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Cross

Tooreen West, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross, Tooreen West, 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
Tooreen West
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Cross
Coordinates
53.16825, -8.91505
SMR number
GA103-187001-

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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

In a hedgerow on the N side of a by-road. This small limestone cross (H 0.9m) has upwardly splayed arms on which the figure of Christ, wearing a loin cloth, is carved in high relief. The cross is set on a drystone leacht-like structure. According to local information, mass was celebrated here during penal times and it was known locally as a 'mass-rock' (O'Connell and Korff 1987). A children's burial ground (GA103-187002-) is associated. See also GA103-185----.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 4 September 2019

References

O'Connell, J. and Korff, A. 1987 South Galway Heritage: Tooreen Cross, The Connacht Tribune, 3 April, 9.

Nearby in the register

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

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