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Close to seashore on W side of the Rosmuc peninsula. Known locally as Cill Bhriocáin, this is a small, probably late medieval, church (E-W; L 4.9m, Wth 3.2m). There is a doorway with a roughly dressed segmented arch in S wall and a flat-headed window in E gable. There are aumbries in E and W gables. Situated in an overgrown graveyard which also contains a holy well (GA065-007003-) and the rectangular foundations of a second building (E-W; L 12.8m, Wth 4.8m); possibly a priest's house. (Killanin 1947, 125-7)
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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