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Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary — Ennis Road

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Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary — Ennis Road
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Freestanding single-cell timber clad Roman Catholic church, built in 1951, facing east with belfry to northeast. Low pitched felt covered roof to nave with felt covered flat roofs to side aisle sections. Replacement uPVC gutter and square-profile tin downpipes. Copper gutter to entrance porches. Timber clad walls on concrete plinth. Multiple-pane horizontal window opening running full-height of nave to south and north nave elevations. Fully glazed timber windows to north elevation of side aisle with stained glass windows. Three round-arch window openings to west gable with timber architraves and leaded stained glass and weather glazing. Stained glass windows, designed by Mayer of Munich, were originally erected in Saint Mary's Convent of Mercy Convent. Extensions added in 1955 and in 1979. Square-plan belfry tower with brick flank walls to open ground level, timber clad shaft and an open belfry stage with steel members beneath pitched felt covered roof. Carved white teak statue of Our Lady of Fatima, by Oisín Kelly, facing north above entry opening. A flat felt roof canopy covers the walkway from belfry to church entrance, supported by steel piloti. All square-headed door openings with double-leaf hardwood panelled doors. A beech hedge lies the walkway from Ennis Road with substantial church grounds shared with John F. Kennedy Memorial School to west. Bound by rubble limestone walls with plain steel railings.

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