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About St. Joseph's Redemptorist Church
St. Joseph's Redemptorist Church was built around 1890 in the Hiberno-Romanesque style. The church is built of ashlar granite. Notable features include a three-stage tower, stained-glass windows, an internal gallery and window tracery. It was designed by George Ashlin.
Architectural details from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, © Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Summarised by Christianity.ie.
History
The Redemptorists arrived in Dundalk in 1876 and established a monastery on St Alphonsus Road, then known as Windmill Road. The community records the mission house of St Joseph's as established on 8 September 1876. It was founded by Fr Harbison CSsR. The church was built in 1892.
A century after the Redemptorists came to the town, the archdiocese created new parishes for Dundalk in response to industrial development and population growth. The parish of St Joseph's formally came into being in February 1976, its boundaries with St Patrick's having been drawn up between 1972 and 1975, and it was entrusted to the care of the Redemptorists. The first Administrator was installed on 15 February 1976. The parish is bounded by the Castletown, Blackwater and Ramparts rivers.
The building
The church is Romanesque and built of granite quarried at Newry. The community's own history describes the interior as finished in coloured marbles and intricate mosaics.
Clergy
- Administrator Very Rev Brendan Callanan CSsR
- Curate Rev Ryan Holovlasky CSsR
- Curate Rev Denis Luddy, CSsR
