reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches

@Rhabanus wrote:

Milan boasts the largest Gothic cathedral in the world. One of its more unusual attractions, aside from its impressive Gothic facade, is the Nivola, a mechanical cloud in which the archbishop or another prelate ascends to heaven in order to bring down to earth the relic of the Holy Nail now ensconced in a cruciform reliquary.

These links explain the tradition of the Nivola and give the viewer an excellent picture of what the machine is, how it functions, and what the cathedral looks like from the Nivola.

Should the FOSCC order one for St Colman’s, Cobh – to be installed in the south transept once the roof of the south aisle ever gets repaired? A collection ought to be taken up in order to send a Nivola to Bogota – that theatre by Bonillo certainly could stand a Deus ex machina.

http://events.skyteam.com/sisp/skyteam/?fx=event&event_id=29881

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tltSKwNUjYc&feature=user

Rhabanus wishes all prelates a safe and happy landing in the Nivola.

Ah! The Visconti. Nice to see they are still around in Milan.

re The Twin Churches of Wexford;

some detailed info ;

http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/Surveys/Buildings/BuildingoftheMonth/

That links here;

http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX&regno=15505043

@descamps wrote:

Monday’s meeting of Cobh Town Council brought to light some developments on the Cathedral saga. Replying to questions on the works now going on in the Cathedral, Town Council officials confirmed that they had received a letter from the Church authorities saying that the services of architect Professor Cathal O’Neill had been dispensed with. A local firm of architects have been hired by the Steering committee to look at the maintenance questions facing the Cathedral fabric.

Weehee……:D

@Praxiteles wrote:

The departure of the Mies-wreckovator is certainly good news and likely to leave Cobh Cathedral in a much safer position- However, we are not yet out of the woods. We have to find out who the new architect is and where he is coming from before giving full approval to him. No doubt teh FOSCC will be on to this one fairly quickly. The situation could also be improved by a few more resignations from the Steering committee and the abolition of the Cloyne HACK.

The sooner the Cloyne HACK dissolves, the better. Hear! Hear! to more resignations from the Steering committee. A few of the more sclerotic ideologues on that illustrious body seem embalmed in their own opinions. Let’s hear from some more vital and common-sensed members of the Cloyne ecclesial community.

God be with the FOSCC!

Here’s an interesting church; Kilrossanty Parish church, in Co.Waterford at the foot of the Comeraghs. Built c 1840. The roof, I don’t know if it’s original, is interesting. The diocese website says the church was ‘reroofed’ in the 1990’s.

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@Praxiteles wrote:

That pink colour is most unfortunate.

Would one be correct in saying that the windows are by Watsons of Youghal and date from the 1950s/1960s?

Unfortunate, too, is the style of the light fixtures or globes. Domestic rather than ecclesiastical.

Note the statue standing forlornly on the table beneath the sanctuary lamp, just outside the sanctuary. Is it the Immaculata?

What are the green squares on the wall of the Epistle side of the sanctuary?

What might have been in the three arches above the window in the south transept?

Any photos of the church “in younger and happier days”? Ireland was particularly good about recording the glory of her churches.

@Rhabanus wrote:

Unfortunate, too, is the style of the light fixtures or globes. Domestic rather than ecclesiastical.

Note the statue standing forlornly on the table beneath the sanctuary lamp, just outside the sanctuary. Is it the Immaculata?

What are the green squares on the wall of the Epistle side of the sanctuary?

What might have been in the three arches above the window in the south transept?

Any photos of the church “in younger and happier days”? Ireland was particularly good about recording the glory of her churches.

The lights are terrible, as usual. The green squares are children’s drawings, what else.

Church of Ireland launches stained glass database
Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2008 / April 23

A new database recording stained glass windows in Church of Ireland churches will be launched next Monday at the Irish Architectural Archive. Named ‘Gloine’ (glass), the new database will allow users to search for windows by church or architect’s name, geographical location, names of stained glass artists and studios, dates, religious subject-matter and other categories.

http://ireland.archiseek.com/news/2008/000118.html

@Paul Clerkin wrote:

Church of Ireland launches stained glass database
Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2008 / April 23

A new database recording stained glass windows in Church of Ireland churches will be launched next Monday at the Irish Architectural Archive. Named ‘Gloine’ (glass), the new database will allow users to search for windows by church or architect’s name, geographical location, names of stained glass artists and studios, dates, religious subject-matter and other categories.

http://ireland.archiseek.com/news/2008/000118.html

sounds great

From yesterday’s olim Cork Exanuner an account of what has happened to JJ. McCarthy’s spire at St. Peter and Paul’s church Kilmallock, Co. Limerick.

http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2008/04/25/story61137.asp

The problem of mounting antennae onto church spires comes before An Bord Pleannala frequerntly enough thath we can consider this another blight on the country’s ecclesiastical patrimony.