Mountmellick, is a Catholic parish in Tinnahinch, County Laois within the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin in Ireland.[1]
As of 2023, the parish priest was Mícheál Murphy.[2]
Churches
The parish is served by two churches: St. Joseph's Church in Mountmellick and St. Mary's Church in Clonaghadoo.[3]
The main church is St. Joseph's Church in Mountmellick. Building of this church started in 1864, to be completed in 1878. In 1912, a bell-tower was added. The church was originally a rectangle until an extension in 1965 changed it in a cruciform shape.[4]
The second church in the parish is the St. Mary's Church in Clonaghadoo. This church was built in 1970 and replaced an older chapel a short distance away.[5]
Notable people
- Patrick Lennon, parish priest and later bishop of Kildare and Leighlin
References
- 1."Mountmellick -- Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin | County of Laois" – via registers.nli.ie.
- 2."Priest Directory - Mícheál Murphy PP VF". kandle.ie. Kildare and Leighlin Diocese.
- 3."Mountmellick Parish". mountmellickparish.ie.
- 4."The Memory Trail - St. Joseph's Catholic Church". thememorytrail.com.
- 5."Laois Burial Grounds Survey 2011, page 283" (PDF). laois.ie. Laois County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2023-12-11.