| Place | Mullingar All Saints |
| County | Westmeath |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Dove tower ID | 25611 |
| Rings | 1 (chime), tenor 40 cwt in C♯See below |
| Grid reference | N438529 |
| Latitude & longitude | 53.52484, -7.33982View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers |
| Satnav lat & long | No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details |
| Postcode | N91 W959 |
| Diocese | Meath and Kildare |
| Church | Church of Ireland |
| Listed grade | Listed by National Inventory of Architectural Heritage |
| Bells | 1 (chime)Edit details |
| Tenor | 40 cwt (~4500 lb or ~2000 kg) in C♯ |
| Bell | Weight | Nominal | Note | Diameter | Dated | Founder | Canons | Turning | Hanging | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 [2] | 40 cwt | C♯ | 57.00″ | 1870 | John Murphy |
[1]Newspaper article
Dublin Evening Post - Tuesday 25 October 1870 NEW BELL IN MULLINGAR CHURCH. The new bell cast by Murphy, of Dublin, has been hung in the tower of the parish church of Mullingar, and last Sunday pealed out for the first time. The occasion was very appropriate, as the Rev. J. H. Jellett, Senior Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, and President of the Royal Irish Academy, preached at both services. The bell is cast on the exact lines of the celebrated bell of Trinity College, and is of the same size and note. The name of its founder is a sufficient voucher for its excellence. Mr. Murphy now enjoys a European reputation for the mellow richness, sweetness, and power of his bells; and the writer of this notice can safely say that he has never heard any in England to equal them, and but few in Belgium, which latter country boasts of some of the finest bells in Europe. The transport of the bell from the foundry to the church, and its hoisting in the tower, were matters of some difficulty, it being found at the last moment that there was no crane at the Mullingar station capable of lifting it, and the doorway of the tower having to be enlarged by taking out one of the side joints, in order to admit it. The bell measures more than fifteen feet in circumference, and stands nearly five feed high, without its stock and counterpoise; it weighs about two and a half tons; its note is exactly C sharp tenor. The parish of Mullingar may now boast of having a larger and finer bell than any parish church in Ireland, and perhaps in England also, as single bells of such magnitude are never used when there is a peal. The bell will begin to ring on Sundays at half an hour before the time of service; it will then stop at twenty minutes before service time, and again ring as a warning bell five minutes before the commencement of the service. For week-day services its will ring for ten minutes immediately before service. The sexton has orders to toll the bell before every funeral that takes place in the churchyard, without distinction of religion. [Extracted by Dickon R Love, July 2024]
Published: 02/07/2024
[2]Sources of information
Dublin Evening Post (Tuesday 25 October 1870) quotes a circumference of 15 feet
(which gives approximately 57 inches in diameter) and note of C sharp (together with date and founder). The same article quotes about two and a half tons
(or 50 cwt) but 40 cwt is more likely from these dimensions.
Published: 02/07/2024
| 07/10/2024 | Listed building attributes added [See https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/] |
| 23/09/2024 | Diocese amended; lat/long, eircode (postcode) added [Crockford. See: https://mullingarhistory.wordpress.com/2020/02/16/history-of-all-saints-church/ and https://www.eircode.ie/] |