Church

The National Monuments Service's description

In a large graveyard on seashore to E of Cill Éinne. Part of St Enda's E. Chr. monastery. This conserved church (E-W; L 5.9m, Wth 2.9m), known locally as Teaghlach Éinne, is a Nat. Mon. The E gable, with projecting antae and round-headed window, along with greater portion of N wall are E. Chr. while W and S walls, and N doorway, are probably 17th-C. The interior contains two bullauns (GA119-020009-, GA119-020010-), three high cross fragments (GA119-020011-) that are cemented together, an inscribed stone (GA119-0200008-), five cross slabs (GA119-020004-, GA119-020005-, GA119-020006-, GA119-020007- and GA119-020013-), and part of a high cross head (GA119-020012-). No trace exists of 'St. Eany's Grave' (GA119-020002-), named but not marked on OS 6-inch map. (Manning 1985, 110-19; O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 314-16, 344-9, 355; Westropp 1895, 264)

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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Updated by: Olive Alcock

Date of revised upload: 5 February 2016

This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 43.

References

Manning, C. 1985c Archaeological excavations at two church sites on Inishmore, Aran Islands. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 115, 96-120.

Westropp, T.J. 1895 Proceedings: Aran Islands. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 25, 250-74.

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1927 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Galway collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Typescript in 3 vols. Bray.