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Pillar — Menlough

Leacht cuimhne

Why this matters

A local holy well or ritual site; wider significance not recorded.

What is recorded here

At the junction of three roads 0.5km ENE of Menlough village. A square mortared pier (L/Wth 1.5m, H 2.5m) on a splayed base. It has a pyramidal top and a plaque on W face commemorating 'William Connell and his wife Catherine Coyne and their son Edmund O'Connell and his wife Sarah Eher', dated 1693. (Athy 1914, 160) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
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