St. Brigid's Church, Straffan

About

St. Brigid's Church is located in the centre of Straffan village, 900 m (½ mile) north of the River Liffey.

St. Brigid's Church bears a foundation stone with the date "1786" and the church was consecrated on 28 August 1788. The gates outside were added c. 1860. St. Brigid's was renovated in 1913–15, with a Gothic Revival altar in white and red marble added, as well as the stained-glass windows in the west (probably by Joshua Clarke and Sons).

The church was renovated in 1986 and rededicated by Archbishop of Dublin Kevin McNamara.

- St Brigid Feeding the Poor, painting by Evie Hone

- an ambo, baptismal font and ambry pillar sculpted by Mark Ryan

- a Crucifixion triptych by Katsuya There is also a two- manual pipe organ. Originally built in Derby in 1914, it was moved to Straffan and rebuilt by Stephen Adams in 2019.

Above the altar is a coved ceiling with acanthus -leaf centrepiece encircled by grape -laden vine tendrils. There are stucco hoodmouldings around the windows with ornamental stops.

Paintings by Katsuya of Mary, Jesus and John

Altar carvings with grapes, vine leaves, fleur-de-lys, wheat, chalice and Eucharist