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At N end of a large rectilinear graveyard, 250m N of a church (GA086-006----). According to Egan (1960, 118-19, also 116), this is the site of an early 18th-C 'Mass house' which was in use until 1824 when it was replaced by another church (GA088-008002-). Though no visible surface trace of it now survives, Egan (ibid.) describes it as rectangular in plan (E-W; L c. 20m, Wth c. 5.5m), 'the walls ... scarcely higher than those of a cabin'. The doorway was at W end of S wall. It was lit by a small window in S wall near the altar and by a series of 'unglazed loops in the side walls'. A 'larger pointed window' was later inserted in E gable over the altar. A holy water font originally located here is now in the later church.
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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