The interior of St Joseph's Catholic Chapel, Sheeptown
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The interior of St Joseph's Catholic Chapel, Sheeptown
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 30 Nov 2016
This is a simple "barn" church typical of the churches of the period immediately following on Catholic Emancipation and before the adoption of more elaborate Continental styles characteristic of the "monumentalism and triumphalism" phase of Irish Catholicism in late 19thC and early 20thC. http://www.catholicireland.net/irish-church-architecture-in-the-era-of-vatican-ii/
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Image Location
Latitude
54.196113
Longitude
-6.289758