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Clane

Claonadh

Saint Patrick and Saint Brigid’s stands on land offered from the Presentation Sisters’ garden.

Watercolour and fine ink front view of the grey Gothic church at Clane, with its large rose window, central pointed doorway and low side aisles, without a spire.
Illustration, St Patrick and St Brigid's Church, Clane, County Kildare
Recorded locationClane53.29201° N · 6.69467° 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

  • Claonadh · Irish · main form
  • Clane · English · main form

Place & story

Dedicated in 1884

The parish’s history names William Hague as the church’s architect and records its dedication by Bishop James Lynch in 1884. The Presentation Sisters had offered their garden as its site. Limestone came from Mr Marmion’s quarry and granite from Ballyknockan in County Wicklow. The planned spire was never built. [2]

Stonework and windows

The architectural inventory dates construction to 1876–84. Its 2002 survey describes limestone walls, side aisles, buttresses and a rose window above the main entrance. A separate belfry and cast-iron entrance gates complete the group facing Main Street. These details give the Gothic Revival church its distinctive street frontage. [3]

Repairs and additions

The parish records a new roof in 1993 and a new baptistery in 1998. After a fire in August 2008, the church underwent extensive renovation. Its account also describes the conversion of the neighbouring former convent into a parish centre, following the convent’s closure in 2003. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kildare
Barony
Clane
Civil parish
Clane
Coordinates
53.29201, -6.69467
Mapped area
2.97 km²
Logainm ID
25741 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Clane. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Church of Saint Patrick and Saint Brigid: parish history · Parish of Clane and Rathcoffey, Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
  3. Catholic Church of Saint Patrick and Saint Brigid, NIAH11808007 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; recorded23April2002
  4. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  5. Church of Saint Patrick and Saint Brigid at Clane, County Kildare illustration: based on a Church of St. Patrick & St. Brigid, Clane, Co. Kildare by Harold Strong. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-12-20. How this page was prepared.