tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61684823857054677542024-03-13T05:24:57.510+00:00St Catherine's ChurchAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05739193927487244433noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168482385705467754.post-9559191049905816412017-05-31T12:08:00.000+01:002017-11-23T12:11:51.634+00:00Heritage Council Funding 2017<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">West wall of the transept. Note where the roots have displaced the stone work.</td></tr>
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The Killybegs History and Heritage Committee have secured a grant of
€9000 from the Heritage Council. This funding will be used to conserve the west wall of the transept gable. The conservation works will consist of the removal of the large tree trunks and roots from the wall tops and then the consolidation of the walls using approved techniques and materials.<br />
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The conservation of St Catherine's Church has been ongoing for many years and will take a number of years yet to complete. Conservation works on the are complex due to the large tree and root systems that are present in almost every wall. These tree and root systems are slowly destroying the walls and have to be carefully removed and then masonry repairs can carried out to consolidate them. <br />
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The Killybegs History and Heritage Committee would like to acknowledge
the continued support of the Heritage Council in the ongoing
conservation of St Catherine's Church.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05739193927487244433noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168482385705467754.post-5509654385201347912016-11-24T16:56:00.002+00:002016-11-25T10:36:05.005+00:00Conservation Works 2016 - CompleteOur conservation works for 2016 are now complete. The inside of the church has been cleared of loose material and a Geo textile membrane has been laid to suppress vegetation regrowth. This has been covered with a layer of crushed stone. This will allow much easier access to the church and allow us to continue with our conservation programme.<br />
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Transporting the stone to the site was a very labour intensive job and required many days of hard work. It is great to see St Catherine's Church benefit from these very necessary conservation works. There are still a number of years work required to ensure that this most historic of structures will be there for future generations to enjoy and learn from!<br />
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We would like to thank the Heritage Council for its continued support of the conservation of St Catherine's Church, Murray Landscaping for their diligence and hard work, John Cronin & Associates and also to the Killybegs Community for its support. </div>
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The Killybegs History and Heritage Committee hosted two events for this years Heritage Week. Heritage Week is an initiative of the Heritage Council to showcase local heritage all around the country. Each year Donegal has one of the largest programme of events in the country. The Donegal Heritage Office publishes a booklet each year detailing all the events.<br />
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Our first event was held on the 20th August with Derek Vial leading a walk along the old famine road and a visit to a famine graveyard. Derek then took the group to St Catherine's Church to see the current conservation works taking place. This event was well attended and thankfully the weather was perfect.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A visit to see the conservation works at St Catherine's Church</td></tr>
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Our second event was a talk by the former president of the Donegal Historical Society and noted local historian <b>Helen Meehan</b> on <b>Killybegs in 1916.</b><br />
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There was a full house for this event and Helen Meehan as usual, gave an excellent and knowledgeable talk. <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05739193927487244433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168482385705467754.post-36569137982239523152016-07-29T14:53:00.000+01:002016-11-24T16:23:26.584+00:00Architectural Fragments discovered during worksA number of interesting fragments have been found during the conservation works in St Catherine's Church. Each new fragment that is discovered adds to our knowledge of the history of the church.<br />
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A number of fragments of possible red clay floor tiles were found inside the church. The two pieces at the bottom of the picture fit together and allows us to measure the width of the tiles, which is 220mm wide and approximately 30mm thick. What date for these tiles is not known. In 1733 the church was described as in good order, seated and the altar and aisle flagged with stone. Could these tiles be earlier?</div>
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A carved stone that could possibly be part of a window arch (voussoir) dating from the medieval era. If you look closely at the top of the stone in the picture above and below you can see the chisel marks left by the stone mason hundreds of years ago.</div>
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Murray Landscaping have removed the majority of the loose material from inside the church. Any material embedded in the floor was left as digging inside a historic site such as this is not allowed.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05739193927487244433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168482385705467754.post-20344596242765103072016-06-21T14:19:00.000+01:002016-11-25T09:35:13.015+00:002016 Conservation Works - St Catherine's ChurchThe conservation works on St Catherine's Church has begun! Murray Landscaping began clearing out the interior of the church with the supervision of archaeologist Martin McGonigle of John Cronan & Associates.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beginning the clearing.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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All loose stones from inside the church are being lifted and taken to agreed location in the graveyard and will be reused during further conservation works.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The large tree stump that was removed from the top of the wall during conservation works in 2015.</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05739193927487244433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168482385705467754.post-46271943755253467012016-06-01T13:24:00.000+01:002016-11-23T16:49:02.171+00:00Heritage Council Funding Conservation Works 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Killybegs History and Heritage Committee have secured a grant of €7000 from the Heritage Council. This funding will be used to clean the interior of the St Catherine's Church and lay down a Geo-textile barrier which will be covered by a layer of gravel stones. This work will allow us create better access for further conservation works on the walls. <br />
