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Ruins · near Claregalway

The Old House

The Old House is a ruin in the countryside 11.1 km east of Claregalway, County Galway. The Hazel is within 213 m.

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From Claregalway
11.1 km east

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Plan of the country around The Old House, 1.8 km across
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Getting to The Old House

From the town
11.1 km east of the bridge 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: The Hazel (213 m), Nohilly's Pond (452 m), Kilskeagh Ringfort (498 m) and Kilskeagh castle (1.1 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.

Within a short walk

  1. 213 m

Other ruins around Claregalway

  1. 10.2 km
  2. 14.0 km
  3. 16.2 km
  4. 17.6 km
  5. 17.7 km
  6. 18.1 km
  7. 19.1 km
  8. 19.6 km

All 13 ruins around Claregalway

Questions people ask

Where is The Old House?
In County Galway, 11.1 km east of Claregalway.
Are there other ruins nearby?
12 other ruins around $Claregalway; the closest is Corrofin Lodge, 10.2 km away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap way/1342422603, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.