placenamesCrosspatrick
Crois Phádraig
Saint Michael’s Church stands at the centre of Crosspatrick, with a separate bell tower preserving a possible connection to its predecessor.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Crois Phádraig · Irish · main form · validated name
- Crosspatrick · English · main form
Place & story
The church of 1832
Saint Michael’s was built in 1832, replacing an earlier village chapel. Its simple single-cell plan and restrained Gothic detailing belong to the years immediately after Catholic Emancipation. The architectural inventory records extensive renovation after 1965, while noting the survival of much of the church’s earlier form. [2]
Timberwork and the detached tower
Inside are a timber gallery on clustered supports, a coffered timber ceiling and a Gothic reredos. Outside, a separate two-stage limestone belfry stands west of the church. The inventory considers it probably a surviving, repositioned or reconstructed element of the older chapel. Its slit openings, quatrefoils and battlemented top give it a character distinct from the church. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Kilkenny
- Barony
- Galmoy
- Civil parish
- Erke
- Within
- Crosspatrick
- Coordinates
- 52.77142, -7.59991 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412351 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Crosspatrick. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Michael’s Catholic Church, Crosspatrick, record 12400801 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- St Michael’s Church, Crosspatrick illustration: based on a Parish Church by kevin higgins. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-11-24. How this page was prepared.