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The Killybegs History and Heritage Committee would like to acknowledge the continued support of the Heritage Council in the ongoing conservation of St Catherine's Church.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05739193927487244433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168482385705467754.post-2966849331476893492016-02-10T22:40:00.003+00:002016-02-10T22:40:58.440+00:00Killybegs Graveyards Website<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The
Killybegs Local Training Initiative have been working on developing a
website that contains the details of every grave in Killybegs' three
graveyards, St Catherine's, St John's and the large graveyard on the
Shore road (Killybegs Graveyard). This represents a huge amount of
painstaking work carried out by trainees who attend the LTI.</span><br />
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grave can found using the search feature on the website and at present
St Catherine's and St John's memorials can be explored using an
interactive map. A map for Killybegs Graveyard is in progress (over 600
graves).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This site is very useful for both genealogical and historical research. It is also useful for people from Killybegs <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">who are</span> living in distant parts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Each grave has its own page and contains a photogr<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">aph w<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ith a zoom</span></span></span> feature, the inscription on the memorial and details regarding stone type a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nd decoration etc<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Below is an example of a page on the website - the grave is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of the Hamilton family in St Johns Church.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of page on the website</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The site is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a work in progress but the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">almost all the graves are <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">accessible</span> through the website. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05739193927487244433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168482385705467754.post-5975208517366898502016-02-10T22:39:00.001+00:002016-02-10T22:39:05.881+00:00Heritage Council Funding secured for St Catherine's Church 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The
Killybegs History and Heritage committee are pleased to announce that
€3500 in funding has been secured from the Heritage Council. This
funding will contribute towards the preparation of conservation
specifications and method statements which are needed to allow us to
gain consent from the National Monuments Service, detail what work needs
to be carried out on the church and how that work is to be done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">John
Cronin & Associates, Archaeological Consultants, and John Greene,
Conservation Architect will visit the site and prepare all necessary
documents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our thanks to the Heritage Council for continued support.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of Cherub from Morrison grave 1826, St Catherine's </td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05739193927487244433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168482385705467754.post-48376109388153940482016-02-09T14:23:00.000+00:002016-02-10T23:13:50.900+00:00East Gable Conservation Works a Success<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">The first stage of conservation works on St Catherine's Church in Killybegs has been completed. Funding from the Heritage Council allowed us to carry out works to the Chancel gable. This section of the church was most at risk from collapse due to the large tree growing on top of the north side of the gable.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Before conservation work - view from east </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Before conservation work - From north - Look at the lean!</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">John Cronin and Associates were the consulting archaeologists with input from John Greene who is a conservation architect. We were lucky to have the services of Eamonn Hunter, an experienced conservation contractor who carried out the work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Killybegs History and Heritage Committee are pleased to announce that the first phase of major conservation repairs has ensured that the most critical part of the church is now in much better condition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Committee would like to thank the input from the Killybegs Local Training Initiative, the support of the local community and to the Heritage Council for funding this very worthwhile project.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">In recent years the rise in popularity of genealogy and
researching the family tree has focused attention on the importance gravestone
inscriptions as a rich genealogical resource.</span><br />
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However gravestones can tell much more than the name of a
person, what age they were and when they died.
