that it was his monastery that was demolished by developers in the 1970's when the building the housing estate that there today. St's Kevin's well is all that remains today as the plot was unsuitable for building. It is now surrounded by a garden kept by locals in the saint's honour. St. Kevin is today the patron saint of Kilnamanagh parish. Feast day- June 3