Re: Re: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches

@apelles wrote:

Yep Lads. . They quite literally ripped the feckin guts out of it. . I wonder what became of all the original fixtures & fittings? And I also wonder was there much of a furore about it at the time . . Or was it all the usual ‘cloak & dagger stuff’ with few really knowing what was happening until it was to late . . I’d really like to imagine them not getting away with that type of vandalism today, especially on that scale & on such an historically important building. . Is there enough public awareness of this cause to prevent the likes of this disaster from reoccurring by today’s standards? If not. . What can be done to increase it?

And sometimes . .I wonder . . if I ‘wonder’ to much! 😉

About disasters reoccurring, Praxiteles is not at all convinced that they will not. Just take the Co. Laoish case posted on the last page of this thread. It was as daft (if not more so) that the Cobh enterprise.