placenamesSaint John's
Paróiste Eoin
A church history identifies the designer and builders behind its sanctuary floor.
Recorded locationSaint John's52.66863° N · 7.23317° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Paróiste Eoin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Saint John's · English · main form
Place & story
Mosaic and contract work
The sanctuary and side chapels of Kilkenny’s Church of Saint John the Evangelist have mosaic paving designed by Ludwig Oppenheimer. Dorcas Birthistle’s church history identifies architect William H. Byrne and builder Patrick Nolan with its execution. The design includes interlacing, animal heads and a central pelican feeding its young, surrounded by angels and symbols of the four evangelists. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kilkenny
- Barony
- Gowran
- Barony
- Shillelogher
- Barony
- Kilkenny
- Coordinates
- 52.66863, -7.23317
- Mapped area
- 22.3 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1358 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Saint John's. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- O’Loughlin Memorial Church of St John the Evangelist: history · Dorcas Birthistle, Old Kilkenny Review 2001; hosted by Saint John’s Parish
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.