away with them. When people are cured they leave something in thanksgiving.
Saint Colman's well was formed as follows - it is said that when Saint Colman was building the tower a woman went to draw water, and when she saw the tower she said "that is great work": but she forgot to bless it. This made Saint Colman angry. He jumped from the top of the tower and alighted on Kilrea where a well sprang. This is how it was called Saint Colman's well.
There is a "wart well" in Mr. Creed's land and if you bathed a wart in it the wart would be cured.

Saint Colman is the patron Saint of this place. There is a well named after him beyond in Geata Buidhe. There are seven churches also in it but they are only ruins now. The water in the well is a cure for sore eyes. People visit the place once a year in honour of St. Colman on the 5th of November. People are called after him yet in this place.
There is a rock in the middle of a field in Freagh called "Rock Colie".
Once upon a time a women by the name of "Bríghidh na gCearc" lived in Geata Buidhe. She insulted St Colman. Colman said she was all right if God would ever forgive her. She died of cancer. Nearly every bit of her had decayed before she died.

away from corn which his master had just sown. On the same day his master went to races which were held in Ardrahan. When the man arrived in Ardrahan he saw St. Colman there and asked him why he didn't mind his job, and St Colman answering said that before leaving he put the prides into the barn.
When the master went home he opened the door of the barn and to his surprise the brides came flying out in thousands that was the first miracle St Colman performed.

It is supposed that if a person sees a red fish in Saint Colman's well that it is a cure for bad sight. There was a woman in Gort once and she had very bad sight and no doctor could cure her. She said prayers around Saint Colman's well once a week for three weeks. On the night of the last day when she was in bed she woke up very early and there was bloud in her eyes and the next morning she could see perfectly well! Saint Colman's well is about three miles from Gort.

The name of the saint connected with Cloyne and district is Saint Colman.
The Roman Catholic Church is called after him and also the Protestant Cathedral.
A statue of Saint Colman is erected right over the main door of the Catholic Church.
It is said that the saint built the Round Tower in one night. Saint Colman is buried in Cloyne.
Saint Colman's Young Men's Society Hall is called after him too.
I mentioned in the last composition about the well dedicated to him. Saint Colman's day falls on 24th of November, but is not a holiday of obligation.

Saint Colman is the patron saint of this district, his well is in Killaspic, and his seven churches are in Killmacdugh. There is also a well there and when Saint Colman was born his mother had to fly from his father's anger and when his mother wanted his him to be baptised, she saw two moks approaching.

There is a well in the bounds of Clare. It is known as Tobar Mic Duaigh. St. Colman slept in it. There is a cure in the place around for sore eyes or a pain on the head. Saint Colman has a path from nGlann Colum Cille to the end of Bothar na Mias

There is another well in Banard called St Colman's well. Little is known about it. But some say that St Colman put his foot in the grass and the print is still visible.

'Sé Naomh Colmáin naomh Patrúin an cheanntair seo. Chuir sé eaglais ar bun i gClúain. Níl an eaglais le feiscint anois.
Deireann na seandaoine gur thóg Naomh Colmáin an túr atá i gCluain in aon oidhche amháin, míle agus ceithre céad bliadhain ó shoin. Go moch ar maidin nuair d'eirig seana-bhean thug sí fé ndeara an túr agus Colmán ar a bhárr ag obair. Ní dúbairt sé "Bail ó Dhia ar an obair". Bhí fearg ar Colmán agus do léim sé go dtí Lorg- áit atá suidte míle ó Chlúain. Deirtear go raibh piast[?] a luirge ar an áit.
Núair a bíonn na buacaillí ag dul fé láimh Easboig tógann siad an ainm "Colmán". Cuireadh Colmán i gClúain. Is é 24adh lá de Shamhna lá Naomh Colmáin. Ní lá Saoire é.
Tá tobar beag beannuithe trí míle ó Chluain i lár na páirce. Teigheann daoine ann lá 'le Colmáin.

