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has had three churches — first, the pre-Reformation church at 

 Lough Beg, which did duty till about 1664, when Jeremy Taylor 

 built another and more central church, which in 1824 gave way 

 to the present parish church. The second church, from its 

 position between the first and last, became known as the 

 '•'middle church." A brief visit was made to the present parish 

 church, which contains the Royal arms of England, dating from 

 the reign of Charles II., and was formerly hung in the middle 

 church when Ballinderry had the distinction of being a garrison 

 centre. The chalice of this church is also of interest, and is of 

 beaten silver, and engraved on it is the following : — "The cwp 

 of Balanderey Chwrch." 



The next stoppage was at the middle church, which derives- 

 its interest from its connection with Jeremy Taylor, who built 

 it, and from, the fact that it stands as an almost solitary example 

 of a Jacobean country church in Ireland. It still contains the 

 old-fashioned "square" pews and the "three-decker" pulpit, 

 which was considered an indispensable necessity almost down 

 to fifty years ago. This church in 1897 was in the last stages of 

 its decrepit old life, when the generous munificence of Mrs. 

 Walkington, of Ballinderry. restored it as a free gift to the 

 parish. The visitor will note the beautiful old Irish oak-work,, 

 the old brass candlesticks, the collecting "spoons," and many 

 other relics of old-time customs and building construction. 

 Again returning to the carriages, the drive was continued to 

 the cross-roads, where a walk was commenced to the ruins of 

 the pre-Reformation church of the parish. Here a halt was 

 called, as one of the Club's former secretaries expressed it, "to 

 make different arrangements for carrying the lunch." 



This church was erected near the shores of Lough Beg — 

 a small lake containing about one square mile of water, divided 

 from the greater lake. Lough Neagh, by a neck of land about 

 half a mile wide. It appears to have been built on an artificial 

 island in the centre of a bog. surrounded by a fosse and lined 

 with double hedges, which add wonderfully to the picturesque- 

 ness of the spot, and it is approached by a narrow road through 

 the low-lying field. The church is now a ruin, and possessss 



