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 The Future at Cahans The
Cahans (cross community) Project Committee has worked for 10 years to
secure funding to renovate and develop the 1840 building and site to
give it a new future with a variety of uses the Committee have
identified including as a meeting place where people within the local
community and from parts of the world where former Cahans people are
scattered. Good numbers of these return to visit each year. The
Committee also see it as a centre which will tell the story of
Presbyterianism, particularly in Ireland, and the distinctive place of
Cahans in that story. It will further show the witness and influence of
Cahans congregation through the centuries, and offer a place where
service and sacrifice in world wars will be commemorated.
Only a
limited amount of money has been raised, and to date the only work that
has been possible on the church building has been reroofing. This, at
least, leaves it secure for the foreseeable future. Good local grants
from Monaghan County Council and the Department of the Environment have
helped in this.
Much
more needs to be done - windows, flooring, replastering, pointing, and
more, and will be done as money becomes available.
The
reroofing has required the Committee to apply to Ballybay Credit Union
for significant loans which need to be repaid.
Only
with the help of friends in our community, and worldwide, will this be
possible.
The
Committee holds different fund raising events - an auction, coffee
morning, table quiz among them.
Further support from interested people is needed and the Committee invite you to become a Friend of Cahans by making a donation, large or small. Anyone interested in the making a donation should contact the Committee. |
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