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Title: Upper Moville Presbyterian church (Clar)
Post by: joemc on Wednesday 23 April 14 18:19 BST (UK)

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has a photo of the above church, it closed in 1962 and was probably demolished sometime after that, only the graveyard remains and there doesn't appear to be any photos online.

Joe

Title: Re: Upper Moville Presbyterian church (Clar)
Post by: welovedonegal on Thursday 17 August 23 06:45 BST (UK)

Hi Joe,
I just came across your post whilst searching for more about this church on google.  I do have photographs of both the old church and the surrounding graveyard.  Here is one of the church.

Title: Re: Upper Moville Presbyterian church (Clar)
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Saturday 19 August 23 12:10 BST (UK)

Welcome to RootsChat, WLD  :)

You might be interested in this map from the OSi (1897-1913) - MapGenie 25 Inch.

Clare Presbyterian Meeting House
https://arcg.is/04C1Ou

In Clare townland
https://www.townlands.ie/donegal/inishowen-east/moville-upper/castlecary/clare/
OpenStreetMap
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4024408#map=16/55.1715/-7.1019

Title: Re: Upper Moville Presbyterian church (Clar)
Post by: joemc on Tuesday 22 August 23 09:17 BST (UK)

Thanks welovedonegal,

Unfortunately, that's not the church just a shed used to store equipment for maintenance of the graveyard I think. The old church was demolished I think in the early 1960's or earlier.

Thanks for having a look anyway

Regards

Joe

Title: Re: Upper Moville Presbyterian church (Clar)
Post by: welovedonegal on Friday 25 August 23 08:34 BST (UK)

I did wonder Joe.
But sometimes there were Chapels of Ease which were never as fancy as actual main churches.  I thought maybe it was just built at a time when there was no money to spare.

Anyway, I looked in my photo file for it and I actually took a pic of the interior (the door was broken).  And the plaque in the grounds shows what I assume is a depiction of the old church.
WLD

Title: Re: Upper Moville Presbyterian church (Clar)
Post by: welovedonegal on Friday 25 August 23 08:35 BST (UK)

Quote from: Kiltaglassan on Saturday 19 August 23 12:10 BST (UK)

Welcome to RootsChat, WLD  :)

You might be interested in this map from the OSi (1897-1913) - MapGenie 25 Inch.

Clare Presbyterian Meeting House
https://arcg.is/04C1Ou

In Clare townland
https://www.townlands.ie/donegal/inishowen-east/moville-upper/castlecary/clare/
OpenStreetMap
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4024408#map=16/55.1715/-7.1019

Thank you for the welcome ~ I have the old maps but thanks anyway :-)

Title: Re: Upper Moville Presbyterian church (Clar)
Post by: joemc on Wednesday 30 August 23 19:56 BST (UK)

Thanks for the additional info, actually The map from the 1920s looks like the current shed is located where the church would have stood, perhaps it was built from the remnants of the old church or is part of it, I hadn't noticed the chimney before.

As the church was only demolished in the early 1960s im sure there will still be those alive who remember it.

By the way my McCorkell ancestors lived in the adjacent townland, Ballyrattan.

Thanks again
Joe

Title: Re: Upper Moville Presbyterian church (Clar)
Post by: welovedonegal on Friday 01 September 23 07:53 BST (UK)

I must see if I can find out more Joe.  I will report back if I do.

There are McCorkles in the Carrigart area of Donegal too.

WLD

Title: Re: Upper Moville Presbyterian church (Clar)
Post by: joemc on Friday 01 September 23 09:46 BST (UK)

Thanks again,

Yes McCorkell/les scattered around Donegal but mostly Inishowen


Joe

Title: Re: Upper Moville Presbyterian church (Clar)
Post by: rathmore on Friday 01 September 23 12:57 BST (UK)

Have you the new church to see if they have any photos or the local news paper for information?

Title: Re: Upper Moville Presbyterian church (Clar)
Post by: joemc on Friday 01 September 23 14:49 BST (UK)

Thanks Rathmore,


Thats an idea, although it was called the new church it was built in 1863! The older church was in the Parish of Moville Upper whereas the 'new' church was in Lower Moville, but as Presbyterians don't follow the Parish system not sure why both churches remained open together for so long but I suppose before the days of mass transport most would have walked to their place of worship but the churches were just over 2 miles apart!

Joe