Church of the Holy Mary of the Immaculate Conception

Aran Islands


Built in 1939, this small church has beautiful stained-glass windows designed by the studio of Harry Clarke and an altar by James Pearse (the father of Pádraig Pearse, aka Patrick Pearse, who led the Easter Rising in 1916).


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