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CRIMESTOPPERS ARE APPEALING for help in finding six paintings stolen from a Co. Galway church.
The paintings were taken in broad daylight, a month ago today, on Saturday, 22 June from St Peter and Paul’s Church, Kiltullagh in Athenry.
The theft is believed to have happened sometime between 10am and 9.15pm and investigators believe the thieves were in the area a week before when the keys to the back door of the church were also stolen.
The six paintings depict the scenes from the third, fourth, fifth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth stations of the cross. Renowned painter and stain-glass artist, Evie Hone, was commissioned to paint the scenes in 1946.
Parish Priest at the Church of St Peter and Paul at Kiltullagh, Fr. Martin McNamara, told TheJournal.ie that “the paintings were the only stations of the cross that Evie Hone ever painted. They hung in the church since 1946 and were never touched until last month”.
“These paintings are of considerable material value, but they are invaluable to the church and to the parishioners,” Detective Inspector Michael Coppinger. “I am appealing to anyone who can help with this investigation to call Crimestoppers today. Perhaps you saw something suspicious on or around 22 June or perhaps you know who is responsible for this crime. I urge you to come forward now”.
Anybody with information can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 1800 25 00 25. You may receive a reward for information which significantly helps the investigation.
Here is what the six missing paintings look like:
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Lovely paintings of Our Lord Jesus and I hope they turn up somewhere soon. May God have mercy on those who stole them.
Whishtt!
LOL
Praise the flying spaghetti monster. He is the one true Lord and saviour! May his noodliness have mercy on your soul.
R’amen
Hi Stephen did you change your name to Irish because you were booted off the journal ?
Who cares, as long as they’re sold and proceeds go to church victims.lots of artifacts collecting dust in these buildings, time to make use of them.
What an idiotic statement. These items were STOLEN. This has nothing to do with victims of clerical abuse…
Bob, Violation of a community, potential loss and damage of significant Irish works..I care.
Theft of public, church and private property all crimes. Victims of church a very separate issue and crime.
Well it does when they church refuses to pay the cost of clerical sex abuse while at the same time they sit on millions of quids worth of art. Why is the taxpayer paying for the child abuse that they carried out ?
Read between the lines, sell all this crappy stuff the church has before its all stolen and put the funds to better use! No brainer! I would find that the help needed by the abused far out ways your sense of entitlement of romantically enjoying the arts based on a false church that’s foundations are, narcissistic, materialistic,masochistic and lies! But sure what would I know…
Nothing compared to the stolen innocence of thousands of children by clerics. Nevertheless whoever took them certainly has no taste when it comes to art.
Even when Ireland was in a bad way with poverty and rampant emigration things like this never happened. The perpetrators should get severe jail sentences if caught.
Ive heared of a fella that may be able to resurrect these
The state of them. Wouldn’t pay 50 cent in a car boot sale for them. Art hey? Everyone to their own I suppose.
State of you love
Put up a picture of yourself there James so we can give our opinion on your looks, gobsh*te!!
Stand back there now Gary and let the dog see the rabbit
Says the man with one name and and an egg as an avatar….
Her looks are none of your concern, but do entertain us and let us give you our opinion on yours :D
Gary, will you calm down there will ye and getting off your high horse, judging by your own photos your no oil painting yourself :) have you even got anything to do with Ireland by the way ?
Get a face and we’ll talk then Seamus
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
James you turd im 100% Irish!!
Every auction house and gallery in the country will have a record of this, so they won’t be able to sell the paintings unless they were stolen to order. I hope that the Gardai recover the paintings safely for the local community.
If you’re out there Timmy come forward and shame the f*ckers!!
Gone back to the 80′s, employment on the drop, crime on the rise.
Pity we don’t rise against our government & banks.
Good works of art in general but Elvie Hone really nailed the last one!
Have you found Jesus yet?
Its the prolife fools looking to keep their gang in the news again….
In all true fecking honesty what in the name of god has the “pro life crowd” got too do with getting this in the headlines, pieces of unique art have been stolen, it’s called PUBLIC AWARENESS !!! Jesus some people really need to close there mouths be fear there brain cells fall out
Why don’t they just pray for their safe return?
At least we can’t blame Martin!!
It’s ok. They’ll make enough money in the collection baskets to help themselves to get over it. Hit the town or something. Sure plenty of paintings of fictional people are stollen everyday.
state of me James? Sure how would you know what state I’m in?
My profile picture is of my 3 kids?
@jeannette o brien… nice try, you changed your profile pic jesus you are one sado chaging your picture thinking you could catch me out, i pity your kids
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