St Peter's Drogheda
You are welcome to our fourth 'Where in the County Quiz'
This time, we thought we might do something a little different, what follows are 25 stained-glass windows, from various churches, houses and public places. See how many of them you recognise ...
For those who are new to our 'Where in the County' the following are links to the previous Quizes.
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To return to the stained-glass windows, The Church of Ireland website, An Gloine, carries the stained-glass in a good number of the churches around the county. It doesn't include all the deconsecrated churches, so we include a few photos here from those churches. Check out the website.
Where in the County (4)
Window 1
(Church of Ireland, Tullyallen, now a private residence)
Window 2 (Mosstown in the parish of Dromin) This is the stained-glass window in the little chapel in the graveyard there.
Window 3 (Rokeby Hall)
The window at Rokeby accounts for three or four generations of the 'Rokeby Hall' Robinson family. On the top is the Robinson crest. Beneath this are the impaled shields representing the brothers, Primate Richard and Sir Thomas Robinson. The arms of Armagh Archdiocesre impale those of Robinson. The arms of Robinson impale those of Howard. Beneath this is a larger clearer circle that obviously at one stage contained some coat of arms, most likely that of Robinson impaling Denny for Sir John Robinson who probably installed the window. Beneath this are two coats of arms, those of Robinson. Also the arms of Robinson impale those of Moore of Mount Cashell. Finally beneath these arms are the arms of Freind. For further detail, please see:
Window 4 (Former chapel of Presentation Convent, Fair St, Drogheda)
The chapel was donated in 1990 to the Order of Malta. The inscriptions remember Blessed Gerard Founder, and members of the Carroll Family.
Two new stained-glass windows have been added by the Order of Malta, these have two panels each bearing the eight-pointed cross of the Order and a floral image. The first also has the following inscriptions: ‘Remember Blessed Gerard Founder of the Order of St John of Jerusalem’, ‘To celebrate 900 years 1099-1999 of service to the poor, sick and disabled’ and the second window has the memorial inscriptions: ‘Remember James M. Carroll K.M. Past President of the Irish Association of the Order’, ‘In your prayers remember our benefactor Dame Grace Carroll Grandcross of Honour & Devotion’.
Window 5 (Kilsaran)
Erected to the memory of Lady Constance Bellingham
Window 6 (East Window St Nicholas's Church of Ireland, Dundalk)
The east window contains Netherlandish Glass, resulting from the French revolution, there was unrest in Europe that resulted in the sale of church furnishings and stained-glass windows. Of the glass in ireland, the Earl of Roden gave glass to Dundalk and Bryansford in 1812. The panels are detailed in the 1988 Journal. For example Panel 3b, third row from the bottom, second in, is St Nicholas standing behind a donor. There is tub with three boys, there is also a 17th century panel and above a 16th century fragment of a tower. c. 1525, Netherlandish. See also Tempest's account in 1919-20 Journal.
Window 7 (Dromiskin)
The window inscription reads 'Pray for Patrick and Margaret Kierans' Saints are St Mochta (top), St Lawrence (bottom), St Columban (left) and St Brendan (right) and St Patrick (centre)
Window 9 (The Ford window in St Mary's Church, Ardee)
A.D.G. et in P.M. Annie wife of A. Lockett Ford R & V of this parish
and Canon of St Patricks died A.S. 1906. This window is erected by
her friends among whom are the Lord Primate and the bishops of Cork
and Derry. [Mrs Ford died 7 Dec. 1906.]
Window 10 (Muldoons in Ardee)
Window 11 (The arms for the late Bishop Gerard Mullholland)
Jenkinstown
Bishop Gerard Clifford (1941-2016) served as
Titular Bishop of Hieron (1991-2013) and Auxiliary in Armagh. He was native of
Lordship and was the first appointee as bishop from Co Louth in over a hundred
years in the archdiocese. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery,
Ravensdale and his
episcopal (personal) arms are included on his grave. The arms are adapted from
those of Clifford, a chequey of blue and gold squares, along with a red fess
(centre band). He interpreted the chequered pattern as a representation of
the of the two principal Christian traditions found in Ireland. The escallop
shells are included from the arms of Mulholland, the maternal forebears of the
Bishop; this family is traditionally reputed to have been the guardians of the
bell of St Patrick, a theme commemorated by the symbol of a bell on the
Bishop’s personal shield.
Window 12
Arms of Drogheda at the Corporation Offices in Drogheda
Window 13
(I am the Good Shepherd)
Erected in remembrance of Revd James Moody d. 1944.
Christ the Good Shepherd at the Presbyterian Church in Dundalk
Window 14 (Boher Church, Fr Gossan 1912)
Window 15 (Charlestown, the coat of arms of Thomas William Filgate died 1868)
St Peter, St John the Baptist, St Paul
Window 16 (Carroll's Factory/now, Dundalk, opened in 1970)
Note the tobacco and leaf at the base of the Carroll family crest.
