{"id":3283,"date":"2017-09-08T13:59:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T13:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kildare.ie\/ehistory\/?p=3283"},"modified":"2017-09-08T13:59:33","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T13:59:33","slug":"consecration-of-st-johns-church-kill-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/consecration-of-st-johns-church-kill-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CONSECRATION OF ST. JOHN’S CHURCH, KILL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kildare Observer<\/em> 29 December 1883<\/strong><\/p>\n

Consecration of St. John\u2019s Church, Kill.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After undergoing very considerable alterations this church was consecrated on Thursday last, St. Johns Day, by the Lord Archbishop of Dublin. \u00a0The interior was neatly decorated for the occasion with a quantity of Christmas roses and chrysanthemums, given by the Countess of Mayo, and looked remarkably well. \u00a0In 1827 it was rebuilt by John, fourth Earl of Mayo, the Rev. John Warburton being rector of the parish, but strange to say the church was never consecrated. \u00a0The architecture of the building was exceedingly plain, the only pleasing feature being the tower and the spire. \u00a0Six years ago, when the present rector (Rev. James Adams) was appointed there was still a high pulpit and desk, a gallery and high square pews. \u00a0These have been removed and an orthodox desk and pulpit substituted. \u00a0The seats are open and are capped with polished mahogany. \u00a0The chancel, which has just been finished, takes in nine feet of the original church and extends out ten feet, being sixteen feet wide, approached by two stone steps. \u00a0The aisle is tiled with Peake\u2019s tiles in a suitable pattern, and the chancel with Menton\u2019s encaustic tiles. \u00a0The organ chamber is on the left hand side, formed out of the portion of the church which was cut off, and on the opposite side is the entrance to the vestry.\u00a0 The choir occupy the chancel where are two kneeling benches with chairs. \u00a0The handsome velvet cloth for the communion table was given anonymously by one who takes a deep interest in the parish. \u00a0On either side of the communion table are Glastonbury chairs, the gift of Earl of Clonmel. \u00a0The east window (of stained glass) is also a gift from Earl of Clonmel, and is erected to the memory of his mother, the late Countess of Clonmel. \u00a0At the west end where the gallery formerly was, a circular window has been put, and is the gift of Mrs. Adams. \u00a0In the centre of the window, on stained glass, is a descending dove. \u00a0The heating apparatus is the same as that adopted in the churches at Bray and Greystones, viz., hot air, and the removal of the old central stove being a great improvement. \u00a0The bell, which has a very good tone, was recently presented to the Earl of Mayo. \u00a0There was a celebration of the Holy Communion at 8 a.m.<\/p>\n

The consecration service commenced at a quarter to twelve o\u2019clock, the following clergymen being present: The Rev. F.C. Trench, chaplain to his Grace; Ven. the Archdeacon of Kildare, Rev. Canons Cooke, Whelan, Cowell, Revs. J. Boyce, C. Graham, E.H. O\u2019Meara, D. Anderson and S. Smithwick. The Archbishop was met at the porch by the Rector, churchwardens, and select vestry of the parish and the clergy. \u00a0After the reading of the petition for the consecration, the procession advanced up the aisle chanting the 24th Psalm. \u00a0The first lesson was read by Canon Cooke, the second by Canon Whelan. \u00a0The prayers were read by the Rev. James Adams. \u00a0There was a large congregation present.\u00a0 The musical portion of the service was very well rendered, Lady Eva Burke having taken especial interest in the choir, which was assisted on this occasion by several friends. \u00a0The Archdeacon of Kildare addressed the congregation from the first and second verses of the 84th Psalm. \u00a0When the consecration service was concluded, the Archbishop and clergy, with other friends, were entertained to luncheon by the Earl and Countess of Mayo at Palmerstown House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kildare Observer 29 December 1883 Consecration of St. John\u2019s Church, Kill. After undergoing very considerable alterations this church was consecrated on Thursday last, St. Johns Day, by the Lord Archbishop of Dublin. \u00a0The interior was neatly decorated for the occasion with a quantity of Christmas roses and chrysanthemums, given by the Countess of Mayo, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspaper-articles"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Kildare Local Studies","author_link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/author\/localstudies\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}