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Ruins · Claddaghduff

Old Christian Mission Buildings

Old Christian Mission Buildings is a ruin in the town in Claddaghduff, County Galway, 1.9 km south-west of the village. Fahy Lough is within 226 m.

Kind
Ruins
From the village
1.9 km south-west

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Plan of the streets around Old Christian Mission Buildings, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around Old Christian Mission Buildings, 340 metres across

Getting to Old Christian Mission Buildings

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While you are there

Other sites within 3 km: Fahy Lough (226 m), Teampall Feichin (1.0 km), Barnahallia Lough (2.2 km), sea view (2.4 km) and Emlaghbeg Lough (2.6 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 Old Christian Mission Buildings?
In Claddaghduff, County Galway, 1.9 km south-west of the village.
Are there other ruins nearby?
7 other ruins around $Claddaghduff; the closest is Teampall Feichin, 1.0 km away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap way/51684037, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.