Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Abbeyland North, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeyland North
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Abbey (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Abbey (in Rns.)
- Coordinates
- 53.62041, -8.74211
- SMR number
- GA017-001001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a graveyard on E side of Chapel St., in Dunmore town (GA071-002----). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as rectangular roofed building aligned E-W. Though labelled thereon as 'Abbey', this is probably the site of the medieval parish church (Neary 1914, 106, 125, no. 64). According to Bradley and Dunne (1992, 68), it was dedicated to St Nicholas. All that survives is an overgrown stretch of wall (L >7m, H c. 2m), aligned E-W, in SW corner of the graveyard.
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).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fordunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.