The historic Collon Church of Ireland is set for a triumphant return to service.
The church had to close due to issues with the roof, but extensive and lengthy repairs have paved the way for its reopening.
Friends of Collon Church are delighted to announce the church will host services again this Sunday, November 12 and there will be a Christmas Carol concert on December 7.
There is a new roof and the plaster inside has been repaired and repainted. The inside again looks stunning.
The Ardee Baroque Festival will hold two concerts on Saturday evening, November 25 and Sunday afternoon November 26.
Friends of Collon Church will hold a Gala Concert of Christmas Carols and readings on Thursday, December 7.Collon Church has been described as an elegant structure of hewn limestone, in the ancient style of English architecture and modelled on the plan of the chapel of King’s College, Cambridge. Collon and its church are closely associated with the Foster family who arrived in County Louth in the 1600s. In 1764 the Fosters erected the first Church of Ireland church in Collon and a bible inscribed with this date still survives.
In 1810 the Fosters decided to build anew on a site immediately to the south of the eighteenth-century church and, begun in 1811, the present church was ready to hold its first service in September 1815.
Friends of Collon Church was set up to help maintain and repair the historic building and have been assisted by grant aid as well as some incredible fundraising projects.