Watercolour and ink illustration of Church of the Assumption, Walshestown
Illustration of Church of the Assumption, Walshestown

Church of the Assumption, Walshestown

Walshestown, Westmeath

Catholic

Diocese of Meath

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

  • 09:00

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

About Church of the Assumption, Walshestown

Church of the Assumption, Walshestown was built around 1828. The church has rendered walls under a pitched slate roof. Notable features include stained-glass windows, an internal gallery and a marble altar.

The building

This four-bay hall-type church was renovated c.1880 and received a single-storey extension c.1990, with a cut stone dedication plaque recording A W Mc Guire P.P. 1828. The grounds feature an ashlar limestone boundary wall, gate piers and a freestanding campanile in the western graveyard, alongside a bullaun stone and octagonal medieval font probably moved from a nearby medieval church. Restrictions on non-established churches before Emancipation prevented an attached belfry.

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

  • Administrator Very Rev. Philip Gaffney
  • Curate Rev. Fr. Barry White
  • Curate Rev. Fr. Marcin Pietras
  • Assistant Priest Rev. Fr. Francis Musoke
  • Curate Rev. Fr. Iulian-Robert Gherghel

Location & contact

Address

Adamstown, Loughanavally, Walshestown, Westmeath

Phone

044 9348338