The history of Eyrecourt
Meelick's church of 1414, the Eyres, the church of 1867, the festivals. 4 moments, in order.
- 1414
Meelick
The church at Meelick, in the parish, has been in continuous use since then, the oldest Catholic church in Ireland.
- 1650s
The Eyres
The English family came with Cromwell; Eyre Square in Galway carries their name too. Their castle, now a ruin, left the big metal gateway at the east end of Main Street and the castle lawn behind it, and the family long rode with the Galway Blazers.
- 1867
St John the Baptist
The Anglo-Gothic Church of Ireland church was built; the Catholic St Brendan's has windows by John Early of Dublin.
- Every second June
Old machinery
The Eyrecourt Vintage Festival shows tractors, steam engines and early farm machines; an agricultural show follows each September.
Where this comes from
Every paragraph above summarises a statement in Wikipedia, "Eyrecourt", licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, as it read on 2026-09-19. Follow it for the footnotes. Nothing has been added from memory.