Church of the Sacred Heart
Parish Priests Interred in Ballyoughter Cemetery
The headstones of four of the parish priests face East, as is the practice in Christian tradition, in anticipation of the second coming of Christ.
All other headstones in the cemetery, including the headstone of Rev. Patrick Doyle, face towards the Church so that the feet of the deceased face the altar. This might be explained by reference to the Roman Ritual of 1950 that stated that, at the funeral Mass, the coffin was to be placed so that the feet of the deceased should point toward the main altar.
Parish Priests and Curates
Profiles of the Parish Priests and Curates of Ballyoughter can be found at Church/Religious Order
Plaques Dedicated to Deceased Parish Priests in Ballyoughter
The graves of the Very Reverend Canon Sinnott PP and the Very Reverend Thomas J. Staples are located beneath the floor of the church underneath the respective plaques. These stone-covered graves can no longer be seen as the floor is carpeted.
Stations of the Cross in Church of the Sacred Heart
The ‘Stations of the Cross’ in Ballyoughter Church were donated, according to the People Newspaper of Saturday 11th March 1882, by Mrs. Malone, Market Square, Enniscorthy. A donation of ‘a life size figure of St. Joseph and the Holy Infant, richly decorated’ by J. Malone Esq. was also reported on the same date. The Very Rev. Canon Sinnott was the grateful recipient on behalf of the parish.
This newspaper article brings an interesting conundrum into focus. The current set of the ‘Stations of the Cross’ on display in the church are accompanied by a plaque indicating the set was donated by Margaret Leary, Medophall, who died in 1933. Are these Stations a new set and, if so, where are the originals?
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Were you attentive when performing the Stations of the Cross? Which of the Stations has an error in its inscription? If you don’t know, here’s the answer.
Tubberneering Cemetery & Toome Church and Cemetery - Image Gallery
Hymn Book printed in 1891 used in Ballyoughter Church
Confirmation and Communion Photographs
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