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Ruins · near Carna

Saint Mathias's Chapel (ruins)

Saint Mathias's Chapel (ruins) is a ruin in the countryside 8.8 km north-west of Carna, County Galway.

Kind
Ruins
From Carna
8.8 km north-west

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Plan of the country around Saint Mathias's Chapel (ruins), 1.8 km across
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Getting to Saint Mathias's Chapel (ruins)

From the town
8.8 km north-west of the church in a straight line; it is out in the country, so allow for the roads.
Directions from where you are
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Around it

Other sites within 3 km: Michael Killeen Park (1.7 km), Rosroe Lough (1.7 km), Roundstone Playground (1.7 km), Roundstone play park (1.7 km) and Roundstone Bay & Island Tours (1.7 km).

Tower houses, the castles of the Irish countryside

Many of the ruins mapped around Tuam are tower houses, the tall stone farm-castles of the later Middle Ages, built to be lived in with a small household and defended when it came to that, with a vaulted floor against fire, corner bartizans and a machicolation above the door.

Written from Wikipedia, "Tower house" (CC BY-SA 4.0); the words are ours.

Questions people ask

Where is Saint Mathias's Chapel (ruins)?
In County Galway, 8.8 km north-west of Carna.
Are there other ruins nearby?
6 other ruins around $Carna; the closest is Michael Killeen Park, 1.7 km away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap way/1291880678, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.