St Patrick’s Church

This is the church that i am most familiar with in Monkstown, being Catholic I have spent my Sunday mornings as a child sitting in this church, distracted by the size of it and the windows… pretty much everything other than the mass! But it is a fine building, its Façade of course is in excellent shape with a fine rose window atop a single entrance. This is certainly no cathedral, yet it has an interesting history from its establishment in the late 1800’s after emancipation had been proclaimed and the local population was in need of their own parish.
The interior is perhaps less impressive than the more moody and dramatic Church of Ireland around the corner. Yet the light that bathes the nave is testament to the quality stained glass that surrounds the choir and alter and the those which line the aisles.
This is a regularly frequented church, however just like everywhere else attendance has clearly dropped.
The Christmas service is pleasant, and always has an impressive atmosphere with the choir and instrumentation which is also available at most Sunday services.
Well worth a gander at the architecture if not to sneak in a quick mass too if it floats your boat.