The Rosary Chapel in Bundoran was built and opened in 2009 during the renovation of Our Lady Star of the Sea Church. It is an extension to the existing Church and has a seating capacity for 300 people.
It was officially Blessed and Dedicated to Our Lady, Mary, Mother of God by Most Rev. Joseph Duffy DD Bishop of Clogher and Very Rev. Canon Ramon Munster PP on the 15th August 2012.
It is considered to be the FIRST Church in the WORLD to have presented in stained glass, the decision by Pope St. John Paul II to add the five Mysteries of Light to the traditional fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary.
Its stained glass windows are unique and beautifully handcrafted and present the 20 Mysteries of the Rosary. We have presented the 4 sets of the Rosary in pictures below here.
The 5 Joyful Mysteries
The 5 Luminous Mysteries
Mysteries of Light added by Pope St.John Paul II
The 5 Sorrowful Mysteries
The 5 Glorious Mysteries
These beautiful Brass Plaques can be viewed on the walls each side of the doorway between the Rosary Chapel and the Main Church.
Each Stained Glass Window Presented by Parishioners and Friends of the Parish.
On the left hand side of the Rosary Chapel, a Stained Glass window created by Jo Tinney Enniskillen Co Fermanagh and made by Alpha Stained Glass Studio Derry, depicting Our Lady, Star of the Sea with Rougey Rocks, the Beach and Donegal Bay in the background. This window was installed in 2012. It was Unveiled and Blessed by Most Rev. Bishop Liam MacDaid DD Bishop of Clogher and Very Rev Canon Ramon Munster PP in September 2012. Presented by Sean & Eilis McEniff Church Road Bundoran.On the right hand side of the Rosary Chapel, a Stained Glass window created by Jo Tinney Enniskillen Co Fermanagh and made by Alpha Stained Glass Studio Derry, depicting St. Ninnidh who founded the monastery at Innismacsaint, travelling along the river Erne towards the Parish of Magh Ene. It depicts all the Townlands of Magh Ene. It was installed in 2011 and Unveiled and Blessed on 15th August 2011 by Most Rev. Bishop Liam MacDaid DD Bishop of Clogher and Very Rev Canon Ramon Munster PP. Donated by Cormac & Maureen Meehan in Memory of the Meehan Families of the “Gaelic Hotel” Bundoran.Centre window of the Rosary Chapel with a fragment of a stained glass window created c. 1899 by Joshua Clarke & Sons, Dublin, depicting Mary Magdalene kneeling at the feet of Jesus Christ at the cross. This Window and Plaque is in Memory of the 10 People who lost their lives in the Central Hotel Fire Bundoran on 8th August 1980.
