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Shrine in Cahernashilleeny

Shrine/oratory/grotto
Shrine in Cahernashilleeny
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Shrine in Cahernashilleeny gives Jesus a front window and two side windows. Other parishes were content to say the Lord sees everything; Cahernashilleeny got a quote for the glazing.

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Freestanding Roman Catholic shrine, erected c.1930, containing plaster statue of Sacred Heart of Jesus. Square box with moulded side plinths, gabled cap and with acrylic covered round headed opening to front and similarly covered square-headed lights to sides, and timber battened access door to rear. Set on stepped concrete platform to roadside with rendered and painted boundary walls to side and rear.
Shrines and grottos, especially Marian shrines, have been a traditional sight on Irish roads for more than a century. A prominent landmark on the road, this modest shrine is well cared for and a focal point for the religious community in the area.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30407016

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Pictures: Graham Horn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Irimurz, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Julie Anne Workman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Ian Capper, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Ian Capper, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mac McCarron, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; DeeEmm, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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