tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503689522096376739.post4047265294248403754..comments2023-10-17T12:19:22.853+01:00Comments on The Catholic Heritage Association of Ireland: The Standing Stone: Old Leighlin Cathedral, Co. Carlow.Catholic Heritage Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16931529213337535429noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503689522096376739.post-60198304054984219202010-03-29T12:57:08.901+01:002010-03-29T12:57:08.901+01:00You have given us a wonderful account of one of th...You have given us a wonderful account of one of those spiritual fathers whose immense heritage we have squandered in our days. May the Holy Father's plea to the people of Ireland be heard and lived as it was when first brought to us by Saint Patrick and his spiritual sons. Thank you, standing stone. Yours is a powerful mission.Virgo Potensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503689522096376739.post-16224071316903553092010-03-27T21:58:09.348+00:002010-03-27T21:58:09.348+00:00Is there a high cross in Leighlin? Or is that a bu...Is there a high cross in Leighlin? Or is that a bullaun? A group of posts on High Crosses would be really interesting.Quis ut Deushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05428389266197679366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503689522096376739.post-68601297910554075272010-03-21T23:20:43.758+00:002010-03-21T23:20:43.758+00:00p.s. great posts!p.s. great posts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503689522096376739.post-68861777892737313972010-03-21T23:19:18.584+00:002010-03-21T23:19:18.584+00:00The Cathedrals of England and Wales are sometimes ...The Cathedrals of England and Wales are sometimes used now for Catholic worship. Do we know if that is the case here? When was the Cathedral last used for Catholic Worship. I agree that it is a pity not to see the inside of the Cathedral. I haven't seen a clear shot of the interior and it was not open on the one occasion that I visited the ecclesiastical city of Leighlin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503689522096376739.post-24633796184661846452010-03-21T17:22:59.477+00:002010-03-21T17:22:59.477+00:00Another fine post. Do you know who built the Cathe...Another fine post. Do you know who built the Cathedral?Bellociannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503689522096376739.post-6124758623255122622010-03-17T23:17:12.903+00:002010-03-17T23:17:12.903+00:00I am unable to state with certainty but I think th...I am unable to state with certainty but I think that it is unlikely that Leighlin was founded as a Benedictine Monastery in the 7th Cent. The Rule of St. Benedict certainly dominated in present-day France within a generation of the death of St. Benedict himself (c. 597) and it is true to say that is strongly influenced, if not colonized, the life of Irish Abbeys on the continent within that period. Nevertheless, with a mere 9 houses in Ireland by the time of the Reformation and given the definitive importation of the Cistercian branch of the Benedictine Order as a watershed between Celtic and Continental forms of monasticism in the mid-11th Cent., I think it highly improbable.<br /><br />Another fascinating contribution otherwise.<br /><br />JSBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503689522096376739.post-23260553956439158862010-03-13T13:27:57.349+00:002010-03-13T13:27:57.349+00:00Is there any view of the interior of the Cathedral...Is there any view of the interior of the Cathedral? It would be interesting to compare what the anglicans have done to the former Cathedral of the Diocese compared with the mess that has been made of the interior in Carlow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503689522096376739.post-48842744320163648122010-03-12T22:48:14.759+00:002010-03-12T22:48:14.759+00:00There is an interesting grave on the right as you ...There is an interesting grave on the right as you enter the yard of the Cathedral in which a Priest called Foley is buried along with his parents. The Priest was a nephew of Bishop Foley of K&L but the Bishop, not a victim of nepotism, thought that he wasn't fulfilling his duties as exactly as he should and removed his living from him so Fr. Foley was forced to return to live with his parents.Bagenal Harveynoreply@blogger.com