placenamesBroughderg
Bruach Dearg
Broughderg’s church buildings and a local photography project record changing ways of serving and representing this Sperrin community.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Bruach Dearg · Irish · main form · validated name
- Broughderg · English · main form
Place & story
A church for outlying parishioners
An Irish Builder report of July 1876 describes William McElwee's design for Saint Mary's Church at Broughderg while work was underway. The purpose was to serve outlying parishioners in a mountain district at modest cost. Its plan combined an open-roofed nave with a smaller eastern chancel and a sacristy to the north. The report records construction by day labour under Father Patrick McGeown. [2]
Our Lady of the Wayside
The replacement church, Our Lady of the Wayside, opened in September 1985 beside the Greencastle–Draperstown road. Architects Hegarty Masterson Doherty of Derry designed it, and J and M Begley of Carrickmore built it. Its interior includes modern window glass and a tapestry behind the sanctuary. The building offers a distinct later chapter in Broughderg's church architecture, a short distance from its predecessor. [3]
Photography across generations
Artist Gwen Stevenson worked with Broughderg Area Development Association on an intergenerational photography project within Community Arts Partnership's This Is Me initiative. Her account describes participants making images for display in the visitor centre. The project used photography and other media to explore identity and address rural isolation, adding residents' own representations of the area to the better-known public interest in its landscape and archaeology. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Tyrone
- Barony
- Dungannon Upper
- Civil parish
- Lissan
- Coordinates
- 54.71776, -6.99123 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414357 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Broughderg. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- St Mary’s Church, Broughderg: Irish Builder report, 15 July 1876 · The Irish Builder, reproduced by Archiseek
- Broughderg: Our Lady of the Wayside · National Churches Trust; church-supplied account
- Broughderg: Area of Outstanding Beauty · Gwen Stevenson
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2012-01-27. How this page was prepared.