Information about our Parish History maintained by our parish office.
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Chalices
Amongst the chalices are:(i) A silver chalice inscribed: ‘For the church of Ardagh Anno 1625. RepairedJuly 1837’(ii) A silver chalice inscribed: ‘Hunc calicem donavit parochiae de Drumcondradioecesis Medensis Dnus Christopherus Boyle 1737’A silver chalice preserved in Dunshaughlin was presented to Knockmarkin 1759 by ‘Dnus Christopherus Boyle.’(iii) A silver chalice inscribed: ‘Me fieri fecit Patricius Sheridan…
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Rev. Terence Bermingham
1979-80 – Rev. Terence Bermingham, S.M.A. Fr. Bermingham returned to his order in 1992. Researched and Compiled by Kathleen McArdle, “Brookville”, Drumconrath. Source: Faith History of Drumconrath – Meath Hill.
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Drumbride Church
Half a century or so after the first flowering of the new Christian teaching we find that an abbey and church are said to have been erected at Drumbride by St. Brigid. A portion of the old church still remains, situated on a lofty hill about two miles north of Drumconrath [see Larkin’s map of…
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Stations of the Cross
A new and good Set of Stations were needed. Having made soundings through the parish, the Parish Committee and Parish Priest decided to order through Gill’s a set to be hand carved by a craftsman in Northern Italy. He spent almost two years on the work and they arrived at Easter. They are traditional and…
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Sunday’s Well (Tobar a’ Domhnaigh).
When Isaac Butler passed through Ardee in 1744, his interest in wells took him to a spa well in ‘amarshy meadow near the bog’. On his way to visit Inishmott he noted Sunday’s Well and TrinityWell to which they go on pilgrimage and penance’ (Deane 1922, 97-8).Is this the Sunday’s Well in the field a…
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St Colmcille’s Well (Tobar Colmcille)
According to Dean Cogan there is a holy well one mile from the village of Drumconrath to the rightof the Carrick road. Stations were formerly made from the well to the old church at Drumbride. Researched and Compiled by Kathleen McArdle, “Brookville”, Drumconrath. Source: Faith History of Drumconrath – Meath Hill.
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Balnavoran
A recent search in the ruins of Balnavoran revealed an old stone water font. As only the top rim of the font is showing above ground level it is not known if any writing exists on the stone. As it is now forbidden to interfere with such objects it will take some time for the…
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Holy Water Fonts
In Dean Cogan’s history of the diocese of Meath he states that the Baptismal Font has been removed from the Catholic Church (which was erected at a very early period on the site of the present Church of Ireland) to ornament a mound in the Rector’s demesne. Researched and Compiled by Kathleen McArdle, “Brookville”, Drumconrath.…
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Parochial Registers
A s will be seen from the next section the registers of Baptisms from at least 1764 were in existence in 1811. Fr. Hackett, who was translated from the parish on 21 September 1811, appears to have taken the registers with him and they are no longer in existence. New registers of Baptisms and Marriages…
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Meath Hill Church Bell
The bell originally stood to the left of the church on waste ground, which is now part of the car park. It stood on timber supports, but by the early 1940’s the timber had rotted and it became unsafe to ring the bell. This led to it being moved to the school grounds and mounted…
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