 And the idea is to help save the historic church that's there since Columbus and dates back a long time, but is in a bad state to the fundraising committee. Now, Tony Mornan and Ciaran O'Donnell join me in the studio, gentlemen. How's it going, John? How are you? Good, good. The best. I'm in better shape anyhow than the church by the sound of things. Ciaran, I'll start with you, actually. A wee bit of the history. It goes back, what, a couple of hundred years? It goes back to 1830 when that site was given over to the Gallic faith. And at that stage it was being used as a corn barn. So the people of the Paris, Ramohi, Paris as it's known, was one of the first Parisists set up way back in 1817. And at that time the service was held over at the Abbey in Manor, Conningham in the townland of Ramohi. Now that got deteriorated over the years, so they decided then they would have to build a new chapel, let's say. So this corn store was offered to them and the start construction to make it into a church in 1830. It took them roughly around five years to build it. So at that time the records would show it took £247 to complete the building at that stage. There wasn't certainly much now, but obviously there was a lot of money then. So the chapel has been there since those days now. There have been a number of alterations carried onto it, you know. Initially it was to accommodate 700 people standing. There was no seats in the start. That came along later when the funds probably got more plentiful. So that's a wee bit of the history. Now falling onto that there, the graveyard then was, there was a new graveyard started then because everybody at both denominations were being buried at Rai or the Ramohi Abbey. So they decided then they would open a new graveyard right beside the chapel in Durmahal and that was in 1935. And by the way it was an O'Donnell man that sort of instigated that proceeding to start anew. And actually he was the first, and it's the graveyard. He was the first person to die. And in relation to yours? No, he's no relation. He was from Lisklammerty, you know. And he was actually the first person buried in the new graveyard. And his grave is there for everybody to see as yet. Brilliant. Tony, since then there's been some additions and changes. But unfortunately there's been a lot of deterioration in recent years and it's in a bad state now. It's in a very, very bad state. The chapel was very, very badly run down and it was closed there recently. And we were all hoping that it would get going and get sorted and get repaired, you know. But fair play to Father Martin. He has started the ball rolling. They're working very, very hard at it at the minute and they're getting on very well. Now what sort of work? What's needed? Well, the whole place has to be completely got it. They've chipped it down now to the old stone. And it's going to be all done just on the new replaster and be insulated and the new gallery and everything. They've got the gallery all out there. So they're doing brilliant work there at the minute, you know. That's the story. And the thing about it is it takes a lot of money. It takes a lot of money, yeah. And whenever we've seen it being started and the progress going on, I decided to call an auction to run an auction. So we're running an auction on the 9th of March after Mahal there across my football pitch there. And everybody is welcome to attend and everybody is welcome to donate. And it's all donations. It's all donations that's handed on. I'm looking at a list here. You've already done well with donations. Well, we own a fair play to William and the Donegall page. He's come and done an interview with Michelle from Cairn just on Saturday there. And so far it's just tremendous. The stuff just flying in like people's contact and Michelle from Cairn. All sorts of stuff. All sorts of stuff we're getting also from the first person. The first family was the Barnes family in Galdana. They rung me to donate two Aberdeen Angus calves, which is a great start. And they just rolled on from there like we've got loads of stones. We've got a load of concrete we've got. We have all kinds of things like their farmer there donating 10 spray and 10 acres of ground. There's just so many things like there's a guy there sell straws, AI straws. And he's given 200 euros worth two straws, 100 each. Like there's so many, too many to mention, but it's just there going to be something there for everybody. Okay, well, there's already a long list. But you'd like more. The more there is obviously the... We're hoping between 200 and 300 lots. That's what I'm hoping for. We have 26 or 28's on Saturday and we have a lot of promises. People promise me that they're going to get something organ and throw the wall like. So Cairn, it's about gathering now the data sets and the venue is set. So it's about gathering up now as many lots as you can. Yeah. And I appeal to people, even though we have a lot of our community has emigrated to other countries. Be it Australia, England, Wales, Scotland, America. You