Tomregan Church Ballyconnell County Cavan
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Welcome to Tomregan Parish. Tomregan Church is located in the Cavan border town of Ballyconnell beneath the wind turbines on the Slieve Rushen Hill. It is 3.1km from the popular Slieve Russell hotel.
Services are usually every Sunday at 11.30am
Parish or Diocesan readers lead services on the 1st and 3rd Sundays. Clergy lead other services.
Services are usually every Sunday at 11.30am
Parish or Diocesan readers lead services on the 1st and 3rd Sundays. Clergy lead other services.
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Services are usually every Sunday at 11.30am
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There would also be a service of Holy Communion in the Breffni Care Centre every month, usually the last Tuesday in the month at 2pm.
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It is always a joy when members of the parishes choose to get married before God in church. In our changing world we do not take this for granted. If this is a step you are considering in the parish group please contact Reverend John Woods.
Tomregan Parish have a set fee for weddings for non-parishioners. to use the church for a wedding. This fee does not apply to parshioners of Tomregan. The current charge is set at €350 (agreed Select Vestry Oct 2015)
It is always a joy when members of the parishes choose to get married before God in church. In our changing world we do not take this for granted. If this is a step you are considering in the parish group please contact Reverend John Woods.
Tomregan Parish have a set fee for weddings for non-parishioners. to use the church for a wedding. This fee does not apply to parshioners of Tomregan. The current charge is set at €350 (agreed Select Vestry Oct 2015)
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Tomregan Church - Ballyconnell, County Cavan
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Children's Holiday Club Tomregan Parish August 2014
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Tomregan Church History
The Church was originally the site of an old earthen fort which dominated the western approach to the ford of Ath Conaill on the Woodford or Graine river, and was probably occupied by a McGovern chieftain. A Catholic church was later built on the site, sometime before 1590, when it was confiscated by the Crown.
The first Protestant Rector, Martin Baxter, was appointed in November 1626. The Church was fortified in 1689 during the Williamite wars, and the remains of two diamond-shaped graves can still be seen. These were supposedly used as mass graves during famine times.
A new church was erected in 1756 and enlarged in 1820 and is still in use to-day. It is regarded as being of international architectural interest, according to An Foras Forbatha's 1977 report on Cavan buildings. An important Romanesque carving, known as the Tomregan Stone stood outside the West wall of the church for many years. It came originally from the site of the ancient parish church in Mullynagolman townland.
There were Catholic burials in the cemetery until St. Brigid's R.C. church opened in 1843. The oldest surviving Catholic tombstone seems to be that of Conner Reilly who died in 1732 and the oldest Protestant tombstone seems to be that of Mabel Beal who died in 1752. The last Catholic to be buried there is probably John Kiernan who died in 1840. The graveyard is much overgrown in places and may conceal other tombstones. The inscriptions may be cross-checked with the Protestant parish registers which date from 1797. Names in alphabetical order: Barron: 1886, Beal: 1752, Benison: 1828, Benison: 1881, 1896, 1900, 1911, Brady: 1806, Brady: 1784, Brinnan: 1816, Brooke, Revd.: 1818, Burk: 1810. Cobean: 1842, Connly: 1818, Curry: 1754, Curry: 1783, Davis: 1805, 1822, 1846, 1798, Donocho: 1771, 1785, Donaghoe: 1805, 1822, Doogan: 1892. Foster: 1779, Foster: 1887, Freehile: 1830. Graham: 1802, 1870, 1873, Griffith: 1895, 1904, 1910. Halliday: 1885, 1893, Henderson: No date, Hewitt: 1758, 1886, 1889. Kellett Revd.: 1897, 1894, 1905, 1929, Kells: 1897, 193 1, Kells: 1897, 1899, Keirnan: 1777, Kiernan: 1833, 1840, Kiernan: 1821. Latimer: 1862, 1883, Love: 1774. Magahran: 1778, Magauran: 1830, Magaveran: 1805, 1812, Magawin: 1800, McDermot: 1804, McDonald: 1814, McGregor: 1873, McKena; 1828, Montgomery: 1810, 1826, Moore:1794, 1800, Moore:1896, Moore: 1817, Moore: 1819, Murphy: 1774, Murphy: 1821, 1822. Neail: 1792, Netterfield: 1905. O'Brien: 1811. Parker: 1855, 1893, Powell; 1849, Preston: 1860. Quin: 1785, 1795. Reily: 1732, Reily: 1793, Reilly: 1822, Reilly: 1825, Reilly: 1780, Robinson: 1858, 1874, 1895, 1899, 1919, 1934, 1970, 1970. Story: 1829 (daughter of John Enery of Ballyconnell House), Story: 1835, Sturdy: 1813. Whitely: 1759.
