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Canal in Clonfert (butson),clonfert Demesne

Canal
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In flat marshy pastureland, c. 300m NE of St. Brendan’s Cathedral (GA101-017001-). Known locally as ‘St. Brendan’s Canal’. A shallow water-logged depression (Wth 2.5m) runs NE-SW for c. 400m. According to local tradition, the ‘canal’ connects the Bishop’s Palace (GA101-008----) and Costello’s Island on the River Shannon, a distance of c. 2.4km (pers. comm. C. Cunniffe). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 23 July 2019

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