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Abbeystrewry Church (Eircode P81 KP99) stands on a central site in Skibbereen town.  In 1827, the first church was built on the present site, replacing an earlier structure beside the river.  The 1827 building cost nearly £1,200 and was partly funded by a loan from the Board of First Fruits.  A larger structure, designed by William Henry Hill, was completed in 1890.  It incorporated part of the old church as transepts and retained the original tower, which has had a ring of six bells since 2002.  The craftsmanship in the church is of a very high quality.

https://www.abbeystrewry.com/our-churches

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Probably the ancestor of Myrtle Allen, mother in law of Darina Allen of Ballymaloe.  Award-winning chef, writer and founder of Ballymaloe House in Co Cork, Myrtle Allen, has died at the age of 94.

The mother in law of Laois native Darina Allen was born in Cork in 1924, Myrtle Hill was educated at Frencham Heights in England before transferring to school at Newtown in Waterford when World War II broke out.

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1890 Reopening Abbeystrewery (Skibbereen) Church. Many Parishioners Listed.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EfcyxiIfcXCUQ_9g7iiYcUy7_32wJX6I3FUawMOelbM/edit