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The Catholic parish of Drumbo was erected in late 1943 by Bishop Daniel Mageean in response to an offer of land from Mr Patrick Mallon as the site for a church. After the Belfast Blitz an influx of Belfast families to the area coupled with the arrival of US troops increased the Catholic population.
Drumbo (from Irish Druim Bó, meaning 'ridge of the cow') [1] is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about 6 miles (10 km) south of Belfast city centre, 3 miles (5 km) east of Lisburn and 3 miles (5 km) west of Carryduff .
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The Diocese of Down and Connor, (Latin: Dioecesis Dunensis et Connorensis; Irish: Deoise an Dúin agus Chonaire) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Ireland. It is one of eight suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Armagh. Bishop Alan McGuckian ...
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The site of the Drumbo round tower and medieval monastery is one of the oldest religious foundations in Ireland. In the life of Saint Patrick , which is contained in the Book of Armagh , the name Drumbo signifies "the long hill of the cow," which was translated into Collum Bovis , a name by which the ancient church was known.
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St. Patrick's Cathedral [1] or Skibbereen Cathedral [2] [3] in Skibbereen, Ireland, [4] is parish of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Cork and Ross. It was the seat of the former Diocese of Ross , but lost cathedral status when the see was merged with the Diocese of Cork in 1958.