(Taken from Breifne Publication -Vol 7, No 2S.
Ballyconnell Cemetery Inscriptions - pre 1900 by John O'Reilly.)
The first Protestant Rector, Martin Baxter, was appointed in November 1626. The Church was fortified in 1689 during the Williamite wars, and the remains of two diamond-shaped graves can still be seen. These were supposedly used as mass graves during famine times.
A new church was erected in 1756 and enlarged in 1820 and is still in use to-day. It is regarded as being of international architectural interest, according to An Foras Forbatha's 1977 report on Cavan buildings. An important Romanesque carving, known as the Tomregan Stone stood outside the West wall of the church for many years. It came originally from the site of the ancient parish church in Mullynagolman townland.
There were Catholic burials in the cemetery until St. Brigid's R.C. church opened in 1843. The oldest surviving Catholic tombstone seems to be that of Conner Reilly who died in 1732 and the oldest Protestant tombstone seems to be that of Mabel Beal who died in 1752. The last Catholic to be buried there is probably John Kiernan who died in 1840. The graveyard is much overgrown in places and may conceal other tombstones. The inscriptions may be cross-checked with the Protestant parish registers which date from 1797. Names in alphabetical order: Barron: 1886, Beal: 1752, Benison: 1828, Benison: 1881, 1896, 1900, 1911, Brady: 1806, Brady: 1784, Brinnan: 1816, Brooke, Revd.: 1818, Burk: 1810. Cobean: 1842, Connly: 1818, Curry: 1754, Curry: 1783, Davis: 1805, 1822, 1846, 1798, Donocho: 1771, 1785, Donaghoe: 1805, 1822, Doogan: 1892. Foster: 1779, Foster: 1887, Freehile: 1830. Graham: 1802, 1870, 1873, Griffith: 1895, 1904, 1910. Halliday: 1885, 1893, Henderson: No date, Hewitt: 1758, 1886, 1889. Kellett Revd.: 1897, 1894, 1905, 1929, Kells: 1897, 193 1, Kells: 1897, 1899, Keirnan: 1777, Kiernan: 1833, 1840, Kiernan: 1821. Latimer: 1862, 1883, Love: 1774. Magahran: 1778, Magauran: 1830, Magaveran: 1805, 1812, Magawin: 1800, McDermot: 1804, McDonald: 1814, McGregor: 1873, McKena; 1828, Montgomery: 1810, 1826, Moore:1794, 1800, Moore:1896, Moore: 1817, Moore: 1819, Murphy: 1774, Murphy: 1821, 1822. Neail: 1792, Netterfield: 1905. O'Brien: 1811. Parker: 1855, 1893, Powell; 1849, Preston: 1860. Quin: 1785, 1795. Reily: 1732, Reily: 1793, Reilly: 1822, Reilly: 1825, Reilly: 1780, Robinson: 1858, 1874, 1895, 1899, 1919, 1934, 1970, 1970. Story: 1829 (daughter of John Enery of Ballyconnell House), Story: 1835, Sturdy: 1813. Whitely: 1759.
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Tomregan Church listing was last updated on the 19th of May, 2023
