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A renowned neolithic site containing the oldest known stone-walled fields in the world, the Céide Fields in County Mayo, combine exquisite views of the Atlantic Ocean with insight into the lives of ancient Irish farmers.

This ancient site on the southern end of what we now know as Eyre Square was occupied by a Knights Templars convent in the 13th century. By the 17th century Robert Martin had a large house on the site, but this was taken from him by the Cromwellians and given to Edward Eyre. The Eyre family held on to the property and on May 12, 1712, Edward Eyre, son of the above, presented the land in front of his house to the corporation as a place of recreation for the people of Galway. In 1827, a man named Atkinson built houses at this end of the Square and by 1845, the site was occupied by a block of tenements owned by Fr Peter Daly.

Fine Gael Deputy, Peter Burke, has called for the Hill of Uisneach to be promoted and protected.