The National Board has undertaken to give a grant of two-thirds of the cost. Brian Mullan, Diocesan Advisor, The Chaplain to the Bishop was the Rev: Joseph O'Hagan, C.C., Whitehead and the Master of Ceremonies was the Rev. He established his headquarters in Carrick and had begun construction of Carrickfergus Castle on top of the ‘rock of Fergus’ by the beginning of 1178, using stone ferried across Carrickfergus Bay from Cultra – this fine stonework can still be observed in the corners of the Great Keep. This was interpreted as an act of a sovereign ruler by King John of England, who believed de Courcy was forging a petty kingdom, and so in 1199 John dispatched the knight Hugh de Lacy to wage war on de Courcy. In 1689 Frederick Duke of Schomberg landed with Williamite forces at Groomsport, Co Down. He had attended St. Nicholas' Boys' Primary School in Carrickfergus, before commencing his secondary education in St. Malachy's College, Belfast in 1946. Father McKenna died in Carrickfergus hospital on June 24 1979.Father Brendan McGarry who succeeded Father McKenna as Parish Priest had been President of St. MacNissi's College, Garron Tower, Carnlough, before coming to Carrickfergus. It was replaced in 1839-1840 by the In the 1840s the county of Carrickfergus was dissolved and Carrickfergus town became a part of County Antrim, as it remains today. Twin gable roofs were installed, made from green oaks downed in County Wicklow by Storm Ophelia in 2017, and assembled using timber pegs and traditional medieaval techniques where possible.
The well was quite familiar to pilgrims and would undoubtedly have been connected to monastic activity in the area during the 10th and 11th centuries, about which very little is known. On 31st December 1976 Veronica transferred to Birmingham and on February 11th 1977 was received as a novice.
Eight years later, the Anglo-Norman knight John de Courcy invaded Ulster and established his castle on a volcanic dyke at Carrickfergus in 1180.Between 1203 and 1205, De Courcy was ousted from Ulster by another Anglo-Norman knight, Hugh De Lacy. After graduation he studied in Maynooth College where he was ordained on 25 June 1925. Despite St Nicholas’ own doubts, it is clear that the church was affiliated with Woodburn.de Courcy began to mint his own coinage in Carrickfergus and Downpatrick. They landed at Strangford and proceeded to besiege Dundrum Castle, which de Courcy himself had built. Carrickfergus found itself entangled at the very heart of national and European politics when, in 1688, the town and castle were held by the garrison troops for James II despite the population’s overwhelming sympathy for the Williamite cause. It was then the National School which was inter-denominational. The castle garrison formed a guard of honour as the townspeople applauded his arrival. At that time the medical officer of the jail was a Doctor Stewart whom Father McMullan unfortunately offended by speaking disparagingly of his skill. The title of the church will be THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES. Reputedly buried at Monkstown, Newtownabbey, the area was thereafter variously called Carriag na Ferg, Krag, Carriag, Knock, Krag Fergus, and of course, Carraig Fhearghus, meaning ‘rock of Fergus’. St Nicholas’ own website queries whether the church was granted to the Woodburn Abbey of the White Canons or the later Friary of the Franciscan monks located in the town proper. Scottish General Robert Munro arrived in Ireland the same year to put down the Irish rebels and protect the protestant settlers. The Most Reverend Patrick Walsh, Bishop of Down and Connor gave the Solemn Blessing and Re-opened the Church, encouraging the parishioners to go forward in faith and hope. Father Crossin, a man of great pastoral vision and an authority on the liturgy, came to Carrickfergus at a very difficult time in 1993. Unfortunately a short time afterwards Father Crossin was hospitalised with heart trouble. General Robert Munro captured the castle and took over the town for the Scots, but between 1648 and 1649 control of the castle would change three times. Afterwards he worked in the family business for a number of years before deciding to go to St. Peter's College, Wexford to study for the priesthood. Chichester asked his commander, Captain Merriman:Merriman and the commander of the cavalry, Moses Hill, agreed with Chichester’s suggestion and the troops engaged the Scots in battle – and so began the Battle of Pin Well, fought in Aldfracken Glen near modern-day Ballycarry. de Lacy married Emmeline de Riddlesford in around 1242 and died childless sometime after the 26th of December 1242 according to most accounts, leaving the Earldom of Ulster to become extinct and revert to the crown. Before his appointment to Carrickfergus he ministered in the parishes of Belfast, Ahoghill and Saul. The First Battalions of the elite It is known that prisoners-of-war were imprisoned in Carrickfergus during World War II. Carrickfergus became an inhabited town shortly after 1170, when Anglo Norman knight John deCourcy invaded Ulster, established his headquarters in the area and built Carrickfergus Castle on the rock of Fergus in 1177. The people of Carrickfergus were sad to lose their kind priest and even sadder to learn of his sudden death in August 1998.Father Hugh Crossin came as Parish Priest to Carrickfergus in 1993 from the neighbouring parish of St. James, Whiteabbey where he had been Parish Priest since 1982. Carrickfergus was the county town (seat) of Antrim until 1850. However the spiritual life of the parishioners grew and was deepened during those difficult years.
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