A closer look at gravestones can reveal the vast array of symbols
intricately carved and their meanings are often obscure to modern society.<o:p></o:p><br />
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In a predominately illiterate society symbols were used to
convey meaning and ideas. As literacy levels increased the use of symbols
became less important.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Symbolism on gravestones can take a number of forms. The most common type is religious and the
themes of these are primarily with mortality and immortality. Secular symbols also appear regularly and
these can take many forms such as the occupation of the person or personal
messages from the deceased person’s family.
Family crests also appear on gravestones.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The craving of these symbols are often very beautiful and
can be done either by a skilled master stone mason using strict classical
proportions or they can be done by a local ‘handyman’ and represent a very
local form of vernacular or folk art.<o:p></o:p><br />
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In this context gravestones and graveyards should be seen as
local art galleries representing the changing artistic tastes of a community
over many generations.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The use of these symbols gives us and insight into the
beliefs of a community and their outlook on life and death during a particular
period and how these beliefs evolved over the intervening centuries.</div>
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The earliest of the Blain gravestones in St Catherine’s Church and graveyard is that of George Blain who died in 1721. The Blain family have been in the Killybegs area for over three hundred and fifty years. The grave itself is barely visible and has partially slipped under another Blain gravestone dating from 1777.<br />
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George Blain was probably an important man in Killybegs
during the period of his life. He is a
signatory to a bond signed in 1713 and appears in a number of rent rolls up
until his death. After his death his
wife appears in the rent rolls as simply “Widow Blain” and the last record we
found of her was in 1749, 28 years after his death.</div>
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The gravestone is quite elaborate for its time and again
this shows he must have been quite a wealthy individual. The grave slab measures approximately 1.68m
long by 0.8m wide. It has a series of
rolls along the perimeter with extensive craving on most of the gravestone and
the inscription is squeezed in on the right hand side of the slab and feels
almost secondary to the carving. The
slab is broken in a number of places but thankfully it is still in-situ.<br />
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<li>Coffin symbolizes Mortality</li>
<li>Arches represent triumph, an example of this would be the Arc de Triumph in Paris. In this case the arches represent the triumph of the soul over death.</li>
<li>Spirals symbolizes Eternity</li>
<li>Heart symbolizes Love, an upside down represents the pain and broken heart of the family.</li>
<li>Arrows symbolizes mortality, martyrdom, departure, pain and sorrow. point of death </li>
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The symbols on this gravestone suggest that it could be a personal message from his family. If you put the symbols together you could read the gravestone as follows "Although the mortal body of George Blain passed away on death, his soul has triumphed over death and the love of his family although broken-hearted will continue forever" </div>
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Online References:</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Guide To Gravestone Carvings by William E.
Wolsey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<st1:city w:st="on"><span lang="EN-US">Rochester</span></st1:city><span lang="EN-US">'s History ~ An Illustrated Timeline -Glossary Of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Victorian</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Cemetery</st1:placetype></st1:place>
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Save a grave</div>
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Gravestone Symbolism</div>
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Headboards Of Stone - A <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mississippi</st1:place></st1:state> Graveyard Rabbit Blog</div>
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Gravestone studies</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Stories in Stone written by Douglas Keister (2004) published by Gibbs Smith</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">A Scottish Graveyard Miscellany written by Hamish Brown (2008) published by Birlinn Limited</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Gravestones Tombs & Memorials written by Trevor Yorke (2010) published by Countryside Books</span></div>
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St Catherine was born in 282AD in Alexandria, Egypt to King
Costus and Queen Sabinella. She was
exceedingly well-versed in all the arts, sciences and in philosophy. She converted to Christianity and became a
bride of Christ. She approached the
Emperor Maximinus II in relation to his persecution of Christians. In response Maximinus II organised fifty philosophers
to debate against St Catherine. His
attempt to defeat her not only failed but she also succeeded in converting the
philosophers to Christianity. Enraged by
this, Maximinus II had the philosophers burned alive. The Emperor asked St Catherine to marry him,
to which she refused. Maximinus II had Catherine
imprisoned and scourged. She proceeded
to convert the Emperors wife along with two hundred soldiers, who were then
beheaded along with the Empress. The
Emperor then had Catherine put over four
wheels joined together with sharp pointed spikes, that, when the wheels moved
her body might be torn to pieces. As the
torture began the wheels broke apart and killed and injured many of the
spectators, after which the Emperor finally ordered to have Catherine beheaded.
