The Diocese of Raphoe Book
Page 11. Turas Massinass, Creeslough, said to be the last well that Colum
Cille blessed when on his way to Tory Island.
Page 27. Bishop (John MacCormacs) at the mouth of the River
lacagh near Doe Castle, Creeslough is the Bishop Isle, where tradition says a bishop is
buried. A little to the south Rinnarispy juts into Ards. Was John the bishop
may have had his home here in the Parish of Clondahorkey.
Page 30. Franciscian Communities were the Third Order House
at Ballymacsweeney near Doe Castle, Creeslough.
Page 50. Priest's done to death at Massinass Creeslough.
Page 58. Dominican Fr. Dominic Curnin a Massrock priest died
in 1809 aged 85 and is buried beside Doe Castle, Creeslough.
Page 73. Bishop of Raphoe William Mac Neely brought
the Capuchin Franciscan's to Ards, Creeslough in 1930.
Page 75. Mc Cormick architect for the Creeslough Church.
Dr John J Silke MA PhD.
Fr Silke has done pioneering work on the Battle of Kinsale
and on Spanish preparations for that battle, on Church history and local
history. His publications include, among many others, his book on Kinsale in
1970, which was later re-printed as a modern history classic, his chapter on the
Irish abroad in the 1976 publication, A New History of Ireland, his book on the
Diocese of Raphoe in 1997, his 1997 Two Abbots biography of Saints Colum Cille
and Adamnan and his 2002 chapter on the Flight of the Earls in a Spanish
publication that reflected on links between Ireland and Spain.
His Published Works:
Kinsale: the Spanish intervention in Ireland at the end of the
Elizabethan.
Liverpool and New York : a contribution of the Irish abroad (1534 -
1690).
A New History of Ireland.
Two Abbots: Colum Cille and Adomnan (Eunan).
The Diocese of Raphoe: a short history.