placenamesCurragunneen
Currach Guinín
An arcaded nineteenth-century church front survives beside its modern successor.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Currach Guinín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Curragunneen · English · main form
Place & story
The old chapel’s surviving front
At Curragunneen, the surviving front of Saint Patrick’s chapel recalls a church built in 1812. Sandstone walls frame an arcaded entrance, with paired blind arches flanking the doorway and a coloured-glass window above. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage identifies the design as an unusually early example of the Hiberno-Romanesque revival. [2]
Old and new churches
The earlier church was partly dismantled when a modern replacement was built beside it in the early 1980s. Its footprint, portions of the walls and tiled floor remained, while a sculpted reredos was transferred to the new church. The old bell stand uses four partly fluted cast-iron columns. Parishioners provided voluntary labour for the replacement building. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Curragunneen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Patrick’s Catholic Chapel,record22402302 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.