County Louth
Religious statues in Co. Louth
Little Louth holds two national shrines: the head of St Oliver Plunkett in St Peter’s, Drogheda, and Faughart, honoured by tradition as the birthplace of St Brigid.
Armagh’s county in the Republic
Most of Louth belongs to the Archdiocese of Armagh, the primatial see of all Ireland, which is why the shrine of an Archbishop of Armagh stands in Drogheda.
Shrines and holy places
St Oliver Plunkett, St Peter’s Church, Drogheda
The Archbishop of Armagh martyred at Tyburn in 1681 and canonised in 1975. His head has been kept in St Peter’s since 1921, and since 1995 in the shrine built for it there.
Faughart
North of Dundalk. In 1934 Cardinal MacRory chose Faughart as the national shrine of St Brigid. A modern Way of the Cross runs beside St Brigid’s stream, and the holy well in the old graveyard on the hill is visited all year, above all around St Brigid’s Day, 1 February.
Mellifont and Monasterboice
Mellifont was the first Cistercian abbey in Ireland, founded in 1142; Monasterboice has two of the finest high crosses in the country.
Which statues suit
Neither St Oliver nor St Brigid is in our stock catalogue; for a parish, school or sodality that wants one, a carving made to order is possible and we price it first.
For the home, consider the Sacred Heart, Our Lady of Lourdes or St Joseph. For a Confirmation, a saint the young person has chosen makes a gift that lasts — see Confirmation gifts.
For Louth homes
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Hand-painted resin · plain or glitter
From €60
Our Lady of Lourdes
Hand-painted resin
From €55
St Joseph
Hand-painted resin · plain or glitter
From €60
Sacred Heart of Jesus (Open Arms)
Hand-painted resin · plain or glitter
From €55
Our Lady of Lourdes and St Bernadette
Hand-painted resin · the pair
€240
Our Lady of Lourdes (Hand-Painted)
Hand-painted resin · shaded finish
€95
Questions from Louth
How much is delivery to Co. Louth?
Resin statues go by post to any address in Co. Louth for a flat €15 per order, however many statues are in the parcel. Marble is too heavy for the post, so we deliver it ourselves; the delivery charge for each marble statue is shown on its own page before you order. We deliver marble to Drogheda, Dundalk, the Cooley peninsula and everywhere between, on a day agreed with you.
Can you deliver across the border to Newry or Armagh?
The website delivers within the Republic only. Write to us about a Northern Ireland address and we will tell you honestly whether we can help.
Do you have a St Brigid statue for 1 February?
Not in stock. If you want one made, tell us early and tell us the date; we will quote before anything starts.
A statue for Louth?
Tell us where the statue will stand and roughly how tall it should be, and we will tell you plainly what suits. WhatsApp or ring +353 85 285 1015, or write to [email protected].
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Religious statues in Ireland
Statues of Our Lord, Our Lady and the saints for the home, the parish and the garden — hand-painted resin and hand-carved marble, delivered to every county in Ireland.
Meath
Meath is where, by tradition, St Patrick lit the Easter fire on the Hill of Slane in defiance of the High King at Tara, and where St Oliver Plunkett was born, at Loughcrew.
Monaghan
Monaghan town is the seat of the Diocese of Clogher, which also takes in Lough Derg — so the county’s Catholic life looks both to its own Gothic cathedral and to the island across in Donegal.
Resin vs marble
Both materials make a good statue. They make different statues, though, and the right one depends on where it will stand, who will move it and how long you mean it to last.