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The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage has partnered with Galway County Council to create Wonder Wander<\/em> walking trails.\u00a0 The Wonder Wander<\/em> walking trails have been developed in collaboration with the local communities.\u00a0 In addition to well-known public buildings, each trail shines a light on some of the lesser known architectural details and the stories that are associated with these unique places.<\/p>\n

The Wonder Wander<\/em> for An Spid\u00e9al takes in the site of a seventeenth-century church known as “the old monastery” and the early twentieth-century Cill \u00c9inde where client and architect, Fr. Mark Conroy (1858-1947) and William Alphonsus Scott (1871-1921), aimed to achieve ‘the first revival of the native architectural style developed by the Gael before the coming of the Gall’.\u00a0 The church is well worth a visit and, in addition to the details in the Scavenger Hunt, take in the brilliantly-coloured stained glass from the studio of An T\u00far Gloine.\u00a0 The trail ends where it began, a leisurely stroll back towards the pier, the coastal pathway offering outstanding views over Galway Bay.<\/p>\n

Click on the cover below to download your free<\/strong> Wonder Wander<\/em> walking trail<\/p>\n

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