Photograph of Church of the Assumption, Piltown
Photo: Alexander Redfern (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Church of the Assumption, Piltown

Piltown, Kilkenny

Catholic

Diocese of Ossory

Mass Times

Regular weekly timetable

Mon

  • 10:00

Tue

  • 10:00

Wed

  • 10:00

Thu

  • 10:00

Fri

  • 10:00

Sat

  • 18:00 Vigil

Sun

  • –

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

About Church of the Assumption, Piltown

Church of the Assumption, Piltown was built between 1889 and 1899 in the Gothic Revival style. It has a six-bay nave, built of squared limestone under a pitched slate roof. Notable features include stained glass including a rose window, an internal gallery and crenellated parapets.

Notable features

The interior has pointed-arched aisle arcades carried on polished pink-granite pillars with carved foliate capitals, a diagonal timber-panelled ceiling, and a chancel with a four-centred groin vault whose plaster ribs meet at rosettes.

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. Paschal Moore

Location & contact

Address

R698, Piltown, Kilkenny

Phone

051 643112