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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

In 1868, the parish of Kilcolman contained the following places:

"KILCOLMAN, a parish in the baronies of Ballybritt and Clonlisk, King's County, province of Leinster, Ireland, 23 miles S.E. of Birr, its post town. It is 5 miles long and 4 broad. The surface is watered towards the W. by the Little Brosna, and consists of middling soil. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Killaloe, value £161, in the patronage of the bishop. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Etagh. Here are six day schools. The principal seats are Rathmore, Dromoyle, and Sharavogue. This parish is the alleged site of a monastic establishment founded by St. Colman at the close of the 6th century. Two convents are also said to have stood here.

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018