St Anne's Church, Strandhill


This beautiful little church located at the foot of Knocknarea was built in1843.  It was built mostly by local gentry, partly due to the distance from the nearest church in Sligo, but also due to their reluctance to contrast their "rustic garb with that of the better-clad citizens of the town

Services are held every Sunday at Noon.

The Interior of the Church

The Interior of the Church is simple yet as the photographs below show there is some wonderful artistic beauty in the furniture and the East Window. The latter was added in1873. The church has a capacity of just 100. Average attendance is about 30. The church is lovingly maintained by the voluntary work of the parishioners.

     

There are many memorials in the Church to local notaries who died in various wars. Some of these families remain as parishoners

Also of interest are the carvings on the pews by pupils of the school at Primrose Grange (picture to the right). This school was later to become part of Sligo Grammar School

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