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Church

Eyrecourt Demesne, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Eyrecourt Demesne, 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
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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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 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

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

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