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Kilmacduagh (Irish: Cill Mhic Dhuach, meaning 'church of Duach's son') is a small village in south County Galway, Ireland, near Gort. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name, in Kiltartan barony.
Kilmacduagh Monastery is a ruined abbey near the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. It was the birthplace of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh. It was the birthplace of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh. It was reportedly founded by Saint Colman, son of Duagh in the 7th century, on land given him by his cousin King Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin of Connacht.
In 610, Colman founded a monastery, which became the centre of the tribal Diocese of Aidhne, practically coextensive with the See of Kilmacduagh. [6] This is now known as the monastery of Kilmacduagh. Although reluctant to accept the title, Colman was ordained a bishop. His associates included Surney of Drumacoo. He died 29 October 632. [1]
The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora (Irish: Deoise na Gaillimhe, Chill Mhic Duaich agus Chill Fhionnúrach) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the west of Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Tuam and is subject to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuam .
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The Bishop of Kilmacduagh was an episcopal title which took its name after the village of Kilmacduagh in County Galway, Ireland. In both the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church , the title is now united with other bishoprics.
Robert King (born 1769 or 1770) was an Anglican Archdeacon in Ireland in the first third of the nineteenth century. [1]King was born in Dublin, his father Robert also being a clergyman.
Bishops and Apostolic Administrators of Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora [1] [2] [3]; From Until Incumbent Notes 1750: 1783 Peter Kilkelly: Appointed Bishop of Kilmacduagh on 22 June and consecrated 14 October 1744; he also was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora when the two dioceses united in September 1750; died 29 May 1783