1965 – Church of Ireland, Knocknaconey, Belfast
Architect: Desmond Hodges & Ian Campbell

A modern church with parish hall in what was then a newer suburb of Belfast. Both buildings have large amounts of glazing giving them bright and expansive interiors. The roof stru
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Goodness, what do I know about my #family history, that can be recapitulated in readable toots?

We're a mostly non-religious #Protestant Irish family - #ChurchOfIreland - with main roots in what's now the #RepublicofIreland.

Non-religious we may be, but my Grandad (mother's father), Brian Snow, was a #CoI archdeacon working mainly in the west of #Ireland. He came to his vocation in his forties. He was quite high-church, and extremely #ecumenical, and that was much appreciated by his #Catholic neighbours and friends. He specialised in pastoral work - helping families with problems, visiting the sick and elderly, and so on. I remember being blessed by him at a service when I was a child, kneeling at the altar after communion. I'm not a member of the church, and I was too young to take communion in any case. But mainly I remember buzzing around County #Limerick with him in his Ford Fiesta, visiting people and being given cups of tea and biscuits by his parishioners.

1833 – Former Church of Ireland, Rockingham, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
In the centre of Lough Key Forest & Activity Park there is the ruins of a former Church of Ireland from the old Rockingham Estate. It was built in 1833 and was taken into state ownership after Rockingham House was burnt down in 1957. In 2018, it re-opened t
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A video of Colin Armstrong (QUB): ‘Scholarship and controversy in the nineteenth-century Church of Ireland: Edward Hincks of Killyleagh, 1792-1866’. (14/10/24) is now available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz2l-Z59-jk by #IrishHistory #ChurchOfIreland

Our next QUB #IrishStudies Seminar is on Monday 14 October (in-person and online). Colin Armstrong (QUB) will speak on ‘Scholarship and controversy in the nineteenth-century Church of Ireland: Edward Hincks of Killyleagh, 1792-1866’. All welcome. https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/NewsandEvents/IrishStudiesSemColinArmstrongScholarshipandcontroversyinthe19th-cChurchofIreland.html #IrishHistory #ChurchOfIreland

1870 – St Thomas’ Church of Ireland, Eglantine Ave., Belfast
Architect: John Lanyon, Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon

This area of Belfast underwent rapid expansion during the middle to late 19th century - as a prosperous and fashionable suburb with large, detached
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Pro church singer move, to use a small book - a prayer book, or in this case a psalter - to prop up music to a more comfortable height.

Choir at church this morning was:
1 Soprano
2 Altos
2 Tenors
2 Basses

Thank goodness that our soprano was able to make it the 50km distance on a Sunday morning, and she's such a pro that holding down the top line on her own was not a bother.

Due to a printing error, the person that got up to read the first lesson carried on and also read out the portion of Psalm 145 that the choir then sang straight afterwards.

1907 – St. Colman Church of Ireland, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim
Architect: Blackwood & Jury

Never received the unusual cupola to the tower. Fine stained glass window collection.

"The foundation stone of a new church at Dunmurry, County Antrim, was laid on August 13th. The site is well elevated, and th
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Can you tell I didn't get much sleep?

1867 – All Saints Church of Ireland, Clooney, Derry
Architect: Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon

Built to seat 400 in an Early French Gothic, All Saints’ Clooney Church is one of the Waterside’s best-known landmarks. The interior has a lofty, aisled nave, carved capitals with birds and beasts, and an
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A Church of Ireland church near Schull, in Co. Cork, is set in scenic landscape beside Toormore Bay.

We drove past, and I saw it was surrounded by a sea of wildflowers, mostly oxeye daisies, and also dandelions. On our return from Crookhaven I vowed to stop and spend half an hour there taking photos.

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1684 – St. Bride’s Church, Bride St., Dublin
A former Church of Ireland at the corner of Bride Street and Bride's Alley (now Bride Road), Dublin. Of an earlier establishment, rebuilt in 1684 by Nathaniel Foy, rector of St. Bride's. In 1860, it had extensive alterations under the direction of Welland a
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Apparently today is Rogation Sunday, and is a traditional day to ask for God's blessing. The name comes from the Italian verb 'rogare', meaning 'to ask'. It comes on the last Sunday before the Ascension, which is on Thursday, and the end of the 40 days of Easter.
#ChurchFacts #ChurchOfIreland #Anglican #ChurchGeek #Rogation #Easter #Ascension

Choral Eucharist this morning in St Ann's Dawson Street, Dublin #ChurchOfIreland #StAnnsDawsonStreet #ChurchMusic

1868 – Ardragh Church of Ireland, Co. Monaghan
Architect: Slater & Carpenter

Designed by Richard Herbert Carpenter and William Slater of London who afterward also produced plans to extend St. Finbarr's church in Carrickmacross. The interior featured a great deal of loc
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Palm Sunday at church today #Passiontide
#PalmSunday #HolyWeek #ChurchOfIreland

It's Mothering Sunday in the church calendar. Also Laetare or Refreshment Sunday - the day when you are allowed to relax your Lenten fast. And in many churches on Laetare Sunday the traditional colour of the priest's vestments is rose pink!