The application has been made for a proposed change of use at the site of the former St Macnissi’s Primary School, at Chapeltown Road, Tannaghmore to a parish cemetery with car parking. A design and access statement says: “Since St Macnissi’s Primary School closed in March 2020, there has been a growing desire within the local community to explore the possibility of utilising the 1.17 hectare site as a cemetery.
Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. “Local parishioners met to discuss the future of the school site. At the meeting, they gave consideration to the fact that the only graveyard dedicated to parishioners in Antrim Parish is at St Comgall’s Church in Antrim and it is now completely full.
“With an average of approximately 70 burials per year in Antrim Parish, local parishioners agreed that there was an urgent need to identify a site for a new parish cemetery and concluded that the St Macnissi’s Primary School site had the potential to provide a solution to this problem.” Tannaghmore is part of the Antrim Parish and St Macnissi’s Church is located to the south of the school site on the opposite side of Chapeltown Road. Enjoy a snapshot of Northern Ireland World direct to your inbox by signing up for our newsletter Advertisement Advertisement “It is intended that the existing road access would continue to be used with the former .
