an old cynic's view

By superhero

I think this was a well

In Eaglesham, the village was at one time much over populated with churches. The Secession Church broke away from the established church in 1733 and established a church of the Burgher Faction, the Cameronian Church in Glendinning Place. Sometime after the church closed, the meeting house became the Old Concert Hall for a time before being converted to a private residence. Eaglesham Old and Carswell Church and Session House were built in 1788 and contained 480 sittings. The building was formerly the Carswell United Presbyterian Church (the United Presbyterian Church was formed in 1847 following the union between the Secession Church and the Relief Church) before it merged in 1900 with the Free Kirk who had their church in what is the present church halls in Montgomery Street opposite Mid Road. In 1929, the united congregations became the Carswell Church of Scotland before finally merging with the Parish Church to form the present Eaglesham Parish Church. The Carswell church is now the Carswell Halls and takes its name after the Rev. William Carswell who was ordained in 1827. In 1857, a Roman Catholic church was established mainly for Irish immigrant workers in the cotton mill and farms. St. Bridget, born in 451 at Faughart near Dundalk is the patroness of the church. Archibald, 13th Earl of Eglinton and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland provided land behind 'Mayfield' in Polnoon Street for the church building which has sittings for 450 worshippers. Fr. Michael Cronin was the first Parish Priest from 1857-1882.

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