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document.write("The Parish Churches<\/h3>\n\n
The Churches<\/span><\/h3>
Parish Church:<\/span><\/h4>St. Patrick’s (1846)<\/span> (re-dedicated 1997)<\/span><\/div>Other Churches:<\/span><\/h4>St. Mary’s, Dregish (1846)<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>St. Francis of Assisi, Drumnabey (1982)<\/span><\/div>
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St. Patrick’s Church, Castlederg<\/span><\/h3>
The present church of Saint Patrick was first dedicated on Sunday 8th October, 1876, by Most Rev Dr Francis Kelly, Bishop of Derry from 1849 until 1889. (He also oversaw the building of St. Eugene’s Cathedral in Derry). It was built at a cost of £3000 and was built in the neo-Gothic style, which was the architectural style of that time. Between 1886 and 1888 the tower and the spire were added to the building. The bell, which was founded by J Murphy of Dublin in 1888’ is inscribed with the words:<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Praise the Lord in the sound of the trumpet<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Praise Him in the sweet sounding cymbals<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Praise Him in the cymbals of joy<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Let every spirit praise the Lord.<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>It is adorned with the harp and the shamrock.<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Saint Patrick’s Church replaced older church buildings at Castlesessiagh, near the site of St. Eugene’s Hall today, and is an extension on the first St Patrick’s Church, which was dedicated by the retired Bishop McLaughlin in 1846. <\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>By the 1970’s however it was felt too costly to repair and maintain, so a new church dedicated to St. Eugene was built and opened in May 1978. It remained in use as a church until it too became in need of serious repairs, and so it was decided to refurbish the old Saint Patrick’s Church. On 11th May 1997, it was rededicated, by the Bishop of Derry, Most Rev Seamus Hegarty DD.<\/span><\/div>
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Dregish Chapel<\/span><\/h3>
The first catholic church at Dregish was built around 1785, a humble building with a thatched roof and clay floor. The site is now marked by Father O’Flaherty’s cross in the graveyard beside the present church. The present church of Saint Mary’s was built in 1846 and has been in continual use since then. The project was begun under the guidance of Fr Patrick MacFeely, the Parish Priest, and then completed by his successor, Fr Edward Kelly. The Latin inscription carved on a tablet on the outside front wall of the church reads in translation:<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>In honour of the Most Holy Trinity<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>This Temple was built<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Under the protection of Blessed Mary<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Virgin Mother of God<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>31st October<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>1846<\/span><\/div>
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Saint Francis of Assisi, Drumnabey<\/span><\/h3>
The church was dedicated on 19th December 1982 by the Bishop of Derry, Most Rev Edward Daly DD. It was built to replace the old church of Saint Mary’s, Carncorn, which had passed beyond reasonable repair. The church can hold 430 persons and is the only church in the diocese to be dedicated to Saint Francis, in memory of the old monastery of Franciscans at Scarvaghern, which was dispersed in 1603.<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Above the sanctuary hangs a replica of the Cross of San Damiano, which hangs in the church of St. Clare in Assisi. At the main entrance stands a statue of Saint Francis, which was made in Italy and erected by the people of the parish in 2007,to mark the 25th anniversary of the dedication of the church. <\/span><\/div>
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