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About The Daniel O’Connell Memorial Church of the Holy Cross
The Daniel O’Connell Memorial Church of the Holy Cross dates from 1880 and is built in the Gothic Revival style. It has a cruciform plan, built of ashlar granite. Notable features include a two-stage tower, stained-glass windows, crenellated parapets and pinnacles. 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 church is named after Daniel O'Connell. The parish records that it was built, and named, with special papal permission, O'Connell being a layman rather than a saint, a cleric or a member of a religious order. The parish describes it as reputed to be the only parish church in Ireland called after a layman.
The parish incorporates the church, along with St Joseph's Church, Aghatubrid, and the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Foilmore.
Notable people
Daniel O'Connell, after whom the church is named, was a statesman who worked for Catholic emancipation in Ireland in the nineteenth century, peacefully and by way of a mass movement of people. He is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.
