An exhibition of the Church of Ireland’s historical architectural drawings – entitled A Visual Window to an Ecclesiastical World – will be launched by the Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke, next Tuesday evening (7th May) at the Architecture…
Tag: Disestablishment
Marking Disestablishment 150: display at RCB Library
Under the terms of the Irish Church Act (32&33 Vic. c. 42 sect. 2) of 26 July 1869, which passed into law in 1871, the union between Church and State in Ireland that had existed since the Reformation was dissolved, and…
Divided Loyalties in a West Cork Parish: the Revd George F Stoney of Berehaven
Sit back, relax, and read the hidden story behind the dismissal of the curate in the parish of Berehaven 150 years ago… Having discovered that not one but three addresses affirming support for Revd George F Stoney (1826-1869) had been…
Tagged with: Berehaven, Church of Ireland, Cork, Disestablishment, Gazette, local history, nineteenth century, parish
Church Architectural Drawings Project: Tuam Diocesan Collection
The latest phase of the project to digitize, catalogue and make available online the Representative Church Body Library’s collections of architectural drawings of churches has resulted in the processing of drawings from the western Diocese of Tuam. To date (as…
Headlines in April 1917: the Church of Ireland Gazette
Recognising the value of digitization for unlocking information from relatively hidden primary sources, further funding to continue the process of digitizing and indexing the Church of Ireland Gazette has been committed from central Church funds to support an ongoing project,…
Tagged with: Church of Ireland, Digitisation, Disestablishment, Easter Rising, First World War, Gazette, twentieth century
Top