Watercolour and ink illustration of St. Peter and Paul's Church, Ballinasloe
Illustration of St. Peter and Paul's Church, Ballinasloe

St. Peter and Paul's Church, Ballinasloe

Ballymacward, Galway

Catholic

Diocese of Clonfert

Mass Times

Regular weekly timetable

Mon

  • 09:00

Tue

  • 09:00

Wed

  • –

Thu

  • –

Fri

  • 19:00

Sat

  • 19:00

Sun

  • –

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

About St. Peter and Paul's Church, Ballinasloe

St. Peter and Paul's Church, Ballinasloe was built around 1875 in the Gothic Revival style. It has a cruciform plan with an eight-bay nave, built of squared stone under a pitched slate roof. Notable features include a three-stage bell tower, stained-glass windows, carved Stations of the Cross and a marble altar.

The building

This Roman Catholic church is corner-sited in Ballymacward and remains in use. The limestone structure includes a twentieth-century flat-roof sacristy and a three-stage tower with a crenellated parapet and pyramidal spire recessed to the re-entrant corner of the nave and east transept. Interior features include an altar at the west end of the nave, pointed arches to the transepts with ashlar limestone surrounds, and an arch-braced timber A-framed truss roof on corbals with hanging posts.

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, Vicar Forane Very Rev Raymond Sweeney

Location & contact

Address

Ballinasloe, Woodlawn, Ballymacward, Galway