under the gallery to be finished in like manner, and a bede to show in the under side, next to the plaster. To put 3 pillars under the girt, 8 inches square, and to be subject to other improvements of the trustees. To put 4 tiers of good sufficient strong seats across the gallery well braced, and 4 cleats placed or nailed in a horizontal direction 9 inches wide. and to run parallel with the seats, and also a base board put around the gal- lery on the top 9 inches deep and all to be finished in a workmanlike manner, and in such time not to prevent the plasterer from performing his contract in whatever time he chooses, and the aforesaid work to be subject to the inspection of the Trustees, or any other man they choose to get, and in consideration of the said work being performed according to the agreement, the above mentioned Michael Kelly and James Askin, to receive from the Trustees one third of the money on demand, and the remainder (8.13.4) paid when the work is completed, and with regard to any failure of either of those parties of any part of the agreement to be subject to a penalty of (£10) ten pounds.

Arthur Kelly his Francis Malone Michael Kelly James Smythe mark Witness present his James Duffy William Askin mark

This church was used by the people of St. Joseph’s Parish, up until 1894 when it was decided to build a “grand new wooden Church”. It was necessary to move the building across the road to a new site. Here it rested for many years, and served the people as a parish hall, until 1964, when it again had to be moved to a site behind the present church because of the construction of a new road. Here it rested ingloriously with no floor, its underpinning somewhat rotted, until 1968 when after several meetings to decide its fate, and the cost of restoration being too high, it was demolished in July of that year. What took a long time to build, many a heart ache, and hard earned money, was levelled in a few short minutes.

The second church was erected in 1898, dedicated that same year, destroyed by fire Christmas Eve, 1914. a??? ,. '7 ,-