What is recorded here
The Church of the Spaniard in Faugher was built in 1729 and the story is told that a shipwrecked Spanish sailor was given the Last Rites by the local priest and that he gave the priest some gold coins and asked him to build a church, hence the name Cill an Spainnigh.
Compiled by: Paddy O'Donovan
Date of upload: 1 March 2010
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