Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Wall monument
Baile Chláir, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Chláir
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34688, -8.94457
- SMR number
- GA070-035010-
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 in the E wall of the N transept of the friary (GA070-035001-). Described by Bradley and Dunne (1992, 58-9) as a rectangular mural slab (L 1.84m; Wth 0.82m; T 0.11m) with the following inscription below a chalice and host:
LAVDETVR SANCTISSIMVM SACRAMENTVM HIS
PRAY FOR THE SOVLE OF/ FATHER CHARLES GARAG/HANE PARISH
PRIEST OF /KILLMACREAN WHO CAVSED/ THIS STONE TO BE MADE
IN/ OCTO: ANNO DOMINI 1676
A similarly decorated slab (GA070-035011-) is visible in the N wall of the chancel.
The following image has been uploaded: GA070-035010-_01.jpg
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 17 July 2018
References
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 Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.