What is recorded here

Slaghta Ford bit through the Shannon bend, pulling carts and people from Derryholmes into Carta before dredging tools tore the crossing apart. It may have belonged to the nearby toghers, giving them a living bridge across water instead of a doomed fight against it. The river took back what people had shaped, erasing the ford and leaving only memory behind its new depth.

Ford on a bend in the River Shannon which connects Derryholmes to the townland of Carta in Co. Galway (GA101-083----). According to local tradition this was a river crossing known as 'Slaghta Ford' which was destroyed when the river was dredged during the 19th c. It may have been associated with the nearby toghers in Co. Galway (GA101-037/038). No visible surface trace survives.

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.