Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Wall monument
Abbeypark, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeypark
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.28264, -8.21555
- SMR number
- GA088-001008-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This memorial stone has been inserted into the W end of the S wall of the chancel of Clontuskert priory (GA088-001----) at a height of 1.97m from ground level. The inscription reads: HERE. LES / THE / BVRI/AL. OF. THE / SEPT. OF. VR/CHARY. BRI/A[n] KELLY / THE 2 OFMAY / 1646 HIVGH K/ELLY WAS KI. The last line of the inscription is carved along the bottom of the frame and appears to be incomplete.
The following image has been uploaded: GA088-001008-_01.jpg
Compiled by: Paul Walsh, Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 25 July 2014
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 8/1970).
Nearby in the register
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- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.