reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches
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@apelles wrote:
Agree John..BTW..Don’t refrain from making honest comments on this thread..no one reads it anyway..
I am not at all sure of that …..
apelles:it’s really a shame that they replaced the original vernacular facade; it’s so much better than the bog-standard 1950s ‘romanesque’ current one. There really should be a ‘leave well alone’ syndrome drummed into PPs everywhere (along with much else).
PS Did they really have the brass neck to demolish the georgian house adjacent for that 1950s bit of suburbia? Planning? Conservation?@apelles wrote:
All the hacking this church has recieved over the years has certainly left its toll, but the thing I find most objectionable about it would have to be the rough dirty grey plaster dash sprayed onto the main ceiling areas & up into the dome. Ironicly enough the Church is built in an area in Westport called ‘The Shambles’.
Coincidence apelles, not irony. Has Ed Byrne taught you nothing?
And go easy on Praxiteles, I fear that if you take his churches and their perceived import from him, he may be left with nothing. Poor soul.
On a more relevant point, tis an awful shame about the loss of that gothic facade.
It would tie in very well with the clocktower and the octagon in the town, and would no doubt enhance the appeal of the already beautiful mall.@Praxiteles wrote:
I am not at all sure of that …..
Was only messing about no one reading this thread..With 1,021,459 views & currently & 6,122 replies it has to be the most popular thread ever on Arkiseek..So very well done Praxiteles..you’re a legend.
But the problem I am addressing here or what I was getting at, is how do we get the ‘right’ feckin people to read it? The ones who are awarded these contracts..meaning the likes of your Hurleys & Heddermans etc..those Architects who aggressively pursue their own agenda in Church reordering around the country..Ignorant as Praxiteles would say ‘to the wind of change’ that’s happening around them & needs to be brought to their attention. How can we make them sit up & take notice of the views expressed here by so many & put an end to this fad of Church vandalism?..For good.
Any Ideas anyone?@johnglas wrote:
apelles:it’s really a shame that they replaced the original vernacular facade; it’s so much better than the bog-standard 1950s ‘romanesque’ current one. There really should be a ‘leave well alone’ syndrome drummed into PPs everywhere (along with much else).
PS Did they really have the brass neck to demolish the georgian house adjacent for that 1950s bit of suburbia? Planning? Conservation?Thats the Porochial House John, I called there to get a book about the diosese, thankfully they did’nt demolish that…Yet.
foremanjoe wrote:Coincidence apelles, not irony. Has Ed Byrne taught you nothing?Thanks Joe I’d completly forgotten about that..You got it wrong as well tho..He says ‘it’s Unfortunate’.
Ten thousand spoons indeed.
Put me in mind of Barney McKenna in O’Donoghues one night, years ago, when every aran gansey thought he could play the spoons. Barney was playing a solo banjo and this guy joined in on the spoons. After a while it grated, Barney stopped, turned behind him and said, loudly, “Would somebody give that Effer a cup of coffee.”
K.Just to counterbalance the ramblings..sorry I mean observations of Ed Byrne..something on iconoclasm..
If one wanted to do a job on the inside of the odme in Westport, then perhaps it might not be a bad idea to see what has been done with domes:
St Peter’s, Rome
A Greek Orthodox example.
It took Tziouvaras and two assistants over 3 months to paint the image of the Almighty in the dome. They laid on their backs on a 75 foot tall scaffold to paint it.
The Virgin and child, painted dome of the parecclesion of Chora Church. A Byzantine church in Istanbul
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