Church (in ruins)

On a W-facing slope in grassland, overlooking Mweeloon Bay. This medieval rectangular church (9.8m E-W; 7.6m N-S) is very poorly preserved. Only the ivy-covered W gable and the N side-wall survive, both stand to their original height. A small square window visible high up in the W gable, suggests the former presence of a loft. According to the OS Letters, this church probably occupied the site of an earlier one (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 300-1). Holt (1912, 244) agreed with this noting a number of large blocks scattered about the associated graveyard (GA095-051001-) and also 'traces of ancient foundations near the present W. gable.' There is a 17th-century memorial stone (GA095-051002-) on the ground near the N wall. (McCaffrey 1952, 81, 132, no. 19) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 20 February 2020