Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Maíros, County Galway, Ireland
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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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 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.