Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Religious house - Franciscan friars
Townparks (galway By., St. Nicholas Par.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (galway By., St. Nicholas Par.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Franciscan Friary
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ch.
- Coordinates
- 53.27560, -9.05456
- SMR number
- GA094-102----
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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 the now-reclaimed St Stephen's Island on E side of the River Corrib just outside N gate of Galway town (GA094-100----). This Franciscan friary, founded by Wm. de Burgo in 1296, stood to N of the present Franciscan church in Francis St. The scale and layout of buildings is unclear but representations appear on a number of 16-17th-C maps. In 1657 'all the buildings...demolished' except the church which was reused as a court house. Reoccupied and repaired in 1689 and 1723-4, and completely rebuilt in 1781. Amongst its possessions was a watermill (GA094-102003-). (Hardiman 1820, 264-73; Jennings 1947; Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 250-1)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
References
Hardiman, J. 1820 The history of the town and county of the town of Galway from the earliest period to the present time. Dublin.
Jennings, B. 1947 The Abbey of St Francis, Galway. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 22, 101-9.
Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.
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