This latest book by Tarquin Blake documents eighty abandoned Church
of Ireland churches, preserving a record of fragile religious
ruins. Their history, dating back to early Christianity in Ireland,
paints a stark portrait of a Protestant aristocracy and a Catholic
majority. Under the 1801 Act of Union, the Church of Ireland was
united with the Church of England. Following this about GBP1
million (100 million in today's money) was spent building over 700
Protestant churches. The Church of Ireland was the Established
Church and Protestantism the official religion. Most Irish resented
the Church of Ireland, a minority church controlled by Englishmen,
unsympathetic and friends of the landlords. As Protestant
congregations declined in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries an
attempt was made to keep churches open by uniting parishes.
Eventually non-existent congregations forced closure of many
churches. Valuables were removed, churches deconsecrated and
abandoned. Blake's haunting images of crumbling ruins and history
of the churches tell another fascinating story of troubled times.
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