Cill Chormaic

Kilcormac derives its name from Cill Chormaic, meaning 'Church of Cormac,' named after Saint Cormac Ua Liatháin, a Cork-born monk who visited the famous monastery at Durrow around 553 A.D. Inspired by Saint Colmcille, Cormac joined the monastic community and eventually became abbot before founding his own church near the Silver River. During the medieval period, Kilcormac housed a Carmelite mo...