said and you were lifted up off the table and the bone supposed to be put in its right place.
St Coleman/s Well in Gortnakella south-west of Kilmacduagh is visited on two Mondays and one Thursday or two Thursdays and one Monday and rounds performed as a cure for sore eyes. People also sleep at the well and have a blessed candle lighting while there. If they fail to sleep they are not to be cured there. There is a fish in the well if he dashed across the bottom of the well when you are looking in, it is looked upon as a sign of a cure.

The Great Famine was not as keenly felt in Kilmacduagh part of this district as in other places owing to the fact that in the townland of Cloonafushin a man names Deane lived, who was a very extensive farmer . He cultivated all his land and had it set with potatoes and wheat. The potatoes in his land never blackened thought they were affected in every other farm.The people of the district who had money bought potatoes from this man. He gave a good share of labour so that the poor people went to work there for their food, which consisted of sour milk bought in the town of Gort ( At that time churns of milk came down

Mr. Lattey never interfered with his tenants at Election times he let them vote as they pleased but Walter Shaw Taylor adjoining always made his tenants vote for the Protestant M. P. severely punished those who refused.
He had two soup-schools in the Kilmacduagh parish and forced his tenants to send their children to these dens.
Church money or tithes were collected on the property of Tarmon and paid to the protestant Archdeacon in Gort £40 per year. this was resented by the people and after a time the landlord paid the money but collected it from the tenants.

The first hurling match played in Croke Park was between Galway - Tipperary and the match was organised in Gort by an old Gael, Dan Burke R.I.P. The hurlers were drawn from the men of Kilmacduagh most of whom are now dead. Tipperary men were easy victors.Bowling was a game much practised down to about forty years ago.Men and boys assembled every evening in Summer and on Sundays and made matches and bowled for stakes along the roads. They often went from ten to fourteen miles aong the roads on a Sunday. A good bowler often had three pounds coming home in the evening though the stakes were never higher than one shilling.

of Beagh in the county Galway. It stands on Mr. de Blaquiery's land on top of a hill.
The castle of Fiddane is about four miles from my house. It is in great order. There is a small castle a hundred yards away from the big one, and it is said there was a tunnel going from one to the other. The small one is very dangerous because there is a split right through it. The big castle was repaired about two years ago, and there is a big stone stairs going up to the top of it. There is a wall all round it and it is about four feet in thickness. The wall is about twenty feet high, The round tower and the seven churches are in Kilmacduagh. The round tower is a lovely building. The seven churches are in ruins.

Saint Colman is the patron saint of Gort and Kilmacduagh. He was born in Kiltartan. His mother’s name was Rinaghs and his father’s name was Duagh. Before he was born it was prophesied that Colman was to be the greatest man of his race. King Colman was king of Connaught at that time. He was a cousin of Duagh. When he heard the prophecy he was jealous. He told his soldiers to tie a stone round Rinagh’s neck and throw her into the river. They did that, but she was not drowned. She was saved by a miracle. A few days after that Colman was born, but there was no one to baptize the child. One day as Rinagh was praying two monks came along. One was blind, the other was lame. She asked them to baptize the child, but they had no water. One of them caught the child’s hand and touched the ground. Water sprang up and they baptized the child. The monks asked Rinagh to give them the child. We hear no more about Colman until he is a priest. He went to the Arran Islands and he built a church there. After some time he went over to the Burren Mountains

LandlordsA landlord is a man who owns a property free of rent. Some years ago the lands of Ireland were owned by landlords until the Irish Land Commission took overall the lands. In times gone by, some of the landlords were very cruel. if a poor tenant was not able to pay the rent, the landlords would send the sheriff and evict the tenant and threw himself and his family out on the roadside without food or shelter, and handed over the land to some favourite of his own. The Kilmacduagh farm was owned by a man named Blahes. He was a good landlord. When he died he left the property to archbishop Healy of Tuam. A man named O'Brien

The Patron Saint of this district is St. Colman. He lived around here for a number of years in a lonely valley in a place called Ought-mama between the mountains of Burrin. There is a well there called after him where people travel for miles to pray and give him honour on the 5th Nov and especially people who have weak sight, or sore eyes. There is no certainty about his birth place. The people of Gort claim he was born there, in a place called Kiltartan, but it is disputed. His burial place, is in Kilmacduagh, in the Parish of Gort. There is a church holiday kept there in his honour on the 29th October. The church in Gort is dedicated to his name, and his statue is over the door. There is a statue in the Tierneevan chapel also, kept in honour of him. We have no church holiday here in his honour, but the people living in Oughtmama do not work on Nov 5th, the day appointed to visit the well, and give him honour. There is an old story, that it was a church holiday around here one time. Two certain men had a fight at Colmans well

through the Gleninna mountains. It was composed of many small people dressed in black followed by a hearse. It came slowly and sadly until it came to a by-road near Ballyvaughan and vanished in a moment.
Before Jack the Lantern died he dreamt St. Peter was standing at the gate of Heaven preventing him from going into Heaven and the devils standing at the gates of Hell preventing him from going down to Hell. One of the devils took pity on him and handed him out a red coal to keep him warm. He said "To Heaven I know I never will go, But to be kicked out of Hell is the toughest yet".
When Saint Colman died a certain priest cursed him and said he wished one of his descendants would be found dead near the steeple of Kilmacduagh every Monday in the year. The people of the place asked another priest to lessen the spell and he said there would be a stare killed every Monday in the year instead of the human being. Every

