Church of Our Lady and Saint Kieran
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Church of Our Lady and Saint Kieran

Also known as Saint Kieran's Cemetery Ballylooby

Ballylooby, County Tipperary, Ireland

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    Ballylooby, County Tipperary E21 KR67 Ireland
    Coordinates: 52.32703, -7.98519
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The church of Our Lady and St. Kieran in Ballylooby was built in 1813 on the site of a previous church which was too small. In 1927/1928 the church was refurbished and extended under the direction of the Dublin architect Rudolf Maximilian Butler. Freestanding cruciform-plan gable-fronted three-bay nave Catholic church with ashlar limestone portal to front, and boiler room and single-storey flat roofed sacristy extension to northeast. Pitched slate roof with bell-cote, stone copings, cross finials and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebble-dashed walls. Pointed-arch window openings to nave with painted stone tracery, stained-glass windows and concrete sills. Five-light window to rear elevation with stained glass and ogee heads to lights, circular windows set high in transepts. Pointed-arch door openings to transepts with timber battened doors. Four-centred-arch door to front elevation set in portal with chamfered limestone surround under hood-moulding. Interior has ornate marble reredos and open timber hammer beam roof. Cut limestone gate piers and boundary wall to front of site with wrought-iron gates and railings. Although simple in design, Saint Kieran's church is enhanced by artistic and architectural features, such as the limestone entrance bay, limestone dressings and stained-glass windows. The interior is enhanced by its fine open truss roof. The church occupies a prominent position in the centre of Ballylooby village.
The church of Our Lady and St. Kieran in Ballylooby was built in 1813 on the site of a previous church which was too small. In 1927/1928 the church was refurbished and extended under the direction of the Dublin architect Rudolf Maximilian Butler. Freestanding cruciform-plan gable-fronted three-bay nave Catholic church with ashlar limestone portal to front, and boiler room and single-storey flat roofed sacristy extension to northeast. Pitched slate roof with bell-cote, stone copings, cross finials and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebble-dashed walls. Pointed-arch window openings to nave with painted stone tracery, stained-glass windows and concrete sills. Five-light window to rear elevation with stained glass and ogee heads to lights, circular windows set high in transepts. Pointed-arch door openings to transepts with timber battened doors. Four-centred-arch door to front elevation set in portal with chamfered limestone surround under hood-moulding. Interior has ornate marble reredos and open timber hammer beam roof. Cut limestone gate piers and boundary wall to front of site with wrought-iron gates and railings. Although simple in design, Saint Kieran's church is enhanced by artistic and architectural features, such as the limestone entrance bay, limestone dressings and stained-glass windows. The interior is enhanced by its fine open truss roof. The church occupies a prominent position in the centre of Ballylooby village.

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