Catholic Chapel, church in County Galway (GA088-008002-)

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Immediately NW of a chapel (GA088-008001-). This church was built in 1824 to replace the earlier chapel and was itself abandoned in 1914 (Egan 1960, 172-3, 119). The visible remains consist of the lower courses of the walls (H c. 1m) of a rectangular building (E-W; L 17m, Wth 12.5m), now much overgrown. It appears to have been deliberately levelled since Egan (ibid., 172-3) wrote, as he was able to provide a full description of the church. The surviving architectural features comprise a doorway in W wall, immediately to S of which is the inscribed holy water font from the earlier chapel. A number of window opes, some blocked, are also visible in N and S walls and in E gable. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA088-008002

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