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Our Lady and St Patrick’s Church Maesteg
The First Church
Up until the 1820`s Maesteg was mainly a small farming community. Working practices through Britian were slowly starting to change via the Industrial Revolution, and Maesteg`s Industrial Revolution happened to come in the 1820`s when an Iron Works and Coal mines were introduced to the valley. Jobs were being created and inevitable people moved to Maesteg and a new town was born.
By the 1840`s the population of Ireland raised to such a large number, that dire poverty began to set in. In the hope of finding a better life, many Irish men,women and children fled their homeland and dispersed in many directions. Some of those people were illegal immigrants landing at various beaches throughout the Glamorgan area of Wales and eventually began to move inland. Employer of the time suddenly found themselves with an influx of cheap labour. Once the Irish communitee had settled down they started to request the services of Catholic Priest. The Catholic Church in nearby Aberavon was open with Maesteg and Neath becoming "Mission Stations". The priest of the time would travel via houseback to service these stations.
By the 1870`s, a nobleman - the Third Earl of Dunraven - bequethed a some of £2.000 for the foundation of a Church, school and
By the 1840`s the population of Ireland raised to such a large number, that dire poverty began to set in. In the hope of finding a better life, many Irish men,women and children fled their homeland and dispersed in many directions. Some of those people were illegal immigrants landing at various beaches throughout the Glamorgan area of Wales and eventually began to move inland. Employer of the time suddenly found themselves with an influx of cheap labour. Once the Irish communitee had settled down they started to request the services of Catholic Priest. The Catholic Church in nearby Aberavon was open with Maesteg and Neath becoming "Mission Stations". The priest of the time would travel via houseback to service these stations.
By the 1870`s, a nobleman -
New Church, New Century
Although the Church was opened some twenty-
The Church was designed by Messers Pug and Pugin and was built by John O`Brien himself. The foundation of the Church was laid in 1906 and work continued until the new Church was completed in 1907.
The Church was designed with seating capacity for a congregation of 405. It was designed in a Gothic Style and was built out of local stone with an overlay of Bath Stone.
At the time of opening, the Sanctuary area of the Church comprised of the high alter and two side alters, one to Our Lady and one to St.Patrick. The table of the high alter was constructed out of Yorkshire stone supported by pillars made from Connemara marble.
The new Church was officially dedicated by Bishop Hedley on the 12th November 1907 during a traditional sung igh Mass. In the pomp and ceremony of the time a procession was lead from the old Church in Ewenny Road, to the new Church with full band accompaniment, banners etc.
Following the opening of the new Church, the site at Ewenny Road was to be used by the school until phase two was complete.
**Taken from the Shamrock & The Leek, Mr. Gerald McCormack, 1993
The Church was designed with seating capacity for a congregation of 405. It was designed in a Gothic Style and was built out of local stone with an overlay of Bath Stone.
At the time of opening, the Sanctuary area of the Church comprised of the high alter and two side alters, one to Our Lady and one to St.Patrick. The table of the high alter was constructed out of Yorkshire stone supported by pillars made from Connemara marble.
The new Church was officially dedicated by Bishop Hedley on the 12th November 1907 during a traditional sung igh Mass. In the pomp and ceremony of the time a procession was lead from the old Church in Ewenny Road, to the new Church with full band accompaniment, banners etc.
Following the opening of the new Church, the site at Ewenny Road was to be used by the school until phase two was complete.
**Taken from the Shamrock & The Leek, Mr. Gerald McCormack, 1993
Parish Priest Fr. David Smith
Our Lady and St Patrick’s Catholic Church
Monica Street
Maesteg
CF34 9AY
Tel: 01656 733282
Our Lady and St Patrick’s Catholic Church
Monica Street
Maesteg
CF34 9AY
Tel: 01656 733282
