churches historical ireland

The name Ballycastle derives from two Gaelic Words. 'baile' which means town or village, and 'Caisleain', which means a castle. The Castle from which the town got its name stood alongside the church in the Diamond....

A replica of Salisbury Cathedral, this architectural gem was completed in 1913 by London businessman John Duguid as a memorial of love to his daughter Constance who was killed in a riding accident near the village in 1888, and his wife Adelaide who died in 1903....

An Early Christian monastery was founded here around 630 by St. Feichin who died of the plague in 664-5. At one time there were 300 monks in the monastery. It was burned in 771, 830 and again in 870, and a number of times in the course of the 11th and 12th centuries. From this old monastery one church - St. Feichin's - survives, standing in a graveyard above the road. Originally it was a simple rectangular building with antae, and with a Greek corss in relief over the flat-headed doorway. A c...

St Mary's Church, on the opposite side of Dorset Street, is known as 'the Black Church' after the black calp stone of which it is built.

Dublin legend has it that if you go twice round the Black Church at midnight, the devil will appear....

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....

The Parish Church occupies the site of churches dating back to the original foundation by St. Ailbe, who died in 527AD....

The historic church enjoys the reputation of being one of the most interesting and ecclesiastically important churches in Ulster. St Nicholas' Church dates from the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ulster by John De Courcy, when he established the Norman stronghold of Carrickfergus circa 1180 A.D.

The Church lies at the centre of the town and its long history reflects the triumphs and deprivation suffered by the town population for over 800 years. It is dedicated to St. Nicholas, Bishop of...

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...

The ruins of an imposing, partly built 12th century edifice now stand on the site of the original Patrician Church and have recently been conserved.
St Patrick established his first Christian Church as a headquarters for his mission, a church which was destined to become the Ecclesia Dominica Patricii -the principal church of St Patrick- hence Donagh Patrick the chief central church of St Patrick in that whole area of Maigh Seola....

It is believed that when the French family came to Doorus in the 17th century they brought with them several Franciscans from Galway who were lodged in a renovated portion of this very old church. At the east end stands the impressive tomb of the French and de Basterot families....