St. Patricks Church, Galway

A few pictures of St. Francis Chruch on Forster Street Galway

One side has an old church, but if you go to the other side there is a huge modern Church

with the Stations of the Cross on the stained glass windows.

(you know how to zoom-in, don't you?)

Pretty impressive?

I might go back and take a pic of each frame.

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