Here you can find out when the church services are and a wee bit about each church.

The cross on the right is to be found in St. Mura's old graveyard at Fahan. See details below in the Section on St Mura's.

Church Services in the Fahan Group

Christ Church, Buncrana

St. Mura's, Fahan

Parish Mission Statement

The Lord's Prayer    ( in Irish )

Church Services in the Fahan Group

The Parish is situated on the Inishowen Peninsula, the northernmost part of Co. Donegal. Originally there were five churches in the Group but only two now remain open for regular Sunday worship. They are Christ Church, Buncrana, Parish of Fahan Lower, and St. Mura's, Fahan, Parish of Fahan Upper.

Christ Church, Buncrana
Services every Sunday at 10.30 a.m.
1st and 3rd Sundays of each month...... Holy Communion
2nd and 4th Sundays of each month.........Morning Prayer
5th Sunday of each month...... Morning Prayer and Litany

St. Mura's, Fahan
Services every Sunday at 12 noon.
1st and 3rd Sundays of each month..........Morning Prayer
2nd and 4th Sundays of each month......Holy Communion
5th Sundayof each month........Morning Prayer and Litany

On Christmas Day and Easter Day service times as follows.

Festival Eucharist: 9.00 a.m. St. Mura's Fahan and at 10.30 a.m. Christ Church, Buncrana.

Other special services as announced.

Christ Church, Buncrana ( Parish of Fahan Lower)

Christ Church ( built 1804 ) is situated at the heart of the town of Buncrana in the Market Square, and the clock on the tower is known as the Town Clock. The parish registers show that at one time the church, to all intents and purposes, served as the Garrison Church for the large number of British soldiers who served here before partition.

The Parish Hall stands at the bottom of the graveyard and was originally built as the Church of Ireland School in 1856. It is used by community groups in the town including  the Inishowen Country Market.

The Parish School, St. Mura's is a two teacher school with an enrolment of 40 pupils, boys and girls, ages 4-12, representing the three major denominations in Ireland, i.e. Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Roman Catholic. The school is under the patronage of the Bishop of Derry & Raphoe, the Rt. Rev. Ken Good.

St. Mura's, Fahan ( Parish of Fahan Upper )

St. Mura's stands at the entrance to the village of Fahan on the main Derry to Buncrana road, on a site that dates back to early celtic christianity. Across the road from the present building dated 1820, are the remains of the old church built on the monastic site of St. Mura's Abbey, and in the graveyard is the ancient St. Mura's cross,( 8th cent.) a celtic cross etched on a stone slab. The new church is typical of the period in which it was built, with the chancel and sanctuary added in 1898. Among the many memorials in the church is a tablet erected in memory of Agnes Elizabeth Jones, a nurse who serverd with Florence Nightingale, and for those who are interested in stained glass, a window by Evie Hone depicting St. Elizabeth of Hungary. In the graveyard there is an impressive memorial to the 350 seamen who lost their lives with the sinking of HMS Laurentic during the 1st World War, 73 of them are buried here.( see the Gallery page)

We are especially proud of our link with Cecil Frances Alexander, the well known hymn writer. Her husband William was rector of the Parish of Fahan Upper before becoming Bishop of Derry and eventually Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. The mosaic in the sanctuary is a gift in her memory.

Parish Mission Statement

The parish subscribes to the Derry and Raphoe Diocesan mission statement drawn up for the decade of evangelism, and within the "VISION 2000" programme, in that it should be

" a renewed church reaching out into the community."

In practical terms this means that each member of the parish should try their best to represent the Church of Ireland, with its distinctive ethos, in a community where we are a small minority. Members of the grouped parish are totally integrated within the community in its civic, cultural and sporting activities.

 The Lord's Prayer   in Irish