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Parish of Kinvara

Kilmacduagh Deanery

Parish Priest

Very Rev Dr Hugh Clifford, PP

Contact
Address
The Presbytery,
Kinvara,
Co. Galway

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Sunday
12.00pm
Saturday
7.00pm
Thursday
10.00am
Friday
10.00am
Sunday
9.00am
Sunday
12.00pm

Probably begun in 1816 under Bishop Archdeacon of Kilmacduagh and completed by 1824, St Colman’s is the oldest church still in use in the diocese. The site was likely given by Robert Gregory of Coole. The building follows the vernacular tradition: whitewashed walls, slate roof, and little ornamentation. A bell tower and porch were added in 1845, and the tower was raised in the early 20th century. In 1951 the galleries were removed. The church was reslated in 1987 and repaired again in 1997. It holds paintings attributed to James de Basterot of Duras.

Saturday
7.00pm
Thursday
10.00am
Friday
10.00am

The site was donated by Captain Francis Blake Forster in 1874. Funds from M. Murray of Northampton (£4,000) provided for a convent, chapel, and school. Architect Maurice A. Hennessy designed the buildings, with contractor William Kilroy of Gort. They were dedicated by Bishop McEvilly on 20 April 1878. The church was extended by twenty feet in 1920 and managed by the Sisters of Mercy until 1938. A major renovation in 1973 by Brendan Jeffers added a new roof, porch, and marble altar. The carved figures from the old pulpit were reused on the gallery front. A new presbytery was built in 1997.

Sunday
9.00am
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Kinvara

Details
Primary school
Principal: Martina Tarpey McGann
Address
Doorus,
County Galway,
Ireland
Contact
T: +353 (0)91 637585
Parish

Kinvara

Details
Primary school
Principal: Shane McDonagh
Address
Northampton National School,
Northampton,
Kinvara,
County Galway,
Ireland
Contact
T: +353 (0)91 637519
Parish

Kinvara

Details
Secondary school
Principal: Mairéad Mhic Dhomhnaill
Address
Seamount College,
Cartron,
Kinvara,
County Galway,
Ireland
Contact
T: +353 (0)91 638171
Parish

Kinvara

Details
Primary school
Principal: Dominic Gallagher
Address
St Josephs National School,
Kinvarra,
County Galway,
Ireland
Contact
T: +353 (0)91 638171

Parish Office
Secretary: Orla Vesey
Office hours: Thursday & Friday 9:30–12:30
T. +353 (0)86 8577644 (Tuesday–Friday 9:30–12:30)
E. bkoffice@galwaydiocese.ie

Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday 18:00–18:45 (Kinvara)

Sacrament of Baptism
Saturday 12:00 noon (by arrangement through parish office)

Devotions
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament:
– Thursday after 10:00am Mass until 19:30
– Friday after Mass until 11:00