What is recorded here

Coolagh grotto, built in 1945, still displays vine-leaf carvings from 15th- to 17th-century doors and windows. Local information places the fragments in walls around Menlo Castle, while Galway city houses remain a possibility. They are not lost because they were moved into a new religious shape, where old edges and newer faith share one small chamber.

A number of architectural fragments (door spandrels, window hood-mould fragments and window stops carved with vine-leaf enrichment dating from the 15th-17th century) have been incorporated in the fabric of this grotto which was erected in 1945. The fragments were taken from the walls around Menlo Castle (local information, see GA082-064----) and it is possible that some originated from houses in Galway city. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 18 March 2015

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