Chalice:
Deo
In usum Ecclesiæ Parochialis
de Murragh Calicem hunc
suis impensis instauratum et Auctum Dicavit Daniel
Lord, S.T.D., Rector ibidem.
Anno Christi 1704.
Loosely translated -
This chalice dedicated, restored* and enlarged at his own expense
Daniel Lord, S.T.D. (Doctor of Sacred Theology/Divinity)
Rector of this place
In the year of Christ 1704
Paten:
The Gift of Danniel Lord
DD to the parish Church of Murragh.
(The spelling of Daniel with two n’s on paten)
Hallmarks
Made in Cork (ship) as early as 1686*
Ronald W A Le Bas Assay Master writes –
We
are of the opinion that this is the mark of - Robert Goble, Master (Silversmith)
1672,
Master 1677 & 1694-5 Maker of the sumptuous 1696 Mace of the Trade Guilds
of the City of Cork Died 1719, Buried in the Huguenot burial place, French
Church Street.
Some events before and during its lifetime
Murragh was a distinct parish of twelve square miles in medieval times and continued to be so until united with Kilbrogan (North Bandon) in 1692
Church in good repair
1692 Murragh with Kilbrogan
1700 The River Bandon already undermining the church.
1714 Roman Catholics hold only 7% of land in Ireland.
1739-1741 Famine (the ‘forgotten famine’)
1782 Legislative Independence won from Britain by Irish Parliament.
1796 Murragh no longer with Kilbrogan
1798 Revolution
1801 Act of Union. This joined the Irish and English parliaments and also formed the ‘United Church of England and Ireland.’
1808 Decisions made to change the site of the church
Murragh glebe-house built cost £1,850 15s 4½d
1810 New Church built
1811 Murragh new church was consecrated by the name of St Patrick on the land of Farranthomas, granted by Thomas Ware, esq. Cost of building church = £507 13s 10¼d
1816-1817 Famine
1822 Famine
1839 Robert St Lawrence had the chalice repaired at his own expense. A new base and stem was put on the chalice. (We can only guess that the paten had its base taken off at this time.) Both were now 135 years old.
1830 The Protestant population of Murragh is 374
1831 Famine
1845-1851 Famine and emigration.1866- 72
(1849 New Church at Kilowen)
1866-1872 James Freke Rector
Rev. J.S. Ruby presented a silver flagon and paid for
the erection of sheds for stabling the parishioners’ horses at the church.
1879 The parish of Templemartin joined to Murragh.
(Curates lived at Templemartin Glebe)
1879-1880 Rev. John Harding Cole (Templemartin) curate
Threat of famine. Evictions. Irish National League founded.
1879-1882 Land War
1880-1884 George Hamilton (at Templemartin) Curate
1914-1918 First World War.
1919-1921 Irish War of Independence against Britain
1920 Burning of Cork by Auxiliaries.
1921 December. Anglo Irish Treaty.
1923 End of Civil war
(3rd son of Richard C M Harbord)
Kilowen united to Murragh
1939-1945 Second World War
1959 Church reopened after renovation
1960-1972 Henry Hynes Rector
Murragh and Kilowen with Desertserges
???? Church closed
1965 Church extensively renovated and reopened
1973 Ireland joins the European Economic Community
1974 Church closed again under diocesan reorganisation
1973-1983 David John Patrick Llewellyn Rector
???? Church reopened
1984-1993 Ronald Peel Beresford Mathews Rector
1993-1998 David Cole Rector
1999-2002 Stuart Sandeman Burns Rector
2002 - Judith Frances Hubbard – Jones Rector
2004 Book of Common Prayer 2004 published
Information from
W. Maziere Brady - Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. Published Dublin 1863
J.H.Cole - Church and Parish Records of the United Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross Published Cork 1903
RCB Library, Dublin
2004 Judith F. Hubbard-Jones