The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,

Roscommon Roscommon (; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60, N61 and N63 roads. The name Roscommon is derived from Coman mac Faelchon who built ...

, is the parochial church for the parish of Roscommon in the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin The Diocese of Elphin (; ga, Deoise Ail Finn) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the western part of Ireland. It is in the Metropolitan Province of Tuam and is subject to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuam. The current bishop is Kevin Doran who ...

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The main church was completed in 1903 and the steeple was added in 1916. The church has a flamboyant architectural design. It has rock-faced walls with

sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...

dressings and features carved detailing, stained-glass and

mosaics A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface. Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and were particularly pop ...

by Salviati."The Sacred Heart Church", Discover Ireland, Failte Ireland
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Bibliography

*F. Francis Beirne ''The Diocese of Elphin, an illustrated history'' Booklink, 2007

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Roman Catholic churches in County Roscommon 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Ireland Roman Catholic churches completed in 1903 20th-century churches in the Republic of Ireland {{ireland-church-stub

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