Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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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
- 53.34684, -8.94478
- SMR number
- GA070-035014-
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 on the floor of the nave of the friary (GA070-035001-). Described by Bradley and Dunne (1992, 60) as a broken slab (L 1.05m; Wth 0.94m; T 0.1m) bearing the following inscription:
PRAY FOR THE SOVLES OF/ WILLIAM [SIDY AND] HIS WIFE/
ONORA FAHE AND THEIR/ POSTER[ITIE 1688]
On inspection in June 2018 a broken slab matching the dimensions was found but no trace of an inscription was evident on it.
The following image has been uploaded: GA070-035014-_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 Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.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.