The now fully restored Church of St Peter, in Laragh, County Monaghan.
It is said that it was brought back to Laragh by the mill owner and his wife from their honeymoon in Switzerland where she saw and fell in love with it. Designed in a swiss-gothic hybrid style, the church is contructed entirely out of corrugated iron and sites in a small narrow wooded valley alongside the river. The landscaping around the church is designed to imitate and suggest a small mountain glade with rocky outcrops around the church.
Had a relatively short life-span as it closed for worship in 1962.
About 2 to 3 years ago a few concerned locals feared that this church was in danger of imminent collapse and would be lost forever. They formed a committee and engaged with local council and charities to raise some funds to help restore the church to its former glory. After much painstaking and highly skilled work it is now as good as new and will be used buy the local community for various activities.
Has now become known locally as "The Tin Tabernacle"
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Ballintoy Church on the North Antrim Coast with Rathlin Island in the background. The Western lighthouse is one of three on Rathlin Island and is a superb place to watch Puffins
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This is Derryclare Lough in the wilds of Connemara in County Galway. All along this road is dotted with lakes and bogs. In the background are the hills known as the Twelve Bens or the Twelve Pins. I have never encountered such total stillness and quiet as I sat by this lough.
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Taken from Camlough Mountain.
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St Anne's Church, Killanne, County Wexford (1832)
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