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Church in An Clochán

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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.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG080-030002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • MarieDub, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Pearse MacIntyre, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John M, Wikimedia Commons
  • Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons
  • Donegal Daily (publisher); individual photographer not stated, www.donegaldaily.com
  • Einaz80, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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