05 April, 2020

St. Crone's

Church of Ireland, Templecrone,  Dungloe, Co. Donegal
Originally built in 1760 to replace the one in ruins for 20 years at Templecrone.  The minister (John Major) argued that this site by the new road and bridge was more convenient for his parishioners.  The present structure dates from 1844.

Info courtesy of the Dungloe Heritage Trail brochure.




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33 comments:

  1. I'd never heard of St Crone before so I looked her up. Apparently she was a contemporary of St Columba and she built a monastery at Dungloe, so a local lady. Whether she was a crone or not I could not discover.

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  2. Its clear that there was not much money to built a church then.

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  3. This is a very small church, but well pretty!

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  4. i think it is a beautiful little Church :)

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  5. A simple pretty building, but a bit small?

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  6. I had not previously known of a St. Crone. When one thinks of the connotation attached to "crone" one wonders what she was like!

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  7. A lovely little church and how I love the stone wall.
    Thank you for sharing Bill ⛪

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  8. ...a beautiful wee church, take care, Bill.

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  9. Hello, it is a pretty small church, with great views. Take care, wishing you a happy day and a great new week!

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  10. Such a nice little church, I'd love to see the inside.

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  11. A beautiful building. Praying for you and yours, Bill.

    God bless.

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  12. Interesting style from the 1800's. It is a very clean cut style. No messy frilly things.

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  13. A tiny but very beautiful historic church.
    A healthy, happy week:)

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  14. Thank you for sharing a small and historic church - ideal for Sunday.

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  15. That's a beautiful church. It's like a church in Denmark.

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  16. For such an old building, it's stood up quite nicely.

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  17. Hi Bill, what a quaint little church. Stay safe and keep well.

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  18. Lovely set of photographs Bill, thank you.

    All the best Jan

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  19. Such a simple building but I bet it was loved by its parishioners.

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  20. Nice looking church, and I love going to the small churches the most.

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  21. A wonderful little church with a rich history.

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  22. It sure looks great for its age, Bill!

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  23. Very cool looking church. Impressive age. Still in use?
    MB

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  24. Looks a lovely church with it's few gravestones.

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  25. It looks very small and compact. I like the tree in your second shot. You've photographed it nicely.

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  26. Hi Bill.

    Beautiful little church.

    Greetings from Patricia.

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  27. It's a lovely little church Bill, and it does look convenient with the road nearby ✨

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