Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Leacht cuimhne
Cill éinne, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill éinne
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Monuments
- Coordinates
- 53.10829, -9.66769
- SMR number
- GA111-022005-
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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
Stands c. 10m SE of GA111-022004-. An almost square mortared pier (L 1.25m, Wth 1.15m, H 1.9m), with traces of rendering, which is surmounted by a cross bearing the letters IHS. The NE face contains two plaques commemorating 'Michl Dirrane' and his wife 'Cathern Dirrane Als Coneely', dated 1817. (Robinson 1980)
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
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.