Clonard Monastery, Belfast, United Kingdom

Clonard Monastery was developed by the Catholic Redemptorists religious order. Members of this religious order came to Belfast originally in 1896. They initially built a small tin church in the grounds of Clonard House in 1897. In 1890 a monastery was opened in these grounds and in 1911 the Church of the Holy Redeemer opened in the grounds and replaced the tin church.

Clonard is also used as a music venue for many festivals in the city, most notably Féile an Phobail and holds an annual Novena which attracts over 100,000 tourists, Catholic and Protestant, from Ireland and Europe every year.

References:

Wikipedia

User Reviews

Oche John Adah (14 months ago)
I live in Nigeria. Bumped into the clonard Monastry mass online during the First Pandemic lockdown around this time last year. It has been such a wonderful experience worshiping with you all and now most of my family attend mass online with Clonard. We love the peace and serenity and the very friendly atmosphere. Thanks to the priests for always waving at us after mass. Really gives us a sense of belonging. Will definitely visit the Clonard community whenever I get the chance to travel. God bless you all.

Sean O (16 months ago)
Beautiful church, friendly people, I always enjoy my visits.

Michael Donnelly (16 months ago)
Quiet 24/7 and ideal prayer as the church has reaĺ peace and plenty of hope during prayer time

Deirdre Barr Kushner (2 years ago)
Beautiful day after Christmas at Clonard Monastery in my hometown of Belfast - Hope to see you - live in person soon - from California

Marissa and klara Marissa and klara (2 years ago)
This is my heaven on earth. I don’t know where I would be without Clonard over the last lot of months. It has really got me through hard times & is continuing to. Everything about it I love especially the lovely priests. I feel for them putting their lives at risks every single day too so thankyou all & thankyou God for giving us Clonard.

Featured Historic Landmarks, Sites & Buildings

Photo from Flickr, copyright Riccardo Ravelli

Historic Site of the week

Redipuglia World War I Memorial

Redipuglia is the largest Italian Military Sacrarium. It rises up on the western front of the Monte Sei Busi, which, in the First World War was bitterly fought after because, although it was not very high, from its summit it allowed an ample range of access from the West to the first steps of the Karstic table area.

The monumental staircase on which the remains of one hundred thousand fallen soldiers are lined up and which has at its base the monolith of the Duke of Aosta, who was the commanding officer of the third Brigade, and gives an image of a military grouping in the field of a Great Unity with its Commanding Officer at the front. The mortal remains of 100,187 fallen soldiers lie here, 39,857 of them identified and 60,330 unknown.

Do you know an ancient castle or magnificent church near you?

Why not share it with other people interested in history? You can add your own historic sites and attractions to SpottingHistory.com.

It's absolutely free, easy, and doesn't even need registration!

Upload data

Clonard Monastery

Address

Details

More Information

Rating

Interesting Sites Nearby

User Reviews

Featured Historic Landmarks, Sites & Buildings

Historic Landmarks of Sicily

Rhodes, The Island of Knights

Great Spa Towns of Europe

Historic Site of the week

Redipuglia World War I Memorial

Looks like you are a history fan!