Colman Mac Duagh depicted in stained glass by Wilhelmina Geddes (Hugh Lane Gallery)
Born
560 Corker, Kiltartan, County Galway, Ireland
Died
632 (aged 71–72)
Venerated in
Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy
Saint Colman mac Duagh (c. 560 – 29 October 632) was born at Corker, Kiltartan, County Galway, Ireland, the son of the Irish chieftain Duac (and thus, in Irish, mac Duach). He initially lived as a recluse, living in prayer and prolonged fastings, first on Inismore, then in a cave at the Burren in County Clare. With his relative, King Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin (d. 663) of Connacht he founded the monastery of Kilmacduagh, ("the church of the son of Duac"), and governed it as abbot-bishop.
He has been confused with Saint Colman of Templeshanbo (d. 595), who was from Connacht and lived somewhat earlier.
Saint ColmanmacDuagh (c. 560 – 29 October 632) was born at Corker, Kiltartan, County Galway, Ireland, the son of the Irish chieftain Duac (and thus,...
reportedly founded by Saint Colman, son of Duagh in the 7th century, on land given him by his cousin King Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin of Connacht. Kilmacduagh...
called Magheranoidhe, in County Wexford, at what is now Adamstown. ColmanmacDuagh studied under Enda of Aran and became a hermit on Inishmore, before...
Edwin of Northumbria, king of Deira and Bernicia October 29 – Saint ColmanmacDuagh, Irish abbot and bishop Abu Dujana, companion of Muhammad Chilperic...
1968) Christian feast day: Abraham of Rostov Blessed Chiara Badano ColmanmacDuagh Douai Martyrs Gaetano Errico James Hannington (Anglicanism) Michele...
("Fort of Guaire" in Irish). He was the patron of his first cousin St. ColmanMacDuagh (giving him the land for Kilmacduagh monastery) During the Middle Ages...
at Kilcolgan, County Galway. He would have been contemporary with ColmanmacDuagh and Surney of Drumacoo. His sister, Feilis, also founded a Christian...
stations are performed. In Keelhilla townland lies the hermitage of ColmanmacDuagh, a pilgrimage destination since medieval times and the site of a small...
Lodge, Gort. He died on 14 July 1852 and was buried in the grave of ColmanmacDuagh. His sister was grandmother to the writer Charles French Blake-Forster...
offered sanctuary to a boar, Saint ColmanmacDuagh had a pet rooster that also served as an alarm clock and Saint Colman of Templeshambo owned a flock of...
Edwin of Northumbria, king of Deira and Bernicia October 29 – Saint ColmanmacDuagh, Irish abbot and bishop Abu Dujana, companion of Muhammad Chilperic...
(1818–1902) Vatican.va, article in French Canonization of 5 blesseds Fagnant-MacArthur, Patrice (2013). The Catholic Baby Name Book. Ave Maria Press. p. 18...
(Sourney, Sairnait, Surney, Sorney), a female saint and associate of ColmanmacDuagh. She was buried here at the site known as St. Sourney's Bed. Drumacoo...
St. Aedan of Ferns (born 550), an early bishop of Ferns. Death of ColmanMacDuagh co-founder the Kilmacduagh monastery 632 or 633 Death of the legendary...
Declan of Ardmore Saint Albert of Cashel Saint Colman of Dromore Saint Colman of Cloyne Saint ColmanMacDuagh Saint Comgall of Bangor Saint Finbarr of Cork...
that Coman should be identified with ColmanMacDuagh or Caimin of Inis Cealtra. Both were related to Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin whose fort of Dunguaire Castle...
assumed to have been built to honor three saints, each named Colman, including ColmanmacDuagh. The outer enclosure was around 50 to 100 m from the inner...
cromlech stand in Cooleamore. There is a holy well dedicated to Saint ColmanmacDuagh in the townland of Cahermakerrilla. The original church has disappeared...
seventh century, the monastery of Kilmacduagh was founded by Saint Colman, son of Duagh. It was not until 1152 that the Diocese of Kilmacduagh was established...
Kilmacduagh Monastery early monastic site, founded 6th-7th century by St Colman son of Duagh on land granted by Guaire, King ruined by William Fitz Adelm de Burgo...
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