What is recorded here

French ships broke on these coasts, men drowned, and the island buried what the sea returned. Cill Éinne holds that loss in a small rectangular patch near Cill Rónáin, while Trá na bhFrancach keeps their name along the beach. The graves are not grand, but they mark a violent kindness: strangers received, identified, and given rest instead of being given back to the water.

Close to seashore c. 300m E of Cill Rónáin, Inis Mór. Known locally as the graves of drowned Frenchmen who were washed ashore, and from whom the adjacent beach is named Trá na bhFrancach (Robinson 1980). It consists of a rectangular area (L 4.2, Wth 3.4m), aligned NW-SE, defined on NW and NE by a low concrete kerb and on SE by a modern field wall. The interior is scattered with loose stones. 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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