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Christ Church, Strabane, Church of Ireland
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1619: Original church built.
1641: Original church replaced by a new Parish Church on Patrick Street.
1879: The second church building replaced by the current Church on Bowling Green.
Extracts from The Samuel Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1837:
The church built here in 1619, by the Earl of Abercorn, has, since the parliamentary war of 1641, been the parish church of Camus-juxta-Morne: it has been enlarged from time to time and is now a handsome cruciform structure in the Grecian style, with a cupola, and the arms of the founder over the principal entrance
this website has Baptism extracts 1803-1804.
Church of Ireland RSB Library (Dublin) holds Registers of Baptisms 1874-1908 and Marriages 1845-1907.
It is located at NV4938761624 (Lat/Lon 54.826318, -7.461627). You can see this on maps provided by:
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