What is recorded here

Kilmacanganyn Church, called Cill O'Mainné, predates its neighbour Ballynakill and once anchored an early ecclesiastical enclosure in County Galway. By 1927 only foundations remained, and today even those have vanished without a surface trace. The land may still hum with forgotten prayers, though no stone now marks the place where worship happened.

Within an early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA007-074002-). The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 70) mention a church called 'Cill O'Mainné' of which 'nothing more than the foundations remain', adding that it was 'more ancient' than that at Ballynakill (GA007-035----) nearby. Though not marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map, its 'Site of' is shown on 3rd ed. (1930). No visible surface trace of it or the associated graveyard (also named on map) survives. 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

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