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{{Short description|Anglican church in Cork, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox church
| name = St Luke's Church
| image = County Cork - St Luke's Church - 20180906110244.jpg
| caption = Entrance and spire of St Luke's Church
| location = Churchyard Lane, [[Douglas, Cork]]
| country = Ireland
| denomination = [[Church of Ireland]]
| architect = Osborne Cadwallader Edwards (main structure), [[William Henry Hill Sr|W.H. Hill]] (spire){{sfn|NIAH|2011}}
| years built = {{circa|1875}} (main structure), 1885 (spire){{sfn|NIAH|2011}}
| consecrated date = 1875{{sfn|NIAH|2011}}
| coordinates = {{coord|51.8750|-8.4373|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
}}
[[File:County Cork - St Luke's Church - 20180906110829.jpg|thumb|upright|St Luke's Church, as viewed from Douglas Community Park]]
'''St Luke's Church''' is a [[Church of Ireland]] ([[Anglicanism|Anglican]]) church in [[Douglas, Cork|Douglas]] in [[Cork (city)|Cork]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. Built {{circa|1875}} on the site of an earlier 18th century church,{{sfn|Douglas Union of Parishes}} it is dedicated to [[Luke the Evangelist]]. Originally a [[chapel of ease]] for the parish of [[Carrigaline]], population growth led to Douglas being made a parish in its own right. It is part of the Douglas Union of Parishes, in the [[Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross]].{{sfn|Douglas Union of Parishes}} The church is included in the [[Record of Protected Structures]] maintained by [[Cork City Council]].<ref>{{citation | work = Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 | title = Volume 3 Built Heritage Objectives | page = 133 | publisher = Cork City Council | accessdate = 2 February 2024 | url =
https://www.corkcity.ie/en/cork-city-development-plan/volume-3-built-heritage-objectives/ }}</ref>
== History ==
Originally constructed in 1786 as a chapel of ease to Carrigaline, by 1875 Douglas had experienced population growth to the extent that Douglas was made a separate parish.{{Sfn|St Leger|2013|p=366}} A new church was completed, on the site the original 18th century chapel,{{sfn|Douglas Union of Parishes}} and was consecrated that same year.{{Sfn|O'Callaghan|2016|p=152}} The rebuilt church was designed by Cork engineer Osborne Cadwallader Edwards.{{Sfn|St Leger|2013|p=366}} In 1885, the nave was lengthened and a tower and spire were added, designed by [[William Henry Hill Sr|William Henry Hill]].{{Sfn|St Leger|2013|p=366}}
[[John Arnott|Sir John Arnott]] and [[Richard Caulfield|Dr Richard Caulfield]] are among those interred in St Luke's graveyard.{{Sfn|St Leger|2013|p=366}} A plaque to [[Hugh Lane]], the Cork-born director of the [[National Gallery of Ireland]] who died in the [[Sinking of the RMS Lusitania|Sinking of the ''Lusitania'']], was erected in the church by his sister in 1915.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://douglastidytowns.ie/heritage-trail-st-lukes-church-of-ireland/ | work = Douglas Tidy Towns | title = Heritage Trail - St Lukes Church of Ireland | accessdate = 2 February 2024 }}</ref>
== Architecture ==
The 19th century building was designed by Osborne Cadwallader Edwards.{{sfn|NIAH|2011}} The church is [[cruciform]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 October 2007|title=Douglas St Luke|url=https://www.gloine.ie/search/building/3217/douglas|access-date=27 September 2021|website=Gloine}}</ref> and its transepts have projected gable-fronted porches. The broached hexagonal spire is built with ashlar limestone.{{sfn|NIAH|2011}}
Some of the building's stained glass windows were designed by [[William Burges]], and the church's pipe organ is attributed to the [[James Jepson Binns|JJ Binns company]] of Leeds.{{sfn|Douglas Union of Parishes}}
== References ==
=== Notes ===
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=== Sources ===
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* {{Cite book|last=O'Callaghan|first=Antóin|title=The Churches of Cork City: An Illustrated History|publisher=The History Press Ireland|year=2016|isbn=978-1-84588-893-0|location=Dublin|pages=152}}
* {{cite book|last=St Leger|first=Dr. Alicia|title=The Church of Ireland: An illustrated history|publisher=Booklink|year=2013|isbn=978-1-906886-56-1|editor-last=McAuley|editor-first=Alicia|location=Dublin|pages=366|chapter=The Province of Dublin: Cork, Cloyne and Ross|editor-last2=Costecalde|editor-first2=Dr. Claude|editor-last3=Walker|editor-first3=Prof. Brian}}
* {{citation | url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20871043/st-lukes-church-of-ireland-church-churchyard-lane-douglas-douglas-cork | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | work = Buildings of Ireland | title = St Luke's Church of Ireland Church, Churchyard Lane, Douglas, Cork | date = 24 May 2011 | accessdate = 2 February 2024 | ref = {{harvid|NIAH|2011}} }}
* {{Cite web |title=Churches - St. Luke's, Douglas T12 N832|url=http://www.douglas.cork.anglican.org/web/churches/st-lukes-douglas/|access-date=2021-09-27| work = Douglas Union of Parishes | publisher = Church of Ireland |language=en-US | ref = {{harvid|Douglas Union of Parishes}} }}
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==External links==
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* [https://www.ireland.anglican.org/find-a-church/parish/16270/douglas-st-luke Diocese of Cork, Cloyne & Ross - Parishes - Douglas St Luke]
[[Category:Churches in Cork (city)]]
[[Category:Churches in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross]]
[[Category:19th-century Church of Ireland church buildings]]