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Saint Michael's Catholic Church (Limerick)

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Saint Michael's is one of the five original parishes of Limerick City. It was a joint parish of Saint John's until 1704 when Father Murtagh O'Hehir became the first Catholic
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addressed political meetings in St Michael's. St Michael's also saw the 1916 funeral of the controversial
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Saint Michael's is first referred to in the 1205 "Black Book of Limerick". It was originally a
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The church was built in 1779–81 and remodelled in 1805. It was a rebuilding of a
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in 1816. The church was rebuilt in 1881 to a design by Martin Morris in an
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Carved memorial to Very Rev. Patrick Hogan (1769–1829)
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It should not be confused with St Michael's Church, a
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Saint Michael's Catholic Church is located in Ireland
52°39′50″N 8°37′26″W / 52.66392°N 8.623965°W / 52.66392; -8.623965
Limerick
Ireland
Polish
Denomination
Roman Catholic
www.limerickdiocese.org/pastoral-units-and-parishes/pastoral-unit-1/st-michaels/
Dedication
Saint Michael
Consecrated
Architect(s)
Church
Style
Italianate
Romanesque Revival
Groundbreaking
Province
Cashel and Emly
Diocese
Limerick
Deanery
Parish

Catholic
Limerick
Ireland
Church of Ireland
Anglo-Normans

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