Historical information
Accesssioned from Catholic church at Patchewollock in 2013 where it had been since the1950s before which it was used for Sunday Mass in the local hall. Tradition has it to have been a field altar used by Rev O' Sullivan Goidenach, MM at Gallipoli and on the Western Front 1915 - 1918. Associated correspondence in archive includes a letter of gratitude from General Birdwood to Monsignor Goidenach.
Significance
A rare surviving example of a Roman Catholic Mass Travelling/ Field altar from the WWI era, used in Western Victorian venues before churches were built.
Physical description
Wooden cased travelling altar with altar stone, brass candle sconces, brass crucifix and storage for vestments, and Mass requirements.
