placenamesKilcolman
Cill Cholmáin
Ordnance Survey notes describe a route from the parish’s fields to the export trade at Limerick.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Cill Cholmáin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilcolman · English · main form
Place & story
A market route for the harvest
The nineteenth-century Ordnance Survey name books record Kilcolman’s corn being taken to Rathkeale for sale, then carried onwards to Limerick for export. Oats and potatoes were the usual crops, with some wheat also grown. The same account describes a contrast between poorer western ground and better land in the east. Farmers used lime to improve the soil, generally bringing it from Askeaton. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilcolman. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ordnance Survey name books, Kilcolman parish, No.71, printed page879 · Ordnance Survey; transcription hosted by Limerick Local Studies
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.