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About St. Mary’s Church, Drumeela
St. Mary’s Church, Drumeela was built in 1824. It has a cruciform plan and pebbledashed walls under a pitched slate roof. Notable features include stained-glass windows.
Architectural details from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, © Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Summarised by Christianity.ie.
History
The earliest records for the area indicate a medieval church at Newtowngore, behind the present Church of Ireland building. An 1804 map shows a chapel or Mass house in the townland of Aughabuí, which the parish dates to around the middle of the eighteenth century and which served the people of the area until 1823-24.
The present church was built in Drumeela townland in 1823-24 by Terry O'Reilly, under the guidance of the parish priest, Fr Patrick Magauran. It replaced the Aughabuí chapel, which then continued in service as a school for a further 20 years. The new church had a clay floor and no seating until 1860, when the parish priest of the day sought tenders for seating, the building of a chancel and other repairs. Further major improvements were carried out in 1957 and in the early 1970s.
Clergy
- Parish Priest Rev. John Mc Mahon
