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 .
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/
Geographical Coordinates for Castlegar Church are Latitude: 53.294926 (53° 17' 41.73'' North) and Longitude of : -9.013467 (9° 0' 48.48'' West)
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?
Elevation for the Church is about 96 feet or 29 metres.
Old names of this area - Lachtdavarna and Leaghtifarda.
The older Church was south of Ballygurrane Village.
