The little
village of Myshall nestling at the foot of Mount Leinster and the
Blackstairs mountains, is remarkable in that it has a church which
bears a striking resemblance to Salisbury Cathedral. It was built
by Englishman John Duguid from Dover.
The story goes that his daughter
Constance when on holiday there met a young Carlow man, a member
of the Cornwall-Bradys, the two fell in love. Unfortunately Constance
was killed in a hunting accident in the 1890's, her dying wish was
that she be buried in the old churchyard at Myshall, near the man
she loved. She was buried there and a statue raised over her grave.
When Constance's mother died
in 1903 her wish was that she be buried beside her daughter. Mr
Duguid decided to build a memorial church over both graves. He used
Salisbury Cathedral as a model and redesigned it as a church. The
resulting building is a credit to its designer and to the craftsmen
who carried out the work.
One of Myshall's sons Peter
Fenelon Collier (1849-1909) emigrated to America at the age of sixteen,
he completed his education in a seminary. Borrowing $35 he became
the first person to sell books on the installment plan. He went
on to found Collier's Magazine an illustrated general weekly, he
built up a publishing business worth $12 Million. |
