Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Esker (athenry By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Esker (athenry By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- GA096-179----
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pastureland on a prominent hillock named 'Dominick's Hill' on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map. According to local information, five Dominican priests were buried on the hill between c. 1650 and 1890. Their remains were disinterred in 1890 when the Dominicans left the nearby monastery (GA084-071001-). Not precisely located.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey UCG
Date of upload: 23 March 2017
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