1843 – Church of The Assumption, Callan, Co. Kilkenny
Constructed 1816-43, by an unknown architect, but sometimes credited to John B.
Constructed 1816-43, by an unknown architect, but sometimes credited to John B.
Previously the congregation was based in Whitefriar St.,
Described in 1885 as ‘a simple though shapely building handsomely decorated with closely clinging ivy’.
After a tragic accident where masonry collapsed into a makeshift chapel,
Erected in 1840 on top of a Norman motte.
St. Patrick’s Church at Clonevan (also spelt Clonevin) is in the Church of Ireland parish of Ardamine,
Built on site of earlier pre-1840 Catholic chapel,
Originally Saint Malachy’s was intended to be the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Down and Connor and was to seat 7,000 worshippers but in the time when the Great Famine took hold in Ireland it was decided that the funds would be better spent elsewhere to alleviate the suffering of many.
The plans for St Patrick’s may have been loosely modelled on St Anthony’s Church of 1833 in Liverpool,
A large Gothic church both in architectural style and for its dark brooding presence.