Watercolour and ink illustration of Church of St Thomas the Apostle
Illustration of Church of St Thomas the Apostle

Church of St Thomas the Apostle

Peterswell, Galway

Catholic

Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora

Mass Times

Regular weekly timetable

Mon

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Tue

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Wed

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Thu

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Fri

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Sat

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Sun

  • 09:30

Times can change on holy days of obligation and over Christmas and Easter; check with the parish before travelling.

About Church of St Thomas the Apostle

Church of St Thomas the Apostle dates from 1840. It has a T-shaped plan with a two-bay nave and rendered walls under a pitched slate roof. Notable features include a three-stage bell tower, stained-glass windows, an internal gallery and carved Stations of the Cross.

The building

The square-profile three-stage bell tower was erected in 1947 on the north-east elevation. The interior contains an early twentieth-century marble altar and a timber gallery supported by round-plan cast-iron columns. A tooled limestone holy water stoup by the doorway appears to be older than the building and may have been used in an earlier incarnation of the church.

Architectural details in this description and profile from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, © Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Summarised by Christianity.ie.

Clergy

  • Parish Priest Very Rev Joseph Roche

Location & contact

Address

Peterswell, Galway