CARRICKMACROSS : IRELAND -MN

*Location:

   St.Joseph Catholic Church
   O'Neill Street at St.Joseph's Terrace
   Carrickmacross, Co.Monaghan, Eire
   LL: N 53.97654, W 6.71532
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.Joseph Catholic Church
   Carrickmacross, Co.Monaghan
   T: 42/966-3200

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Replaced a 30 cwt swinging bell

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1930
     with bells made by Gillett & Johnston
   Auxiliary mechanisms: MH    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1930
*Links:

An architecture page has two photos of the building, with a brief description.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all British Isles chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all British Isles chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all British Isles chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Ireland.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 14-Dec-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/12/12
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/11/16
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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