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@Pug wrote:
i assume they are doing internal fit out, it took ages to build
There’s no work at all going on there at the moment (I work in a build right beside it!)
@ake wrote:
i But nothing can redeem this;
@ake wrote:
what is this fixation with pink?!! Are the clergy trying to reconcile with Feminism?
I used to play that organ good few years ago, but the new colour scheme is a travesty 😡
@ake wrote:
it’s this quite spectacular edifice here;
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It’s now a spanish language collegeThe Presentation Convent had a lovely old chapel, which also had a side stalled chapel. The stalls are still there (well there were the last time I was in the Spanish college), but the Altar went to the Parish Church, the organ went to the Strand Church, and the stained glass when to the New church in Youghal, where I feel they are badly placed.
@ake wrote:
by the way re St.Mary’s, the new (or refurbished) organ made it’s appearance this year and is now at the entrance to the north transept. It’s nice, but why not put it in the already existant organ gallery at the back? it’s loud enough!
[ATTACH]6465[/ATTACH]Nice to see an organ there again. The back would have been ideal, but they placed it in a more practical place for religious services, but they also moved a rood screen to put the organ in position it is now:
http://www.youghal.cork.anglican.org/clerks/organ/@Praxiteles wrote:
Are there works going on at the church in Youghal at present? It is difficult to obtain any information about them if there are.
No it seems to have finished from what I can see
@james1852 wrote:
Here are some more photos of St. Mary’s, Youghal
[ATTACH]4652[/ATTACH]The picture is not of the real spire – it was painted in by my great grandfather – James Horgan – and he based it on his childhood memories of it.
@james1852 wrote:
This is the photo of youghal with the spire, also i include a photo of the sanctuary in youghal following decoration by us in 1925, and the same view today with the murals intact and restored but without the stencilwork. It is similar to many churches where the actuall paintings remained but the stencilwork was obliterated. It never looks right as they are left hanging in mid-air with no embellishments.
@Rhabanus wrote:
James1852!
A pity that the stencilwork in the Youghal chapel was not restored along with the medallions and lateral icons.As a Youghal native, I can say that stencil work was painted over some time in the 1960’s with a green block scheme, and reminded the same till the pink scheme of 2006 (of which I’m not sure I like)
@Rhabanus wrote:
It strikes me as odd that although the statue of St Joseph is enshrined in a beautifully ornate Gothic niche, St Anne (or could it be Our Lady of Victory? Our Lady of the Christian Schools?) is standing on a plinth without a niche. Any idea where the statue of St Joseph and his Gothic niche ended up?
@Praxiteles wrote:
The statue in Youghal is that of Our Lady of Youghal – I am not sure whther it is the medieval one that survived or a copy of the same.
That version of Our Lady of Graces of Youghal is a copy of the original which in fact is only a few inches in dimensions, and is now found in the Dominican Church in Cork. It was originally in the Dominican Abbey in Youghal in medieval times where I believe it was huge religious attraction.
@Praxiteles wrote:
James 1852 was asking about a spire on the tower of St. Mary’s Church in Youghal, Co. Cork. He is perfectly correct. the tower did have a copper spire which was removed in 1919 since it had become structurally dangerous. The tower and spire were built by Edward Fitzgerald, a local builder and architect, in 1841. The present High Altar in Youghal was erected in 1886 and was made by Pearse of Dublin. An account oft he event is to be found in the quondam Cork Examiner for 14 November 1886. The Telford organ was first played for High Mass celebrated by Bishop Keane on 23 May 1858.
Yes there was a spire, and I always felt it a shame it wasn’t rebuilt!
My grandmother (RIP) often told me about it. and I always remember another story her father told her which relates to the above…Apparently the original Altar was wooden, and was carved by local shipbuilders, and when the new one was installed, the locals were utter disappointed – as the wooden one was meant to be far nicer. I reckon there is some truth in this, as the confessional boxes in this church are wooden, and although in bad repair it shows the excellent craft work that there would have been in Youghal as this time.
Amazingly the Telford organ – which I often played – survives intact, but recently it also has a new paint scheme, which I do not like at all.
More about that here: https://archiseek.com/content/showthread.php?t=5319&page=3&highlight=youghal
