Restoration Project Brochure

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Kilkishen Chrch ofIreland RestorationProject

Email: [email protected]

K ILK ISH EN C H UR C H

O F IR ELA N D

RESTORATION PROJECT

A Plan to nance the transformation

of the Church to a Cultural Centre

AuguST 2011


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The church was

erected in 1811

as a place of worship

for the local Church of

Ireland Community. It

was funded by a grant of

800 from the Board of

First Fruits. The Architect

was James Payne and

the architectural style is

known as First Fruits

Gothic. A dwelling house

for the resident minister,called the Glebe, was also

provided across the road

from the church. The

church closed in 1964

and has lain vacant and

in disrepair since then.

It is a stone built structure with cut

limestone detailing. Orientation of thebuilding is approximately East-West.

The walls are supported by 4 buttresses

at the corners. A square bell tower

was added to the original structure in

1834. The building is surrounded by

a cemetery with an underground vault

to the rear.

Paddy Clancy of Gortnaglearagh,

who lives a few hundred yards from

the church, has fond memories of

helping his father James to replace

the front door of the building with an

oak framed door in the gothic style. It

was in the early 1940s and his father

had also the task of distempering the

walls and doing general maintenance

of the building for the church body.Paddy remembers a small stairs inside

the front door leading to the rst

oor of the tower which was the level

for ringing the bell. Lucas Wade was

the clerk of the church at this time

and Michael Doggy Nash was theclerk of the nearby Catholic church..

The story goes that at 12 midnight

on New Years Eve, there would be a

competition between Lucas and Doggy

as to who could keep their bell ringing

the longest. Paddy also remembers the

Harvest Festival in the grounds of the

church every year. This comprised a

display of crops such as corn, potatoes

and all types of vegetables and owers

followed by a thanksgiving service.

Afterwards, the attendees would retire

to the Glebe for some refreshments. The

last member of the Church of Ireland

community to reside in this house was

Miss Graham who was originally from

Castlecrine and when she died in themid fties she was buried in a private

family plot in Castlecrine.

A BR IEF H IST O RY O F T H E C H UR C H

Interior view of the existing building

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PR O PO SED N EW C EN T R E

F UN C T IO N A L IT Y O F

T H E N EW C EN T R E

The building will be developed asa Cultural/Heritage Centre for use

by all the community and visitors

and tourists to the area.

The new development will provide

a supervised social and advice

centre for all the community,

especially young people and the

aged.

The building will act as an

Information Centre with an

interactive visual display providing

information on the local area

including amenities and local

history. Local heritage artifacts will

be on display.

It will be the starting point for

walking trails and loop walks.The building will be equipped

with computers with internet

access, ofce equipment, TV and

Tea / Coffee making facilities.These facilities will be of

particular benet to local

groups and small businesses

holding meetings in the centre.

An exhibition area will be

available to local visual artists

Practice/Teaching facilities will

be included for local music/dance/drama groups

The building contains a purpose

built room suitable for evening

classes, lectures or courses

Other activities that could be

accommodated are a writing

centre and a genealogy centre.

Should you have an activity that is notincluded above and might be suitable

for the new centre then feel free to

discuss it with any of the committee.

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN

gROuND FLOOR PLAN

FLO O R PLA N S

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The Kilkishen Deelopment Association,

chaired by Mike Hogan, is the leading group

of this project. It was they who realised

the potential of the building, arranged

feasibility studies, negotiated with the

owners, appointed a building design team

and co-ordinated with local and other

statutory authorities. The total project cost

is in the region of 550,000. Well over half

of this amount will be funded from Irish

and European sources, leaving the balance

to be locally funded.

A fndraisin committee, under the

chairmanship of Patsy Neville and report-

ing to the Development Association, was

set up to source local funding. This com-

mittee has prepared a fundraising plan

which is detailed in this brochure.

The fundraising committee comprises

the following people. Patsy Neville (chair-

man) 087 9691415, John Lyons (deputy

chairman) 087 678 1833, Olivia King 086

868 1593 (secretary/treasurer), Margaret

OHalloran (deputy secretary/treasurer)

087 950 5662, Michael McNamara, Jamai-

ca Inn (PRO) 087 248 7452, John Torpey,

Elizabeth Brady, Frances Dillon, Laura

Woods, Elsie Hartigan, Frank Cahill, Pad-

dy Clancy, Aggie McCarthy, Patricia Ryan.

Tommy McMahon Clonbrick, Mike Harti-

gan, Cathal Nolan, JP Guinane and Coun-

cillor PJ Ryan + members of the Kilkishen

Development Association.

