St Augustine's Church

St Augustine's takes its name from the Augustinian monastery which was located here from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century. The current church is relatively modern, but there has been an evangelical presence on this site for some 1,400 years. It is thought that this may actually be the site of the Dub Regles or Black Church founded by St Columba in the 6th century.

On both visits to the church the gates were locked so all of the photographs had to be taken throught the railings, making it virtually impossible to get any really detailed shots.

Next to the railing, the grave of the Rev. William McClure who was the minister of the First Presbyterian Church for 49 years until his death in 1874. The First Presbyterian Church, just a short distance from St Augustine's, does not have a graveyard.


First Presbyterian Church, Londonderry.

 

 

 

All images copyright © 1999, 2001 Alan Wilson