A Donegal priest has thanked all those who helped repair a local church after it was extensively damaged by storm force winds.
Structural damage including several broken windows was caused to St Michael’s Church in Creeslough yesterday.
The damage was first noticed by sacristan John Whoriskey who contacted local priests Fr Martin Doohan and Fr John Joe Duffy.
The priests put out a call to local tradesemen in a bid to help carry out the repairs.
Fr Duffy said he wanted to thank all those who helped secure the building and who carried out the repairs.
He said “A building contractor living in our parish was the first to respond immediately and with his workers, many other tradesmen, workers and others from our parish, our community and other places beyond including a teacher from Belfast responded so generously going out working under very wet and horribly cold conditions to repair the storm damage caused to our Church.
“I want to thank those who sourced materials and went to such great lengths and those who facilitated us.”
Fr Duffy added that by 4pm the emergency repairs and the securing of the Church was complete and St Michaels was once ready once again for the people to enter and to pray.
“Such generosity on the part of these great generous men who left families on a Bank Holiday on this very cold, wet and blustery day to come out and give of their time is so much appreciated.
“Thank you to the youngest man who was here today Liam Toye who did trojan work together with all the others.
“Thank you to the architect who travelled from East Donegal, to the Allianz Representative in Donegal and thanks to Colette Boyle and her team for all your help.
“I cannot thank enough all of you who helped today and your families. May God reward you for your kindness, goodness and generosity to us in our hours of need.
God bless you all and from the bottom of my heart a very sincere thank you.”
