Ecclesiastical site in Killamanagh

Hardiman (1846, 370) refers to 'Cill na Manach, i.e. the church of the monks, a townland containing the ruins of a small abbey, situated to the north of Lough Hackett'. There is a vague local tradition of an early church in this td. but its exact location is unknown. It is also possible that this reference is to the possible church (GA042-001002-) in the adjoining td. of Abbeytown. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 392) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010