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Galway City, County Galway - Lynch Castle
(handwritten on back of image): Galway: 'Lynch Mansion,' Shop Street facade, from across the street (multiple images on file)
Galway City, County Galway - Medieval Carved Detail
(handwritten on back of image): 69.316, Galway: medieval carved detail (multiple images on file)
Kilconnell Franciscan Friary, exterior south transept, west window, jamb, arch and hood
Finely moulded twin ogee headed light, moulding of jamb and hood. Jamb from intrados comprises hollow chamfer, right-angled rebate, hollow chamfer, right-angled rebate, hollow chamfer. The hood, from the extrados inward comprises: frontal fillet, hollow chamfer, quadrant, hollow chamfer.
Kilconnell Franciscan Friary, exterior south transept, west window, mullion
Mullion of finely moulded window in south transept. The mullion is moulded at its outer face and simply has chamfered corners at the rear. The moulding, from centre comprises: central fillet flanked at either side by hollow chamfer, right-angled rebate, hollow.
Kilconnell Franciscan Friary, north chancel wall, tomb niche, jamb and arch
Jamb and arch moulding of canopied niche in north chancel wall. Moulding from intrados comprises: quadrant, hollow chamfer, quadrant, flat surface running into hollow, mitre, hollow chamfer, quadrant, hollow chamfer.
Kilconnell Franciscan Friary, north chancel wall, tomb niche, jamb, arch and hood
Jamb arch and hood moulding of eastern tomb of chancel. Moulding of jamb from intrados comprises: chamfer, roll, hollow, roll. The hood, from extrados inward comprises hollow, and roll (could be read as ogee). This moulding is fascinating, as it appears to be emulating a the double ogee found on similar tombs in of the Limerick/Kerry group - other…
Kilconnell Franciscan Friary, north chancel wall, tomb niche, mullion
Mullion of tracery in canopied tomb niche. Moulding comprises: central fillet flanked at either side by hollow, quadrant, right-angled rebate, quadrant, hollow.
Kilconnell Franciscan Friary, north chancel wall, tomb niche, pinnacle, base
Tomb niche, base of pinnacle. Moulding, from top down comprises: necking roll, bell, bell, plinth.
Kilconnell Franciscan Friary, north nave wall, tomb niche, jamb and arch
Jamb, arch and hood moulding of flamboyant tomb niche. Moulding of jamb and arch from intrados comprises: ogee, quadrant, hollow chamfer, ogee. The hood, from extrados, comprises: quadrant, hollow chamfer, right-angled rebate, ogee. Ogees often occur in conjunction with this kind of elaborate flame like tracery, as at St. Nicholas, Galway.
Kilconnell Franciscan Friary, south nave wall, tomb niche, jamb and arch
Jamb and arch moulding of tomb niche. Moulding, from intrados, comprises: hollow chamfer, right-angled rebate, hollow chamfer, right-angled rebate, hollow chamfer. The elements grow larger as the moulding progresses from the inner to the outer face. This, though a simple design feature, is unusual in Irish mouldings and is seen rarely. A similar…
Kilconnell Franciscan Friary, south transept, arcade, capital
Capital of south transept arcade, plainer of two varieties. From the top down the moulding comprises: roll, chamfer, roll with chamfered front face and lower fillet, bell, chamfered fillet as necking.
Kilconnell Franciscan Friary, south transept, arcade, capital
South transept arcade, one of two types of capital, the other very plain. The moulding, from the top down comprises: scroll, roll, angle-fillet, scroll with lower fillet, bell with angle-fillet at mid-point, necking scroll. Similar capitals can be found in the piscina of the transept chapel at this site, as well as at Holycross, Strade, Kilfenora…
Kilconnell Franciscan Friary, west exterior wall, door
West door jamb, arch and hood moulding. Moulding from intrados comprises: quadrant, hollow chamfer, right-angled rebate, quadrant, hollow chamfer. The hood, from extrados to intrados comprises: frontal fillet, hollow chamfer, quadrant.
Kilfenora Cathedral, north wall, tomb niche, base
Base comprising: upper scroll, bell, fillet, two quarter rolls running into a plinth.
Kilfenora Cathedral, north wall, tomb niche, capital
Capital comprising: abacus, two rolls, angle fillet, scroll, bell with keel at mid-point, roll-and-fillet as necking. Simlar examples at Holycross, Kilconnell, Strade, Lorrah Dominican.
Kilfenora Cathedral, north wall, tomb niche, hood
Pointed hood, comprising, from outside in: roll, free-standing fillet, hollow, scroll, fillet, hollow, roll.
Kilfenora Cathedral, north wall, tomb niche, mullion
Triplet of rolls with fillet, chamfered pillar engaged at rear