What is recorded here

Six stone piers still mark the road from Cill Ronáin to Cill Éinne, though two have vanished. The southernmost rises 2.4m with an IHS cross, its south face naming Margt O Flaherty Als Dirrane in 1830. People passed these monuments daily, reading grief and pride carved into rendered stone while the Atlantic wind stripped paint from their edges.

The southernmost of a group of six surviving, and two destroyed, leachtanna cuimhne (GA111-021001--GA111-001-) situated on side of the road from Cill Ronáin to Cill Éinne, Inis Mór. A square rendered pier (L/Wth 1.25m, H 2.4m), on NE side of road, surmounted by a cross bearing the letters IHS. The W and E faces contain plain plaques whilst S contains two others commemorating 'Margt O Flaherty Als Dirrane', dated 1830. (Robinson 1980) 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

Cill Éinne is associated with Saint Eine, a 7th-century Irish monk and hermit known for his ascetic practices and reputed healing miracles. The site's holy well and surrounding monuments were traditionally visited for cures related to eye ailments and general well-being, with rituals often involving the collection of water at dawn.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.