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Knockea Church
© Knockea Church

Crucifix outside Knockea Church
© Crucifix outside Knockea Church


Knockea church is in the townland of Drombanna and was built in 1822 while Fr James McNamara was parish priest. It is also dedicated to St Patrick. Fr Tom Kirby P.P renovated it in the 1960s.


Altar in Knockea church
© Altar in Knockea Church

Tabernacle in Knockea Church
© Tabernacle in Knockea Church


Inside the church there are two small shrines, one to St Patrick on the left and the other to the Immaculate Conception on the right. There is also a statue of Mary on the right of the main altar and one of the Sacred Heart on the left. There is a Crucifix in front of the church in Knockea to the memory of Archbishop Dermot O'Hurley.

Statues in Knockea Church
© Statues in Knockea Church


Buried in the grounds of the church is:

  Timothy Halpin, Parish Priest 1879-1900, Died May 14 1900

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