R11 Earl Bishop Trail 1 Ballykelly

Giant’s Causeway Tamlaghtfinlagan St Finian’s Church Downhill House & Mussenden Temple A2 Charismatic Cleric Greencastle Parish Church, Ballykelly Moville Portrush Portstewart St Cadan’s St Aidan’s Chapel/ Church Coleraine Tamlaghtard R238 Bishop’s Road Tamlaghtfinlagan Parish Church Limavady Tom Nicholl A2 Ballykelly Image courtesy of Nicholl family St Columb’s Cathedral THE EARL BISHOP TRAIL Derry/Londonderry extends from the Giant's Causeway to Derry/Londonderry St Columba’s Church – Long Tower linking up places associated with the Bishop. Courtesy of Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council Frederick Augustus Hervey (1730-1803) The Earl Bishop Coat of Arms detail Site of the Broighter Gold The Broighter Gold Hoard ©National Trust Images from stained glass window inside discovery © National Museum of Ireland Tamlaghtfinlagan Parish Church Image courtesy of R. Cassidy Image courtesy of L. Blackwood Places of interest in the area: Frederick Augustus Hervey (1730-1803), Bishop of Derry and The churchyard contains the grave of Tom Nicholl, a ploughman Nearby is the 17th century Plantation village of Ballykelly, where The Worshipful 4th Earl of Bristol (hence, the Earl Bishop) was one of the most who discovered the Broighter Gold Hoard in 1896. Nearby is the Company of Fishmongers, London, constructed a number of fine buildings including the grave of Jimmy McCurry, a blind fiddler, who played a melody Presbyterian Church, the Model Farm and the Agent's House, now the Drummond Hotel, charismatic individuals to have ever lived in the North West of later known as the Londonderry Air, which then became famous where the Fishmongers' Coat of Arms appears at the entrance. Two miles to the North at Ireland. He was not only a bishop but a scientist, geologist, as the tune for Danny Boy. Jane Ross, a local music teacher, the Roe Park Resort, Limavady, is the site of the Convention of Drumceatt (AD 590), politician, builder, art collector, traveller and a powerful noted down the tune one market day in Limavady in 1851. where St Colmcille intervened successfully on behalf of the bards of Ireland, who were threatened with eviction from Ireland. proponent of religious equality. Tamlaghtfinlagan Church is regarded as the best of all the churches for which the Earl Bishop was responsible. It was built in 1791-1795 at the joint expense of the Bishop and a landlord, John Beresford, to replace the Garrison Church constructed by the Fishmongers' Company in 1629. The interior contains a number of monuments – the most The Garrison Church constructed by the The Hamilton family grave John Steinbeck 1952: Steinbeck visits the grave The Fishmongers’ Coat of Arms in the The Fishmongers’ buildings at Ballykelly Fishmongers' Company in 1629 renowned being that of Jane Hamilton, wife of Image courtesy of L. Blackwood Image by McFadden Publications, Inc.; Image courtesy of Tamlaghtfinlagan Parish Church, Drummond Hotel, Ballykelly Image courtesy of Lambeth Palace Library, Ref MS634f28v-29 Image courtesy of L. Blackwood a local landlord. Frederick is also remembered; [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Ballykelly Image above and above left courtesy of J. Hunter the roundels on the window nearest the There is also the grave of the Hamilton family, who were the ancestors on Chancel are those of the Earl Bishop. the maternal side of Nobel Prize winner for Literature, John Steinbeck. www.earlbishopstrail.com A project supported by the European Union's PEACE IV Programme, managed by the Special EU Programme Body (SEUPB).

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