The history of Garrafrauns
The thatched church of 1820, the mill, the church of 1913, the school, the book. 5 moments, in order.
- 1820
The thatched church
A sandstone, cruciform, gothic church with a thatched roof and whitewashed inside was built in the village.
- 1842
Heverin's Mill
The thatched mill's single wheel was eleven feet across and two feet eight wide; corn was dried in two straw-covered stone kilns over turf fires.
- 1913
St Patrick's
The new church across the road was consecrated by Archbishop Gilmartin of Tuam; its bell tower has since gone.
- 1975 and 1985
The school
Opened with three rooms in 1975 and joined by Strawberry Hill school in 1985, it has a vegetable garden the pupils keep and is in the Green School programme.
- 2003 to 2010
The heritage group
Formed in 2003, it published Garrafrauns Through the Ages in 2010.
Where this comes from
Every paragraph above summarises a statement in Wikipedia, "Garrafrauns", licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, as it read on 2026-09-19. Follow it for the footnotes. Nothing has been added from memory.