School: Cill Mhic Dhuach (roll number 6610)
- Location:
- Kilmacduagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Cathail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0165
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- (continued from previous page)hopped off him at that moment and went as far as Kilmacduagh. He knew then where to build his churches. He built seven churches there, and the ruins are still to be seen. He also built a monastry in Kilmacdaugh and was teaching school there. There were two hundred monks once there.
In one of these churches a man named Taylor is entombed and a drop is supposed to be falling on him every day of the year.
There is also a round tower in Kilmacduagh. It is about 110 feet in height. When Cromwell invaded Ireland it was one of the towers he thought to destroy. He fired at it from the hill of Tarmon but he only knocked off a small piece. It was rebuilt again and a man in this parish is still living which worked at the rebuilding.
St. Colman is buried in Kilmacduagh Cemetery and a palm tree is growing near his grave to show where he is buried.
The thunder or lightning never does any damage in this Parish since St. Colman died.
There are a lot of people called after him in the parish. The 29th of October is the feast day of St. Colman and the people never work(continues on next page)
