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Shanagolden Church
© Shanagolden Church

Fr Patrick McDonnell P.P. built the present day church in Shanagolden during his stay in the parish from 1808 until his death in 1824. At the front of Shanagolden church there is a large depiction of the Crucifixion. There is also a Lourdes Grotto in the grounds of the church to the right in memory of Lizzie Reidy, who died on July 25th 1909. Her brothers and sisters erected the grotto.


Crucifixion Scene outside Shanagolden Church
© Crucifixion Scene
outside Shanagolden Church

Grotto in grounds of Shanagolden church
© Grotto in grounds
of Shanagolden church


To the left of the church, there is a plaque, inscribed in Latin, on the boundary wall. The plaque mentions that Fr Patrick McDonnell P.P. built the church in 1814. Dean Patrick McNamara, who succeeded Fr McDonnell as parish priest in 1824, is also mentioned on the plaque as a church bell was purchased for the church in this year. The church was renovated in 1824.

Altar in Shanagolden Church
© Altar in Shanagolden Church

In the porch of the church there is a wooden statue of Mary and Child with the inscription "Mater Dei, Ora Pro Nobis". There is also a picture of the original church in the porch together with a list of the subscribers to the church that was published in the Limerick Gazette on August 9 1814.

A plaque on the left-hand side of the church is in memory of three former parish priests of the parish; Fr Mortimer Collins (died January 1857), Fr James Synan (died May 4 1877) and Fr John Mulqueen (died January 5 1894). All of the church windows are of a plain design.

Michael O'Connor of Mullough donated the altar rails. To the left of the main altar there is a statue of the Sacred Heart while on the right of the altar there is a statue of Mary. Over the main altar there is a crucifix.

Statue of Blessed Virgin  Statue of the Sacred Heart
© Statues in Shanagolden Church

In the right transept there is a shrine to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour while in the left transept there is a shrine to the Crucifixion to the memory of Alice M. O'Brien.

Buried in the grounds of the church are:

  Gerard Canon Enright, Parish Priest, Died 23rd October 1990
  Canon Liston, Parish Priest, Died 10th December 1921
  William Canon Fitzgerald, Parish Priest, Died 1st August 1935
  Michael Donor, Parish Priest, Died 26th March 1909
  Archdeacon Frederick Rice, Parish Priest, Died 15th April 1970
  John Canon Rea, Parish Priest, Died 26th July 1948

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