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Showing posts with label Co Laois. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Co Laois. Show all posts
29 May 2025

Commerfords Lane in
Ulmarra remembers
two brothers from Ireland
who moved to Australia

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Commerfords Lane, a long street in Ulmarra, a picturesque small town in the Clarence Valley in New South Wales (Photograph: Kathryn Comerfor...
04 October 2023

Daily prayers in Ordinary Time
with USPG: (129) 4 October 2023

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Saint Michael’s Church, Portarlington, built in 1839-1842 and said to have been designed by the Carlow-based architect TA Cobden (Photograp...
03 October 2023

Daily prayers in Ordinary Time
with USPG: (128) 3 October 2023

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Saint Michael’s Church, the former ‘English Church’ in Portarlington, Co Laois … built in 1694-1696 and rebuilt in 1830 (Photograph: Patrick...
16 December 2021

The Crosbies of Ardfert and
illustrating stories of deceit
and complex allegiances

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The gate at Ardfert Abbey showing the family crests of the Talbots and the Crosbies … a photograph on p 145 in Chris Keane’s new book (Photo...
07 October 2021

A visit to Rathdowney,
Saint Andrew’s Church,
and an interesting fountain

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Saint Andrew’s Church, the Church of Ireland parish church in Rathdowney, was built in 1818 on the site of an earlier medieval church (Photo...
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14 April 2021

A failed search for
a forgotten family
chapel built by Pugin

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Saint Canice’s Church, Clough, Co Laois … designed by AWN Pugin’s son-in-law, George Coppinger Ashlin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2021)...
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10 January 2020

The faded elegance
of the Savoy Cinema
in Portarlington

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ADW’s mural of ‘Into the West’ still decorates the façade of the Savoy Cinema in Portarlington (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2019) Pa...
09 January 2020

Did TA Cobden design
Saint Michael’s Church for
his friend in Portarlington?

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Saint Michael’s Church, Portarlington, built in 1839-1842 and said to have been designed by the Carlow-based architect TA Cobden (Photograp...