St. Bridgets Church

Within a possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA105-049001-). This conserved rectangular medieval church (>14.35m E-W; 6.8m N-S; wall T 0.88m) is in fair condition. The E gable and both of the side-walls are intact but no trace of the W gable survives. There is a reconstructed pointed-arch doorway in the S wall and a partly robbed-out two-light window with the remains of a cusped ogee head and a decorated spandrel in the E gable. A displaced spandrel from it is on the window sill. No trace survives of the windows in the N and S side-walls as described in the OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. II, 228-9). A holy well (GA105-049004-) lies c. 115m to the SW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 January 2020

St. Bridget's Church at Caherwalter is a conserved rectangular medieval church, likely built in the 13th or 14th century, and is dedicated to St. Brigid. Its survival within what may be an early ecclesiastical enclosure highlights its potential significance as a longstanding place of Christian worship in the region.