Introducing the parish of Dunhill & Fenor

Welcome to our parish. The parish of Dunhill and Fenor is situated in the southeast of Ireland in the diocese of Waterford and Lismore, about 15 km southwest of Waterford city. Of course, if you are a parishioner, you already know where we are. However, you could be an American in Paris who just happened upon this web site and, naturally, you might wonder where our parish is situated.

Immaculate Conception church Immaculate Conception church

There are two churches in the parish: the church of the Immaculate Conception in Fenor, shown above, and the church of the Sacred Heart in Dunhill, shown below. There are two churches because, three hundred years ago, there were two separate parishes.

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Just click on the small map if you would like to see a large, navigable Google map showing the location of the two churches. In case you might try to find us using your satellite navigation system, we have given the latitude and longitude of each church. So now there's no excuse for not knowing where we are!

Dunhill: 52º 10′ 20″N, 07º 15′ 45″W.
Fenor:  52º 09′ 42″N, 07º 13′ 34″W.

Of course, our parish is not simply a collection of buildings or a gegraphical area - it is a community of Christian people who, together, strive to love God and neighbour. The purpose of this web site is to to assist them in their spiritual journey and to help them to join in the life of the parish by providing information about parish life, services, and resources. We are led in our journey by the parish administrator, Fr. Paul F. Murphy.

We hope that you will enjoy your visit and come back again soon and often. Newcomers to the parish are especially welcome and should find plenty here to interest and inform them, while those who are living or travelling abroad may keep themselves up to date. Most of all, we hope that our faithful parishioners of long standing will be pleasantly surprised by what they find in this, their very own web site.

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Recent Web Site Changes


As and from 15/07/10
  1. Diocesan guidelines "Celebrating a Catholic Funeral".
As and from 30/07/10
  1. A new page on the "Parish Pastoral Council"..
  2. A new page on "Child Protection."
  3. Some extra photos of the parish pilgrimage,
    courtesy of Julianna Dunne
As and from 14/08/10
  1. Extracts from an article on "My Own Place" by Sorcha Hartley.
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Finally, here is our web site logo - the dove of peace. Dove logo