The church
The first Catholic Church was built in the Cootehill area around 750A.D. in what is known locally as the old graveyard in Church Street. It was dedicated to St. Michael. The Irish Church at this time was Monastic rather than Diocesan. It wasn’t until 1111 AD that a reorganisation of the church began which included the setting up of parishes with a resident priest for the first time.
In 1826 a church was built in the townland of Munnily at the bottom of “Chapel Lane”.
In July 1923 Fr. Hugh Brady was appointed PP and he continued the fundraising drive for a new church begun by his predecessor Fr. O’Connell. In May 1926 Mr John Carney sold the site for the present church for £60. Work commenced on the new site in 1927 and the Architects for the building were Hugh Brady & Son, Dublin who also designed the cathedral of Ss Patrick & Felim in Cavan. The work was carried out by Mr. Wynne from Dundalk. The entire cost of the building was £50,000.
The cache
The cache is not at the posted coordinates. The coordinates bring you to a sign with some information about the church.
The cache can be found at:
N54 04.(A) (E) (B+B) W007 04.A (D-B) (F+D)
All of the information can be found on the sign at the posted coordinates.
A = The number of month that the Church opened it's doors
BCDE = The year mentioned on the sign
F = The number of letters in the name of the place over the doorway in the church that contains the statue of the patron saint of the parish.
Checksum = 24