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St. Mary's Carmelite Priory Church
 

County

Galway

Coordinates

N 53° 29' 32.76"   W 008° 46' 00.9"

Nearest town

Tuam

Grid Ref.

M 49108 49431

Map No.

46

Elevation a.s.l. (m)

42

Date of visit

Tuesday 23 June 2015

GPS Accuracy (m)

3
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The ruins of the small priory seen from the north.


These are the ruins of a Carmelite priory dedicated to St. Mary.
It was founded 1332 by a member of the de Burgos family. It was dissolved in 1574 when it was granted to Thomas Lewis.
It was restored in 1737.
It's a single nave building. In the east (95°) wall there's a two-light ogee window. There's a pointed arch doorway and an ogee window in the south wall and a small rectangular window in the west wall. There's another doorway in the north wall protected by an extension.
The interior has some burials and a monumental tomb with no name. Under the east window there's a huge block of stones, probably a crypt to which the small ogee window in the south wall is the only access.


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