Clonard Monastery

This article is about the 19th century monastery in Belfast. For other uses, see Clonard.

Coordinates: 54°36′00″N 5°57′22″W / 54.600°N 5.956°W / 54.600; -5.956

Clonard Monastery

Clonard Monastery is a Roman Catholic church and monastery, located off the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The complex was developed by the Catholic Redemptorists religious order. Members of this religious order came to Belfast originally in 1896. They initially built a small tin church in the grounds of Clonard House in 1897. In 1890 a monastery was opened in these grounds and in 1911 the Church of the Holy Redeemer opened in the grounds and replaced the tin church.

Clonard is also used as a music venue for many festivals in the city, most notably Féile an Phobail and holds an annual Novena which attracts over 100,000 tourists, Catholic and Protestant, from Ireland and Europe every year.[1]

The Northern Ireland peacemaker Father Alec Reid lived here.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Hi-tech moves for annual novena". BBC News. 2006-06-14. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
  2. ↑ "Father Alec Reid - Obituary". Daily Telegraph. 22 Nov 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.

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