Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Wall monument
Abbeyland South, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeyland South
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.61820, -8.74171
- SMR number
- GA017-005002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Located on the external face of the W wall of the friary church (GA017-055002-). Bradley and Dunne (1992, 69) noted that the principal feature of the church was its ‘perpendicular west doorway with the Bermingham coat of arms in a rectangular panel to one side above. The inscription on the panel (which is not entirely readable) names Gaulterius de Bremwycham (d. 1428) but it may be nothing more than a memorial since the door appears to be later in date than 1428 (Leask 1960, iii, 76)’. On inspection in April 2018 the recess for the memorial was clearly visible but no trace of the coat of arms or the inscription, which may have been inscribed on a tablet that was inserted into the recess, was evident.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 24 May 2018
References
Leask, H.G. 1960 (Reprint 1971, 1978 and 1985) Irish churches and monastic buildings, vol. III. Medieval gothic the last phases. Dundalk. Dundalgan Press.
Bradley, J. and Dunne, N. 1992b Urban archaeological survey - county Galway. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian friarsunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.