
What is recorded here
Part of Na Seacht dTeampaill. Conserved medieval church (E-W; L 7.85m, Wth 4.1m) known locally as Teampall an Phoill. There is a pointed-arch doorway and a ruined window in N wall, and a narrow trefoil-headed single-light window in E gable. (Waddell 1973, 11-12; Westropp 1895, 255; O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 387, 396)
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).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
A medieval church built by the Eoghanacht dynasty, likely between the 7th and 10th centuries, associated with Na Seacht dTeampaill; it features a Romanesque-style pointed-arch doorway and is significant as part of an early Christian ecclesiastical network in the region.
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