The area around the junction of the Boghall and Killarney roads was quiet and rural up until the early 1970s. In 1973 work started on the 240-home local authority Oldcourt Estate, which was known locally as White City because of the cladding used. No trace of this remains however, as the estate was so badly constructed that only 12 years later it had to be completely rebuilt
Officially part of the parish of Our Lady Queen of Peace (see GC6MRNA), residents faced a return trip of 3.6km to visit the church. In 1975 Archbishop Dermot Ryan asked the Franciscan order to open a church in the area and the next year St. Fergal's opened in an old Nissen hut which remained until recent years when the Community Centre was built on the site. The church moved to the new building in 1980, but by 2000 the decline in vocations meant that the Franciscans could no longer staff the church and it was transferred to the diocese.
The Cache
The cache is a micro, please BYOP and a tweezers might be useful. Please put the cache back exactly where you find it! There is parking available in the church car park. The 45A, and 145 buses stop nearby. Please use discretion, as that this can be a very busy spot.
I want to place a Church Micro cache too...
The Church Micro IE series is open to everyone; if you have a church you would like to place a cache at then please contact THE_Chris through Geocaching.com. This is to keep track of the numbers of the churches and give you the general format for the cache page. In the UK there are nearly 10.,000 caches in the series so we have some catching up to do! Also, if you currently have a published cache at a church that you would like to include in the series, get in contact and we can add it.
Well done to ickelego, FadingD, sarahmur & The_Mother for 15 minutes from publication to FTF!