1829 – Former Catholic Church, Ardee, Co. Louth
Now a furniture store, the former Catholic church is a simple structure externally with few architectural pretensions.
Now a furniture store, the former Catholic church is a simple structure externally with few architectural pretensions.
No trace of the medieval Franciscan Friary of Drogheda survives. In 1798 the Franciscans moved to the present site in Laurence Street.
A new church, constructed in 1829,
Samuel Lewis mentions the church is his Topographical Dictionary of 1837,
Described in The Dublin Penny Journal, September 14 1833: “A handsome church,
The foundation stone of St Mary’s was laid in 1827 and the church consecrated in April 1830.
Closed in 1962, and converted into offices,
Replaced by an unremarkable exercise in 1950s Romaneque sited on the then edge of town.
Legend has it that the Holy Grail lies buried beneath this neoclassical church.
This classical barn style church was erected in 1831 as the Meeting House for the congregation,