Watercolour and ink illustration of St. Brigid's Church, Coon
Illustration of St. Brigid's Church, Coon

St. Brigid's Church, Coon

Coon, Kilkenny

Catholic

Diocese of Ossory

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

  • 19:30 Vigil

Sun

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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. Brigid's Church, Coon

St. Brigid's Church, Coon was built in 1846. It has a simple single-cell form under a pitched slate roof. Notable features include stained-glass windows, a bellcote and mosaic work.

The building

St Brigid's Church is a detached six-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church built in 1846. It features a rectangular plan with a gabled projecting porch to the south front and roughcast walls on a rendered plinth. The pitched slate roof includes a limestone ashlar bellcote with a cross finial framing a cast-bronze bell. Interior elements include mosaic tiled wainscoting, stained glass memorial windows, and an exposed timber roof construction.

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. Laurence Wallace

Location & contact

Address

Unamed road, Coon, Kilkenny

Phone

056 4441271