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Gowlaun RC Church

Gowlaun RC Church is a ruin in the countryside 11.6 km north-east of Tully, County Galway.

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From Tully
11.6 km north-east

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Plan of the country around Gowlaun RC Church, 1.8 km across
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Getting to Gowlaun RC Church

From the town
11.6 km north-east of the village 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: Dooaghtry Lough (2.9 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.

Other ruins around Tully

  1. 6.2 km
  2. 10.0 km
  3. 10.8 km
  4. 12.3 km
  5. 13.1 km
  6. 19.3 km

All 7 ruins around Tully

Questions people ask

Where is Gowlaun RC Church?
In County Galway, 11.6 km north-east of Tully.
Are there other ruins nearby?
6 other ruins around $Tully; the closest is Gubbanuggool, 6.2 km away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap way/858786805, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.