Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Religious house - Dominican friars
Boley, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boley
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Convent in ruins
- Latest-edition OS map
- Convent (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.11875, -8.21925
- SMR number
- GA118-008----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In flat pastureland. Named 'Convent in ruins' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map and 'Convent (Site of)' on the 1946 revision. According to Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 232), the Dominican's of Portumna settled here in the early 18th century. No visible surface trace of their establishment survives, the area is now occupied by outhouses and a sileage pit. According to local information, the Dominicans then built and moved into Boula House, which is c. 50m to the SSE, and remained there until relatively recently.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 27 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.