St Flannan in Lisdeen stained glass window

Bishop of Killaloe, Kieran O’Reilly, will join with the parishioners of Lisdeen church in Kilkee on Sunday to dedicate a newly installed stained glass window to St Flannan, patron of the Killaloe Diocese.
Bishop O’Reilly will celebrate the 9.30am mass in Lisdeen on Sunday to mark the Feast of St Flannan.
The church at Lisdeen was built in 1963 and is named after St Flannan. In recent years, parishioners have completed works to the grounds of the church, the replacement of windows, construction of a new porch and the installation of the new window.
The stained glass window depicts St Flannan as bishop and shepherd holding his hands in blessing. The main frame of the window was originally part of the set of windows depicting local saints in Kilkee church.
However, this particular window was in an area of Kilkee church that was blocked from view when a heating system for the large church was installed in 1990. The original window was designed by artist John A Devitt of Killiney. With the movement from Kilkee church, some work and additional glass had to be designed in order to fit the window size in the sanctuary area at Lisdeen.
The right panel shows the detail of Flannan studying the Scriptures and the inscription reads “St Flannan studies by the light of his hand while the mill works itself”.
The left panel shows a crown indicating Flannan’s noble birth as the Son of Turlough, King of Thomond. The basket of bread and the two fish is a reference to the miracle of the “loaves and fishes” – the feeding of the multitude – recorded in all four gospels.
The inscription here reads “St Flannan, Patron of the Diocese of Killaloe”.