placenamesOwer
Odhar
A medieval church and a community walking route bring different parts of Ower’s landscape into view.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Odhar · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ower · English · main form
Place & story
Killursa church and graveyard
Killursa’s ruined church at Ower is principally late medieval, but incorporates earlier fabric, including a doorway with a horizontal stone lintel in its west gable. Archaeologist Dominic Delany recorded these features during work for a proposed graveyard extension in 2015. Six test trenches investigated geophysical anomalies; they produced modern pottery but no identifiable archaeological features explaining those anomalies. [2]
The Ower Beg Golden Mile
Headford Environment Group’s Ower Beg route won the overall Golden Mile of Galway award in 2014. Its tour begins at Ower House, associated with the Burke family, and records an inscribed gateway stone dated 1850. The group thanked residents and Kilroe National School’s children and staff for their work on the route, including artwork. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 2015:395 — Killursa Church and Graveyard, Ower · Dominic Delany
- Headford Golden Mile: Ower Beg Golden Mile 2014 · Headford Environment Group
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2012-01-11. How this page was prepared.