St Mary's CoI, Comber
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St Mary's CoI, Comber
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 2 Aug 2013
Built in 1840, the present St Mary's Church occupies the site of a plain 1623 church and an earlier Cistercian abbey (St.Mary's, 1199) which was totally destroyed in 1572. In 1798, its rector, Rev. Robert Mortimer, was killed in the Battle of Saintfield by rebellious Presbyterian United Irishmen whilst accompanying the Newtownards Yeomanry, leaving behind a widow and nine orphans.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.550318
Longitude
-5.743569