What is recorded here

The Blessed Tree, a sacred ash 90m north of the Galway church, drew devotion until about 1950. Hurricane Debbie killed it in September 1961, yet a young ash already grew inside its hollow trunk. A stone ring and double cavity bullaun remained beneath the dead wood, marking the place where people still set water, coins or prayers.

Some 90m to the N of a church (GA105-029001-). Described by Rynne (1975, 102-3) as a sacred ash tree, which was known locally as ‘The Blessed Tree’. It was ‘killed in September 1961 by Hurricane Debbie’. Rynne (ibid.) also noted a young ash growing in the huge hollow trunk; it was 'surrounded by a ring of stones within which, now partly under the dead trunk, is a double cavity bullaun (GA105-029009-)'. The tree was venerated up to c. 1950. Not visited by the Survey. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 January 2020

The site was associated with a revered ash tree known locally as 'The Blessed Tree,' suggesting a tradition of veneration linked to healing or spiritual protection. The tree's destruction in 1961 by Hurricane Debbie marked the loss of a significant local landmark with possible pre-Christian or early Christian sacred associations.

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