Limerick's Life

History & folklore of Limerick city, Ireland

CHURCHES OF THE CITY

Abbreviations | St. Mary's Cathedral, C. of I. | St. John's Church, C. of I. | St. Michael's Church, C. of I. | St Munchin's, C. of I. | St John's Cathedral, R.C. | St Mary's Church, R.C. | St. Michael's Church, R.C. | St. Munchin's, R.C. | St. Patrick's, R.C. | The Augustinian R.C. | St. Saviour's Dominican Church, R.C. | Mount St. Alphonsus | The Jesuits Church, R.C. | The Franciscan's, R.C | Christ Church P. & M. | The Presbyterian Church, P. | St. Joseph R.C. | The Baptist Church, B. |

Abbreviations

C. of I. = Church of Ireland.
R.C. = Roman Catholic.
P. & M. = United Presbyterian and Methodist
P. = Presbyterian
B. = Baptist
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St. Mary's Cathedral, C. of I.


St Mary's Cathedral one of the most photographed images of Limerick city. Formed in 1192 by Domhnall Mór O Brien. For more information on the cathedral and its parish see here
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St. John's Church, C. of I.

  
Originally the site of a medieval parish church, the present building was erected in 1843,
architect Joseph Welland, and is considered slightly hiberno- romanesque in style.Now renovated and being used by the Daghdha dance company, information on Daghdha can be found here .
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St. Michael's Church, C. of I.

 
 

 
St Michaels was consecrated in 1844, it is also known as "the sinking church" as it was not built on bed rock and has sunk ever so slightly over the years. The church replaced an older chuch St. George's on O'Connell Street, which was founded in 1789. More information on the parish can be found here
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St Munchin's, C. of I.

 
St. Munchins was built in 1827 and renovated after falling in to disrepair by the civic trust in the 1980's it is now used as a theatre by the Island Theatre Company. More information on this theatre group can be found here Island theatre company. An incomplete list of the plots in the churchyard can be found here. For more information St. Munchin's parish (Clare section) click here
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St John's Cathedral, R.C.

  
St John's Cathedral built on the site of St John's Chapel in 1856. It boasts the tallest church spire in Ireland. For more information on St. John's Parish seen Here and here
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St Mary's Church, R.C.

 

Built in 1932 on the site of an earlier chapel. For more information on this church and its parish see here

 
The Old St. Mary's Chapel.
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St. Michael's Church, R.C.

 
The golden angel on the top of the 1880's St Michael's on Denmark Street. St Michael's church was built on Denmark Street in 1779. Originally the site of a medieval parish
church, dismantled after the Siege of 1651, in ruins by 1654. The parsish grave yard can be seen here
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St. Munchin's, R.C.

 
 
 Situated on Clancy's Strand St. Munchin's was built in 1922 to replace older church of the same name. More information on the parish can be found here

 
This picture shows both St. Munchin's the earlier chapel was built in 1799. It is no longer in existence.
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The Augustinian R.C.



The Augustinian Church on situated on O'Connell Street. The front wall contains the lintel from an older church found in Fish Lane dated 1633.

St. Patrick's, R.C.



St. Patrick's Catholic Church, built in 1816 on Clare Street and replaced the Penal Chapel. The original St Patricks Schools were at the rear of the church the school opened in 1865. More information on the parish (Clare section) can be found here

 
A fragment of the Penal Chapel which served St Patricks Parish between 1750 and 1816 it stood on Parkhill Rhebogue. After the building of St. Patricks Church the Penal Chapel was dismantled.
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St. Saviour's Dominican Church, R.C.

 
 
Construction began in 1815, this catholic church was designed by the Pain Brothers.More information on the parish can be found here
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Mount St. Alphonsus, R.C.

 
 
Also known as the Redemtorist. The building of this building began in 1858 but the tower was not completed until 1879. More information on this parish and community can be found on my statics page
  
An aerial photograph of Mount Saint Alphonsus during the 1950s.
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The Jesuits Church, R.C.

 
 
In the Crescent at the top of O'Connell Street, it was built in 1868 and the façade dates from 1900.
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St. Joseph R.C.

  
  St Joseph's was built in 1904, more information on it can be found here
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The Franciscan's, R.C.



The Franciscan on Lower Henry Street was opened in 1827. More information on the parish can be found here and here
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Christ Church P. & M.

 
 
Christ Church is almost invisible on O'Connell Street.
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The Presbyterian Church, P.

 
 
Built in 1901 this building is no longer in religious use, the community relocated their church to Christ Church on O'Connell Street.
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The Baptist Church, B.

  
The Baptist Church on O'Connell Avenue was built in 1894. In 1994 the adjoining St. Joseph R.C. aquired the building as it's parish centre.
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