The building of Lavey Chapel

The Building of Lavey Chapel.

Father Regan PP published two bulletins in 1985 containing information taken from Parish records about the building of Lavey Chapel in the 1870s.
Priests in charge at that time were the Rev James Mclaughlin, P.P. and the Rev Daniel McLeer, C.C.
One bulletin listed some of the names of parishioners subscribing to the cost of building the church. Please note that Father Regan said that more names existed, he hoped to publish these also but unfortunately he died in 1989. The original bulletins gave an assessment amount opposite each name.
The other bulletin contained information about the cost of labour, material and the building of the various sections of the church.
Please note that the money system in use at that time was the British system of pounds, shillings and pence (eg £5.10.5 read as 5 pounds 10 shillings and 5 pennies). A pound equalled 20 shillings and a shilling had 12 pennies. Most of Ireland, in common with most of Western Europe, uses the Euro. Only six of the nine Ulster counties still use the decimal version of British pounds and pence, ie a pound equals 100 pence. I will leave it up to viewers to equate the values to their own currencies.
There is also a short paragraph about a mission in 1889.

I have quoted exactly from Father Regan's bulletins.

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The Building of Lavey Chapel.