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@Fearg wrote:
Indeed it is – apart from this silly glass porch:
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UGH!!
idiots.
What stone are the nave piers of?
@Fearg wrote:
Some Pics of Letterkenny Cathedral (probably the least talked about in the entire country, yet perhaps one of the most intact!)
Wonderful! What an extraordinary building! And so well kept and preserved!
@Fearg wrote:
Monaghan:
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wow! absolutely beautiful! where did you find the picture? do you know what year it is?
anyone else have a problem with the crookedness? you can’t see the other part from practically anywhere but the east link bridge.
@Fearg wrote:
Link to a very interesting site, check out the section on Irish Buildings in particular.
great site
@Praxiteles wrote:
Are the sacreens in marble or Portland stone?
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[ATTACH]6181[/ATTACH][ATTACH]6182[/ATTACH]There are alot more of them here. As you can see St.Aidan’s is essentially just a larger version of the Twin churches, with transepts and a longer chancel; same simple, satisfying granite columns, nave arches, windows, etc. I thought the stained glass in the twin churches was actually better. The 1994 restoration of St.Aidans was quite good, but left alot that could’ve been done. And even with all the positive aspects, the stencilling and so on, the effect of the altar moved into the crossing on a modern stone platform is totally devestating to the church, as it is in every church.
As for the screens, the leaflet in St.Aidan’s says the screens and the fine reredos are in Caen stone, But as you can see they’re coated in bright white paint- why on earth would they paint over pierre de caen?!
I don’t know if the twin churches’ screens are also in that stone- they’re painted the same white…so?
The church above, which is The Church of the Immaculate Conception, has not survived untouched, but there’s little to complain about in comparison to it’s sister over in Bride Street, The Church of the Assumption. Here, the interior is painted a repulsive plain orange with blue(!) stripes running along the nave arches to match with the glossy blue carpet in the sanctuary. It’s very instructive to be able to compare an appropriately coloured church with an almost identical church coated in frankly idiotic colours just two streets away. The effect is quite devastating, and remember that most churches in the country are painted like this. All of the altars in the church have apparently disappeared and been replaced mostly with plant life. In the chancel, where the high altar would have been is a chair mounted on steps! The beautiful screens separating out the side altars have survived, somehow. Strangely, the altar rails have survived, except for a bit of the arcades in the center and the central gates. But, unfortunately, they are really quite poor. In fact bizarre. I assume they must be the originals, but am surprised at their quality if they are. It’s a great shame it didn’t escape mostly unscathed like it’s twin as they’re beautiful churches in design and construction and it would have been quite unique and fascinating to be able to compare them, especially being so close to each other. Oh well. 1 out of 2’s not bad right?
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This is the better preserved of the Wexford town twin churches, beside the Adoration Convent. It’s a real beauty, largely untouched by re-ordering. It’s greatest fortune is to be painted a beautiful, sensible cream white, rather than crazy schemes of purple and orange. The most beautiful feature is the intact altar railings, which really makes the church- intact except for the gates taken off their hinges and left leaning against the rails for some reason- presumably temporary.
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[ATTACH]6098[/ATTACH]St.Iberius’ church (Anglican), Wexford town, now open everyday! It’s a little Georgian gem, though not untouched by the Victorians. The plasterwork in the sanctuary is top class, and surrounding it are exquisite Georgian altar rails, moved from St.George’s in Dublin (where Wellington was married). There’s also a fine bust by Foley and some good monuments.
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Am I alone thinking such a huge building looks kind of ridiculous in the midst of the low docklands skyline? Will it not distract the eye from looking anywhere else ? If there were a few altro vetros nearby then we’d have some sort gradation at least.
Another church closing in Limerick! The city is littered with closed down churches, all of them very fine buildings.
Praxiteles wrote:Clogher Cathedral BaptisteryOf course, when it comes to Clogher Cathedral we are already conditioned to expect the worst and the vandalization of the Baptistery here does not disappoint.
Originally, JJ. McCarthy supplied the Cathedral with an attached Baptistery located on the North side of the nave. A.W.N. Pugin had already used a similar solution for Killarney Cathedral. Not unexpectedly, the Baptistery seems to have been dedicated to St. John the Baptist and was decorated with a set of painted glass windows referring to all of the major biblical scenes from the life of St. John the Baptist. The windows were made by Mayer of Munich and had as their themes: the appearance of the Angel to Zacheriah (the father of John the Baptist) in the Temple to announce that he would ahve a son and he was to call him John]
beautiful masonry!
