Religious house

Under the heading 'Killosolan parish', OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 243) record a tradition that 'there was a nunnery 1/4 of a mile to the S. west of Kinclare House'. There is a td. called Kinclare in the parish, immediately SW of the village of Caltra, but no house of that name is marked on OS 6-inch maps. Not located, however, the sites of two possible 'nunneries' are known in this area, in Caltra village itself (GA060-027002-) and 1.25km NE of it (GA060-026001-). 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