In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Kilcomin like this:
KILCOMAN, a parish, in the barony of CLONLISK, KING'S county, and province of LEINSTER, ¾ of a mile (N. W.) from Shinrone, on the river Brosna; containing 1791 inhabitants. St. Cumin, who died in 668, founded an abbey here of which there are still some remains. The parish comprises 3175 statute acres. ...
It is a rectory, in the diocese of Killaloe, and forms part of the union of Shinrone: the tithes amount to £156. 18. 5 ½. In the R. C. divisions also it is included in the union or district of Shinrone. About 60 children are educated in a public school, and there is also a Sunday school.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kilcomin, in and County Offaly | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/29050
Date accessed: 06th May 2024
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