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Blakestown church to shut down

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  • 07-12-2017 11:40pm
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    thomasj
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    Apparently Blakestown church is to shut down because of money issues in the new year.

    Anyone know anything about this ?


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    miamee
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    I hadn't heard this but it wouldn't surprise me, it's very poorly attended. Even Christmas Mass (the only time I'm there other than funerals tbh) it is only half the congregation it used to be. There is a relatively new parish priest there though, I'd be surprised they'd moved him in if they are closing it.


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    Kev.
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    The heating is broke and they have waste water issues, that and the decline in people result in it being closed on the 4th January 2018


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    miamee
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    Kev. wrote: »
    The heating is broke and they have waste water issues, that and the decline in people result in it being closed on the 4th January 2018

    Looks like it will be my last Christmas Mass there if that is true! :eek:

    I can understand why it's closing but it's a shame to see the church where our family have had so many celebrations (and a family funeral) close up and many other families I know too.


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    miamee
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    I see someone has set up a Save our Church Facebook page - what use that will be I don't know.


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    JupiterKid
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    Sign of the times. The huge church in Finglas West is to be demolished as attendances are now so low.

    Expect many more churches to close over the coming decade.


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    beauf
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    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Sign of the times. The huge church in Finglas West is to be demolished as attendances are now so low.

    Expect many more churches to close over the coming decade.

    The building also had problems.
    Falling attendance at the church, as well as structural problems with the church building itself, have persisted in recent years.

    The large site can accommodate over 3,000 parishioners, but there will only be room for 350 in the new, much smaller building.

    In a statement on the parish website – first reported by the Irish Times this morning – local priest Father Eamon Cahill said that the parish had “struggled for many years with the extensive building problems” in the church.


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