Historic places in County Galway
The Discover Alone map has 4,784 historic places in County Galway, Ireland. Below are the 60 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Yeats CollegeschoolFreestanding H-plan five-bay three-storey school with basement, built 1815, having slightly advanced gable-fronted end…
Woodville Housecountry houseDetached three-bay three-storey country house with basement, built c.1760. Hipped artificial slate roof with paired…
WoodleyhouseDetached three-bay two-storey house, built 1929, with full-height canted end bays to front (south-west) elevation and…
WoodlawnCountry houseThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…
Woodlawn Railway Stationrailway stationOne word in the official record changes the whole story. Window openings to stationmaster's house have chamfered stone…
Woodlawn Railway Stationlocomotive shedDetached four-bay single-storey limestone-built goods shed, built c.1850, now derelict, north and south long elevations…
Woodlawnsteward's houseDetached T-plan three-bay two-storey steward's house, built c.1870, having full-height projecting bay to front…
WoodlawnstablesMultiple-bay single-storey stables, built c.1860, rebuilt after fire c.1910. Now derelict. Two-bay two-storey workers'…
Woodlawngate lodgeDetached single-bay three-storey towerhouse-style gate lodge, built c.1850. Now vacant. Roof not visible. Rubble stone…
Woodlawngate lodgeDetached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c.1830, having pedimented entrance porch to front (south) elevation.…
WoodlawnfollyFreestanding circular-plan folly tower, built c.1900. Unroofed. Partly rendered rubble stone walls. Square-headed door…
Woodlawndemesne walls/gates/railingsEntrance gateway to Woodlawn, erected c.1830, comprising wrought-iron double-leaf vehicular gate with arrow-head points…
Woodlawncountry houseDetached Palladian-style country house comprising three-bay three-storey central block built c.1760, having slightly…
Woodlawn Church (Killaan)church/chapelFreestanding gable-fronted Church of Ireland church, dated 1874, having four-bay nave elevation, gabled chancel, gabled…
Woodfield HousehouseDetached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1860, having breakfront to front (east) elevation. Hipped slate roof with…
Windfort CottagehouseDetached six-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, having dormer attic and with late twentieth-century…
Windfield Housefarm houseDetached three-bay single-storey farmhouse or miller's house with half-dormer attic, c.1850, on a rectangular plan.…
Windfield BridgebridgeFour-arch road bridge, built c.1860, over River Shiven. Segmental arches with cut limestone voussoirs to arch rings…
Winacre LodgehouseDetached three-bay single-storey house, built c.1800. Now vacant. Pitched thatched roof. Painted exposed rubble stone…
Willow CottagehouseDetached four-bay single-storey with dormer attic vernacular house, built c.1800, and with single-storey thatched late…
WillmountCountry houseThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…
Willie BurkehouseTerraced three-bay two-storey former house, built c.1800, with timber shopfronts of c.1870 to ground floor. Now also in…
William's Grovefarm houseDetached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, built c.1820, now derelict. Three-bay single-storey outbuilding attached to…
White Millmill (water)Detached three-bay three-storey flour mill with dormer floor, built c.1800, with two-bay two-storey addition to south…
Whistle BridgebridgeSingle-arch limestone road bridge, built c.1820, over Lavally River. Coursed rusticated limestone walls and parapets…
Weston Housedemesne walls/gates/railingsGateway to former Weston House, erected c.1820. Splayed walls from road lead to low roughly coursed squared limestone…
Wellpark HousehouseDetached three-bay two-storey house built, c.1870, with recent two-storey gabled addition to rear. Pitched artificial…
Weir LodgehouseDetached irregular-plan single-storey with dormer level house, dated 1899, presenting four-bay elevation to south and…
Weir HousehouseDetached irregular-plan house, built c.1880, comprising L-plan six-bay two-storey block with canted bays to north-east…
Weir BridgebridgeLimestone triple-arch road bridge over River Nanny, built c.1770, northern arch rebuilt c.1830, latter when river was…
WaterviewhouseDetached three-bay single-storey over basement house, built c.1780, having bowed ends to front (south) elevation…
Waterslade HousehouseDetached two-storey house, built c.1650 and remodelled c.1810, having five-bay first floor and four-bay ground floor…
Waterloo Ho.Country houseThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…
Water millWater mill — vertical-wheeledThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…
Water millWater mill — vertical-wheeledThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…
Water millWater mill — unclassifiedThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…
Water millWater mill — horizontal-wheeledThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…
Water millWater mill — horizontal-wheeledStraddling a small outflowing stream on N side of Arkeen Beg Lough. A poorly preserved rectangular drystone-built mill…
Wall monument in Townparks (galway By., St. Nicholas Par.)Wall monumentThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…
Wall monument in Eyrecourt DemesneWall monumentThis framed wall monument is in the N wall of the church (GA108-089----). It commemorates the founder 'Johanes Eyre'…
Wall monument in AthenryWall monumentThis wall monument consists of a canopied altar tomb (Wth 2.44m) that is located on the N side of the choir of the…
Wall monument in AbbeyparkWall monumentThis memorial stone has been inserted into the W end of the S wall of the chancel of Clontuskert priory (GA088-001----)…
Wall monument in Abbeyland SouthWall monumentLocated on the external face of the W wall of the friary church (GA017-055002-). Bradley and Dunne (1992, 69) noted…
University of Galwaygate lodgeDetached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c.1845, having projecting gable-fronted porch to front elevation…
University of Galwayfaculty buildingDetached nine-bay three-storey H-plan faculty building, built c.1890, having three-bay projecting bays to east and west…
University of Galwayfaculty buildingDetached seven-bay three-storey faculty building, built c.1890, having central projecting entrance bay to front…
University Hospital Galwaynurses' homeDetached Art Deco former nurses' home, built 1933-38, in hospital complex. Comprises twelve-bay three-storey wings…
Ulster Bankbank/financial institutionEnd-of-terrace two-storey bank, built c.1870, having three-bay front elevation and multiple-bay side (south) elevation.…
Ulster Bankbank/financial institutionTerraced four-bay three-storey limestone-fronted bank, built c.1885. Pitched slate roof with rusticated stone gables…
Ulster Bankbank/financial institutionDetached five-bay, two-storey bank building, built c.1910. sprocketed hipped roof with dormers to front and side…
TyronestablesStable yard having single-storey and two-storey outbuildings, built c.1780, comprising three-bay two-storey carriage…
TyronehouseDetached seven-bay three-storey over basement country house, built 1779, having three-bay entrance breakfront with…
Tynagh Parochial HallschoolDetached T-plan three-bay two-storey national school, dated 1845, with pedimented entrance projection to front (west)…
TullyhouseDetached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, extended to rear and remodelled c.1860, having canted entrance bay to…
Tullira CastlestablesEnclosed two-storey stableyard to rear of Tullira Castle, dated 1843, comprising six-bay north-east block attached to…
Tullira Castlegates/railings/wallsEntrance gateway, erected c.1880, providing access to Tullira Castle demesne. Comprising pair of square-plan cut…
Tullira Castlegates/railings/wallsEntrance gates, erected c.1815, providing access to Tullira Castle demesne. Comprises pair of tapered square-plan cut…
Tullira Castlecountry houseDetached complex Tudor Revival two-storey country house, built 1882, with fifteenth-century tower house adjoining at…
Tulach na hÉigseschoolDetached four-bay single-storey former national school, built 1876, with gable-fronted porch to side (north-west)…
TuckmillMill — fullingThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…