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Profile
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- The United
Diocese of Cashel and Ossory encompasses six
Dioceses Cashel, Waterford, Lismore, Ossory,
Ferns & Leighlin. The bishop is Bishop
John Neil who resides in Kilkenny. The
ancient cathedrals remain in use in Kilkenny,
Lismore, Old Leighlin and Ferns. In
Waterford and Cashel there are eighteenth century
cathedrals, though that in Waterford incorporates
part of its medieval predecessor. The
United Dioceses covers an area of over four
thousand square miles and covers all or some of
seven counties: Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois,
Tipperary, Wicklow, Wexford and Waterford.
At Seir Kieran, it even retains a small island
parish in Co. Offaly.
More information
about the Church of Ireland can be found at:
https://www.ireland.anglican.org/our-faith/apck/protestant-and-catholic
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Carlow
Group of Parishes
The
principal town of County Carlow,
is Carlow Town, which was an important and strong military fortress
strategically sited at the confluence of the Barrow and Burrin rivers and
the Carlow Castle withstood repeated attacks in 1494 and 1641
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Diocesan Glebes Secretary |
The
Reverend Canon G G Dowd |
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Address |
- The Rectory
- Green Road
- Carlow
- IRELAND
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Tel |
0503
32565 |
| E-mail |
Garydowd@eircom.net |
- Parishes
and Clergy
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- CARLOW
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- Churches in Group
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- 1. St Mary's, Carlow.
- 2. Urglin (Rutland Church)
- 3. Staplestown
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