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Posted on August 22, 2017August 31, 2017

“A particularly bright, holy and gifted child” – the life and losses of Richard Robert Madden

In The Church of the Assumption, Booterstown, Dublin we find the above poignant plaque. Here is the text as the above turns out to be a little blurry: MADDEN. Of…

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Posted on July 16, 2017July 16, 2017

sunlight through stained glass – St Anthony’s Chapel, Franciscan Friary, Clonmel

More photos of this chapel’s glass here More from the Abbey here

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Posted on June 5, 2017June 5, 2017

Random bits of statuary from Cormac’s Chapel, Rock of Cashel

More info on this chapel here .

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Posted on May 10, 2017May 10, 2017

Stained Glass from St Fiacre’s Church, Loughboy, Kilkenny

St Fiacre’s is a church within St Patrick’s Parish in Kilkenny   St Fiacre, according to his Wikipedia article (bear in mind that around 0.05% of Wikipedia articles are classed by Wikipedia itself…

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Posted on January 21, 2017November 19, 2018

Stained Glass of Augustinian Priory, Fethard

(edit 19th November 2018 – I realised lately that the Our Lady of Fatima window is not “by Harry Clarke” but “by Harry Clarke Studios. Apologies for the error. I…

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