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St Patrick's Church, Bryansford

Bryansford, Down

Catholic

Diocese of Down & Connor

Mass Times

Regular weekly timetable

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Fri

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Sat

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Sun

  • 09:00

Times can change on holy days of obligation and over Christmas and Easter; check with the parish before travelling.

About St Patrick's Church, Bryansford

St Patrick's Church, Bryansford is a Roman Catholic parish church in Bryansford, Co. Down. It is part of the Down and Connor Diocese.

History

The parish of Maghera describes itself as part of a faith community founded in the sixth century by St Donard, a follower of St Patrick, who built a church at Rath Muirbuilc, later called Maghera, at the foot of the mountain near the sea and kept an oratory on the summit. His death is given as 507.

According to Fr James O'Laverty, Mass was celebrated in a bohog at Cross, in the townland of Tullyree in the neighbouring parish of Kilcoo, and at Burren-Rock, before the erection of the old chapel at Bryansford or Ballyhafry in or around 1760.

The church in its present form has stood on its site at Ballyhafry Road since 1830. It was re-opened on Palm Sunday 2010 following extensive refurbishment.

Plan your visit

Access and facilities

A church carpark is immediately adjacent to St. Patrick's Church.

Sources: New to The Parish | Parish of Maghera

Clergy

  • Parish Priest Very Rev. James Crudden

Location & contact

Address

41, 45 Ballyhafry Rd, Newcastle, Bryansford, Down

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