Saint Augustines Church

Architect: JG Ferguson. A neo-Gothic church of 1872. Built of whinstone with sandstone dressings, " it is delightfully situated on the City walls, surrounded by its graveyard and a pretty parish school and hall" ( Byrne and Frazer ). Hammerbeam roof inside. Listed building.

This church is locally known as the “Wee Church on the Walls” and is thought to be the site of the 6th Century Monastery of St. Columba or Colmcille (546 A.D.). This building was destroyed by fire in 1095. A second abbey was built in 1136, it later became known as Dubh Regles (Black Church) in 1423. The Church was used by the first English settlers as a place of worship in the 16th Century. The present building dates from 1872 and is in the design of 13th Century gothic style.