St. Paul's Church of Ireland, Piltown, County Kilkenny, Ireland


Notes:
A compact church built for the fifth Earl of Bessborough. Designed by George Street, built with cut stone in High Victorian Hard Gothic style in 1859, has stained glass panels of artistic design

Detached three-bay double-height Church of Ireland, with two-bay double-height lower chancel to east having two-bay single-story lean-to vestry to north-east, and single-bay gabled advanced porch to the west.

The churchyard (when looking at the church) is to the right, but five members of the Bessborough family are buried near the trees at the left.


Cemetery Photos

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Bessborough Family Graves at St. Paul's, Piltown.
Bessborough Family Graves at St. Paul's, Piltown.
Photo taken in October 2017.
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Bessborough Family Graves, St. Paul's, Piltown
Bessborough Family Graves, St. Paul's, Piltown
Graves of the 7th & 8th Earls and Countesses of Bessborough
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Photo taken in October 2017. 
3
Detail of Grave of Lady Louisa Bessborough
Detail of Grave of Lady Louisa Bessborough
Photo taken in October 2017.
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4
Detail of Grave of Walter, 7th Earl of Bessborough
Detail of Grave of Walter, 7th Earl of Bessborough
Photo taken in October 2017.
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5
Grave of Walter and Louisa, Earl and Countess of Bessborough
Grave of Walter and Louisa, Earl and Countess of Bessborough
Photo taken in October 2017.
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6
Grave of Walter and Louisa, Earl and Countess of Bessborough
Grave of Walter and Louisa, Earl and Countess of Bessborough
Photo taken in October 2017.
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7
Graves of the 7th & 8th Earls and Countesses of Bessborough
Graves of the 7th & 8th Earls and Countesses of Bessborough
8th Earl & Countess' Grave on left; 7th Earl & Countess' Grave on right.
Photo taken in October 2017.
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