It is said that at her beheading milk
poured from Catherine’s veins instead of blood. Her body was removed from Alexandria and taken
to Mount Sinai in Egypt. The Monastery
of St Catherine, founded between 548 and 565, still survives to this day in the
Sinai Peninsula. The location of the
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In the 12<sup>th</sup> and 13<sup>th</sup> century’s the crusaders
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The popular story of the introduction of the cult of St.
Catherine is that a party of monks were making a voyage on the west coast of Ireland.
The boat was caught in a great storm and
the monks prayed to St. Catherine “patron saint of sea farers” to protect them
and take them safely to shore. They
vowed if they reached land they would dedicate a holy well in her honour. The monks arrived safely in Killybegs and
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05739193927487244433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168482385705467754.post-63588164925794011592012-12-14T15:30:00.001+00:002012-12-14T15:30:00.651+00:00Virtual Tour of St Catherine's Church and Graveyard<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LdNbFgLXMk8?fs=1" width="459"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal">This Life-sized scaled reconstruction of St Catherine’s Church and graveyard was created with Google SketchUp; a 3D modelling application. We then created an animated fly through and converted this to video format. We hope this will give a realistic impression of the physical layout of the site. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to leave comments.<o:p></o:p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05739193927487244433noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168482385705467754.post-19547838642324703622012-11-30T14:49:00.001+00:002012-11-30T14:49:48.533+00:00Locations of Kit's Castle, St Catherine's Church and Well<div id = "map"></div>
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<st1:placetype w:st="on">Church</st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;"> and Graveyard, the
trainees from the FAS Killybegs Local Training Initiative (LTI) will continue
with their efforts to create an awareness and interest in the conservation of
these historic and important ruins.</span></div>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;">St Catherine's</span></st1:placename><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;"> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Church</st1:placetype></span></st1:place><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;"> and Graveyard is situated in
Killybegs Co Donegal. The Parish of
Killybegs takes its name from the early monastic cells known as the “Little Churches”.
Tradition represents the town as
dedicated to St Catherine, as its patron from the sixth century, when the
“Little Churches” or early monastic “Cells”, were first erected. The ruins of the present church are possibly
the remains of St Catherine's friary, founded by Mac Swyne, chief of Banagh, for
the Third Regular Order. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;">In this website we are going to try and raise awareness of the church
and its declining condition due to over a hundred years of neglect. In doing this we will hopefully make the
conservation of what is left of the church a reality. We will also be providing history on the
church and the Saint it was built for. </span><br />
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Friday we will produce an article including facts on the Church's history and
connecting legends, as well as the life of its patron Saint, St Catherine of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alexandria</st1:place></st1:city>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;">In 1986 a partial survey was undertaken of the graveyard, by Felix O
Neill. From 2002 onwards the Local
Training Initiative carried out historical research and published a book on <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">St Catherine's</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Church</st1:placetype></st1:place> and Graveyard. The sales from this book enabled the Killybegs
Local Training Initiative to commission a report by John Cronan and Associates.
This report outlines structural problems
of the church and details the necessary steps that if carried out correctly
will lead to a successful conservation of the Church and Graveyard so they will
be enjoyed for generations to come. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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