Portumna Dominican Priory

Standing close to Portumna Castle is a ruined medieval Dominican Priory which originated as a daughter-house of the Cistercian abbey of Dunbrody in County Wexford. Once dominated by a tower now only half its original height, its long hall-like church has fine traceried windows in the east wall and south transept. There is also an unusual west doorway, surmounted by a window. To the north of the church, is an attractive cloister, partially restored in 1954. The friary was dissolved at the Reformation, and later came into the possession of the Earl of Clanrickard. *Information taken from Galway East Ecclesiastical Trail Brochure