Restoration Journey
A unique and intimate space run by
Laragh Heritage Group, Monaghan.
1890
Tin Tabernacle at Laragh was consecrated St Peter's.
1903
Its first and only wedding
1963
Laragh Tin Church was closed for the last time.
2004
The gate was retored by members of the McKean family.
2010 - 2011
The severe and very cold winters took their toll.
Time nearly won as the spire began to wave a last good-bye.
2012
The Laragh Heritage group was set up in August.
The well received Christmas cards in December helped launch the campaign to save the tin church.
The Tin Church - Evaluation to Accompany Declaration of Protected Structure
2013
The year started with a very well attended Nollaig na mBan walk, followed in February with a concert by Eimear Quinn and in May the Monaghan Gospel choir.
The essential emergency work could now begin, almost 51 years after it closed.
The harvest festival held in Oct at Coleman's with the Fuzzy Burgers, the Deery Family and the heritage walk will be long remembered. Laragh village itself became a museum piece on the Sunday.
In December the cockeral weather vane was replaced on the top of the now solid spire. An important milestone in the restoration.
2014
There was still much to do in 2014 to bring the church back to a useable building and ready for the grand opening in September 2014...
2016
2016 Santa arrives to the Tin Church
2017
2017
Small windows are removed, cleaned, and repainted.
2017
Church exterior is repainted
2021
Santa arrived back in the Tin Church
2022
Church is repainted.
