What is recorded here

St. Sorneys Bush stood about 125 metres east-northeast of the Drumacoo church, a living ritual marker named on the 1838 map but gone by 1933. It may have shaded weddings, births, arguments or quiet prayers, giving the neighbourhood a visible centre before people removed it. The earth keeps no branch, trunk or hole that can be pointed to, yet the name still directs us toward a lost living witness.

Some 125m to the ENE of the church (GA103-118001-) at Drumacoo. Named but not indicated on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map; it had apparently been removed by the time of the 3rd edition (1933). No visible surface trace survives; not precisely located. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 15 December 2016

St. Sorneys Bush is associated with St. Senary (or Senan), a 6th-century Irish saint known for his healing miracles and monastic foundations along the west coast of Ireland. The site likely functioned as a place of pilgrimage and prayer, with traditions of curing ailments through water or ritual connected to the saint’s holy wells and shrines in the region.

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