What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA118-015
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Photo credits
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Maker not stated on source page, za.pinterest.com
- Portumna Camogie Club (photographer not named), portumnacamogie.ie
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.galwaytourism.ie
- C O'Flanagan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Portland HouseCountry house · 1641 ydExplorer Tom Portland House in Portland is a ruin that still thinks it’s the star of the show, overlooking the River Shannon like it…
Fairy HillHouse · 1.1 miExplorer Tom Fairy Hill in Portumna is a house with quoins and pediments that look like they’re trying too hard to be fancy. The…
Portland HarbourHarbour/dock/port · 1.2 miExplorer Tom Portland Harbour has a bad poem written about it by a sailor who got seasick on the first verse. Its walls are in great…
kiln1.2 miExplorer Tom Kiln in Portland is actually a sawmill complex with timber clapboard walls, which is oddly rustic for industrial…
Oakley ParkHouse · 1.2 miExplorer Tom Oakley Park would explain the 1800s to a teenager as ‘when we had no wifi but great limestone doorcases’. This country…
European ash1.2 miExplorer Tom European ash wants its tombstone to say 'He was tall, he was cool, and he never once dropped a leaf on your head.' It’s…
Calvary CemeteryBurial ground · 1.8 miExplorer Tom Calvary Cemetery in Portumna was built on a bargain where the devil got a discount but forgot his invoice. It’s got…
Portumna GAAGAA ground · 1.9 mi
Portumna CastleGates/railings/walls · 2.0 miExplorer Tom Portumna Castle was nearly sold for a horse when the family ran out of cash. The gates looked embarrassed but kept…
European Yew2.0 miExplorer Tom The European Yew in County Galway is having a massive falling out with the nearest ash tree over who gets more sun.…
Portumna Castle and GardensVisitor attraction · 2.1 miExplorer Tom Portumna Castle and Gardens ended up in the wrong place because the architect got drunk and thought he was building in…
Castle (in ruins)House, fortified house · 2.1 miExplorer Tom Castle in Portumna Demesne is a Jacobean show-off that got gutted by fire in 1826. It’s still trying to look grand…
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