Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of stained glass windows in the Holy Name Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Oakley, Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. This church was constructed for Roman Catholic miners who had moved from Lanarkshire to work in the more prosperous coalfields of West Fife. It was designed by Charles W Gray in 1958 and built by the Smith ligo family of Inzievar House, which is to the east of the church. The stained glass windows and carved Stations of the Cross around the walls of the church are by Gabriele Loire who produced stained glass in his studio near Chartres Cathedral from 1946. He created both traditional leaded stained glass and modern works in glass slab, called dalle de verre, used for the windows in this church. The small round windows n the southern wall have decorative coloured glass backgrounds and symbols of the Eucharist, such as loaves and fishes, and a dove. The round headed window in the southern transept has an image of Mary with the baby Jesus. Gabriel Loire was born in Pouancé, France, on April 21, 1904. After completing his schooling in Angers in 1926, he went to Charles Lorin stained glass workshop in Chartres, France. In 1946, he founded his own stained glass studio there. He died on Christmas Day, December 25, 1996, shortly after finishing a design for a new window. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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