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@apelles wrote:
Was trying to think of what this reminded me of….Something from when I was a nipper…
Bertie Bassett perhaps…
the puppet on the start of Bosco
saint therese survived the inferno in saint mels, and this statue of the blessed virgin,plus the surrounding alter
whats the next step in the rebuilding of the cathedral? would the job have to be put to tender?or would they look at different designs, who would have the last call?
@apelles wrote:
My thoughts & prayers at this time are for the people of Haiti.. the terrible images on the news showing the devastation of the earthquake & the suffering of so many people.
It makes ones concern about the restoring of a cathedral in Longford seem quite insignificant & futile…
Port-au-Prince Cathedral before the earthquake:
After the earthquake:
puts it in significance alright…. god bless and help these poor people
@james1852 wrote:
These photos are from our archive and show St. Mels Cathedral in 1925 while it was being Decorated by J. Hodkinson & Sons Ecclesiastical Decorators , Limerick , under the management of Louis Hodkinson. It had been previously Decorated by Louis’s father , James , in 1886. On both these occassions the Cathedral was richly decorated with stenciled designs and gold leaf work, all of which had been painted over in later years. Some of this work can be seen in the interior photo below , on the ceiling, and also in previous photos of the sanctuary, pre vatican 2, posted earlier.
excellent photos.
@Fearg wrote:
Great photos – those rads behind the angels have to go though, no matter what happens!
Do you have any “behind the scenes” pics e.g of the crypt, inside the bell tower etc?
heres the entrance to the crypt, you can see right through to the cathedral from there now…………….and a doorway on the second floor.
this picture was in the longford leader , its looking from the rear of the cathedral, sorry about the quality , its a scan.
@Fearg wrote:
Great photos – those rads behind the angels have to go though, no matter what happens!
Do you have any “behind the scenes” pics e.g of the crypt, inside the bell tower etc?
no,sorry.
@johnglas wrote:
You keep hoping this was not arson, but – even if it wasn’t – can the diocese be uncensuerd because of what appears to have been criminal neglect of even elementary precautions (e.g. a smoke alarm, for God’s sake – literally!)? Where were An Taisce and the Heritage Dept? Did nobody in Longford even care about this building?
everyone in longford loves this building, it is terrible to think there wasnt even a smoke alarm in it though.
@Fearg wrote:
In the photos, most of the floor seems to be gone – is the space which has now been opened up the crypt proper, or is that located at a deeper level? The bishop said in one report that the crypt was intact..
as far as i can remember the crypt runs the whole length of the cathedral,you enter it at a lower level, about 12/14 foot under the back door to the cathedral .it only seems to be the back end of the crypt that has collapsed. the floor holding the stone alter is obviously re-inforced, so maybe the front bit of the crypt is intact. unfortunatly i think the old high alter was at the back of the crypt, the statue of the sacred heart is towards the front i think,as are the graves.
@Fearg wrote:
Looking at that set of photos, most of the statuary in the aisles seems to be gone, almost as if it were vaporised.. absolutely devastating. Only 2 left seem to be those on the back wall (incidentally, the one on the left is St Mel). In the center it looks as though we have the frame which supported the tapestry, what about that central niche – was the statue removed when the tapestry went up?
The undercroft of the cathedral appears quite comparmentalised, hopefully the section where the altar and pulpit were located has remained intact, does anyone know which section they ended up in?
And as for the west end, not a trace of the organ, except for the frame of the 1982 lower gallery..
the statue is in the crypt, as far as i know , it is of the sacred heart,hopfully it escaped damage, little else did sadly.
