- Address
- Lough Atalia Road, Galway
- Type
- Graveyard / cemetery
- NIAH reg. no.
- 30319007
Forthill Graveyard
Lough Atalia Road, Galway, Eyre Square
About Forthill Graveyard
The National Inventory rates Forthill Graveyard Regional, one of 79 in Eyre Square. Its record dates Forthill Graveyard to 1450–1860. 33 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This cemetery is located on the site of the original Augustinian friary and an inscribed plaque in Latin commemorates the dedication of the site to St Augustine in 1500. The extension and entrance gateway dates to 1852.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 30319007 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 30319007↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Eyre Square · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
Other recorded churches around Eyre Square
All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. Saint Nicholas's Collegiate Church in Woodquay and Nuns Island is the nearest, at 500 m.
Questions about Forthill Graveyard
Is Forthill Graveyard on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 30319007).
Can you visit Forthill Graveyard?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Forthill Graveyard built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1450–1860.
Is Forthill Graveyard protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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