churches historical ireland

A small church with antae and a (partly reconstructed) flat-headed doorway to which a chancel was added. The original church is Early Christian in date, but the chancel was added possibly as late as the 16th century. The round-headed doorway in the south wall is alter than the original church. Inside the church is a cross-base with a small cross which was removed there from the housing estate 100 yards south-west of the church....

At upper Ballinderry is a barn church with bull's eye glass in the windows, built in 1666 for Jeremy Taylor, the famous Bishop of Down and Connor, a descendant of Dr Rowland Taylor and one of the great prose writers of the seventeenth century.

Theological tussles with local Presbyterians apparently made his bishopric 'a place of torment'. He died, aged fifty four, the year before the Ballinderry church was consecrated and is buried in Dromore cathedral....

The Catholic Church has the eminent Cork sculptor John O'Connell 's plaque and bust for Fr thomas Mary Kinane who undertook major renovation at the turn of the century.

Cashel's square has a fountain erected to commemorate his services 'in connecton with the Cashel extension railway, 1904' ....

The saint's festival is on 16 July, when pilgrims come to the island from the mainland. The saint was venerated so much by sailors that they lowered their sails in his honour when they passed the island. The church is a small rectangular structure built of very large stones. It has a flat-headed doorway and a round-headed east window.

The most unusual feature of this church is that the antae continue right up the gable and meet at the top, thus suggesting that this is a feature copie...

Designed by John Nash and completed in 1817, at a cost of IR2,307, the church is a delightful Gothic Revival building. One of only two known Nash designed churches to have survived.

There is a very fine interior with superb plasterwork, stained glass and a vast array of wall plaques. Well worth a visit…...

St. Andrews Church was once the centre of a Church of Ireland parish. St. Andrews Parish is one of the oldest parishes in the city, dating back to the 11th century.

The present builidng was built in 1866, however, there has been a church on this site since 1665.
Saint Andrews was sold by the Church of Ireland in 1994, and its now the main Tourist Information Office for Dublin....

Travelling north from Emyvale , and on the road to Aughnacloy, turn left , following the sign for Errigal Truagh Church. Just beyond this Church of Ireland church is Errigal Graveyard and the ruin of St. Mellan's a 10th century church. The graveyard contains many graves with the old McKenna coat of arms engraved on the stones.

The coat of arms illustrates the hunt which brought John McKenna to these parts. Represented on the shield is a hunter on horseback two hounds, a stag, and t...

A long rectangular church which served the parishioners of the Six Towns area during the later medieval period. Surviving decorative stonework suggests that a 13th century church was replace by another in the later medieval period. What is perhaps of greater interest is the collection of 18th century grave-stones well carved in high relief, which are found in and around the church, where more recent burials are absent....

In the medieval church a 12th century Romanesque chancel arch has been partially re-erected. It is unique in that it is the only Romanesque chancel arch in Ireland which has figure sculpture. On the south side can be seen Adam and Eve, a man with drinking horn, two figures embracing, an acrobat and David with the head of Goliath, while on the north side there is Samson and the Lion, two bearded faces, an abbot with a crosier and other figures. Nearby is a granite cross.