Castlegar Church ( Saint Columba 's ) is one of three Churches in Castlegar and is located a few hundred yards on the South East side of the Tuam Road ( N17 ), up by the landmark of Leader's Shop .
- Coordinates; 53.294926, -9.013467
- Elevation; about 96 feet or 29 metres, consistent enough with the old map below.
- See Castlegar Church in Google Street View (new window).
On the Galway city side of the Church, you can spend some time in the Grotto.
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Father Michael Reilly is the parish Priest; phone (091) 751548 To Email the Parish Secretary for Burial, Marraige or other information, please use This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
To read newsletters and see some fine aerial shot of the church, see http://www.mylocalnews.ie/galway-city-35/city-centre-922/church-notes-4/roman-catholic-20/st-columba-s-92/
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Old Ordnance Map from the 1840's. For Free Maps and Copyright, see http://www.galway.ie/en/Services/Library/1842OSMaps/. Castlegar Church is marked as R.C. Chapel.
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Approximate location, is within the black rectangle above.
And a close up image of the plaque as you go up the steps, presumably written in Latin?
Old names of this area - Lachtdavarna and Leaghtifarda (Hardiman's History of Galway).
The older Church was south of Ballygurrane Village.
