Ten historical monuments and locations across Galway city and county are to benefit from €404,447 in funding.
The funding has been allocated under the Department of the Environment’s Community Monuments Fund. The Galway monuments to benefit from the funding are:
Tirellan Tower House (€70,000 ); Abbeygormican Ecclesiastical Site, Ballinasloe (€70,000 ); Kilclooney Tower House (€70,000 ); Tirellan Merlin Public Realm (€30,000 ); Dolphin Burial Tomb, Bullaun Graveyard (€22,000 ); Killora Church and Graveyard, Craughwell (€16,000 ); Kiltartan Church and Graveyard (€16,000 ); St. Kerrills Abbey (€15,867 ); Kilbought Church and Graveyard (€15,000 ).
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Minister for State, Hildegarde Naughton.
There were also two separate allocations for the iconic Spanish Arch in Galway city with €49,690 and €29,889 in funding administered.
The Community Monuments Fund is aimed at enabling conservation works to be carried out on archaeological monuments which are deemed to be significant and in need of urgent support. The funding has been welcomed by Minister for State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton.
“It is important to pay respect to our heritage,” she said. “The history of a community contributes to its personality. Galway would just not be Galway without monuments like the Spanish Arch.”
