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Church

Maíros, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Maíros, 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
Maíros
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Church (in ruins)
Latest-edition OS map
Church (in Ruins)
Coordinates
53.34037, -9.88185
SMR number
GA063-015001-

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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 a large, mainly modern, graveyard close to seashore. A medieval parish church (WSW-ENE; L 13.42m, Wth 7.3m) dedicated to St Mac Dara. The doorway, in S wall, has on its inner face a chamfered round-headed arch and a hood-moulding with decorated terminals; outer face has been robbed since early 19th C (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 68, 79). There is a lancet window in E gable, a small chamfered window in S wall, and traces of a second doorway in N. No visible trace survives of 'Lackshinnagh Altar' (Leac Síothnach) shown on OS 6-inch map c. 80m to NNW. (Robinson 1985, 41-2; Killanin 1954, 102)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).

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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