St. Brigid's Church, Straffan

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St. Brigid's Church, Straffan
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St. Brigid's Church, Straffan
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St. Brigid's Church, Straffan
53°18′45″N6°36′31″W / 53.312573°N 6.608696°W / 53.312573; -6.608696
Location Straffan, County Kildare
CountryIreland
Denomination Catholic
Churchmanship Roman Rite
Website https://celstra.ie/
History
Dedication Brigit of Kildare
Dedicated1786
Architecture
Functional statusactive
Style vernacular
Groundbreaking 1786
Completed1788
Specifications
Length22 m (72 ft)
Width9 m (30 ft)
Number of floors1
Floor area200 m2 (2,200 sq ft)
Materials limestone, slate, cast iron, stained glass
Bells1 (in churchyard)
Administration
Archdiocese Dublin
Deanery Maynooth
Parish Celbridge and Straffan

Saint Brigid's Church is an 18th-century Catholic church in Straffan, Ireland. [1]

Contents

Location

St. Brigid's Church is located in the centre of Straffan village, 900 m (½ mile) north of the River Liffey. [2]

History

St. Brigid's Church bears a foundation stone with the date "1786" and the church was consecrated on 28 August 1788. [3] [4] [5] The gates outside were added c.1860. [6] St. Brigid's was renovated in 1913–15, with a Gothic Revival altar in white and red marble added, as well as the stained-glass windows in the west (probably by Joshua Clarke and Sons). [2]

The church was renovated in 1986 and rededicated by Archbishop of Dublin Kevin McNamara. [7]

Art and music

The church contains:

There is also a two-manual pipe organ. Originally built in Derby in 1914, it was moved to Straffan and rebuilt by Stephen Adams in 2019. [10]

Above the altar is a coved ceiling with acanthus-leaf centrepiece encircled by grape-laden vine tendrils. There are stucco hoodmouldings around the windows with ornamental stops. [2]

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Sanctuary area

Building

St. Brigid's Church is a three-bay Catholic church on a T-shaped plan. [11]

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