What is recorded here

Eoghanacht holds three ruined structures beside Cill Comhla, including a possible small stone church, an L-shaped room and a rectangular drystone building with a póirín in its east wall. They have stood through West Galway storms since the early church era, keeping shapes that suggest worship, storage or domestic life rather than one single purpose. The ruins still fit the landscape like forgotten tools, waiting for a person to imagine the hands that placed each stone.

Associated with the early ecclesiastical remains at Cill Comhla (GA110-019001-). Three structures are visible: (a (GA110-019002-)) a line of collapsed masonry (E-W: L 8m), which Waddell (1976, 88) tentatively speculates could be the meagre remains of a small stone church; (b (GA110-019003-)) to SW, an L-shaped structure (NE-SE: L 4m, Wth 2.8m); and (c (GA110-019008-)) to W, a rectangular drystone structure (L 4.56m, Wth 2m). Its N half was best preserved and a póirín was built into its E wall. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 25 February 2016

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