ST. ANDREWS CATHOLIC CHURCH, in the diocese of Clonfert , Leitrim

[morriemoo]

I am interested in the history of the St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church in the diocese of Clonfert , Leitrim.  I believe that Father Andrew Griffin was instrumental in raisin gthe funds to have the church built in mid 1800's.  He was buried there in 1884. 

This parish is known by several different names Leitrim and Kilmeen or Kilcooley and Leitrim or Leitrim and Ballyduggan. It is a rural parish of which the Leitrim half is in the diocese of Clonfert and the Ballyduggan half is in the diocese of Tuam.  As I l ive in Australia I am not familiar with these locations.

Can anyone help?

[shanew147]

I believe that this relates to historic Leitrim civil and RC parish in Co. Galway, and the church which was located about 10km south east of the town of Loughrea, and in the townland of Carrowkeel (for reference there are quite a few other townlands in Ireland with the same name).

The RC parish of Leitrim existed back to at least the 1830s, and in 1839 the P.P. was a Laurence Egan. In 1837 (Lewis) the RC parish is described as also including the civil parish of Kilcooley, which is located to the north east of Leitrim parish. The registers for the parish go back to 1816.

see : R.C. Chapel, Leitrim Parish, Co. Galway  (1st Ed. OSI map, c1837)

here's the location on Google Street view : Leitrim parish church, Co. Galway


Shane

[morriemoo]

Thankyou very much Shanew147.  Very helpful to see where places are in that area.  Is St. Andrew's Church the one shown as Leitrim Church?

[shanew147]

It's not marked as St. Andrews on the maps, but the church looks the same as the one on the Confert Diocese website as the one dedicated to St. Andrew, at Leitrim Parish.

http://www.clonfertdiocese.ie/html/leitrim.asp


Shane

[morriemoo]

Thankyou again shanew147.