ST PATRICKS CHURCH DUNDALK From the Famine to

OLD ST PATRICK’S • The first St. Patrick's was built in 1750 in Chapel

NEW ST PATRICK’S • Fr. Matthew Mc. Cann (P. P. 1817 -1836) acquired the

INTERIOR • St Patrick's is built of Newry granite and was designed in the

ALTAR & SANCTUARY • One of the outstanding features of the church is the

BELL TOWER • The campanile & tower was erected by Fr. M. J. Quin

HISTORICAL MILESTONES • On the 1 st January 1842 St Patrick's was opened for

EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS 1932 • On Tuesday 25 th June 1932, Cardinal Lauri, Papal Legate

SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL • The Sanctuary of St Patrick’s was adapted to meet the

ST PATRICK’S TODAY… • St Patrick’s continues to be a focal point for events

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ST PATRICK’S CHURCH, DUNDALK From the Famine to the Second Vatican Council

ST PATRICK’S VIDEO

OLD ST PATRICK’S • The first St. Patrick's was built in 1750 in Chapel St. This church served the needs of the people for almost a century. From 1843 it was used as a school and became the property of the Irish Christian Brothers from 1867.

NEW ST PATRICK’S • Fr. Matthew Mc. Cann (P. P. 1817 -1836) acquired the present site for St Patrick's in 1834. • The cost of this beautiful church was € 25, 000 and it took 12 years to build.

INTERIOR • St Patrick's is built of Newry granite and was designed in the style of King's College chapel, Cambridge. Its style is pointed Gothic. Inside, St Patrick's measures 144 ft. x 72 ft (44 m x 22 m). It has one long nave and 2 aisles, finely chiselled granite pillars and a "ribbed vaulting" type of roof which was inspired by English Monastic architecture. Exeter Cathedral is thought to have provided the inspiration for the interior of St Patrick's.

ALTAR & SANCTUARY • One of the outstanding features of the church is the splendid mosaic sanctuary walls, which is reckoned to be some of the best work ever done by Ludwig Openheimer & Co. of Old Trafford, Manchester. This work was begun in 1909 at a cost of £ 2, 000.

BELL TOWER • The campanile & tower was erected by Fr. M. J. Quin (Adm. 1899 - 1909) in 1903. The tower was the gift of Mrs. Julia Hamill of Seatown in memory of her late husband John Hamill.

ST PATRICK’S TODAY…

RESTORATION WORK 1997

CARVINGS

NOW & THEN…

HISTORICAL MILESTONES • On the 1 st January 1842 St Patrick's was opened for divine worship and Daniel O'Connell, the Liberator of Irish Catholics attended Mass in St Patrick's on that day.

EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS 1932 • On Tuesday 25 th June 1932, Cardinal Lauri, Papal Legate to the Irish Eucharistic Congress, visited St. Patrick's accompanied by Monsignor Spellman, later Cardinal Archbishop of New York.

SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL • The Sanctuary of St Patrick’s was adapted to meet the needs of Vatican II. It was further renovated in 1997.

ST PATRICK’S TODAY… • St Patrick’s continues to be a focal point for events in Dundalk as well as being a functioning Church.