About
St Matthew's Church is one of the most important buildings in the town of Keady, a milling town that grew from the Irish linen boom of the mid 18th century, when the landowner was Trinity College Dublin.
It is set on a hill overlooking the town. The building is a three bay church commenced in 1775 to the designs of the prominent architect Thomas Cooley who prepared a pattern book for the Church of Ireland Primate Robinson. A Tower and Transept was added in 1822 and a Vestry in 1896. The Church retains its Georgian proportions with a rare Armagh stone floor and with a highly transparent east window and other beautiful stained glass windows and some very fine marble tablets. Cooley designed the Royal Exchange in Dublin (1779) and many of the public buildings in the nearby city of Armagh for Primate Robinson who was a great benefactor and Church builder for the Church of Ireland. A commemorative plaque near the entrance door denotes the support of Archbishop Robinson in the building of the church. "Archbishop Robinson built St Matthew's Church at his own expense in 1775..." There is car access right to the church door, level access to the building and a few parking spaces in the church grounds.
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| Ticket Type | Ticket Tariff |
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| Ticket | Free |
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