placenamesTiranascragh
Tír Chinn Eascrach
Christy Cunniffe’s examination records a nave, north transept and a later family burial structure.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Tír Chinn Eascrach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Tiranascragh · English · main form
Place & story
Reading the church remains
Tiranascragh’s ruined parish church occupies an esker ridge west of the Shannon. In his account updated in March 2017, archaeologist Christy Cunniffe identified a nave and substantial north transept, matching the L-shaped outline shown on nineteenth-century Ordnance Survey maps. Much of the nave’s south wall had fallen outward, although the base of a late-medieval doorway jamb remained in place. At the church’s eastern end, a later structure contained a limestone plaque naming Francis Madden of Eyrecourt as its builder for his family’s burial place. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Tiranascragh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tiranascragh medieval parish church (updated 22 March 2017) · Christy Cunniffe, Galway Community Archaeology
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.