placenamesSaint Nicholas
Paróiste San Niocláis
An architectural survey records two uses joined in Galway’s Queen Street building.
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
- Paróiste San Niocláis · Irish · main form · validated name
- Saint Nicholas · English · main form
Place & story
Two parts of one street front
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage places Galway’s United Methodist and Presbyterian Church in Townparks of Saint Nicholas’ parish. The church and adjoining school share a frontage on Queen Street, but have different forms: a three-bay church entrance gable beside a narrower, three-storey school. A plaque identifies the schoolhouse, whose entrance is at first-floor level. [2]
A date with a qualification
The inventory dates the church to 1839 but suggests that the school may have been added later, based on the junction between the two structures. Its September 2008 survey recorded dressed limestone, Classical details and a fanlight above the school doorway. The shared frontage therefore does not establish that both parts were constructed together. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Saint Nicholas. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Galway United Methodist and Presbyterian Church, register 30314060, survey 4 September 2008 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.