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Máirtín Ó Direáin - Fathach File / Reluctant Modernist

St. MacDara's Stone-roofed Oratory, Roundstone

Item

Title

St. MacDara's Stone-roofed Oratory, Roundstone

Description

View of substantial stone built gable building, described by Welch as St. Macdara's Oratory. There is a doorway in one gable. Though much of the roof is gone it is possible to see that it too was made of stone. The sea is in the background. St. Macdara's Church is located approximately one kilometre off shore. The stone roof was restored in the 1970s. A pilgrimage is held in honour of the saint on 16 July each year.

Contributor

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

Coverage

Ireland, West of
Europe--Ireland--Galway
53.3042031718, -9.9178362569
19th century

Date

1894

Format

nonprojected graphic
285x365mm

Identifier

nuigalway:5134
local: P28/26

Publisher

NUI Galway Library

Subject

early Christian archaeology--Oratory
early Christian archaeology--Oratory--Ireland, West of--19th century

Type

StillImage
black-and-white positive

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