reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches

Re; Kilkenny
@Praxiteles wrote:

And restoration there will be: and sooner, I suspect, rather than later!

what makes you say that? is something afoot?

The Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady at Tuam co. Galway by Dominic Madden begun in 1827 also has an early plaster gothic revival ceiling:

Catherdal of St. Peter and Paul by Dominick Madden and begun in 1827 but delayed completion for lack of funding:

Holy Trinity (1829-1831), Holborn by Francis Goodwin

Another example of the early gothic revival in Ireland is Dromagh church near Kanturk , Co. Cork which dates from the early 1830s.

@Praxiteles wrote:

Are you sure it is Youghal?

This is the photo of youghal with the spire, also i include a photo of the sanctuary in youghal following decoration by us in 1925, and the same view today with the murals intact and restored but without the stencilwork. It is similar to many churches where the actuall paintings remained but the stencilwork was obliterated. It never looks right as they are left hanging in mid-air with no embellishments.

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This is a photo of The Sacred Heart Church , Templemore CO. Tipperary .The murals and stencilwork in this church were completely restored by us a few years ago, and now exists as a great example of how all Irish churches once looked.

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@THE_Chris wrote:

Just out of sheer and complete interest, how much would the average stencil painting of a sanctuary cost, or are you allowed to reveal that to a forum?

Apart from revealing costs to the forum, the costing of stencilwork is a complicated process as you have to take into account many factors inc., area of the sanctuary, access scaffold ,design of stencilwork, no. of stencils to be cut out, wall measurements and positioning, no. of colours , amount of gold leaf to be applied and location of the church.There can be other factors to be included too, but basicly each sanctuary has to be looked at individually in order to give a costing .

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This is the photo of youghal with the spire, also i include a photo of the sanctuary in youghal following decoration by us in 1925, and the same view today with the murals intact and restored but without the stencilwork. It is similar to many churches where the actuall paintings remained but the stencilwork was obliterated. It never looks right as they are left hanging in mid-air with no embellishments.

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It strikes me as odd that although the statue of St Joseph is enshrined in a beautifully ornate Gothic niche, St Anne (or could it be Our Lady of Victory? Our Lady of the Christian Schools?) is standing on a plinth without a niche. Any idea where the statue of St Joseph and his Gothic niche ended up?

The statue in Youghal is that of Our Lady of Youghal – I am not sure whther it is the medieval one that survived or a copy of the same.

I must say, looking at the present sanctuary, the roundels over the the Crucifixion and the figures at either side look ridiculous without the interlinking stencil work. But, it is important that a record exists for at some stage in the future all of this can be retrieved.

I understand that quite a considerable amount of work has recently gone on in the interior of Youghal church. I wonder did the heritage office of Cork County Council suggest anything about the recovery of the original stencil work and decoration of the church? Or, indeed, did they even know of the problem we have?