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Glin Church

Inside the church there is a stained glass window of the Sacred Heart on the right of the church in memory of Philip W. Lowe. This window was erected by his wife and children and was made by G. C. Riordan & Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio. To the right of the altar there is a mosaic of Joseph teaching Jesus carpentry.

Behind the altar there is a stained glass window to Mary & Child. To the left of the main altar there is a mosaic to the Sacred Heart and a Crucifix. The stained glass window on the left of the church is to the memory of parents John & Mary Riordan. The window depicts the Mother & Child surrounded by angels and a Dominican monk with rosary beads in his hands. This window may represent the Rosary. This window was also made by G. C. Riordan & Co.

In the grounds of the new church at Glin a number of priests who ministered in the parish over the years are buried. On the left-hand side of the entrance, there is a headstone telling us that Archdeacon Michael Ryan served as parish priest from 1948 until 1976, when he retired. Archdeacon Ryan died in 1981. Another long serving parish priest in Glin was Archdeacon James Roche who was P.P. for 29 years when he died in 1920 at the age of 97. Also buried here are Michael Canon O'Carroll, who died in 1942, and Eamonn Canon Dillane, who died in 1998.

Buried in the grounds of the church are:

  Archdeacon Michael Ryan, PP 1948-1976, Died in 1981
  Canon Dillane, Parish Priest, Died 26th November 1998
  Arch. James Roche, PP for 29 years, Died 13th May 1920, Aged 97
  Michael Canon O'Carroll, Died November 1942

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