Christ Church is a small

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church located in

Ballyhooly Ballyhooly ()Logainm.ie, an Irish placenames databaseBaile Átha hÚllaVerified 2019-11-07. is a small village in north County Cork situated along the N72 between Castletownroche and Fermoy. Ballyhooly is home to two pubs, a church, community c ...

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. It was completed in 1881. It is dedicated to

Jesus Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

. It is part of the Fermoy Union of Parishes in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross.

History

Christ Church is located on the site of an earlier church which was completed in 1774 and designed by John Morrison. The present building was founded in 1881, on the Convamore estate, which was the estate of the

earls of Listowel Earl of Listowel (pronounced "Lish-''toe''-ell") is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1822 for William Hare, 1st Viscount Ennismore and Listowel, who had earlier represented Cork City and Athy in the Irish House of Commons. ...

. The cornerstone was laid on 21 April 1880 by Lady Listowel. It was consecrated on either the 22 or 23 December 1881, by Bishop Robert Gregg. It was founded primarily at the expense of

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Architecture

William Henry Hill designed the church. It is built using stone cute form

Bridgetown Abbey The Augustinian Priory of St Mary, most commonly referred to as Bridgetown Priory and also as Bridgetown Abbey, is a ruined 13th-century Augustinian monastery of the Canons regular of St. Victor. It is located in Castletownroche, County Cork, Irel ...

Castletownroche Castletownroche () is a townland, village, and civil parish in the barony of Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the N72 national secondary road. In ancient times, it was known in Irish as ''Dún Chruadha'', meaning Cruadha's Fort. ...

. The church features a four-

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, which is built in the Early English style. The churchyard holds the Listowel Mausoleum, constructed in 1846, which is built in the Gothic Revival style, and is composed of ashlar stone.

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* * {{refend Architecture in Ireland Churches in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 19th-century Church of Ireland church buildings Gothic Revival church buildings in the Republic of Ireland 19th-century churches in the Republic of Ireland