Kilcolmanbane, A parish, partly in the barony of Cullinagh, but chiefly in that of Maryborough East, Queen's county, and province of Leinster, 2 1/2 miles (S.S.E.) from Maryborough (portlaoise) on the road from that place to Ballinakill; containing 1233 inhabitants.

It is a rectory and a vicarage, in the diocese of Leighlin, and forms part of the union of Maryborough; the tithes amount to £160.

In the Roman Catholic divisions also it is part of the union or district of Maryborough.

About 35 children are educated in a public and 55 in a private school.

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