M. Moran

Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house with attic storey, built c.1800, having recent five-bay two-storey extension with thatched roof to rear (north). Now in use as public house. Pitched thatched roof having painted rendered chimneystack. Painted smooth rendered walls having painted rendered quoins. Square-headed window openings having painted smooth render surrounds, painted stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening having replacement timber door. Smooth rendered boundary walls.

The low elevation and chimneystack, thick walls and small openings are typical of the vernacular tradition in Ireland. Once common throughout the countryside and small villages, thatched buildings have become increasingly rare, and the survival of this example is notable. Despite being altered to the rear, its original form and structure is evident. This example stands in a former fishing settlement in an inlet of Galway Bay.