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Middle Row, Lurgan, in the late 19th century Birds-eye view of Lurgan in the early 20th century Edward Street, Lurgan, in the early 20th century. The name Lurgan is an anglicisation of the Irish name An Lorgain, literally meaning "the shin", but within the context of placenames refers to a "shin"-shaped hill or ridge (i.e., long, low and narrow).
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church is located on West Street, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. Designed by John O'Neill and William Henry Byrne and built in the French Gothic style of local limestone ashlar in 1884. This Roman Catholic church is known for its tall west gable, rose window and for containing the national shrine of St. Oliver Plunkett.
Saint Peter's Church of Ireland stands on a site that has been a centre of Christian worship for over 800 years. [1] The church was established on the north side of the River Boyne also before 1186 and was given by Hugh de Lacy to the Augustinian canons of Llanthony Prima in Monmouthshire, Wales. [2]
The north aisle in which the furnishings from St James' have been relocates, has been renamed the St James' Chapel in tribute to the former church. It is normally used for non-choral evening services. A new suite of halls were built at St Peter's in 2007, including a Main Hall, a Minor Hall, a kitchen, toilets, and a purpose-built Parish Office.
St Peter's was originally envisaged as the parish church for the expanding post-Famine Catholic population of Belfast. The site was provided by a wealthy Belfast flour merchant and philanthropist, [4] Bernard Hughes [5] while the church was designed by Fr Jeremiah Ryan McAuley, who had trained as an architect before he became a priest. [6]
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In 1907, work on the spire apparently commenced after Cardinal Moran of Australia commented on the lack of Catholic church spires in the Dublin skyline. St Peter's Church is recognised as an important landmark in North Dublin. In 1984 Bernard Neary wrote: You could hardly be called a Dubliner if you hadn't heard of St. Peter's Church, Phibsborough.