Kilcornan Estate, Clarinbridge, Co. Galway

Audit of The Kilcornan Estate, Clarinbridge, Co. Galway

The Kilcornan Estate, Clarinbridge, Co. Galway, and the villages and townlands that surround it, have a rich natural, archaeological and architectural heritage, evident in a wide variety of habitats, sites, monuments, buildings and industrial features. The Kilcornan Heritage Audit presents the natural and cultural heritage assets in and around Kilcornan. The Natural Heritage Audit looks in detail at the ecology of the Kilcornan Estate and the wider 5km area. The Cultural Heritage Audit, and accompanying catalogue and maps, also encompasses a 5km area from Kilcornan House, with detailed consideration of the heritage assets within a 2km area. It examines in detail the sites, monuments, buildings and features on or immediately adjacent to the Kilcornan Estate and it also places the estate in a wider context through the study of the heritage assets within the 5km zone.

Background

The creation of a Heritage Audit of the cultural and natural heritage of the Kilcornan Estate and surrounding area was first suggested by Marie Mannion, Heritage Officer, Galway County Council. The brief was then developed by the Kilcornan Community Development Association Ltd., Brothers of Charity, Kilcornan, to provide a unique opportunity to carry out a full profile of the heritage of this rich landscape. In May, 2020, Brothers of Charity, Kilcornan  & Kilcornan Community Development Association Ltd. secured funding for the Heritage Audit from Galway Rural Development through the LEADER programme, financed by the Irish Government under the Rural Development Programme Ireland 2014-2020 and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD): Europe investing in Rural Areas. Anne Carey, archaeologist and built heritage specialist, was contracted to undertake the audit in May, 2020.

Project Team

The project was led by Anne Carey, MA, MUBC, MIAI, who carried out the Cultural Heritage Audit, including the desktop assessment, cataloguing and selected site visits. The Natural Heritage Audit was prepared by Ger O’Donoghue, Moore Environmental, and the mapping and catalogue layout was undertaken by Nigel Malcolm, ImpactGIS. Emma Ruane and Oisín Carey carried out additional research.

For further information please contact:  Bridget Alcorn, Seán Conneally and Ciaran McGrath, Brothers of Charity, Kilcornan, Clarinbridge phone 086 0585909