placenamesAbbeygormacan
Mainistir Ó gCormacáin
Two conservation campaigns addressed damaged walls, ivy and the transept chapel.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Mainistir Ó gCormacáin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Abbeygormacan · English · main form
Place & story
Work in 2020 and 2021
Abbeygormican Cemetery Group obtained Community Monuments Fund support in 2020 after a wall collapsed onto a grave. Work addressed the damaged chancel wall and removed ivy. A further funded campaign in 2021 concentrated on the transept chapel. Clearing ivy revealed a supporting arch at the Hannon tomb and a buttress against the outer north wall. The project also completed restoration of the chancel’s double piscina, a feature used for washing hands and chalices beside the altar. [2] [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Abbeygormacan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Abbeygormacan: Community Monuments Fund2020 · B. Doherty, Galway Community Archaeology
- Abbeygormacan: Community Monuments Fund2021 · B. Doherty, Galway Community Archaeology
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.