Lighting the smallest chapel in Ireland

Providing the lighting design for Costello Memorial Chapel, the smallest chapel in Ireland was a pleasure.

Costello Memorial Chapel - church lighting
Costello Memorial Chapel – church lighting

The Chapel in Carrick-on-Shannon is just sixteen feet long by twelve foot wide and covers an area of 192 feet.

Costello Memorial Chapel - church lighting
Costello Memorial Chapel – church lighting

The origins of the Chapel are very interesting. In the late 1800’s, Edward Costello, a town businessman, built it as a memorial and burial crypt for his late beloved wife Mary Josephine. Edward himself was later entombed in the Chapel in one of the largest funerals held in the town for the time.

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The Costello Memorial Chapel in Co Leitrim is believed to be one of the smallest chapels in the world.

Wink was delighted to provide lighting design to this unique building.

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