Survey Data
Reg No
20865003
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Shrine/oratory/grotto
In Use As
Shrine/oratory/grotto
Date
1950 - 1955
Coordinates
164113, 71640
Date Recorded
03/03/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Set of twelve freestanding rectangular rosary stations, erected 1952, comprising carved limestone plaques with incised pictures and lettering. Located at intervals against wall to roadside marking decades of the rosary and terminating in grotto to west. Grotto comprises stepped structure housing statues with limestone boundary walls and wrought-iron railings. Dedicated to Our Lady.
Appraisal
Marking decades of the rosary, and culminating in a grotto, these stations are an unusual feature on the roadside. The stations were design by Soirle M. MacCana (1901-75) and were executed to a high standard by the Broe Brothers of Dublin. Opened on Assumption Day, 1952, the grotto and stations play an important role in the religious and social fabric of the area.