BENCHMARKS continued
On Spy Wednesday 45 years ago Benchmarker hitched a series of lifts from Dublin to Donegal. On the leg that passed through the village of Collon, the driver pointed to the Church of Ireland building and said “That’s the only Russian Orthodox church in all of Ireland”. Like many urban/rural legends it contained a grain of truth because it appears that a number of Russian families lived in the village at, or just before, that time. Perhaps the authorities of the Church of Ireland kindly allowed them to share the building for their religious services. If so, then they would have passed by this ‘mark on the front of the church as they went to attend.
And they are not just big-hearted in the Wee County; they do things big in other ways too, as the ‘mark testifies. It is large, just like the one further along the main street on the old school (Number 13).
Below: The ‘mark on the Church of Ireland, Collon, Co Louth.
Above: Collon Church of Ireland with the ‘mark (difficult to see) near the base of the spire in the centre of the picture.