Window 17 (Fair Street, Drogheda)
In the chapel of the Presentation Sisters (now Greenhills)
The inscription at the bottom requests viewer to ‘pray for the soul of Clara McDonough’. The centre lights in this
window (from bottom up) are: 1) St Clare of Assisi who holds a monstrance and
St Francis of Assisi who receives the stigmata; 2) the marriage of Mary, Mother of God, and St Joseph, surrounded by biblical saints (some are difficult to identify;
the two figures on the right are: King David who wears a crown and carries a
harp and the prophet Elijah who carries a sword, in the centre the figure is
possibly St Anne, beside Mary and Joseph,
the other two figures on left are not obvious, the woman on the extreme left
could be St Elizabeth, the man behind, perhaps a prophet - he holds a
shepherd's staff - possibly Isaiah; 3) the baptism of the Lord; 4) the
coronation of Our Lady; and on top: the Holy Spirit. This window also displays
fourteen saints along the sides, their names are given as they appear on the
window: St Agnes, St Alphonsus (Liguori), St Augustine, St Bernard (of
Clairvaux), St Francis De Salles, St Francis Xavier, St Gertrude, St Ignace De
Loyola, St Jeanne (probably St Jeanne Frances de Chantal, co-foundress of the
Visitation Sisters with St Francis de Sales), St Louis De Gonzague, St Stanislus
Hotoka (St Stanislus Kotska, misspelt on the window, he is a Polish Jesuit
saint), St Therese (of Lisieux), St Ursule and St Vincent De Paul.
Window 18 (Dromin)
In memory of Fr William Doyle S.J.
Pray for John and Rosalie Stokes
Window 19 (Boyne Valley Hotel, Drogheda)
The arms, crest and motto of the Cairnes Family (Brewing) who resided at Stameen
Window 20 (Mount Oliver, Mount Pleasant) Formerly residence of Sir John Macneill, Engineer
Franciscan Convent since 1935
Pray for the McParland Family, Nativity Scene
Window 21 East Window in Collon Church of Ireland
The large east window in Collon was the gift of Thomas Viscount Ferrard
(son of John Foster). Ellison (1987, 87-9) states that it was finished in
1813 and its design is commonly attributed to Louisa Beaufort (1781-1863). It was fitted by Edward Lowe of Dublin. Bell
in his essay (1829, 247-8) noted that two churches including 'Collon have been
furnished with this ornament [stained-glass windows] from the factory of Mr.
Lowe of Dublin,
whose execution of this department of art is highly credible'. The east window is unusual in that it is quite secular
in theme with no obvious religious references. The uppermost section
conveys an abstract representation of the sky at night, perhaps an indirect
allusion to Heaven, and is filled with blue glass dotted with clear
stars. The moon is shown in two cycles, the full moon and the crescent moon,
and there are also two planets with Saturn identified by its ring. The daggers are filled with golden-tailed shooting stars and,
unusually, some stars are shooting down and others shooting up! More details on Collon Church in 2015 Journal
Window 22 (East Window in Beaulieu Church of Ireland)
'Blessed are the Dead who die in the Lord'
To the glory of God and in memory of Francis Donagh Esqr of
Newtown, Drogheda, died 3rd October 1885, erected by George Charles
Smyth. (on brass underneath the stained glass window)
Window 23 (Thomastown/Knockabbey)
This unusual stained glass window in the ceiling shows the Reilly coat of arms and crest
Knockabbey Castle:
Window 24 (Rathescar House)
Rathescar House
was originally built in the mid 17th century by the Fosters and was
altered in the early 19th century by John Leslie Foster MP and
afterwards Judge of the Commons Pleas (Bence-Jones). The stained-glass window
at Rathescar house contains the arms of Foster impaling the quartered arms of
Fitzgerald and Vesey. The Foster crest is also present. The arms of
Foster-Vesey-Fitzgerald were exemplified to Letitia Leslie Foster widow of John
Leslie Foster, sister of John William, Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey and to her
issue upon her assuming by Royal license, 1860, the additional surnames of
Vesey and Fitzgerald. Rathescar was subsequently purchased by the Henry and is
now owned by the Filgates.
Window 25 (St Peter's West Street, Drogheda) St Patrick lights the Paschal fire on the Hill of Slane.
You will notice the scene is across both panels, the flames extends into the left panel.
Bishop Denis Nulty (Kildare & Leighlin), who served in St Mary's across the river for a good number of years until 2013, adopted the Fire on the Hill of Slane on his coat of arms. Also included is St Brigid's cross, Brigid has strong Louth and Kildare associations. The fleur-de-lis is a symbol associated with Mary the Mother of God, and is a motif that adorns St Mary's Church, Drogheda.
The window was erected by John Finegan in memory of his mother, Mary who died in 1919.
I only recognise no 9. BY Canon Forde in memory of his wife.
ReplyDeleteThat's right, you might recognise the Collon Window with the quarter Moon and full Moon number 21. Number 15 is the Filgate window in Charlestown.
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