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Church

Townparks (2nd Division - Tuam), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Townparks (2nd Division - Tuam), County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Townparks (2nd Division - Tuam)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Old R.C. Chapel
Latest-edition OS map
Church (in Ruins)
Coordinates
53.51498, -8.85274
SMR number
GA029-181----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In the centre of Tuam town (GA029-199----), on W side of Chapel Lane. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as 'Old R.C. Chapel'. A number of ruinous walls, mainly of domestic character, now occupy the site. Amongst these, a N-S running wall, with a large blocked-up rectangular window (Wth 1.45m, H 3.4m) framed by undressed masonry, may represent the last vestiges of the church. A commemorative plaque, located nearby in Chapel Lane, records that it was built in 1783.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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