COLEMAN, or COCKMAN, a parish, in the barony
of MIDDLETHIRD, county of TIPPERARY, and province
of MUNSTER, 2 miles (S. W.) from Fethard; containing
561 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Fethard
to Clonmel, and contains 2663 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the
diocese of Cashel, forming part of the union of St. John,
and of the corps of the deanery of Cashel: the tithes
amount to £140. In the R. C. divisions it forms part
of the district of Clerihan.