What is recorded here

Until 1960, children were buried on the seashore at Trá an Dóilín, a place locals called Trá na bPáistí. The site sat on the east side of Cuan an Fhir Mhóir, with additional graves marked by stone circles further east. A modern carpark has since obliterated the beach, erasing the exact spots where those young lives ended.

On the seashore at Trá an Dóilín on E side of Cuan an Fhir Mhóir. Known locally as Trá na bPáistí, it has been obliterated by the modern carpark. There were other burials to E, also removed, which were marked by circles of stones. In use until c. 1960 (info T. Robinson). (Robinson 1985, 46) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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