Tá áit cois an paróiste atá mé ina cómhnuidhe agus ise an ainm ata na Cinala. Bhí fear Naomha ina cómhnuidhe ann agus ise an ainm a bhí air ná Naomh Colmán. Bhí cloch mar leabaidh aige agus bhí buachaill aige. Deabhráth air do rígh Connact ab eadh Colmán. Aon lá amháin tháinig ocras ar an mbhuachaill agus dubhairt sé leis an naomh é agus cuir se paidir

St Colman's well: This well is situated in the Killaspic, Kilchreest, Loughrea, Co. Galway. It is so called because St Colman spent a part of his time in a hut beside this well. The people perform there every year on the 1st of November.
It is said that there is a cure for any disease in that well if the person to be cured says certain prayers to St Colman and firmly believes that is a cure in the water. If the person is cured they usually see a white trout in the bottom of the well.
Our Lady's Well: This well is situated in Athenty. The people perform there every year on the 15th of August.

The Patron saint of this district is St. Colman. He was baptised in corker in Kiltartan and there is a well situated there which is called St. Colmans well.
St. Colman spent a great part of his time in Hillaspic and Kilshreest. There is a well situated in the district of Killaspic which got its name from St. Colman.
The people of the district perform at that well every year on the first of November.

St Colman was born in the Co. Cork about the year 522. The building of the church in Cloyne is mentioned by the author of the life of St. Bernard abbot of Clonfert in these words - "This Colman founded the church of Cloyne which is at this day a Cathedral, and famous in the province of Munster. He flourished in the sixth century and at last slept peacefully in the Lord on the 4th (Sic) of November 640."
The most interesting thing in the church yard is the ruins of the Fire House. Some think that we have here the remains of a Pagan temple. But Sir R.C. Hoare and other authorities think it was the ancient oratory of St. Colman. It was called by the old people St Colmans chapel, and his bones are believed to be interred there.All the Irish Annals are agreed that the Danes made their first appearance in this county in the year 495. Churches and monastries

Saint Colman is the patron saint of Cloyne. The catholic and protestant churches, as well as the catholic cathedral in Cobh, are called after him. A beautiful statue of Saint Colman is erected in front of the Chapel. The Catholic Young Men's Society Hall is also called after him. The churches are in good repair and are in use at the present day. The churches were not built by the saint but they are dedicate ho him.
The only Legend told about the saint is how he built the round tower, and I have mentioned that in the composition about the holy wells. Saint Colman was the first bishop of the diocese of Cloyne. The well which he formed was the scene of many miracles. The saint was buried in the old cemetery in Cloyne. The saints day is not observed as a holy-day, but it is a day of devotion. His feast day falls on the 24th November every year.

whom he becames greatly attached. Colman O'Cluasaigh was, it seems a most accomplished scholar and had moreover and Irishman's love for poetry and song. Dr Todd has published, the first volume of the Liber Hymnororum a very beautiful Irish hymn composed by Colman to invoke for himself and his pupils the protection of God and his saints against the yellow plague which devastated Ireland between the years A.D. 660-664. He is described in the preface to that hymn as a reader of Cork (fer-legind) and is said to have composed it when he was fleeing from the plague with his pupils to take refuge in some island of the sea, because it was thought the contagion could not extend beyond nine waves from the land, which, even from a sanitary point of view, was likely enough. He also composed about the same time an elegy on the death of Cummian. From St. Finbarrs school Cummian seems to have gone to visit his half-brother Guare who was King of South Connaught at this period or a little later on. As Cummian who was already famous for sanctity and learning and belonged to an influential family, who would now be ready enough to acknowledge the relationship, we can easily conceive how his own merits and Guaire's influence would have procured his selection for the bishopric of Clonfert. "All the Martyrologies and Annals" says Cardinal Moran "agree in styling St Cummin Fada the bishop and abbot of Clonfert". But it is not easy to fix the exact date of his appointment. We find the death of Senach Garbh, Abbot of Clonfert marked by the Four Masters under the date A.D 620 and his successor Colman died according to Archdull in the same year which he gives as A.D. 621. As there is no other obituary of a bishop of Clonfert noticed in our Annals until the death of Cummian himself in AD. 661 we may, perhaps

