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The
Parish has 3 Churches |
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The
Church of St. Patrick and the Immaculate
Conception, Bandon Town. |
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As
you approach St. Patrick’s Church, an
impressive building rises before you overlooking
the entire town. It is one of the finest
buildings of its period in the south of
Ireland
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design of the building is Neo Gothic.
The cost of the building was £11,000 (eleven
thousand pounds).
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style of the building is geometrical decorated
Gothic. It is built of local sandstone and white
limestone is used in all dressings and
ornaments. |
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The foundation stone was laid on the 17th
of March 1856 by Bishop Delaney, Cork, and the
church was officially opened on the 9th
of June 1861, feast of St. Columba. |
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the main door is a statue of St. Patrick placed
there on
the 24th
of March 1888
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The site of the church was donated by the
Presentation Sisters. The modern Catholic parish
of Bandon consists of the old parishes of
Ballymodan and Kilbrogan and a part of
Desertserges in the West. The Cemetery was
opened in 1881. |
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The
Bell
Tower
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The
lofty tower which was included in the
original plans was not fully completed
until 1920 and stands 150 ft. high.
Before the bell was placed in the tower
it stood on a timber structure and it
was first tolled on
the
17th of November 1895
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the bell was presented by James Murphy,
Blackpool
,
Cork
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and is dedicated to St. Bridget. The
tower was built at a cost of nine
thousand pounds.
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The
Church Steps
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The
Church Steps leading from
Market Street
were built during the time that Canon Denis McSwiney was parish priest
of Bandon, and they were dedicated to
the Immaculate Conception on Sunday 14th
of December 1884 by Bishop Delaney.
There are 16 flights of granite steps
with a fine entrance gate and side
wickets. The Statue of Our Lady was
blessed on
the
11th of December 1887
by Bishop O’Callaghan.
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| The
Inside
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entering the Church one is immediately
struck by its size. The interior of the
church is typical of the Gothic revival
style for a Cathedral, with its nave,
side aisles, transepts, with altar in
the East end and the main door in the
West end and the numerous Gothic and
pointed arches. The tracery of all the
windows is different.
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| Stained
Glass Windows
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| Stained
Glass windows were very much part of the
Gothic architecture and the windows in
the St. Patrick’s church were filled
stained glass down through the years.
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