Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Lackagh Beg, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackagh Beg
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Columbkilles Church (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Columbkilles Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.37526, -8.87692
- SMR number
- GA070-089----
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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
On SW bank of the River Clare in undulating farmland; it stands on N boundary of an irregularly shaped graveyard (GA070-089001-) just upstream from 'Lackagh Bridge'. The remains are those of a rectangular medieval parish church (E-W; L 15.4m, Wth 7.1m) in fair condition. Though little survives of E gable, the other walls still stand to full height. There is a pointed arch doorway towards W end of S wall. Traces of a blocked window ope are also visible internally at E end of same wall. A castle (GA070-091----) stands 70m to NE on opposite bank of the river. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 287)
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/2002).
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.