The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage has partnered with Galway County Council to create Wonder Wander walking trails. The Wonder Wander walking trails have been developed in collaboration with the local communities. 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.
The Wonder Wander for An Spidéal takes in the site of a seventeenth-century church known as “the old monastery” and the early twentieth-century Cill Éinde 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’. 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 Túr Gloine. The trail ends where it began, a leisurely stroll back towards the pier, the coastal pathway offering outstanding views over Galway Bay.
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