The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
Galway (pre-1974 traditional (Republic of Ireland))
Ruined church, formerly Augustinian abbey
The church consists of a nave measuring 17.25 m x 6.8 m internally and a chancel 5.76
m in length. A later range of conventual buildings lies S of the E end of the nave.
The N wall of the nave collapsed in the 15thc. and was rebuilt further S, in line
with the N wall of the chancel. There is a doorway near the W end of the N wall of
the nave and two doorways near the E end of the S wall of the nave, one leading into
the sacristy, the other to the exterior. (Leask’s plan also shows a W doorway). There
is a doorway near the W end of the N wall of the nave and two doorways near the E end
of the S wall of the nave, one leading into the sacristy, the other to the exterior.
(Leask’s plan also shows a W doorway).
Graveyard
Cross head leaning against the W wall of the old graveyard.
Church (ruin)
Ruined rectangular nave, ivy-covered, with walls and gables mostly intact, used as a graveyard. Plain, narrow N and S windows, round-headed, with one recessed order on exterior, and deeply splayed on interior. Some diagonal tooling visible on N window. Pointed chamfered S doorway, 15thc. E window. 15thc. tomb niche in N wall at E end contains two loose stones, one of no significance, the other moulded but badly damaged.