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Diocese of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory

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)

 

FACILITY DO DON’T
Wheelchair friendly toilet 30 117
Wheelchair access/permanent ramp/level entrance 60 87
Portable ramp 29 58
Wheelchair friendly surface outside church 60 87
Dedicated disabled parking space/s 23 124
Pew space for a wheelchair 44 103
Loop sound system 19 128

 

Research by Gemma Willis (Tullow Parishioner) 2022