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Ruins · near Moycullen

Famine cottages

Famine cottages is a ruin in the countryside 8.1 km south-east of Moycullen, County Galway. An Chrois and Menlo Castle Entrance Arch are within 131 m.

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From Moycullen
8.1 km south-east

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Plan of the country around Famine cottages, 1.8 km across
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Getting to Famine cottages

From the town
8.1 km south-east of the crossroads 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: An Chrois (23 m), Menlo Castle Entrance Arch (131 m), Lochán Mhionlaigh (411 m), Menlo Castle fire memorial (515 m) and Menlo Castle (543 m).

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. An Chrois
    Ringforts and sites
    23 m
  2. 131 m

Other ruins around Moycullen

  1. 131 m
  2. 813 m
  3. 1.6 km

All 4 ruins around Moycullen

Questions people ask

Where is Famine cottages?
In County Galway, 8.1 km south-east of Moycullen.
Are there other ruins nearby?
3 other ruins around $Moycullen; the closest is Menlo Castle Entrance Arch, 131 m away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap node/12585563247, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.