Antiquities

Antiquities in Annagh parish, from Irish Tourist Association Survey, 1944

Bracklaghboy Ogham Stone from Irish Tourist Association Survey, 1944

There are numerous antiquities described in this section of the survey for Annagh parish:

Remnants of a church in townland of Holywell. May have been a Franciscan church built on site where St. Patrick reputedly built a church. Close by is a holy well, Tobar Mucna, also associated with St. Patrick
Ogham Stone at Bracklaghboy. The surveyor also included a photograph of this.
Megalithic structure at Grallagh, apparently a burial chamber.
Lios in Bargarriff
Souterrains in Brackloon and Carrowkeel
Island Castle: situated in Island townland. Scacely deserving of the name “Castle”. Believed to have been built by a branch of the MacCostello clan in the 17^th century.
Cave townland: a mound which is supposed to be the burial place of a cholera victim during the Famine.
Gurteen: remnants of a burial chamber discovered by Ballyhaunis Historical and Archaelogical Society in 1933.
Kilmannin townland: there was supposed to have been a church erected by St. Patrick and subsequently replaced by a Franciscan church. However, no traces remain. There is a children’s burial ground nearby.
Augustinian Abbey: surveyor outlines the history of the abbey from its foundation by Jordan Duff MacCostello in 1348. It was burned by Cromwellian soldiers in 1649. The church was restored in 1937/38 by Rev. Fr. Mansfield. The establishment of the monastery marked the beginnings of the town of Ballyhaunis. Included here are mentions of two carved stones and the Dunmore or Queally chalice.

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