Overview
cross — Kilconnell is recorded as cross in Galway. Freestanding wayside cross, erected 1682. Monolithic carved limestone monument comprising cross with chamfered arms set on carved elongated spherical collar with lettering, on octagonal shaft.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Freestanding wayside cross, erected 1682.
People and work
The saved account records: Monolithic carved limestone monument comprising cross with chamfered arms set on carved elongated spherical collar with lettering, on octagonal shaft.
How it changed
The saved account records: Set in dressed limestone plinth, with rubble limestone walls to rear and sides.
What survives
The saved account records: Located at crossroads in Kilconnell Village.
Why it mattered
cross — Kilconnell matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Erected for a number of reasons, wayside crosses are found throughout Europe and the Christian world. This one was probably a memorial cross, as the inscription exhorts the passer-by to pray for John Donnellan, whose family erected it. A remarkably early monument, the carving is still crisp. It was damaged in 1844, and subsequently re-erected by Reverend W. Manning, and inscribed to this effect. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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- Kilconnell Abbeyattraction0.1 miles
- Field system in Abbeyfieldmonument0.1 miles
- Eímear Nooneperson0.1 miles
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- Site of Liagan of Kilconnell — Glebe (kilconnell Ed)monument0.2 miles
- Church of Kilconnell (Site of) — Glebe (kilconnell Ed)monument0.2 miles
- Indicated — Abbeyfieldmonument0.2 miles
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