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Kilmacduagh
Sign in to savethumb|Kilmacduagh Cathedral Kilmacduagh () is a small village in south County Galway, Ireland, near Gort. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name, in Kiltartan barony.
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- human settlement
- Official name
- Cill Mhic Dhuach
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- Republic of Ireland
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- Kilmacduagh
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- County Galway
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thumb|Kilmacduagh Cathedral Kilmacduagh () is a small village in south County Galway, Ireland, near Gort. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name, in Kiltartan barony.
It is the site of Kilmacduagh monastery, seat of a diocese of the same name. The Diocese of Kilmacduagh is now part of the Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe in the Church of Ireland. The former cathedral is now a ruin. The round tower sits beside the cathedral and is from the 11th or 12 century. At 112 feet, it is the tallest tower in Ireland. The towers bell is said to lie at the bottom of a nearby lake.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kilmacduagh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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