Watercolour and ink illustration of Killelagh
Illustration of Killelagh

Killelagh

Killelagh, Derry

Church of Ireland

Parish of Maghera St Lurach · Diocese of Derry & Raphoe

Service Times

Regular weekly timetable

Mon

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Tue

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Wed

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Thu

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Fri

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Sat

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Sun

  • 10:00

Times can change over Christmas and Easter and during the summer; check with the church before travelling.

What the church's page says
Killelagh Morning Service Sunday 10am
Source: maghera.derry.anglican.org, read 3 September 2026

About Killelagh

Killelagh is a Church of Ireland church in Killelagh, County Derry. It is one of the churches in the parish of Maghera St Lurach, in the Diocese of Derry & Raphoe.

History

Killelagh parish is centred on the village of Swatragh, on the road from Maghera to Coleraine. Killelagh Old Church is associated with St Ciarán. Its name in Irish is given as Cill a' Locha, 'the church of the lough', from the small lough of the same name nearby.

The parish records a second, more fanciful account of the name, as Cill a' Lacha, 'the church of the duck'. In that story the holy man began to build his church on a site near Killelagh Lough, but a duck carried the mortar away in its beak to another location; St Ciarán took this as a sign of God's will and built where the old church stands.

Clergy

  • Curate Rev J Brown

Location & contact

Address

Killelagh, Derry