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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 ...
In the seventh century, the monastery of Kilmacduagh was founded by Saint Colman, son of Duagh. It was not until 1152 that the Diocese of Kilmacduagh was established at the Synod of Kells. After the Reformation, there were parallel apostolic successions. [1] In the Church of Ireland
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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 ...
When Colman came to Mayo he brought with him half the relics of Lindisfarne, including the bones of St. Aidan and a part of the true cross. This was reputed to be in Mayo Abbey until its vanishment during the Reformation in 1537. [2] Colman was stepping into a landscape that had been decimated by the plague of 664–665.
The Church of St. Colman is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the town of Gort in County Galway. Built in 1825 in a Gothic style , [ 1 ] it was altered and extended in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and is listed on the Record of Protected Structures by Galway County Council . [ 2 ]
Many legends are told of Saint Colman and of his holy well with its sacred ducks. In former days a large pond supplied from the well, where for ages after St. Colman's death a number of ducks were kept, which were believed to be under the saint's special protection, and on this account were regarded with affection and treated with great tenderness.