Religious house - Franciscan Third Order Regular

The National Monuments Service's description

On a td. boundary in low-lying pastureland. According to Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 275), this is the site of a house of the Franciscan Third Order founded in 1442. The standing remains comprise a gaunt and partially ivy-covered rectangular building (ESE-WNE; L >19.1m, Wth 6.75m), in fair condition, possibly of late medieval date. The E gable along with substantial sections of N wall, and foundations of S survive but there is no trace of W gable. There is a roughly built rectangular-headed doorway towards E end of N wall. The E gable contains a damaged pointed arch window of two lights with trefoliated heads. The only other architectural feature is the addition of a 'skin' of masonry (Wth 0.2M) on the inner faces of N and S walls at W end of the building. That on N wall is up to 3m in height and was probably designed to support a second storey at this end of the building. An enclosure (GA071-082002-) is associated. 'Templemoyle Church' (GA084-127002-) stands 265m to S and a burial ground (GA071-082----) c. 240m to SE. (Nolan 1901b, 123; O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 257-60)

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