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Máirtín Ó Direáin - Fathach File / Reluctant Modernist

St. Nicholas’, Galway

Item

Title

St. Nicholas’, Galway

Description

A view of the interior of St. Nicholas' church showing five arches supported by pillars. Three windows are visible with another partially visible. A stone baptismal font is in the foreground. There are wooden pews. The floor is stone with iron heating grills inset. St. Nicholas' dates from the early fourteenth century as the oldest tomb in the church has been assigned that date. It was extended in the sixteenth century and has remained a place of worship up to the present.

Contributor

Welch, Robert John (1859-1936) (Photographer)

Coverage

Galway, Ireland
Ireland, West of
Europe--Ireland--Galway
53.2718543716, -9.0514580068
19th century

Date

1894

Format

nonprojected graphic
285x365mm

Identifier

nuigalway:5125
local: P28/17

Publisher

NUI Galway Library

Subject

Built environment--Churches Galway--Medieval churches Galway--Medieval churches Ireland
Built environment--Churches Galway--Medieval churches Galway--Medieval churches Ireland--Galway, Ireland--Ireland, West of--19th century

Type

StillImage
black-and-white positive

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