tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post5042433131106051113..comments2024-03-27T02:55:10.109-07:00Comments on Irish Papist: An Analysis of Irish Church NamesMaolsheachlannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-79561551764027830992022-07-11T01:14:03.935-07:002022-07-11T01:14:03.935-07:00Hi Anonymous. Thanks for the suggestion, but I don...Hi Anonymous. Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think I'd have time for that!Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-51673143663081600032022-07-10T04:52:50.513-07:002022-07-10T04:52:50.513-07:00The Irish built many churches in the Indian subcon...The Irish built many churches in the Indian subcontinent. Many are named after saint Patrick. But there is no proper list of these. Can you try and create one Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-74258805649794327092017-07-06T06:11:09.346-07:002017-07-06T06:11:09.346-07:00I'm also fascinated by enigmatic Scruptural fi...I'm also fascinated by enigmatic Scruptural figures such as Melchizedek, and Longinus who pierced Our Lord's side. Just not old saints. The traditions surrounding them tend to be very samey.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-57014716669768453762017-07-06T05:14:26.526-07:002017-07-06T05:14:26.526-07:00I'm afraid I have to differ,
I love saints tha...I'm afraid I have to differ,<br />I love saints that are shrouded with mystery and obscurity. Also people who pass through the Scriptures mysteriously , but yet play an important part... from Melchizedek to Rhoda(who left Peter standing outside)Séamusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-35076062129182669052017-07-06T04:45:54.650-07:002017-07-06T04:45:54.650-07:00seems to be one of the more tasteful bits of seven...seems to be one of the more tasteful bits of seventies church architecture around Tomásnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-86803265307093095542017-07-06T03:46:37.491-07:002017-07-06T03:46:37.491-07:00St Mel cathedral perhapsSt Mel cathedral perhapsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-78477379788312278692017-07-06T00:54:01.230-07:002017-07-06T00:54:01.230-07:00Built 1975. I wonder what the last Catholic church...Built 1975. I wonder what the last Catholic church built (not renovated) in Ireland was?<br /><br />http://www.quinclooneymagheraparish.ie/parish-churches/clooney/Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-9649642726490371432017-07-06T00:51:28.817-07:002017-07-06T00:51:28.817-07:00I don't have ready access to my database right...I don't have ready access to my database right now, I'm not sure about St. Columban, I'm sure he featured heavily enough. There were a lot of churches named after old Irish saints I'd never heard of. To be honest I have little interest in pre-modern saints, Irish or foreign.<br /><br />I find St. Catherine interesting because the Catherine's wheel is named after here!<br /><br />It was actually hard to know who the names referred to a lot of the name, I had to do a fair amount of guessing based on the evidence I could find.<br /><br />Thanks for the message and the picture btw. Is there rivalry between Sidney and Perth? Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-27985892968263850462017-07-06T00:22:21.595-07:002017-07-06T00:22:21.595-07:00I didn't know we were still building churches...I didn't know we were still building churches in Ireland that recently.《re John 23rd church》Tomásnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-52651826186234441482017-07-05T16:28:55.218-07:002017-07-05T16:28:55.218-07:00The 33 St Colman churches are unlikely to be dedic...The 33 St Colman churches are unlikely to be dedicated to the same saint (?) as there are three major saints with that name, and many obscure ones. A while ago the WA IRISH SCENE bi-monthly magazine did a column on St Colman of Mullingar who has apparently been made unofficial patron of left-handed people,due to some legend about him miraculously operating a mill, or something, with his left hand. (I didn't understand the miracle always having been a urban dweller). Is there any dedicated to St Columban? Perhaps some of the "Columbas"?<br />The society of St Columban priests, although not huge in number, make him one of the most mentioned Irish saints here, especially through the columban art calendar.<br />Medieval legend claimed St Nicholas' body for Galway, no surprise there, but I find St Catherine curious and fascinating. John Paul reinstated her feast ( OPTIONAL MEMORIAL, pardon me!) for the Novus ordo Mass, one can't help wondering if it has something to do with her shrine /monastery surviving to our own day, an oasis of Christianity despite Islam's dominance all around.<br />I'm amazed there's no Dominican or Jesuit saints despite the importance of these orders in Ireland, although I can think of two individual chapels in Dublin: St Martin de Porres' and St Francis Xavier's .<br />Some relation sent us a calendar last year of the O'Connell memorial church-despite it's beauty, they seem to only have Mass fortnightly our monthly Séamus (Australia)noreply@blogger.com