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Kilmacduagh

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Village in County Galway, Ireland

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Kilmacduagh (Irish:Cill Mhic Dhuach, meaning 'church ofDuach's son') is a small village in southCounty Galway, Ireland, nearGort. The village is in atownland andcivil parish of the same name, inKiltartan barony.^[1]

It is the site ofKilmacduagh monastery, seat of theDiocese of that name. The diocese is now part of theDiocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh in theRoman Catholic Church and in theDiocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe in theChurch of Ireland. The former cathedral is now a ruin. TheRound Tower sits beside the cathedral and is from the 11th or 12 century. At 112 feet it is the tallest tower in Ireland. The towers bell is said to lie at the bottom of a nearby lake.^[2]

The village is 5 km (3 mi) to the south-west of Gort via theR460 road.

M1199.10. John de Courcy, with the English of Ulidia, and the son of Hugo De Lacy, with the English of Meath, marched to 'Kilmacduagh to assist Cathal Crovderg O'Conor. Cathal Carragh, accompanied by the Connacians, came, and gave them battle: and the English of Ulidia and Meath were defeated with such slaughter that, of their five battalions, only two survived; and these were pursued from the field of battle to Rindown on Lough Ree, in which place John was completely hemmed in. Many of his English were killed, and others were drowned; for they found no passage by which to escape, except by crossing the lake in boats.