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Kilcolman

Cill Cholmáin

A local heritage account records the form of the townland’s holy well and the continuation of visits after its annual gathering ended.

Recorded locationKilcolman52.09193° N · 8.71611° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

cillchurch

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • Cill Cholmáin · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Kilcolman · English · main form

Place & story

The well beside the old burial ground

Writing in July 2024, Donie O Sullivan described Kilcolman Well as a spring enclosed by a low stone wall, forming a pool about two metres across. He located it near an old burial ground and a short distance from the county road, with vegetation obscuring the site. His account places the end of its pattern day in the late nineteenth century, while recording that people continued visiting for reputed cures into the mid twentieth century. The healing claims belong to the reported devotional tradition. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Cork
Barony
Duhallow
Civil parish
Kilshannig
Coordinates
52.09193, -8.71611
Mapped area
1.66 km²
Logainm ID
11831 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

1926 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Kilcolman. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Holy Wells of Kilshannig (Glantane) Parish, July2024 · Donie O Sullivan; Kilshannig Heritage Society
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.