Re: Re: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches

Paul: the same thing was done with the remains of the former St Andrew’s Cathedral in Dumfries, destroyed by fire in the early 1960s. I’m not at all convinced that the result is as happy as you suggest; the new church (now just a parish church) is a good enough effort for the mid-1960s but still looks incongruous in its setting.
In Longford, any new church would have to be ‘contemporary’ (by definition), but what does a ‘contemporary church’ look like? Is there any successful modern template as numinous as St Mel’s was? I doubt it.
Unfortunately, I can’t upload any photos, but there’s agood set at www,standrewsdumfries.co.uk.
Browsing the pics, I have to say it has matured very well, but I’ve not seen it in the flesh for a long time, so can’t say whether they are flattering or not.