A Reest for Contined Spport from

the Chairman of the Kilkishen Deel-

opment Association.

Since the closure of the Church of Ire-

land Church in 1964, the local commu-

nity have been anxious not to allow this

ne 200 year old building to fall into dis-

repair. For several years, the acquisition

has been on various agendas of Muintir

Na Tire guild, the Community Council

and more recently the Kilkishen Develop-

ment Association. Finally in 2010, when

the building became available, a three

man negotiating team from the Kilkish-

en Development Association was set up,

namely Joe Meaney, John Lenihan and

myself. Following a series of meetings

with representatives from the Church of

Ireland; Rev. Bob Hanna and Edwin Bai-

ley, a deal was brokered pending plan-

ning permission.

A planning team was subsequently put

in place to develop the project, this team

is made of the :- Joe Meaney, Genevieve

McHale, Elizabeth Brady, John Lenihan,

Oliva King, Patricia Ryan, Noel Scanlon,

Margaret OHalloran, Gwen Bowen and

myself. A Feasibility Study of the building

was carried out by Stanford Architects

Ltd. with the help of a LEADER grant and

plans were drawn up. A fundraising com-

mittee is now in place under the leader-

ship of Patsy Neville. The committee has

put ambitious plans in place to raise the

necessary funds and have already raised

approximately 10,000 in a short space

of time. I wish to thank all those involvedto date for their support and dedication.

What was a community dream is now be-

coming a reality.

With your help we can bring this proj-

ect to fruition for current and future gen-

erations, so please support our ongoing

nancial activities.

Mike Hoan,

Chairman,

Kilkishen Development Association.

PR O JEC T ST R UC T UR E

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M A IN R EV EN UE G EN ER AT O R S

NAMINg RIgHTS

Donations of 5000 to hae a space in the New Centre in or famil

or compan name. There are 3 options here: Main Hall, Mezzanine

and Tower.Donations of 1000 to hae a Window or Bttress in or famil

name, there are 10 options here.

Donation of 500 to hae or famil name inscribed on a donors

plae.

MONTHLy INvESTORS CLuB DRAW

There will be a monthl draw for cash prizes of 1000, 100 and 50.

The cost of entr to the draw is 20 per month or 240 for the ear.

In addition, there will be a special once-off draw for 500, limited to

those who pa the fll 240 in adance.

The rst draw takes place on Sat 1 st October and afterwards on the

rst Saturday night of every month at alternating venues.

To enter the monthl draw, either;

Pay 20 deposit at sign up by cash or cheque and 20 monthly1.

thereafter by Bank Standing Order. A standing order mandate form is

included in the following page.

Pay 240 (one years subscription) by cash or cheque.2.

Please note:

Cheques should be made payable to Kikishen Development Association.1.

Cash or cheques may be given to any committee member or cheques2.

may be posted to Treasurer Olivia King at the address on the following

page.

Receipts will be issued for all cash and cheque payments.3.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Please take time out to review this brochure and decide how you would like to support

this major project.

If you wish to discuss naming rights, please contact:Pats Neille (Chairman) at

087 9691415 or Michael McNamara (PRO) at 087 248 7452.

If you wish to enter the monthly draw, ll in the registration form on the following page

and return it to Olivia King or to a member of the committee with your payment.

If you have any questions regarding the draw, contact any of the fundraising

committee members listed on page 5. They will be happy to advise you.

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REgISTRATION FORMTo participate in the monthly draw, please complete this form and hand it to a

member of the fundraising committee or post it to Olivia King, 26 Cluain na Laoi,

Kilkishen, Co. Clare, with your payment.

Please indicate how o plan to pa:

Annual cash Annual cheque Monthly standing order

If you are paying by standing order, please ll in the standing order form below.

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REquEST FOR STANDINg ORDERComplete this form and retrn it to or Bank

Date: . . . . . . /. . . . . ./. . . . . .

To: The Manaer

Bank Name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Please chare to m accont:

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Accont No: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sort Code: __ __-__ __-___

Pament Ref No:(please enter your telephone number here). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Beneciary Details:

Name of Accont: Kilkishen Development Association #2

Bank: Bank of Ireland Branch: Tulla, Co. Clare

Sort Code: 90-44-80 Accont Nmber: 83720109

Amont: 20 Interal: Monthly

With the 1st payment on: 10 /_____/______ (enter month/year)

My/our account will at all times contain sufcient funds to enable each payment to

be effected on the due date.

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