What is recorded here

Killamanagh means church of the monks, a name given to a small abbey north of Lough Hackett. Whether its stones lay here or across the field in Abbeytown, men clearly worshipped and worked among these waters. The exact chapel has vanished, but the name still points toward the place where devotion first took root.

Hardiman (1846, 370) refers to 'Cill na Manach, i.e. the church of the monks, a townland containing the ruins of a small abbey, situated to the north of Lough Hackett'. There is a vague local tradition of an early church in this td. but its exact location is unknown. It is also possible that this reference is to the possible church (GA042-001002-) in the adjoining td. of Abbeytown. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 392) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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