churches historical cahir

St Paul's church - an 1820 Nash design. Note the church's magnificent tower and rare cruciform diamond -paned windows in its twin entrance towers....

The ruins of the Old Parish Church of Cahir which last saw use in the 1820's, stands just off the Square in Old Church Street. This church is unusual in that it is divided by a conspicuous "Curtain Wall" which was used after the Reformation to allow both Catholics and Protestants to worship simultaneously under the one roof.

The left side of the cemetery is given over mostly for military burials, a vestige from the last century when Cahir was an important garrison town. Richard Pe...

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…...

Built in 1833 by Fr. Michael Tobin. 50 years later it has to be repaired by Rev. Maurice Mooney, P.P. an older Church than the present one had been erected on the spot in 1791. Prior to this parishioners worshipped in a thatched chapel which stood near the entrance gate to Cahir Park.

This Chapel was a chapel of the Penal Days, but the Butlers of that period were Catholics, therefore they provided the people of Cahir with a place of worship In 1895, Lady Charteris leased 3/4 acre of...