What is recorded here
Rubble limestone wall, built 1854, incorporating doorways, windows and plaques from late-medieval house of Lynch family. Concrete side supports added 1978. Gabled plaque over one doorway has sculpted skull and cross bones and inscription 'remember deathe vaniti of vaniti & all is but vaniti' and date '1624'.…
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From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30314036
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC SA 1.0
- Ian Capper, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Shane.Halloran at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Sarah777, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
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