Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Eyrecourt Demesne, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eyrecourt Demesne
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.20181, -8.12433
- SMR number
- GA108-091----
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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
On a slight rise, c. 200m to the W of Eyrecourt House (GA108-086001-). The OS Letters refer to ‘an old church called Cillín íthe’ (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 62), which was situated near the house, 'but not a vestige' of it remained and no local person 'remembered to have seen it.' However, a person living in the gatehouse pointed out its location to Fr. Egan. A mature ash tree to the N was pointed out as the spot where the ‘font’ of the church was reputedly buried; ‘stations have been held here within living memory (information from Fr Egan). On inspection a series of bumps and hollows, including a rectangular sunken area (20m E-W; 18m N-S) and a stony mound, was visible on the summit of the rise. Any of them could mark the site of the church.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 17 February 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.