Watercolour and ink illustration of Cloneyhurke (Garryhinch)
Illustration of Cloneyhurke (Garryhinch)

Cloneyhurke (Garryhinch)

Cloneyhurke, Offaly

Church of Ireland

Diocese of Meath & Kildare

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About Cloneyhurke (Garryhinch)

Cloneyhurke (Garryhinch) was built around 1820. It has a four-bay nave, built of squared limestone under a pitched slate roof. Notable features include a bell tower, an internal gallery, pinnacles and window tracery. It was designed by John Semple.

The building

This Church of Ireland structure, designed by John Semple as a Board of First Fruits church, stands on an elevated site overlooking Garryhinch Crossroads in Co. Meath. The exterior features squared limestone walls with ashlar buttresses, a castellated tower with pinnacles, and cast-iron windows with intersecting tracery. Internally, original fittings including pews, a pulpit, and a prayer table survive, alongside a timber gallery to the east.

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

  • Synod Member Rev Alan Robinson

Location & contact

Address

Cloneyhurke, Offaly