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Parish History

An early view of the Sacred Heart Church (approx 1930)  
The Parish of Ballyclare & Ballygowan Holy Family Church, Ballygowan. 1967 Holy Family Church following bomb attack. 1969
Fr. Vincent Maguire
Fr. Malachy Murphy
Parish Priests – Ballyclare & Ballygowan James O’Boyle - 1907 James Marmion 1907 – 1919 Thomas MacGowan 1919 – 1925 Daniel Rhodes 1925 – 1933 Thomas McGratten 1933 – 1945 Joseph Ivory 1945 – 1963 Michael P Kelly 1963 – 1976 Eugene McArdle 1976 – 1981 Michael Coppinger 1981 – 1989 Hugh J O’Hagan 1989 – 1994 Denis Newberry 1994 Gregory Cormican 1994 – 2003 Eugene O’Hagan 2003 - 2016 Martin J. Magill 2016 – 2017 Joseph Rooney 2017 -
3rd September 2017 - Fr Manuelito Milo, newly ordained priest and soon to serve in St Patrick’s Parish, Belfast celebrated Mass at 9.30am in Holy Family Church, Ballygowan. 31st March 2018  - The Easter Vigil was celebrated in the Holy Family Church, Ballygowan.
Past priests of the parish  
The old parish hall  
Fr. Martin J. Magill
The Annual Christmas Craft Fair - 3rd October 2018
20th April 2019  - The Easter Vigil in the Holy Family Church, Ballygowan.
23rd June 2019  - Cemetery Sunday / Corpus Christi procession, Holy Family Church, Ballygowan.