Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Townparks (2nd Division - Tuam), County Galway, Ireland
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----
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
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
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.