Watercolour and ink illustration of St. Bernard’s Church, Abbeylara
Illustration of St. Bernard’s Church, Abbeylara

St. Bernard’s Church, Abbeylara

Abbeylara, Longford

Catholic

Diocese of Ardagh & Clonmacnois

Mass Times

Regular weekly timetable

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Sat

  • 19:30 Vigil

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

About St. Bernard’s Church, Abbeylara

St. Bernard’s Church, Abbeylara dates from 1959. It has an eight-bay nave, built of limestone under a pitched slate roof. Notable features include a four-stage bell tower, stained-glass windows, an internal gallery and a marble altar.

Notable features

The freestanding bell tower was erected by the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, New York, and commemorates Fr. Drumcoole (1816-1888), who founded an orphanage on Staten Island. The Staten Island Roman Catholic community donated the marble altar. The church replaced an earlier T-plan chapel dating from c. 1830, located to the west. The graveyard contains an earliest grave dated 1832.

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 Fr Simon Cadam

Location & contact

Address

Abbeylara, Abbeylara, Longford

Phone

043 6686270

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