Charity No. 20152826
Friends of Collon Church was set up to help maintain and repair historic Collon Church. Visit the Friends of Collon Church on Social Media Twitter and Facebook
Contact eMail friendsofcollonchurch@gmail.com
Donations can be made by Bank transfer to
Friends of Collon Church Ltd
IBAN: IE66 AIBK 9324 5093 0940 30
Collon Church is now listed as buildings of NATIONAL importance
Collon Church, an elegant structure of hewn limestone, in the ancient style of English architecture and modelled on the plan of the chapel of King’s College, Cambridge. Collon and its church are closely associated with the Foster family who arrived in County Louth in the 1600s. In 1764 the Fosters erected the first Church of Ireland church in Collon and a bible inscribed with this date still survives. In 1810 the Fosters decided to build anew on a site immediately to the south of the eighteenth-century church and, begun in 1811, the present church was ready to hold its first service in September 1815.
Latest News
The Church will open again for Church Services in November 2023 and a Carol Concert is planned for December 2023. And the Ardee Baroque Festival plan to hold two concerts in the Church in November 2023.
Upcoming Concerts
Gala Concert of Christmas Carols and Readings – 7th December at 7.30pm.
Friends of Collon Church are delighted to announce that Collon Church is open again, and invite you to a Gala […]
Fretwork- 26 November | 3:00 pm
In a first for Ardee Baroque, the internationally acclaimed Fretwork will perform a concert of old and new works. With […]
Irish Baroque Orchestra – 25 November | 7:30 pm
Ardee Baroque festival is delighted to welcome the return of the Irish Baroque Orchestra under its artistic director, Peter Whelan. […]
Ticket information
For Saturday & Sunday 25th & 26th November,Tickets available at antain.ie or call 042 933 2332
For Thursday 7th December, Tickets available at the door or can be reserved at friendsofcollonchurch@gmail.com or call 087 235 5645
Our Gallery
Our story so far
2023
In early 2023 the internal walls were painted and scaffolding was gradually removed. Wall memorials which had been temporarially removed were replaced. There was […]
2022
The year 2022 was fully occupied with restoration of the plasterwork. The seating, organ, pulpit and lectern were protected and impressive birdcage scaffolding was […]
2021
In early 2021 the Friends were occupied with repairing and replacing the original parapet stones over the east window. These stones had become unstable […]
2020
Church services ceased in February and the roof repair work began in March. However Covid restrictions caused the work to stop until June when […]
2019
During 2019 the Friends worked with Louth Co Council and professional advisors to locate contractors to re-slate the outer roof. And a further fund-raising […]
2018
In 2018 active fundraising continued towards the roof repair target of €150,000. There were several enjoyable and well attended fundraising events. The opera singer […]
2017
In 2017 the focus was on active fundraising to aim to raise money to repair the roof. The official fundraising campaign was launched in […]
2016
With these reports to hand the next step was to ask the Conservation Architect to produce a detailed Specification and Schedule of Work to […]
2015
In February 2015 the Church was reopened for Church service. The rest of 2015 was a year of study into the problem of how […]
2014
In 2014 the Friends set to work. There was a very successful fund raising garden party courtesy of the owners of Collon House. Work […]
2013
The Church was first opened in 1815 and was in continuous with its own rector until 1964 when it united with Ardee Union. It […]
Gallery of Roof Repairs
