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    The painted scheme looks like a recent recreation and shows what the great Romanesque churches looked like.

    in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773527
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    The 1823 fire in Old St Pauls Basilica, outside the walls of Rome, casued major internal collapse, in addition to heat shattering of the columns, as in Longford.

    in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773526
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    In addition to Tullamore which suffered serious fire damage , Dingle Church where the aisle arcades were removed , in the manner in which County Council engineers clear hedgerows to create sightlines, is the other model of what not to do in Longford.

    in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773525
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    This is really welcome to hear.

    Unlike other locations where later stained glass was a very unhappy insertion in an earlier Classical church , ( such as the Munich glass in the late 18th. C Waterford Catholic Cathedral ) , the St. Mel’s windows complimented and added to the quality of the interior, because of their bold design and strong out line to the figures,

    in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773060
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    Good to see that Buildings of Ireland site is now proving so useful.

    Clonea Church is very striking for a place of its size.

    McCarthy’s other major Co Waterford church Holy Cross Tramore, was badly done over under influence of Ausetn Flannery OP around 1970

    in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773050
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    Clonea Power Church is by JJ Mc Carthy C. 1860 , Is very impressive in its scale and location, in a beautiful part of Co Waterford behind the Comeraghs.

    Plans do no reflect the quality of the church, particularly in blanket wall to wall instillation of ” polyfloor kudos whitle marble vinyl covering ” in scanturary and side chapels and large square “polyfloor vinyl tiles over ardex surface “in nave and aisles. Description is awful enough , just think what Pugin would say. No regard given to existing floor surfaces both original and exposed or currently covered over. McCarthy favoured small diagonal red and black tles in aisles. A church of this quality would be expected to have encaustic tiles in scanturay, which is currently carpeted.

    Scantuary extension into nave is unneccessary

    Can anyone visit ? Plans are on Waterford Co Co website ref 09/487

    Photo on Co. Waterford Image Archive as follows :

    Number : EB14

    Title : Clonea-Power Church

    Description : The front facade of Clonea-Power Church with a group of men standing outside. The church in Clonea-Power was built in 1860 at a cost of £6,000 by the Rev. Timothy Dowley, P.P.. The architect’s name was McCarthy.

    Photographer : Brenan, Edward

    Image Date : Circa 1910

    Museum Contact : Fraher, Willie

    Donor : Name Kept Private

    Image Url : http://www.waterfordcountyimages.org/exhibit/web?task=DisplayPrintableImage&displayimage=1&enc_id=K0rGZaHIv2s1A

    Archive Url : http://www.waterfordcountyimages.org/exhibit/web

    Copyright : Co. Waterford Image Archive

    in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773043
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    Two applications have just come to attention

    1. WATERFORD CO CO REF 09/487 CLONEA

    This is a very fine church. Proposal involves altar move outside Scantuary. Plans by Damian Dillon

    2 LEITRIM CO CO REF NO 09/334 CARRICK ON SHANNON

    Plans by Richard Hurley.

    This is to restore plaster to walls and remove existing hideous Reredos, but with what ?

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