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Posted on April 25, 2019

Stained Glass from Our Lady Queen of Peace, Kilmanagh, Kilkenny

Our Lady Queen of Peace is one of the × of Ballycallan Parish, and is the most “modern” in architecture. Indeed, from the outside it is rather unprepossessing. Inside however,…

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Posted on February 27, 2019February 27, 2019

Tipperary artist Claire Mulholland: stained glass window of St Elizabeth of Hungary, St Peter’s Church, Partick, Glasgow

I came across this striking window in St Peter’s Church, Hyndland Street, Glasgow: Here is a reflection by the artist: And another angle of the Saint: And what do you…

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Posted on January 1, 2019January 1, 2019

Murphy Devitt stained glass, Chapel of St Martin de Porres, Dominican Friary, Limerick

I have blogged before about discovering the stained glass work of Murphy Devitt Studios. Here is a brief background from the MDS page: In the early 1950s at Harry Clarke…

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Posted on December 25, 2018December 12, 2018

Nativity Window, SS Peter and Paul’s, Clonmel

Happy Christmas!

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Posted on November 20, 2018

Stained Glass from Church of Our Lady, Coolagh, Callan, Kilkenny

Coolagh is a little outside Callan; this church is part of Callan parish. It is also featured in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage\: Appraisal Occupying a prominent position on a…

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Posted on November 19, 2018

Erratum re Harry Clarke / Fethard

Early last year I posted on the stained glass of Augustinian Priory, Fethard.  This includes this window depicting Our Lady of Fatima:   I had picked up somewhere that it was from…

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Posted on August 30, 2018August 30, 2018

Oisin Kelly frieze and Stained Glass from Church of St Theresa, Sion Mills, Tyrone

The  exterior of the Church of St Theresa in Sion Mills is most notable for a frieze of the Last Supper by Oisin Kelly: Detail: Inside there are some interesting stained…

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Posted on August 18, 2018

St Helen’s Day – stained glass and true cross relic from Church of St Gilles, Mallièvre

It is St Helen’s day, commemorating the mother of the Emperor Constantine whose mission to recover the cross on which Christ was killed inspired Evelyn Waugh’s Helena. Recent I visited…

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