know, every euro will help us to raise the funds. Because this is going to be when the project is completed, it'll take over a million euros. And at this stage, we probably have to do it in a couple of different sections to raise that kind of money. Yeah, it doesn't have to be that much. It is a massive project. But I suppose the first phase would be about just securing the structure. Securing the structure as the main one. Getting it sealed up. We have a GoFundMe page there as well. Anybody from like out of town, as they say, that wants to contribute. There's a GoFundMe page if you go into there Mahal Chapel. Facebook page, there are a link to it, you know. But we're hoping for a lot of stuff now coming in and we're going to have a great day's crack. There's a lot of ladies in the background doing making tea. And it's going to be a family day and a family event as well, you know. That everybody is going to be, we're going to have marquees up. If it's a bad day, we're going to be inside. So, you know, it's weather-proofed. Everything, we're trying to take all the boxes. That's great. So, you make a good point there, Ciaran, about people who'll be from the area but abroad. And it's important that the church is, that it survives, that it's protected and that this work does go on. So, if you're listening in and you want to contribute, there's the GoFundMe page. Or maybe if they want to donate something, where we are in the world. Yeah, for the auction, the auction, they can contact either myself or Ciaran at any time. And if they don't get us on the phone, they can send us a wee WhatsApp or a wee text or on my Facebook page. We're going to update it every couple or three days. Whenever the lots come in, we're going to update it. So, the list of all the lots are up there already? Yeah. So, everybody knows what will be at the auction and who donated them. And please God, we'll get a good crowd on the day to earn a good bit of money to go forward with our project, you know. Who's going to be the auctioneer? Oh, well, there's no guessing of that now. You can tell me privately, it's okay. Tony is actually going to be the auctioneer on the day. Ciaran might do it, but I'm going to nominate myself if you ask. And I must mention Tony's son, Robbie, that is a qualified auctioneer. So, he's in the background if Tony gets forced for it. I think it's one of them occasions you're not going to need a qualified auctioneer. I'm a qualified auctioneer, man. Anyway, a qualified or not, you're going to be there on the day. The date is the 9th of March. Yeah. And it's in Dermahal. It's for Dermahal Chapel to try to get it restored. Yeah. Now, we have a meeting as well. Another meeting is on the 6th of February. And the Mannequinningham Resource Centre, they're very good to you. Always out to help there, over Manneur. So, we have another meeting just to see how things were. We had a meeting prior to this and it went very well. And there's a lot of people turned up, but we'd like everybody on board. Okay. The board of people is involved with the committee. Yeah. We must remember that we're all sort of... As part of that community, we were brought there to be baptised. We're brought there for forced communion, confirmation. And probably the next thing was a marriage. And then the last thing that happens, we bury our dead. So, there's a lot of history there. There's a lot of history there. And it's in everybody's community. It's family. That's right. Is everybody's interested? Yeah. Both my mum and dad is buried there and yourself took here. Yeah. And we have a lot of loved ones and families and friends that's actually buried there. That's our heritage. Well, the sound of things... A momentum is just gathering. Yeah. Yeah. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. All right. And to remind people, it's the 9th of March for that auction. That meeting is... What's the date for the meeting again? The date for the meeting is the 6th of February in the Manor Conningham Resort Centre. Okay. Ahead of that. Yeah. And if anybody wants to donate some money to it, the GoFundMe page. Yeah. That's on board there as well. We just put our shoulders to the wheel and try and get it as much raised as possible and get it across the line, you know. Because it's great to see it going on because very easily these things can be left closed and left derelict. And then the whole community, even to drive past the schools there and the children out playing. You look across and the chapel closed. It's not a nice... No, it's not. You know what I mean? No. It's the base of the community. Yeah, it is. It is in so many other communities. Yeah. And it's iconic as well. Yeah. Yeah. Let's get it back to that. Yeah. All right, gentlemen. The best look with the campaign and with the big auction. And in order to... You know, we'll be keeping people up to date on your behalf. Thank you very much, John. Thank you very much, John. Thanks to Helen Riddio for the help. Thanks to Helen Riddio. Thank you. Thank you very much. Jesus, you can...