COMPUTERS PROJECTS 2004

First Church in Ovens
                                                                                            by Kieran O'Leary

1796
Flynn’s Chronicle (newspaper)

Rev. William O’ Brien, P.P. wrote thanks to John Hawkes of Surmount for donation of a large chapel and suitable yard near Ovens Bridge rent-free forever.

Ø      Built in1831

Ø      Replaced old thatched one

Ø      Seating made by Con Sheehan. Stained glass windows donated by William Bowen Murphy and Daniel Murphy

Ø      Priest’s house built in 1935

Ø      Renovated in 1985

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