Naas Presbyterian Church | |
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Séipéal Preispitéireach Nás na Ríogh | |
53°13′04″N6°39′49″W / 53.21788994718933°N 6.663521274230377°W | |
Location | Main Street North, Naas, County Kildare, Ireland |
Language(s) | English |
Denomination | Presbyterian |
Churchmanship | Reformed and Evangelical [1] |
History | |
Status | Active |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Duncan Ferguson |
Style | Victorian |
Groundbreaking | 1868 |
Completed | 1868 |
Specifications | |
Materials | limestone, granite, vitrified red and yellow brick, timber, iron, glass, slate |
Administration | |
Presbytery | Dublin and Munster |
Province | Presbyterian Church in Ireland |
Clergy | |
Minister(s) | Rev. Mark Proctor |
Naas Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Naas, Ireland. [2] [3]
The building is a four-bay structure. The use of limestone, granite and brick create a polychrome brickwork effect, popular at the time. [4]
The church was built in 1868 on the site of the former tholsel, John La Touche of Harristown laying the foundation stone. [5] Rose La Touche worshipped there in 1872. [6]
In 1916, a Boyle's patented air-pump ventilator was installed. [7]
Naas is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland. In 2022, it had a population of 26,180, making it the largest town in County Kildare and the fourteenth-largest urban center in Ireland.
Newbridge, officially known by its Irish name Droichead Nua, is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. While the nearby Great Connell Priory was founded in the 13th century, the town itself formed from the 18th century onwards, and grew rapidly alongside a military barracks which opened in the early 19th century. Taking on the name Newbridge in the 20th century, the town expanded to support the local catchment, and also as a commuter town for Dublin. Doubling in population during the 20 years between 1991 and 2011, its population of 24,366 in 2022 makes it the second largest town in Kildare and the sixteenth-largest in Ireland.
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