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Immediately S of a church (GA087-126002-). Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1946) as a CBG. According to local tradition, a burial took place here c. 150 years ago. There is also a tradition that Lieut.-General St Ruth was initially buried here (see GA087-125----) before being reinterred at the Carmelite priory in Loughrea. No visible surface trace survives.(O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 225)
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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