What Churches can you visit in County Carlow?
Check out all the Churches I’ve been visiting in County Carlow.
In the village of Myshall, about 30 minutes from Carlow Town, there is a beautiful Adelaide Memorial Church. I always wanted to visit this church which is one of the hidden gems of County Carlow. It is considered one of the most important architectural treasures, not only in County Carlow but in the whole of […]
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Saint Laserian`s Cathedral is considered one of the jewels of late medieval architecture in Ireland. The cathedral is housed in a medieval monastery in the picturesque village of Old Leighlin, County Carlow, approximately 12 km south of Carlow town. The cathedral is one of Ireland’s most important, yet understated, ecclesiastical sites. It is one of […]
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St Mullin`s is one of the country’s most significant archaeological sites, standing in importance with Glendalough and Clonmacnoise, which attracts many historians, archaeologists and general visitors to County Carlow and the River Barrow area. The village of St Mullin`s is named after Saint Moling (or Mo Ling, 614–697), who founded a monastery there in the […]
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St. Andrew’s Church is a Roman Catholic Church. It is located in the town of Muine Bheag also known as Bagenalstown in County Carlow. Muine Bheag is a Parish in the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin. It was built to replace the old Catholic Church at Dunleckney. St Andrew’s Church opened on Christmas Day 1820 […]
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Stone modest building of Carlow Methodist Church in the town of Carlow is located at Athy Road, just behind the Carlow Courthouse. Carlow Methodists have continued to worship in this church for more 100 years. On April 15th 1998 they celebrated their centenary. From the time of the arrival of Methodism in Carlow the Methodist […]
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The early 19th-century Scots Church in Carlow town is the county’s largest Presbyterian church. It is located at Athy Road in Carlow town. And just opposite there is a Carlow Methodist Church. Scots Churches are very rare, only 4 known to be in existence in Ireland (two in Dublin, one in Cobh, one in Carlow). […]
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Cloydagh Church is a “Church of Ireland” church covering a small area around Clogrennan, Co. Carlow. Also known as Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Johns Church of Ireland. The church was built at the expense of the late Board of First Fruits in 1803. Then was reconstructed around 1870. It is one of […]
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Askea Holy Family Parish Church is a Roman Catholic church from 1976. And it is located at Browneshill road in Carlow town. The church it’s called locally as the upside-down boat. Because it has an interesting and unique architectural style. It is oval in shape. What’s more the image, which inspired its design, is the […]
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One of many Anglican churches built in Ireland during the ” First fruits” act. Catholics were expected to pay tithes for funding their building. It’s caused much resentment as these building occur at the same time as Catholic emancipation and this tithe tax was unfair. The Catholics eventually refused to pay. Lots of these abandoned […]
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Carlow was an important town in the Middle Ages and his parish church stood then in the place currently occupied by St. Mary`s Church of Ireland, also called the parish church of the Virgin Mary. Therefore St. Marys Church of Ireland is in a place that has been of great religious significance for centuries. In […]
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The Church of Saint Clare (Graiguecullen), a pearl of Gothic architecture, is the former Church of Saint Anna at Athy Road in Carlow Town. History of St. Clare`s Church: St. Clare’s Church was originally built in 1852 as Saint Annes Church of Ireland church. It was erected by Member of Parliament of Carlow, Colonel Henry […]
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Being in Carlow worth taking a moment and see the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (called Cathedral of the Assumption) – this is a Roman Catholic cathedral, the main temple of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin located in Carlow. The Cathedral is built in neo-Gothic style. It is known particularly for its beautiful […]
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