01 June 2017

Visiting the churches and
cathedrals of Limerick

Inside Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick … marking its 850th anniversary in 2018 (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2017; click on image for full-screen vision)

Patrick Comerford

Since moving to the Rectory in Askeaton, Co Limerick, I have enjoyed visiting cathedrals, churches and church buildings in Limerick city and county, writing about them and photographing them.

As the months move on, it has become difficult for some readers to find these postings on this site, and so this posting offers links to these and similar postings.

I intend to update this list as I write about more churches and buildings, indicating the date of the latest update at the end of this posting, and to provide an additional link in the toolbar in the banner at the top of the front page of this site.

Limerick City:

Cathedrals:

1, Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick (Church of Ireland), 23 February 2016; and here, 19 February 2016.

2, Saint John’s Cathedral, Limerick (Roman Catholic), 26 May 2017.

Church of Ireland Churches:

3, Saint Michael’s Church, Pery Square, 3 January 2018.

4, Saint John’s Church, John’s Square, 27 May 2017.

5, Saint Munchin’s Church, Church Street, 27 May 2017.

6, Saint Nicholas Church (site), Nicholas Street, 22 May 2017.

7, Trinity Episcopal Church, Catherine Street, 13 February 2017.

8, Site of former Saint George’s Church, corner of George’s Street and Mallow Street, 10 January 2018.

9, Saint Michael’s Church, Pery Square, 3 January 2018.

10, The windows in Saint Michael’s Church, Pery Square, Limerick, 22 March 2018.

11, Kilmurry Church, Castletroy, 13 February 2018.

Roman Catholic Churches:

12, Church of the Sacred Heart (Jesuit), The Crescent, 28 April 2017.

13, Mount Saint Alphonsus (Redemptorist), Upper Henry Street, 3 June 2017.

14, Saint Michael’s Church, Denmark Street, 24 August 2017.

15, Saint Augustine’s Church, O’Connell Street, 2 June 2017.

16, Saint Mary’s Church, Athlunkard Street, 5 August, 2017.

17, Saint Saviour’s Church (Dominican), Glentworth Street, 31 May 2017.

18, Saint Munchin’s Church, on the corner of Clancy Strand, High Road and Thomondgate, Limerick, 4 November 2017.

19, The Good Shepherd Convent, former chapel and convent, Clare Street, Limerick, 16 September 2017.

20, Mount Vincent, former chapel and convent, the Sisters of Mercy, 18 September 2017.

21, Former private chapel, Ozanam House, Hartstonge House, 10 January 2018.

22, Former Franciscan Church and Friary, Henry Street, 12 January 2018.

23, Saint Joseph’s Church, Quinlan Street and O’Connell Avenue, 13 January 2018.

24, Saint Patrick’s Church, Clare Street, 17 March 2018.

Other Churches:

25, Peter’s Cell, the Canonesses of Saint Augustine, 18 July 2018.

26, The ruins of Saint Patrick’s Church, Kilmurry, 17 March 2018.

27, Baptist Church, Upper O’Connell Street, 18 March 2017.

28, Christ Church, O’Connell Street (Methodist and Presbyterian), 8 June 2017.

29, Presbyterian Church, Glentworth Street, 15 February 2017.

30, Presbyterian Church, Henry Street, 15 February 2017.

31, Christ Church (Methodist and Presbyterian), O’Connell Street, 8 June 2017.

32, Former Quaker Meeting House, Cecil Street, 24 August 2017.

33, Former Congregationalist Chapel, Hartstonge Street, 11 January, 2018.

34, The Brethren Hall, Mallow Street, 11 January 2018.

Other faith communities:

35, The Jewish Community sites in Limerick, including the former synagogues and the cemetery, 2 July 2017.

36, The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Lower Gerald Griffin Street, 30 December 2017.

Co Limerick:

Church of Ireland:

37, Castletown Church, Kilcornan, 21 May 2017.

38, Holy Trinity Church, Rathkeale, 2 March 2017.

39, Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton, 27 January 2017.

40, Saint Nicholas Church, Adare, 7 February 2011.

41, The windows in Saint Nicholas’s Church, Adare, 24 March 2018.

42, The former Saint Paul’s Church, Glin, 9 September 2017.

43, The site of Saint Thomas’s Church, Newcastle West, 11 September 2017.

44, Former parish church, Ballingarry, 2 November 2017.

45, Former parish church, Croagh, 2 November 2018.

46, Former parish church, Ballycahane, 26 November 2017.

47, Former Saint David’s Church, Newcastle West, 9 October 2018.

Pre-Reformation foundations:

48, Augustinian Abbey, Rathkeale, 17 February 2017.

49, Franciscan Friary, Askeaton, 24 January 2017.

50, Holy Trinity Church, Adare, 11 October 2018.

51, Knights’ Templar Commandery, Askeaton, 23 January 2017.

52, Mungret Abbey, Mungret, 31 March 2017.

53, Former Priory of the Knights Templar, Ballingarry, 31 October 2017.

54, Beagh Church, near Ballysteen, 21 March 2018.

55, Former Augustinian friary, Croagh, 2 November 2018.

Roman Catholic:

56, Church of Saint Columba and Saint Joseph, Glenstal Abbey, 10 July 2018.

57, Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton, 30 January 2017.

58, Saint Mary’s Church, Rathkeale, 14 March 2017.

59, Saint Senanus Church, Foynes, 20 March 2017

60, Saint Senan’s Church, Robertsown, 25 March 2017.

61, The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Ballingarry, 2 November 2017.

62, The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Glin, 9 September 2017.

63, Saint Joseph’s Church, Castleconnell, Co Limerick, 20 December 2017.

64, Former Saint Anne’s Convent, Sisters of Mercy, Rathkeale.

Methodist Churches:

65, The Methodist Church, Adare, Co Limerick, 26 May 2018.

66, Embury and Heck Memorial Methodist Church, Ballingrane, 15 May 2017.

Church-related buildings:

Limerick City:

1, Bishop’s Palace, Church Street, 24 May 2017.

2, Bishop’s Palace, Henry Street, 11 February 2017.

3, Protestant Orphan Society Hall, Pery Street.

Co Limerick:

4, Askeaton Rectory, 14 February 2017.

5, Castletown Glebehouse, 21 May 2017.

6, Glebe Castle, Rathkeale, probably the residence of the rectors and clergy of Rathkeale, 27 June 2017.

Inside Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2017)

Last updated: 1 January 2019

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