Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Wall monument
Athenry, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Athenry
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.29826, -8.74424
- SMR number
- GA084-001044-
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
This wall monument consists of a canopied altar tomb (Wth 2.44m) that is located on the N side of the choir of the Dominican church (GA084-001014-). The front of the altar was divided into five panels capped by ogee-headed arches. The richly moulded soaring arch above this was formerly filled with tracery but only the springing stones now survive. It was framed by pinnacles; that on the E side is missing. Also on the E side the figure of the Virgin and Child with two dolphins above is carved in low relief on a jambstone. The ‘curious group of scratches’ recorded by Macalister (1913, 209-10, Fig. 7) on another jambstone were not visible. McKeon (2009, 31) suggests a 15th or 16th-century date on the basis of the fabric and dressing. (Bradley and Dunne 1992, 34-5)
The following images have been uploaded:
GA084-001044-_02.jpg Detail of Virgin and Child
GA084-001044-_03.jpg Overall view of wall monument
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 9 November 2018
References
Bradley, J. and Dunne, N. 1992b Urban archaeological survey - county Galway. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Macalister, R.A.S. 1913 The Dominican church at Athenry. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 3, 197-222.
McKeon, J. 2009 The Dominican priory of Saints Peter and Paul, Athenry: High-medieval history and architecture. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 61, 24-56.
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