placenamesRedcastle
Carraig Mhic Uidhilín
Two former Church of Ireland buildings record changing provision for worship around Tullynavinn, apart from Redcastle’s estate house and road bridge.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Carraig Mhic Uidhilín · Irish · main form
- Redcastle · English · main form
Place & story
The old church at Tullynavinn
The old Redcastle church survives as a roofless stone hall, with part of its bellcote, deeply splayed windows and a west doorway bearing an inscription. The inscription names the Cary churchwardens and rector John Torrens, although the inventory leaves its rebuilding date uncertain between 1741 and 1747. In 2008 the same survey recorded a former schoolhouse and surrounding burial ground, including maritime gravemarkers. The group preserves education and burial alongside the ruined worship building. [2]
Joseph Welland’s replacement church
The Dictionary of Irish Architects records Joseph Welland’s new Saint Finian’s church at Redcastle in 1850–53. It cites signed drawings dated October 1850. The design used a cross-shaped plan, circular windows in the transept gables and a western bellcote. The archive’s account records closure in 1991 and a ruined condition by 1999. This later church should be distinguished from the smaller eighteenth-century hall it replaced. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Redcastle. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Old Redcastle Church of Ireland Church, Tullynavinn, NIAH40902102 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Redcastle, Church of Saint Finian, work15664 · Irish Architectural Archive, Dictionary of Irish Architects
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-05-09. How this page was prepared.