It is not certain if St. Brigid or St. Patrick is the patron saint of this church. A bell erected for Jubilee Year 1950 names St. Patrick as the patron saint.The church was built in 1844. The Parish was divided into Upper and Lower from the 1790s until the 1860s. Carrickallen Church was extended in […]
The new church, built in 1984, was erected on the site of an old church, which was erected in 1839. Two Parish Priests (whose graves were inside the old church and now remain inside the new) were Rev. Hugh Brady, who erected the old church and died in 1850, and Rev. John Mathews, PP from […]
St. Brigid’s Church, Kill was built in 1826 and was one of fifteen churches built in the Diocese of Kilmore in the 1820s. It is described as one of two types of Barn Church common in the Diocese in the early 19th Century. As the church was not spacious enough to accommodate the very large […]
There was a long clay cabin, known as Bunnoe chapel built in 1780 in the townland of Lisboduff. The present church was being built in 1839 when it was damaged by the ‘Big Wind’. It was completed in 1843.Go Back
The present Corick Church was built in 1863 by the then parish priest Very Rev. Patrick Smith and the architects were Messers Hague. The building was constructed and the seats made by the McGennis Family, Tullyvin. A member of that family was Dr. Ed. McGennis, Bishop of Kilmore (1888 – 1906). By the 1990s as […]
In 1769 a chapel was erected at Drumauna which could hold 600 people. The present church was built in 1951 when James Brady was parish priest and it was rededicated on 16th September of that year. The golden jubilee was marked with special celebrations in 2001.Go Back
In the year 1790 Rev. Owen O’Reilly, P.P. erected a thatched chapel at Killoughter cross. The present St Brigid’s Church was built in the year 1839 by Rev. Charles O’Reilly, P.P. In 1947 it was necessary to undertake the repair of this more than a century old chapel, this work was undertaken by Rev. Owen […]
The present St. Patrick’s Church was erected by Rev. James Dunne PP in 1868. It replaced a thatched church dating from about 1790. The architect was William Hague Jr., Cavan and the contractors were McGennis, Tullyvin, Cootehill. It cost £1,386. Seats were provided in 1898 by Rev. John Brady PP. In 1953 the church was […]
Very Rev. James Cannon Brady, parish priest of Annagh was responsible for co-ordinating the building of the church of the Immaculate Conception, Belturbet. The building contractors engaged were C. Creedon & Son, Newmarket, Dublin. The architect was Simon Leonard of Messrs Byrne & Son, Dublin. The site for the church, formerly an orchard, was given […]
St. Patrick’s Church, Milltown, was built at the centre of the village during the years 1867/68 to replace a thatched barn type chapel which had stood on the same site for roughly one hundred years. The architect who designed it was Mr William Hague of Cavan and Dublin. The contractor whose building firm constructed it […]
