Mountmellick (parish)

Mountmellick
Roman Catholic parish
Mountmellick Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°06′59″N7°19′27″W / 53.116284°N 7.324104°W / 53.116284; -7.324104
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Laois
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Mountmellick, is a Catholic parish in Tinnahinch, County Laois within the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin in Ireland. ^[1]

As of 2023 ^[update] , the parish priest was Mícheál Murphy. ^[2]

Churches

The parish is served by two churches: St. Joseph's Church in Mountmellick and St. Mary's Church in Clonaghadoo. ^[3]

The main church is St. Joseph's Church in Mountmellick. Building of this church started in 1864, to be completed in 1878. In 1912, a bell-tower was added. The church was originally a rectangle until an extension in 1965 changed it in a cruciform shape. ^[4]

The second church in the parish is the St. Mary's Church in Clonaghadoo. This church was built in 1970 and replaced an older chapel a short distance away. ^[5]

Notable people

• Patrick Lennon, parish priest and later bishop of Kildare and Leighlin^{[ citation needed ]}

• 
  St. Joseph's Church, Mountmellick
• 
  St. Mary's Church, Clonaghadoo

References

1. "Mountmellick -- Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin | County of Laois" – via registers.nli.ie.
2. "Priest Directory - Mícheál Murphy PP VF". kandle.ie. Kildare and Leighlin Diocese.
3. "Mountmellick Parish". mountmellickparish.ie.
4. "The Memory Trail - St. Joseph's Catholic Church". thememorytrail.com.
5. "Laois Burial Grounds Survey 2011, page 283" (PDF). laois.ie. Laois County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2023-12-11.