Wheelchair Accessible Churches In This Diocese

CASHEL FERNS & OSSORY

LIST OF CHURCHES WITH WHEELCHAIR FRIENDLY TOILET (30)

1. St Mary’s Tipperary
2. St Sedna’s Clonbeg (Cashel)
3. Johnstown (Kilcooley)
4. Christ Church Cathedral
5. St Andrew’s Dunmore East
6. Piltown (Fiddown)
7. Portlaw
8. Dungarvan
9. Colliery Church (Castlecomer)
10. Lacca Church (Clonenagh)
11. Annatrim Church
12. Kilfane Church (Kells)
13. St Lachtain’s Freshford
14. Clonevan (Ardamine)
15. Killanne
16. Templeshambo (Enniscorthy)
17. St Mary’s New Ross
18. St Mary’s Old Ross
19. St Iberius (Wexford & Kilscoran)
20. Balloughton
21. Durrow (Abbeyleix)
22. St Mary’s Church Rathvilly (Baltinglass)
23. Staplestown (Carlow)
24. All Saint’s Fenagh
25. All Saints Aghade
26. Holy Trinity Ardoyne
27. Mayo (Killeshin)
28. St Peter’s Kiltegan
29. Old Leighin St Laserian’s Cathedral
30. St George’s Grange Sylvae Goresbridge *(no Handrails )

LIST OF CHURCHES WITH WHEELCHAIR ACCESS (PERMANENT RAMP OR LEVEL ENTRANCE)

1. Kilcooley
2. St Mary’s Littleton
3. St Iberius (Wexford & Kilscoran)
4. Johnstown
5. Crohane
6. Christ Church Cathedral
7. St Mary’s Clonmel
8. St Paul’s Cahir
9. Holy Trinity Fethard
10. Kilmeaden
11. St Carthage’s Cathedral
12. Dungarvan
13. Comeragh
14. St James Stradbally
15. St Mary’s Castlecomer
16. Colliery Church
17. St Peter’s Mountrath
18. St Matthew’s Roskelton
19. Lacca Church
20. Annatrim Church
21. St Matthew’s Kilmoganny
22. St Mary’s Inistioge
23. St Canice’s Cathedral
24. St Andrew’s Rathdowney
25. St Columba’s Rathsaran
26. Castlefleming
27. St Fiacc’s Clonegal
28. St Edan’s Ferns
29. Camolin
30. St Luke’s Leskinfere
31. St Mogue’s Ballycanew
32. St John’s Hollyfort
33. St Mary’s New Ross
34. All Saints’ Carnew
35. Kilpipe
36. Taghmon
37. Balloughton
38. St Mary’s Rathvilly
39. The Church of the Ascension Ballynure
40. St John Baptist Church Stratford
41. Staplestown
42. St Mary’s Carlow
43. St Mary’s Bagenalstown
44. St John’s Nurney
45. St Peter’s Killedmond
46. Church of the Good Shepherd Lorum
47. Killeshin
48. Killaban (Castletown)
49. Cloydagh
50. Mayo
51. St Peter’s Kiltegan
52. St John’s Moyne
53. Old Leighlin St Laserian’s Cathedral
54. St George Grange Sylvae (Goresbridge)
55. The Rock Dysert Enos
56. Ballyfin
57. Timogue
58. Ballintubbert
59. Luggacurran
60. St Michael’s Aghold

CHURCHES WITH A PORTABLE RAMP (BECAUSE OF STEPS AT CHURCH)

1. Cathedral Cashel
2. St Mary’s Tipperary
3. St Mary’s Templemore
4. St Andrew’s Dunmore East
5. Tramore Christ Church
6. Kilfane Church
7. St Lachtain’s Freshford
8. St Aidan’s Kilmonagh
9. *Ardamine (need to ring in advance. In car boot)
10. *Kiltennel (need to ring in advance)
11. *Clonevan (need to ring in advance)
12. *Kilmuckridge (need to ring in advance)
13. *Kilmuckridge(need to ring in advance)
14. *Monamolin (need to ring in advance)
15. St Paul’s Kildavin
16. St Mary’s Enniscorthy
17. Christ Church Gorey
18. St Anne Killanne
19. St Colman Templeshambo
20. Kilkcommon
21. St Michael’s Abbeyleix
22. St Mary’s Baltinglass
23. Rutland Church Urglin
24. St John’s Nurney
25. The Adelaide Memorial Myshall
26. Maryborough Portlaoise
27. St Columba’s Tullow
28. Shillelagh
29. Mullinacuffe

ACCESSIBLE CHURCHES

SURVEY RESULTS FROM 147 CHURCHES

DIOCESE OF CASHEL, FERNS & OSSORY

1 in 5 churches is accessible and has a wheelchair friendly toilet

2 in 5 churches are accessible (no steps)

2 in 5 churches have wheelchair friendly grounds

About 1 in 10 (16%) have a dedicated disabled parking space/s

Almost 1 in 3 (30%) have pew spaces suitable for a wheelchair

About 1 in 10 (12.9%) have loop induction sound systems

 (to reduce background noise for hearing aid users)

Research by Gemma Willis (Tullow Parishioner) 2022