Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Shrine
Pollaneyster, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pollaneyster
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Patricks Shrine
- Coordinates
- 53.66740, -8.54932
- SMR number
- GA006-122001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the W bank of a stream. No visible surface trace of the 'St. Patrick's Shrine' recorded on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map survives. It has been replaced by a modern shrine consisting of a statue of the saint and a water-filled trough, set in a circular concrete surround, which were erected in 1962.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 8 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Water mill - vertical-wheeledunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.