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St. Brigid’s Well
St. Brigid’s Well
10. St. Brigid’s Well is an ancient holy well that is now a modern shrine.
St. Columba’s Church of Ireland church
St. Columba’s
Church of Ireland church
Tullow was a location of ecclesiastical importance from at least the late fifth century when a monastery was founded by St. Fortiarnán (Fortchern). No traces of this remain although the large granite cross base and font in the churchyard of the present St. Columba’s Church of Ireland church may have been associated with the early [...]
St. Fintan’s Catholic Church
St. Fintan’s Catholic Church
The early nineteenth-century St. Fintan’s Catholic Church is a fine example of a spacious ‘barn- style’ building. Features of note include the marble altar which was presented to the church by Cardinal Moran (see page 31).
To the left of the church, in the carpark, can be seen the tiny schoolhouse where John Conwill, a local [...]
St. Fortiarnán’s church
St. Fortiarnán’s church
7. St. Fortiarnán’s church Against the backdrop of the Blackstairs Mountains standthe remains of this diminutive rectangular church which dates back to the tenth oreleventh century. It is testament to the building skills of these early stone masons thatall four walls are still intact almost one thousand years after they were first built.Known [...]
St. Fortiarnán’s Holy Well
St. Fortiarnán’s Holy Well
8. St. Fortiarnán’s Holy Well in the field across the road from thechurch. The well, which has been recently restored, has been visited through thecenturies. According to local history, “there was more than a newspaper could holdof cures of people who came from county Wexford across the mountains”. In thenineteenth century a [...]
St. John’s Church of Ireland Church
St. John’s Church of Ireland Church
On a clear day, the views from 15. St. John’s Churchof Ireland Church are magnificent, stretching across theverdant landscape of west Carlow as far as Kilkenny itself. Atthe end of a walled entrance avenue visitors are greeted witha small but well proportioned single cell stone church withthree bays and a handsome [...]
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
14. St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, built in 1819, contains the striking stained glass window to the memory of Captain Myles Keogh who was born in Leighlinbridge in 1840 and was killed at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.
Keogh went to America in the 1860s to fight with the Union side in the [...]
St. Laserian’s Cathedral
St. Laserian’s Cathedral
St. Laserian’s Trail covers the mid-Carlow area, featuring a number of sites of national significance including the medieval Cathedral at Old Leighlin as well as the impressive Adelaide Memorial Church at Myshall. Enjoy discovering these ancient sites, tucked away in green valleys or up high on open countryside surrounded by an expanse [...]
St. Laserian’s Catholic Church
St. Laserian’s Catholic Church
St. Laserian’s Catholic Church is a large T barn building with a date stone of 1793,
although the present structure probably dates from 1830.
In the churchyard you can see a large replica of a nineteenth century high
cross erected by Patrick Francis Moran to commemorate his parents. Patrick
Francis Moran was born in Leighlinbridge in [...]
St. Patrick’s Church
St. Patrick’s Church
St. Patrick’s Church is an early nineteenth-century church built in theGothic-revival style. It has been described as a reduced version of Cobden’s CarlowCathedral and is regarded as one of the finest Gothic barn-type churches inIreland.The granite-built church dates from c. 1830 and has a T plan. The attractive,three–bay exterior has a large central [...]
