School: Colmán, Fíodh Árd (roll number 14081)
- Location:
- Colman (Cramptmore), Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Dhomhnaill
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This is mentioned as a prebend in 1437 when Thomas Bylian was prebendary of New Chapel. There was an Abbey there in Pre-Norman days. It was destroyed at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries in the reign of Henry VIII.
Coleman is now a townland: it was a parish prior to the Reformation. Its church - the remains of which are still to be seen - was probably dedicated to St. Coleman and then the parish came to be called Coleman.
The head of Saint Coleman is carved on a large stone in the Gable wall which is still standing. Large mounds surround the ruin - they are the graves of the Monks who once inhabited the monastery of Coleman. There is also a well called Saint Coleman's Well convenient to the Old Church.Written by Teresa Hartigan. Coleman N.S
Related by Mrs R. Crotty. 80 years. Coleman.
- Collector
- Teresa Hartigan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Crotty
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Colman (Cramptmore), Co. Tipperary