They must stay there until some one takes the gold. I will give you a key and when you go back to Ireland, go there at Mass time and you'll find the door. Open it with this key and go in.
They will jump with joy but don't get frightened they are most eager to get away because when the gold is taken they are free.
The soldier thanked the old man and in due time came back to Caher cu-guola. He went at Mass time to the Caher, found their door and opened it. The dogs jumped with joy and he got frightened and rushed out leaving the key in the lock. After a while he recovered himself and came again to look for the door and the key, but he could find neither.
The belief exists in the locality that the gold exists there yet.
This caher is on the side of the road leading from Kilmacduagh to Ardrahan to the west, N. West

There is a blessed well in our parish in Kilmacduagh. It lies on the border between Clare and Galway. It is about three miles and a half from Gort, in the townland of Gopr na Coille. It is known as Saint Colman's well and many people are known to be cured of sore eyes, after doing rounds at that well. The rounds are to be done on two Mondays and a Thursday. There are no special prayers to be said but before leaving the well the pilgrims leave something after them, such as pins or coppers. Now again people sleep there and light candles.
The water in this well is never used for cooking purposes. People say it would never boil. There was a man in this parish who once tried to boil the water and soon after he lost his sight and was blind for the rest of his life.
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certain stones. There is a big stone there the shape of a cross and ti is there your begin. You may say any prayers you wish. You then come to there altar, and you will see seven stones there. You bless yourself seven times with the stones. You finish up at the cross again and you have to pray for the soul of Nell French. The visiting time is from the first Sunday in July to the fifteenth of August.
There is also another well in Cregg called Tobar na Lám. People go there to get their bones cured and some people sleep there for two or three nights. The well is situated about a quarter of a mile from the main road between Gort and Ennis. Several people were cured there. A man from Kilmacduagh had a very bad leg. The doctors had given up all hopes of him. He performed the rounds at Tobar na lám and after he had the third round done he was perfectly cured.
There is another well situated outside Ennis. It is called St John's Well, and will cure any disease. The rounds are done by going round the well six times and twice round the bush. The prayers that

There are a lot of blessed wells in this parish which are dedicated to Saint Coleman. There is one in Kiltartan where he was baptized It is situated on the right side of the Gort-Galway road. This well can cure sore eyes or sore feet and if a person slept overnight there they would get cured. The person would have to have a lighted candle near the well while he would be sleeping there.
The people pay visits to this well on the feast day of St Colman and they say the rosary there.
There is another well in Kilmacduagh which is called St Colman's well also. It is situated about 25 yards from the Clare border. It is said that when St Colman knelt and prayed in this place a well sprung up. The well is not deep and it's waters are beautiful and cool.
This water can never be (spoiled) boiled. It was frequently tried by many persons but everybody failed.
There was a brown fish in this well

district of Derry Brien, a village within the mountains to the effect that St Patrick and his associates made a brief story there as he journeyed through. The village is situated in the Confert Diocese and adjoins the exreme eastern extremity of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh.If in Derry Brien did he pass through Loughrea on his way to Roscommon? Without intending to discuss the question, or of the ancient legend, we think they possess sufficient interest to merit his passing at least The Church of Kilmalalahan now called Abbey. The first Religious buildings erected at Kilnalahan were erected by Carthusians _ 1280 abandoned 1821.In 1371 The Franciscans came to Abbey. The monastery was founded by one of the De Burgos "as fair a building as one could wish to see". In the late war both the monastery and Church were destroyed by sir Richard Bingham, but the moment the news reached the ears of the most noble Lady (Clanricarde's Mother) she ordered that the Church should be roofed and a wing of the monastery to be mad habitable for the community, nay more. The Early and Richard De Burgo (Red Earl) rebuilt the monastery and purchased the whole concern from the Crown.The Monastery was again suppressed by Henry VIII, Elizabith, but the Franciscans took possession of it again. In 1606 the monastic buildings and grounds were given to John of Dublin, who sold them to the Earl of Clanricarde. The latter repaired the monastery again and the Franciscans lived there until 1698 and we find the Abbey recognized as a Franciscan house 1730. In 1642 Ulick V Earl wit-

again that evening.There was an old woman living in Mohorra, and she could swim a long distance on her back. She was born and reared in one of the islands in Lough Corrib.Long ago there was a famous fiddler in this village called "Barach". People had no dance halls in those days, so they used to gather into the barns. They had to pay one penny for admission, and one penny for every dance they danced. Barach got this money.Seán Walsh of Kilmacduagh was a fine singer. He had a tune called "Porc na Locháin." He was supposed to have learned this tune from the fairies. This tune was first heard in a small lake near our village. One evening as Sean went down to the lake he repeated the tune after the fairies. This tune was never heard in the lake afterwards.A great old story teller, named Tom Flaherty lived in our village. He had a story called "Mada gearr na n-ocht gcos" and it used to take him six hours to relate this story.
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John Martin M.D. 1786. Skilful physician
wrote a treatise on Castleconnell Spa.
Charles Dupont - Eminent Surgeon.
wrote an ingenious treaty on Surgery
Died in 1750.
James Nihill M.D. wad descended from an ancient and not respectable family
He studied in Spain, Leyden and Montpelier
His Uncle was physician to King Philip V of Spain and discovered "pulse"
He published his observations on this in 1742 and was made F.R.S.
He wrote on Weather and Air
He wrote the Life and Doctrines of Christ.His Brother was
Laurence Nihill D.D. Bishop of Kilfenora and Kilmacduagh in 1727.He wrote Essay on Rational Self-Love
He wrote Essay on Redemption of Man and the principal events; prophecies; and figures from birth of Creation to the time of Christ.
Daniel Webb of Maidstone, near Bruree, wrote remarks on "Beauties of Poetry"