The story of a tin church built for love, almost lost, and saved by locals in Laragh – Irish Independent

A community in Co Monaghan saved a “tin tabernacle” dating from 1890, and the church helped revive a sense of place and destination.

There is a beautiful tin church built on a rock in south Monaghan.

Seeking it out, following the sat nav up from Carrickmacross, a bend in the road brought me into a little woodland gorge. The landscape quickly switched from farmland to fairytale. It was like driving into Instagram — the corrugated walls, russet-red roof and cockerel-topped spire of the church popped out, perched on a rock by a trickling stream.

Read the full article here: https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/ireland/the-story-of-a-tin-church-built-for-love-almost-lost-and-saved-by-locals-in-laragh-40879345.html