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House - 16th/17th century

Townparks (Galway By., St. Nicholas Par.), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - 16th/17th century, Townparks (Galway By., St. Nicholas Par.), County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Townparks (Galway By., St. Nicholas Par.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.27343, -9.05234
SMR number
GA094-100068-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On the east side of Abbeygate Street Upper, just off Galway's main street, Shop Street. A commercial three-storey, rectangular building (c. 13m NE-SW; c. 6m NW-SE) with a small two-storey extension to the rear. A substantial internal cross-wall containing a chimney subdivides the building into a larger front two-thirds with a smaller third behind. In the course of recent renovations, the remains of a decorated stone fireplace was uncovered at first floor-level. The fireplace has a large keystone which bears the arms of the Blake and French families (pers. comm. Dr. Jim Higgins 18-06-2015) together with a truncated date of 162_. Corbel stones carry wooden beams at first and second floor-levels to support the floors above. The fenestration on the façade has been altered but traces of earlier window jamb stones survive in some reveals.

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 11 May 2016

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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