DUNGANNON
Drumglass Killyman Tullyniskin

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Dear Parishioners,

A young boy dearly wanted a bike as a present from his parents for his ninth birthday, and he pestered them about it for weeks beforehand. His parents talked it over together and decided that there were four possible answers to the request. The first and easiest would be to say “Yes” and get the bike for the boy. But they lived near a very busy road and feared that the bike might endanger the lad’s safety, so this might indicate a “No” answer. On the other hand they could promise him a bike for his tenth or eleventh birthday, when he would be older and better able to take care of himself on the road. This would be the “Wait” answer. Or they could opt for an “If” answer – if you do certain household chores, if you make a contribution to the bike from your savings, if you solemnly undertake never to bring the bike on the public road, then we’ll buy it for you.
What was never in doubt at any time was the parents care and love for their young son. But that love could be expressed by any one of four possible answers – Yes, No, Wait, If. The boy might not understand the love behind the answers other than Yes, but the love would be genuine despite his not understanding it.

And so it is with our prayers of petition. The truth is that when we ask, we do always receive – maybe not always what we want, or when we want it, but whatever God sees to be best for us, long term. God’s beneficent love for us, not our short term desires, is the bottom line.
Our Pastoral Area
As you are aware, the parishes of Clonfeacle, Dungannon and Eglish are now clustered as one of the eighteen Pastoral Areas in the Archdiocese of Armagh. We are confident that the three parishes will work closely together for the pastoral benefit of all our people and for the building up of God’s kingdom. At a recent meeting of priests and people, representing the three parishes, there was some discussion about choosing a name that would be suitable for our Pastoral Area. We would like to invite parishioners from the three parishes to submit for consideration sample names that would reflect the spiritual and historical nature of the three parishes and that would at the same time identify us as a distinctive pastoral area.  We would particularly welcome suggestions from young people. You are asked to write the name(s) on a separate page and return before Sunday 15th August.

With every Blessing,
Colum Curry PP

When the parishes of Ireland came to be marked out from the twelfth century on, three parishes emerged which would one day be united to form the present day parish of Dungannon – Drumglass, North of the modern town, Tullyniskin to the North East, and Killyman to the South –East. The following town lands were appointed for the support of these three parish churches and their clergy: Rossbeg, Rossmore, Ranaghan, Derraghadoan, Tullygun and Tullycullion and Creenagh for the support of Drumglass and Tullyniskin, and Kinnego, Moyroe and Laghey for the support of Killyman.
At the end of the 15th century a Friary for the Franciscan Order was built at Washingford and endowed with the townlands of Ballysaggart, Killymaddy, Mullaghannagh and Mulboy. That was the beginning of the Franciscan connection with Dungannon and they continued to minister in the Dungannon area until the early 19th century.
St Oliver Plunkett visited Dungannon often and mentions it in his letters to Rome. In 1673 he ordained Roger Phelan for the parish of Killyman –as the three united parishes were then being called –and throughout the worst period of the Penal Laws this heroic figure served for over sixty years as parish priest of this parish. He lived in Creenagh and after his death in 1735 he was buried under a tombstone which is still decipherable in the old graveyard at Mullinakill. His successor, Fr John Rogers, was parish priest for another forty years. The life span of these two parish priests covered more than a century.
The growth of religious tolerance enabled the first Catholic Mass-house to be erected in the town in the late 18th century and this was succeeded in the early 19th century by the first church on the present site in the town. In the 1860’s it was decided that a larger building was required and the present St. Patrick’s Church was built. It was dedicated on Trinity Sunday, 11th June 1876. These are some of the roots of our faith today.

Go dtuga Dia duinn an creideamh a mhuin Naomh Padraig, patrun an pharoiste seo, dar sinsir i dtus ama, a choinneail ar lasadh inar gcroi fein agus e a thabhairt do na gluinte a thiocfas inar ndiaidh.

Church of St. Patrick's (1876)

Church of St. Malachy, Edendork (1814)

Church of St. Brigid, Killyman, (1786)

Church of Sacred Heart, Clonmore, (1837)

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