churches historical ireland

Youghal has been a flourishing town since the 13th century, if not before. It was sacked by the Rebel Earl of Desmond in 1579. In 1588-9 its mayor was Walter Raleigh, who, though he spent little time in it, is alleged by tradition to have planted the first Irish potato there. Owned by Richard Boyle (afterwards Earl of Cork) in the early 17th century, it was blockaded by Lord Castlehaven in 1645. Cromwell, to whom the town gave allegiance, used it as the base for his Irish expedition, and sa...

An older church existed on the site which was dedicated to St. Columba, and there was once a shrine to him here (hence the name, from Latin Scrinium, a shrine). Around 1175 Adam de Fajpo was granted the land and built another church whose tithes he brought with him when he joined the Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary's in Dublin around 1185. the present church was founded around 1341. It has a nave and chancel, and a tower at the western end of the church.

The north doorway retains some...

St Brecan's Church Ruins reputed to be Derry's oldest building situated in St Columb's Park a quiet woodland by the side of the River Foyle these ruins are said to be the remains of the oldest building in Derry dating back to the 6th century.

Admission: Free

Opening: All year winter daylight hours / Summer 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m....

A small stone oratory, rectangular in plan, with a south door and two east windows one above the other. it is most unusual in that it is one of the few remaining examples of a stone-roofed medieval church; its stone roof is supported by an interior pointed vault. it was considerably restored in 1888....

Saint Mary's Church in Mary Street (1697, by Thomas Burgh) is the only surviving seventeenth-century church in Dublin.

John Wesley preached his first sermon in Ireland here in 1747.

The building is now an arts centre.

On the other side of Capel Street, Little Mary Street leads to the colourful Dublin Corporation Fruit and Vegetable Market....

Originally the site of an ancient Augustian Abbey this church was erected in 1872 replacing the previous "Chapel of Ease" built by Sir Henry Docwra for the settlers. Architect: JG Ferguson. A neo-Gothic church built of whinstone with sandstone dressings, " it is delightfully situated on the City walls, surrounded by its graveyard and a pretty parish school and hall" (Byrne and Frazer). Hammerbeam roof inside. Listed building.

Sited on the West Wall near Bishop's Gate this beautiful...

A mote-and-bailey can be seen near the gate of the fifteenth-century St Finian's Church, which is of the nave and chancel type with a three-storey fortified tower. The tower was  where the priest used to live.Its fine tracery east window, is English in design and is one of the best of its kind in the country.

The church is still used for worship. This is a Roman Catholic Church

A thatched cottage in the village, now a public house, is at least two hundred year...

This a Protestant Church of St. John the Evangelist, built in 1786 and designed by James Gandon - one of Ireland's foremost architects. He also designed the Custom House in Dublin.
The church lies on the site of an older church was burnt down. It contains an elaborately carved font of 14th or early 15th century date. It is located near Emo Court....

Across the road from the friary is Killegy Churchyard. A large cross marks the grave of Henry Arthur Herbert, builder of Muckross House, who died in 1866. The 18th century reconstructed church was built as a mortuary chapel for Maurice Hussey of Cahernae, late Colonel in the army of James II, who died in 1714. The original church on the site was probably the 12th-13th century parish church....

The First Derry Presbyterian Church was built with the help of a large sum of money donated by Queen Mary as a reward for the bravery of the Presbyterians during the Siege of 1689.

It has a chaste and handsome front made of Dungiven sandstone a fine portico of four fluted columns with corinthians capitals entablature and pediment and is approached by a broad set of steps. Inside the main space is lofty with a fine coffered timber ceiling and behind the pulpit are stained glass windows...