placenamesSaint Patrick's
Paróiste Phádraig
An 1887 competition brought three architects into plans for the Kilkenny church on College Road.
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 Phádraig · Irish · main form · validated name
- Saint Patrick's · English · main form
Place & story
The competition before construction
The Dictionary of Irish Architects records a limited competition for Saint Patrick’s Catholic church on College Road in 1887. Walter Glynn Doolin, William Hague and John Joseph O’Callaghan were entrants. Its outcome was delayed after the death of parish priest William Hayden. These entries document a design competition, rather than establishing that each entrant’s plans were built. The archive cites an illustration in the Irish Builder of 1 March 1887 as evidence for the competition. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kilkenny
- Barony
- Shillelogher
- Barony
- Kilkenny
- Coordinates
- 52.63932, -7.26249
- Mapped area
- 17.03 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1362 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Saint Patrick's. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilkenny, College Road, Church of St Patrick (RC), work57908 · Irish Architectural Archive, Dictionary of Irish Architects
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.