St. Mary’s Church Bruskey replaced a post-penal thatched chapel, which was blown down on 6th January 1839. The stones from this chapel were reused in the construction of the new church. Work on St. Mary’s was completed between 1840 and 1843. Major renovations, consisting of the construction of a new roof, porch, sanctuary, sacristy and […]
The Hospital Church at Ballintemple was suppressed in 1612. In the 16th Century, two parishes existed – Ballintemple East and Ballintemple West. St. Michael’s Church, Potahee is situated a half mile south of Ballinagh, off the Cavan/Granard road. The original Parish church, known as St. Mary’s Hospital Church, was located in the old graveyard, opposite […]
The Norbertines returned to Ireland in 1924 at the invitation of the late Most Rev. Dr. Finnegan, Bishop of Kilmore. They had been in Ireland from the 12th to the 16th century and one of their houses was at Lough Oughter, near Cavan. They moved into Holy Trinity Abbey, designed by messers Downes and Meehan, […]
Samuel Lewis reported in 1837 that ‘there is a large and well built chapel at Drumkilly.’ The present church in Drumkilly was built in 1846/47 when Fr. John Murray was parish priest. Renovations were carried out in 1861 when John Boylan was parish priest. It was renovated in 1968 and the altar moved from the […]
On 15th July 1887, Fr. John Boylan PP purchased a two-acre site from his brother Charles for £30. The architect for the new church was William Hague. The contractor was James McAdorey, Dundalk. The total cost was £5,691. The cut-stone was drawn by cart from Ross quarry near Mountnugent. The majority of the money was […]
St. Patrick’s Church was built in 1882. It was renovated and extended in 1973 under the direction of Mgr. Patrick Gaffney PP. The Architects for the renovation were Gaffney & Cullivan, Cavan. The contractor was John Halton, Kilnaleck.Feature: In the porch is a statue of St. Joseph, the Worker, hewn from bog oak by Mr […]
St. Mathew’s Church, Drumavaddy was built in 1865 and like all churches at the time was very basic in structure. It had few (permanent) fittings such as seats, confessionals or devotional aids like statues or pictures. It was a functional building used for the celebration of Sunday Mass. Down the years there were many renovations […]
St. Mathew’s Church, Crosskeys, was built in 1839. It was in the process of being built when part of the gable wall and roof were damaged by the ‘Big Wind’ on 6 January 1839. Extensive work was carried out on it in 1930s while Fr. Michael Young was parish priest. Some repairs and alterations were […]
The parish of Lavey is very ancient going back almost to St. Patrick. The foundress of the first church was St. Damhnat. It was situated in the townland of Corrawillan on the bank of a river. To this day there is devotion to the Saint at the holy well there. In the late 15th century […]
The project of building a new church in Upper Lavey was undertaken by Fr. Terence Murray who came as curate in 1859. A site was obtained from John Vernon, agent for Edward J Saunderson, about a quarter of a mile south of the existing church at Knocknagillagh. The architect was John Ryan of Dublin and […]
