Kilmood Church

Although the Church was opened for worship in 1822, it was erected on a site long associated with Christian worship, going back perhaps to the era of St Patrick.

In 1306 the church at Kilmood was linked to the monastic settlement at Comber. After the dissolution of the monasteries the church on the site was linked to the parish of Hillsborough but by 1657 the building had fallen into ruins. Until...

During the Cromwellian era the Manor was entrusted to the custody of a Colonel Barrow, but reverted to the Montgomery family in 1664.

The church was damaged in a storm in 1833, and in the famous ‘Great Wind’ of January 1839 the spire was blown off. The nave was re-roofed in 1907, and two years later the spire was the casualty of lightning, with 20 courses of stones blown off. When the spire was rebuilt in 1910 -11, it was reduced in height.

Another striking feature of the church is the east window which may have been copied from or inspired by that of Salisbury Cathedral.

The graveyard predates the present church, with the earliest discernible headstone from 1793.