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Church of Ireland church
Church of Ireland church
Church of Ireland church Evidence of three different churches can be found on thesite at Lorum. The nineteenth-century seven-bay church stands on elevated ground in astriking setting about 3.5 km from the River Barrow. It was built about 1838 to the designof Frederick Darley who also designed the gate piers which reflect [...]
Church of Ireland church
5. Church of Ireland church
Church of Ireland church The churchyard at Dunleckny contains the ivycoveredruins of two churches. The detached three-bay, single cell Church of Irelandwas built in the late eighteenth but abandoned in the early nineteenth century.The other church is much older. At the beginning of the thirteenth century this churchwas granted to the [...]
Church of Ireland church
Church of Ireland church
Duiske Abbey
Duiske Abbey
12. Duiske Abbey from the stream that flows nearby. The church was restored in1974-80 and consists of a nave and chancel with an aisle on each side.To truly imagine what the church must have been like when the monks lived here, takea look at the chancel , the crossing and the east windows. The [...]
Killeshin Catholic Church
Killeshin Catholic Church
Killeshin Catholic Church was built in 819-20 to the design of Thomas Cobden. It is a modest but spacious building in stone and brick with Gothic windows and polygonal turrets on each corner.
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Quaker burial ground
Quaker burial ground
Along with Ballykealey graveyard this 14.Quaker burial ground is a reminder ofthe once thriving Quaker community in Co. Carlow. Quakerism evolved in the Northof England in the seventeenth century and made its first inroads into the Carlow/Kildare region during the Cromwellian plantations of the 1650s. Many Quaker familiessettled in the Fenagh area, the most [...]
Quaker graveyard and Lecky family graveyard
Quaker graveyard and Lecky family graveyard
13. Quaker graveyard and Lecky family graveyard – The charming village of Ballon isrich in archaeological heritage. Located on the outskirts of the village is the Quaker graveyardalso strongly associated with the Lecky family for whom nearby Ballykealey House was builtin 1830. Twenty six members of the family are known to [...]
Romanesque church
Romanesque church
Myshall lies at the foot of the northern slopes of the Blackstairs Mountains whichprovide a magnificent backdrop to the rich pasture lands and winding country roadswhich surround the village. St. Finian, known as the ‘tutor of the Saints of Ireland’ andfounder of the celebrated monastery of Clonard, Co. Meath, was born in Myshall about470 [...]
Romanesque Doorway
11. Romanesque Doorway
St. Patrick introduced Christianity into Ireland in the fifth century and heralded a golden age of Christianity which produced a rich heritage of architecture and ecclesiastical art. Killeshin was the site of an early monastic settlement associated with saints Diarmait and Comgán. St. Mugen who was abbot here in the sixth century is [...]
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
The site of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in the village of Borris was providedby the MacMurrough Kavanagh family. It is a large, T-plan, barn-church built in1820. The stained-glass window over the main altar depicts the crucifixion with SaintsFortchern, Brigid and Fiachra underneath.