Cloyne (Cluain Uamha) The Meadow of the caves is a place of great antiquity. It was founded by St Colman (Colmán Mac Lenm) in 560 A.D.St Colman was born in south Cork in 522 A.D. and was related to the ruling families of Munster. It is said that he was introduced to the True Faith by "Brendan the Navigator". The chief interest in Cloyne at present is the Round tower, the Caves and the Cathedral.The Round tower is in a wonderful state of Preservation and is now used as a Belfry for the Protestant Church the original Catholic Cathedral. The Tower at present is 92 feet high with a battlement top. The original conical Point was knocked down by Lightning on the 10th January 1749. Like all the Round Towers of Ireland its origin remains a mystery.Tradition (Local) says that the tower was built by St Colman in one night and he was unable to finish it as a woman appeared in the early morning and asked him what he was doing. He gave no reply but in a rage he leaped from the tower and landed at a place 1 1/2 distant called Lurrig on a stone leaving to mark of his knees on the stone. Such a stone existed up to 70 years ago when it was broken up by a road contractor.It is supposed that the tower originally was built

The following tales were told by Mr Leahy of Inagreega, Midleton to his daughters Peggy and Mary. He was told these tales by his mother.
St Colman, the Patron of Cloyne was going to build a little house for his mother at Kilva, in the parish of Cloyne and he went to Carrigshane for the foundation stone. The stone fell off his back and sank on a rock on Mr Mc Carhty's farm at Gerah. The priest of five fingers is to be seen on the big stone, even to the present day. There is just as much of this stone under ground, as there is over ground.
Another story is also told of this same stone. Once while St Colman was out, his mother and sister had a row, and when the saint came in, he found his mother crying. St Colman asked what was the cause of her tears, and when he was told, he got so angry with his sister Baa, that he threw a stone after her as she ran from him. The stone landed in Mc Carthy's field at Gerah, and the print of five fingers is still in the stone. The print of the sister's foot is in Mr Leahy's rock at Carregagour.
Another story about St Colman tells that his sister used to go to Cloyne mass every morning. On her way home, she used to go into a house in Cloyne for a spark of fire, and bring it home in her apron. The apron never caught fire, till one morning she got a new pair of shoes at Jerry the Brogues in Cloyne, and

1. ConahyConahy Parish was severed from Ballyragget in 1832 after the Emauncipation. In April 1840, Esker, Kilcollan, Lisnafunchin Newtown and part of Maudlin were added from Muckalee. Inchakill was then taken from Conahy and added to Muckalee. The townsland of Conahy with portion of Shanganna formerly constituted a district parish know as Kilcolmamissin or Kilcolman. Kilcolman or St Colman's Parish Church stood about 150 yards west of the present Conahy Parish Church, in a small green field to the right of the road to Toulksrath Castle. In 1760 the old chapel of Conahy was built on its foundations and the stones of St Colman's Church were used in building the new church. In 1839 the ruins were cleared away and the site converted into a cabbage garden. Serious loss of stock & other misfortunes befell the owner of the garden. He thought it unwise to interfere with it furthur so he let it into grass & and left it undisturbed.
St Colman is supposed to be buried in the old church (St Colman's) & his grave was at the Gosple side of the old Conahy Church.
There is a holy well called Tobar Pháil a little to the north of Conahy Chapel which was frequently visited by pilgrims in olden times.
About half a mile from N.W. of Conahy Chapel is a field about ¾ of an acre in size called "Shannabhavaun" or old cabin. Here there is a square enclosure 53 yds. across, with