Magherahamlet Church of Ireland
on the road between Ballynahinch & Castlewellan on the western shore of McAuley's Lough

The original medieval church was at Templemoyle in Dunmore townland. This present church was built to serve tourists visiting at nearby Spa. It was built in 1816 at a cost of £500 from Board of First Fruits and enlarged in 1870. The rector before his death in 1833 was Rev. Alexander Browne. The church was described in 1836 as a plain ,rectangular, roughcast building with a square tower, capable of holding 230 people with an average attendance of 150. The rector at that time was Rev. Hannington Elijah Boyd.

Newspaper articles from Down Recorder;
Rectory for auction 20 Aug 1864; soiree to raise funds to acquire minister 29 Jan 1881; sustenation fund 7 May 1881;

Some records destroyed in Dublin but PRONI has births, deaths & marriages 1823- 1862; Graveyard attached ,gravestones UHF Vol 9; oldest stone 1822; email me for a gravestone look-up