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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 ...
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]
It is the site of Kilmacduagh monastery, seat of the Diocese of that name. The diocese is now part of the Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe in the Church of Ireland. The former cathedral is now a ruin. The village is 5 km (3 mi) to the south-west of Gort via the R460 ...
Birth of Máel Ruba (Old Irish spelling), or Malruibhe (died 722), sometimes Latinised as Rufus, a monk, originally from Bangor, County Down, and founder of the monastic community of Applecross in Ross, one of the best attested early Christian monasteries in modern-day Scotland. Death of Domnall mac Áedo, a High King of Ireland since 624 or ...
This is a timeline of Irish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Ireland. To read about the background to these events, see History of Ireland . See also the list of Lords and Kings of Ireland , alongside Irish heads of state , and the list of years in Ireland .
1558–1572: John O'Tiernay 1591 Matthew Warde; 1621– John Wingfield 1624–>1642: John Yorke 1662–1697: Dudley Persse 1697–1719: Stephen Handcock (also Dean of Clonmacnoise)
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
Peter Killikelly, OP (1703 - 1783) [1] was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop and Bishop of Kilfenora in the 18th century. [2]Killikelly became Bishop of Kilmacduagh in 1744. In 1750 Pope Benedict XIV decreed that it to be united with the bishopric of Kilfenora.