There are three churchyards in this parish. The names of them are Kilcolman, Barnacaroll and Ballinasmall. Kilcolman is situated in the townland of Kilcolman. Barnacarroll churchyard is situated in the townland of Barnacarroll. Ballinasmall churchyared is situated in the townland of Ballinsmall.
They are all still in use and none of them round in shape. There is a churchyard in ruins in Kilcolman. All the churchyards are level. There are trees growing in Kilcolman graveyard. The churchyards contain very old tombs and crosses. The crosses are ornamented. There are crosses made of wood and iron and some of them are made of cement. There are people

There are three churchyards in this district namely Magourney which is partly in two sections one part reserved for the Catholics and the other for the Protestants, Aghabulloge and Kilcolman. Coachford graveyard is situated in the townland of the Gleepe and Kilcolman in the lands of Mr Buckley in Clonmoyle. The churchyard in Kilcolman is shaped round while that in Coachford is of an oblong shape. There are still the remains of an old ruin in Magourney churchyard and also in Kilcolman. Coachford graveyard contains a number of ancient crosses and headstones. the names and dates of those to whom the crosses and headstones were erected being inscribed. The headstones and crosses are of cut lime-stone but in

race meeting in the famous Kilcolman race course.

The name of the townland I live in is Kilcolman. It is in the parish of Kilcolman and in barony of Costello. Kilcolman Townland is small. There are only ten families altogether. The population is about thirty six.
The houses in KIlcolman are all very good ones. They are all new slated houses, except one, and that on is thatched and has white-washed walls. Three of the houses are two storey; each of the others is only one storey high.
The townland is called after a church, which was built by saint named Colman. The ruins of this church still stand in Kilcolman Cemetery.
There are only two old people in my townland, each of whom is over 80 years of age. The names of these two

Kilcolman Castle is now a local ruin. It is situated three miles north of the town of Donerile on the banks of Lake Kilcolman. Kilcolman Castle was the home of Mog-Ruad the Ard-Draoi of Ireland. From him descended Clann Macna a druidic clan. The Duggans who were descended from Clann Macna held sway in the district until 1014.The Mac Carthys ruled in Kilcolman from 1020 to 1587. Then Queen Elizabeth bestowed the castle to Spencer. A bitter bigotted man Spencer was to the Irish. He hated them and in return the Irish hated him. While living in Kilcolman Castle he wrote a poem called the "Fairie Queene." He called the River Awbeg the "Gentle Mulla" Sir Walter Raleigh used to visit him here from Youghal.When in 1607 the Rapparees burned the Castle Spencer was forced to flee for his life, through an underground passage. To England he fled where he died a year after in great poverty. The policy of Spencer was to exterminate the Irish Race.Lord Doneraile bought the Castle, and later it was sold to

The Patron Saint of this district is St. Colman. He was born in Innisbofin Island. He established a monastery in Mayo Abbey. The ruins of the monastery are still to be seen. In one of the walls there is a hole about three feet high and two feet wide. In the wall there a flight of stone steps which lead to the top of the building. There is a bigger hole at the top. It is known as the friars bed. St. Colman preformed many miricles there. There is a village called Kilcolman called after him. There is also a Holy Well there. The present Church in Claremorris is under his patronage. He also built monasteries in Kilcolman and Ballinsmalla. He is buried in Kilcolman. His feast day is the day before Ash-Wednesday.

Graveyards in this parish. They were three. Their names are, Kilcolman, Barnacarroll, and Ballinasmal.
Barnacarroll graveyard is situated in the village of Barncarroll, and Kilcolman graveyard is situated in the village of Kilcolman.
All the graveyards are still in use. There is a church in ruins in Kilcolman and there is also in Ballinasmal.
In Barnacarroll there are three landlords buried in a little house. There are shelves in it for coffins to be left on, and there an iron door in it and it is locked always.
There are trees growing round all the churches. The crosses are made of cement and stones. The unbaptised children were buried in forts.

In the penal times before any National school was erected the childred used to learn by the hedges. Before Feenagh school was erected there was a hedge school about half a mile from Coom bridge. There was another school near this place and the teachers were John Troy and John Creagh. Ned Donegan Kilcoleman Feenagh Obtained from Con Donegan Kilcolman. Coom bridge is situated in the townland of Kilcolman, Feenagh

There are three churchyards in the parish. Their names are Barnacarroll, Balllinamal and Kilcolman. These church-yards are situated in Barnacarroll Ballinasmal and Kilcolman. These church-yards are still in use. They are not round in shape.
There is a church in ruins in Ballinasmal and in Kilcolman. The church-yard of Barnacarroll has a hill and slopes north. There are trees in one of the church-yards.
There are old tombs and crosses in these churchyards. The crosses are made of wood and some of them are made of iron. The

There are three graveyards in the parish. There names are Banacarroll, Kilcolman, and Ballinasmal. They are situated in the townlands of Kilcolman, Ballinasmal and Barnacarroll. They are still in use. None of the churchyards are round in shape. There is a church in ruins in Kilcolman and in Ballinasmal. One of the churchyards is level. Some of them slope north.
There are trees growing in one of them. The churchyards contain some old tombs but not many. The dates of them are not known. The crosses are not ornamented. Some of the crosses are made of wood and others of iron. There are people buried within the ruins of the church. There are not

