St Columba's Church, Burtonport is a Catholic church which serves the coastal village of

Burtonport or (English name: Burtonport) is a fishing village about northwest of Dungloe in The Rosses district of County Donegal, Ireland. The main employers in the village were the Burtonport Fishermen's Co-op and the ''Bord Iascaigh Mhara Bord ...

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconne ...

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. The church was built in 1898-1899. It was the second church built in the parish after St Mary's in Belcruit, 1856. St. Mary’s had a permanent curate until 2004 and both mainland churches are now served by one parish priest. The third church of the parish, St. Crone’s, is on Arranmore Island. Fr. John Boyce is the curate. Fr. Dan McDyer added the sacristy during his tenure. Fr. Dan O’Doherty added the bell tower in 1999 to mark the new millennium. The old parochial house sat where St. Columba’s Community Centre is now situated and housed a Parish priest and a curate. The new parochial house was built in 1985 by Fr. Dan McDyer. The parish belongs to the Diocese of Raphoe.

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