What is recorded here
The Ordnance Survey Letters of 1838 recorded that the 'tradition in the place is that St. Colman [of Doire Mór] founded a monastery here, from whom the Parochial name Kilcolman (ecclesia S. Colmani) is formed' (O' Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 31). However this tradition appears to be incorrect as the church of Doire/Daire…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF038-007004
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