St Mary Immaculate Conception, BELTURBET, Roman Catholic

Designed by Dublin architect Simon Aloysius Leonard (1903-1976) using Romanesque motifs, the church was built to replace St. Mary's Catholic Church which was located to the south-east. It has dramatic architectural expression inside and out and the belfry is a distinctive addition to the local skyline. It represents the last phase of the historicist style of church building which preceded the Modernist approach adopted by the Catholic Church in Ireland after the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65.

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