Limerick Diocesan Heritage Project - St Patrick's Parish

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" background="GRAPHICS/SWIRLGreen.gif"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%" height="55" valign="top"> <div align="right"> <div align="right"><a name="top"></a><a href="http://www.limerickdiocese.org" target="_top" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image17','','Buttons/diocesehomenewovergreen.gif',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img name="Image17" border="0" src="Buttons/diocesehomenewgreen.gif" width="132" height="14" alt="Diocese Home"></a> <a href="index.htm" target="_top" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image16','','Buttons/heritageprojectnewovergreen.gif',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img name="Image16" border="0" src="Buttons/heritageprojectnewgreen.gif" width="132" height="14" alt="Heritage Home"></a> <a href="parishIndex.htm" target="_top" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image18','','Buttons/indexnewgreenover.gif',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img name="Image18" border="0" src="Buttons/indexnewgreen.gif" width="64" height="14" alt="Index"></a> <a href="search.htm" target="_top" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image19','','Buttons/searchnewgreenover.gif',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img name="Image19" border="0" src="Buttons/searchnewgreen.gif" width="64" height="14" alt="Search"></a> <a href="help.htm" target="_top" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image20','','Buttons/helpnewgreenover.gif',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img name="Image20" border="0" src="Buttons/helpnewgreen.gif" width="64" height="14" alt="Help"></a><br> </div> <hr color=#009999> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="480" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="heritageGreen"> <tr> <td width="480" height="50" valign="top"> <h1><img name="Image22" border="0" src="GRAPHICS/PREVGreen.gif" width="50" height="50" align="middle">   St Patrick's  <a href="StPatricks/hyStPatricks.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image21','','GRAPHICS/NextPlain.gif',1)" target="_self"><img name="Image21" border="0" src="GRAPHICS/NEXTGreen.gif" width="50" height="50" align="middle" alt="History"></a><br> Parish </h1> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="29"> <div align="center"> <h4><a href="StPatricks/hyStPatricks.htm" target="_self">History</a> | <a href="StPatricks/chStPatricks.htm" target="_self">Churches</a> | <a href="StPatricks/gyStPatricks.htm" target="_self">Graveyards</a> | <a href="StPatricks/sitesStPatricks.htm" target="_self">Local Sites</a> | <a href="StPatricks/lopStPatricks.htm" target="_self">Priests</a></h4></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="252" valign="top"> <div align="center"> <h5><img src="StPatricks/St%20PatricksPhotos/StPatricks.jpg" width="361" height="269" alt="Park in St Patrick's Parish" border="1"><br> © Park in St Patrick's Parish</h5> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="577" valign="top"> <p>Welcome to St Patrick's!</p> <p>The parish of St Patrick's was one of the five original medieval parishes of the city of Limerick. St Patrick's parish used to encompass the old parishes of Ballysimon/Derrygalvin and Kilmurry (now Monaleen). In 1704 St Nicholas' was a separate parish but by 1711 it had been joined with St Patrick's parish following the death of Fr Michael Dwyer. The church in Kilquane was also in the parish at Athlunkard.</p> <p>In 1971, to accommodate the rising population in the area, Bishop Henry Murphy created the new parish of Monaleen from the area in the west of St Patrick's parish. The boundaries of St Patrick's parish were further reduced in 1981 when Bishop Jeremiah Newman created a new parish called Our Lady Help of Christians. </p> <p>The population of the parish of St Patrick's is around 13,000. <br> You are currently looking at the Frameless version of this site. 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