There are three graveyards in this parish. Barnacarroll graveyard, Kilcolman graveyard, and Ballinansmal graveyard. These graveyards are in use yet. There are none of these graveyards round in shape. There is a church in ruins in Kilcolman. There is a little house in ruins in Barnacarroll where landlords where buried. There are shelves and two coffins left on them.
There are trees growing round Kilcolman graveyard. In olden times unbaptised children were buried. There are people buried in ruins. Crosses are made of wood and iron. There are not ane graveyards that is not in use in the parish.
Families come

In our parish there are three graveyards, one in Kilcolman another in Barnacarroll, and another in Ballinasmalla.
In Barnacarroll the graveyard is at the back of the church, and the graves are arranged in lines and every family has his own burrying ground and it is railed with iron.
In KIlcolman the graveyard is situated near the main road and in it are the ruins of an old chaple which Saint Kilcolman built. The graveyard is not as well cleaned as the Barnacarroll graveyard. The people are buried all over the graveyard and there are no paths in it and the graves are not arranged in lines like the Barnacarroll graveyard.
The Ballinasmalla graveyard is situated near Claremorris and it is very clean and there is a large number of tombstones in it.
Long ago the places where children were buried were called "lisheens". In our village there is one place like that and now it is haunted.

In this parish there are four Grave-yards. One is situated in Barnacarroll one is in Ballinamala one in Kilcolman and one in Mr Merrick’s land. The one in Mr Merrick’s land was used for burying little children and children who were not baptised. They were buried in it about eighty years ago. There are only small stones over this grave-yard now. It has no name.
These grave-yards are of a square shape. There are the ruins of old churches in Ballinamala and in Kilcolman. There are five or six ash trees growing in Ballinamala grave-yard. It is sloping towards the south. There are a lot of crosses in these grave-yards. Some of them are made of wood and some of them are made of stone and more

The Breedogue river is shallow in many places and can be crossed by means of fords at Breedogue Bridge, Bella Bridge, Cloonshanville Bridge and at these places people from opposite sides of the river met and exchanged goods. The places in the neigbourhood of the bridges are thickly populated. The Lung River is also shallow and before St. Brigid's Church in Breedogue was built the people in West Callow went to Mass in Kilcolman in Ballaghaderreen parish. There was then no road from the district and the Lung River was crossed by means of a ford. This river is now crossed by a metal bridge and an old resident in Callow - he is now over 90 years - says that he well remembers having attended Mass in Kilcolman. This old man is Dominick Murren. He lives in Callow in the Parish of Kilnamanagh, Barony of Frenchpark, Co Roscommon.On Sundays and holidays and on the long evenings in Summer the young men and young women in the adjoining townlands congregated at the crossroads and whiled the time away by telling stories, relating current events in the locality or by dancing and here too in some(?) field close to the crossroads, many of the games, such as football, hurling etc. were played. Stone throwing, lifting weights, jumping, boxing etc were practised when the young men met. And as a rule it was at the crossroads the bonfire was kindled each 23rd June. The crossroads was the meeting place.

There is a great diference between the roads that are there now and the roads that were (there) in Ireland long ago because there were not any motor cars or bicycles in the country at that time. The main road to Waterville was from Coom along through Kilcolman down by the side of Aghatubrid school and then the same road as is there now from that out. The man who was stewarding from Coom to Kilcolman was "Tadg Conn" from Letter and he was also a famous boxer. He had eleven working men and their pay was one and nine pence a day. They should be at work at seven in the morning untill six o'clock in the evening and if they went on strike for higher pay they would be thrown of and anew set would take their places.
The reason why so many gaps are through the hills now-a-days is because in olden times there were not any main roads at that time

Stories of Giants.There was once two giants and an argument arose between them. They started boxing and either could not get the better of the other. They agreed to go to Knockfierna and throw rocks from its summit. One giant began, and the rock landed on Monah field in the Parish of Kilcolman, two miles south of Shanagolden, Co. Limerick, and the other giant's rock pitched on Donovan's Field, Grouse Lodge, Kilcolman, Ardagh, Co. Limerick.Told by Patrick Scanlan,
Kilcolman,
Ardagh,
Co. Limerick. 60 yrs.To. Patrick Tobin,
Lisbane,
Shanagolden,
Co. Limerick. 13 yrs.

year nine hundred and five. Again the place was burned in eleven sixty nine. But not by the Danes. Mac William Bourke sacked it in twelve thirty six. Mayo Abbey supplied the priests to the rectories of Mayo Abbey Kilcolman, Kilvine, Crossboyne, Teacheen, Anna, Robeen, Toughty, Roslee, Killicdla. As a diocese Mayo ruled from Kilvine to Achill.

There are two churchyards in the parish of Dromtariffe, both in same townland of Coolclough. One is the protestant and the other is the catholic graveyard commonly known as "Keels" in this parish. One is in "Fairyhill" one in "Kilcolman" another in "Derrygallon" and a fourth in "Dromina". The four "Keels"

a towel to wipe the face of the earth, a sheet for the bed of the ocean, and a tooth for the mouth of the river.
………………………….. Story of a great walker.
There was a man who lived in this locality. His name was Stephan Lehane. His address was Kilcolman, Dromahane, Mallow. He used to walk from Kilcolman to Buttevant every morning work all day and walked the same distance back at night. He quarried stones for the Blackrock bridge and the main railway line from Cork to Dublin. It is now cast aside and replaced by a metal and steel Structure. He used to tell great stories about the time of the famine when food was scarce and men died of hunger.
This man was never ill during his life. and he lived to be almost a hundred years. He believed in plain food and was a constant smoker of tobacco.

There is a very big well in Mr. Burke's farm near Kilcolman Abbey at Milltown. It is a huge, circular pond with a diameter of about thirty feet. The depth of it is unknown. Many local people believe