Holy water font from Tullow Abbey
The church keeps a holy water font from an Augustinian abbey in Tullow, County Carlow, founded around 1300, according to the parish website.
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Our Lady of Good Counsel, Ballyboden
This church is still ahead. Its chapter will be written when its visit comes.
§What is known
- Built
- 1981 · Not identified within the research budget; no heritage record or Dictionary of Irish Architects entry was located for this church.
- Order
- Augustinian Order (OSA)
- Dedication
- Our Lady of Good Counsel
Mass times
- Sunday
- 11:00 AM
- Saturday
- 6:30 PM
- Monday
- 9:30 AM (Weekday Mass)
- Tuesday
- 9:30 AM (Weekday Mass)
- Wednesday
- 9:30 AM (Weekday Mass)
- Thursday
- 9:30 AM (Weekday Mass)
- Friday
- 9:30 AM (Weekday Mass)
No photographs yet — the essay appears only after the visit.
§Notes
Fragments gathered while researching this church: stories, curiosities, people and dates.
Bell from Rome, 1612
A bell from the church of Santa Maria in Posterula in Rome, dated 1612 and bearing the name of Pope Paul V, is kept at the church, according to the parish website.
Timeline
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1972
Parish constituted (per parish website) The parish's own website states Ballyboden was constituted in 1972 out of Rathfarnham parish.
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1973
Parish constituted (per Archdiocese of Dublin) The Archdiocese of Dublin's current parish page states Ballyboden was constituted in 1973 from Rathfarnham, Ballyroan and Bohernabreena-Firhouse.
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1981
Church built The parish website dates the current church building to 1981.