Organ Cases In Irish Churches and Cathedrals
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The recently gutted (per Richard Hurley) Augustinian Church in Galway:
St Columb’s cathedral, Derry – this case is empty, organ proper is in the north aisle side chapel.
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@Praxiteles wrote:
The recently gutted (per Richard Hurley) Augustinian Church in Galway:
Another puritanical windsweep. Can’t leave well enough alone.
Note how the western ends of these churches have maintained their gravitas whereas the eastern ends (sanctuaries) are now exercises in levitas, or worse.
St. Mel’s Cathedral, Longford
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Newhall House?
That’s it. Beautiful house.
I was reading about it somewhere lately, possibly in Maurice Craig’s new book. The front of house is very formal and probably 19th century. The back return of the house is much older and potentially more historically significant. It definitely features in Hugh Weir’s houses of Clare book.
This house to the best of my knowedlge is not open to the public. The house next door to it Edenvale House is currently being converted into a hotel/guest house. This house was most recently a private house (for a UK DJ) and up to about 20 years ago was a/an hospital.
Michael!
Below see a picture of the organ case at New Hall, Ennis, Co. Clare. According to Bence-Jones, it is not an organ at all but a baroque cupboard in the form of an organ.
The house was built by Charles MacDonnell, MP, c. 1764 to a design possibly by Francis Bindon. The cupboard is in the octagonal doric hall -where the MacDonnell crest appears in the metopes.
Church of Sts Peter and Paul, Cork:
Church of Sts Peter and Paul, Cork:
The Pro-Cathedral Church of St Patrick, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
do you think choirs with small organs get inferiority complexes and try to compensate by buying stupid cars 😉
@Praxiteles wrote:
Michael!
Below see a picture of the organ case at New Hall, Ennis, Co. Clare. According to Bence-Jones, it is not an organ at all but a baroque cupboard in the form of an organ.
The house was built by Charles MacDonnell, MP, c. 1764 to a design possibly by Francis Bindon. The cupboard is in the octagonal doric hall -where the MacDonnell crest appears in the metopes.
Thanks for sharing that. It looks fantastic, I never realised that it was jnst a cupboard!
The organ case of the Convent Chapel of the Ursuline nuns Blackrock, Co.Cork
Michael!
Slightly off the subject, but this link to Francis Bindon may be of interest. It has a small bit about New Hall
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/people/francis_bindon.htm
The organ case in St. Francis Xavier, Gardiner St., Dublin
Saint Saviours Dominick Street
J.J. McCarty – 1861Organ above entrance
And here, courtesy of P. Clerkin, is a rare treat: a view of the organ in St. Paul’s, Arran Quay (1837)
St Mary’s Cork:
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North Cathedral Cork:
Not really a case and impossible to get a photo of the entire instrument, as its spread across both aisles and the nave, here is a shot of the south aisle front pipework. I would imagine the organ was rebuilt in the latest renovation to the church.
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St. Michael’s Church, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh
Has St. Michael’s acquired a new organ?
@Praxiteles wrote:
St. Michael’s Church, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh
Has St. Michael’s acquired a new organ?
Sort of! St Michael’s organ had suffered quite a bit over the years, it was originally built by Telford and Telford and rebuilt by the Irish Organ Co some years ago, using most of the original pipework. However, they tryed to “stretch” the specification from a 2 manual to 3, this was not altogether successful. Back in 2000, the instument (as your photo shows) was taken apart and rebuilt, using much of the existing pipework. The second photo shows only the skeleton of the swell box. Attached is an article from a local paper, with a photo of the almost completed case, prior to the reinstatement of 3 original Telford Angels from the original organ.
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More detail here: http://npor.emma.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D08045
And here: http://npor.emma.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=C00483
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