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Saint Colman mac Duagh (c. 560 – 29 October 632) was born at Corker, Kiltartan, County Galway, Ireland, the son of the Irish chieftain Duac (and thus, in Irish, mac Duach). He initially lived as a recluse, living in prayer and prolonged fastings, first on Inismore, then in a cave at the Burren in County Clare .
Kilmacduagh Monastery is located in a small village of the same name, about 5 km from the town of Gort.. The name of the place translates as "church of Duagh's son". [1] It was reportedly the 7th century Saint Colman, son of Duagh who established a monastery here on land given to him by his cousin King Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin of Connacht, who had a fortified dwelling near what is today ...
Since 1976, Kilmacduagh has been one of the sees held by the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe. [2] [3] In the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church bishopric of Kilmacduagh continued as a separate title until 1750 when Pope Benedict XIV decreed that it be united with the bishopric of Kilfenora.
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Colman of Kilmacduagh, 7th-century Bishop of Kilmacduagh; Colmán of Kilroot, contemporary of St. Ailbe; Colmán of Lindisfarne (died 676), bishop of Lindisfarne; Colmán of Lann, patron saint of Lann; St. Colman (martyr) (7th century), companion of St Kilian and St Totnan; Coloman of Stockerau (Colmán) (died 1012), Irish pilgrim martyred in ...
1223: Seachnasaigh Ó Seachnasaigh, the son of Gilla na Naemh Ó Seachnasaigh, was slain by the Clann-Cuilen, a deed by which the Bachal mor of St. Colman, of Kilmacduagh was profaned. 1224. Gilla na Naemh Crom Ó Seachnasaigh, Lord of the Western half of Kinelea of Echtge, died.
Coleman would live well past the age of 12, but in 1985, when he was 17, he grew sick. The transplanted kidney was re-absorbed into Coleman's body, leaving him without a single kidney.
At the same time, the ordinary of the United Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh was appointed, in perpetuum, as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Kilfenora. [ citation needed ] The bishopric of Kilmacduagh had been a separate title until 1750 when Pope Benedict XIV decreed that it to be united with the bishopric of Kilfenora.