Summer maintenance work, particularly in the Westport-Dugort Union of Parishes
Summer and recent work in the Westport-Dugort Union, 2026 ‘ The whole creation groans ’ (Romans chapter 8) and ‘ Things Fall Apart ’ ( Chinua Achebe) This summer, 2026, has seen progress in minor but important and overdue works, of an aesthetic and maintenance nature in the Aughaval Group of Parishes. In Holy Trinity Westport these included the repainting of the messy South wall of the nave, repair of a broken toilet window, and the refurbishing of the exterior of external doors, along with downpipes and several smaller rusting items – all for the sake of preservation and conservation. There are other outstanding larger projects to be undertaken and items to be attended to, subject to parish funds and fundraising, grant applications and the sponsorships we need and for which we hope. (Please contact us if you can help: aughaval@tuam.anglican.org.) In St Thomas’s Dugort and in Holy Trinity Inishbiggle , doo...