Franciscan Ho. (In Ruins)

On a byroad in flat grassland. Named on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as 'R.C. Chapel' but on 3rd ed. (1932) as a Franciscan foundation. However, Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 281) state that there is 'no trustworthy evidence for a ... friary here.' The present remains consist of the shell of a rectangular building, aligned N-S. The N gable contains a blocked doorway with a small window above it. There is also a second, partially blocked, doorway in E wall. Of pointed arch form, it is flanked by two pointed arch windows and surmounted by a decorated plaque of 18th- or 19th-C date bearing an inscription in Latian. 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