Check waypoints if you find the church gates closed

The majestic mid 19th century church, St John's Church, located in Tralee town centre, is the tallest structure here in Tralee.

Construction of the church begun in 1854 when the foundation stone was laid at the site of a chapel taht faced in the east-west direction dating back to the 1780s. Some artifacts of the 1780 chapel have survived - the Holy Water font (Mortuary Chapel), Our Lady of the Wayside statue (near front porch on the outside),  and the gables of the 18th century building, which are contained in the transepts of the present church. The building was completed, to the design of J.J. McCarthy, in 1861 with the erection of the Great Sanctuary window. In 1870 the tower and spire were added. The height of the spire is 200 feet.

The Great Sanctuary Window
This window, which ranks amongst the finest of its style in Western Europe, was completed in 1861. It is the work of Michael O'Connor (1801-1867). There are fourteen principal panels in the lower portion: these contain the figures of Christ the King, St. John the Baptist and the Twelve Apostles. A feature of this portion is that each Apostle is not only named but assigned an identifying symbol unique to himself. the panels in the upper portion represent the Annunciation, nine Choirs of angels and the Holy Spirit.

The Church Micro IE series is open to everyone; if you have a church you would like to place a cache at then please contact THE_Chris through Geocaching.com. This is to keep track of the numbers of the churches and give you the general format for the cache page. In the UK there are thousands in the series so we have some catching up to do! Also, if you currently have a published cache at a church that you would like to include in the series, get in contact and we can add it.